Luckily I still have my family, but my parents are conspiracy theorists, my dad especially vocal, so that’s not fun. I’m just going to try to avoid the topics.

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Yeah good point. I should have said “interesting idea in theory.” I fully agree with you

The amount of bonus a worker gets is based on the number of miles they complete each month.

I understand what they’re trying to do, but this is just not equitable. You’d have to figure out how to handle this for people who cannot run (such as wheelchair users). This greatly favours those with more free time and less obligations (such as people with no kids). It favours those already in shape and those who have fewer health issues.

This will favour those who already have it better off, which is the opposite of equity.

Good idea in theory, but I don’t like the model where it’s applied based on output.

Yeah it’s only mildly infuriating if it’s false advertising

What does YTMND mean?

I agree that a fatality by a car is no different to a fatality by an SUV. But I would say that there is a difference in accidents involving cars vs SUVs because the fatality rates differ, which is what is being discussed.

I might be misinterpreting your argument, but my understanding is that you’re saying because both cars and SUVs can cause fatalities, they are all too dangerous to be around people. But many things can cause fatalities, even bikes. We’ll never be able to reduce accidents entirely. But there’s a rate at which the fatalities become too high compared to the benefits. So that’s why I believe talking about the rates of fatalities is more useful than talking about whether something can cause a fatality at all. In this case, I think your acceptable rate for fatalities is at a level where all motorised vehicles clear the threshold, so that’s why you’re saying there’s no difference. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

Replacing tall-fronted vehicles with short-fronted vehicles would reduce fatalities, which is why I believe there is a difference and we should try to do that where possible.

You are correct, and I agree with you, but it’s still incorrect to say there is no difference when research shows there is. I understand what you’re trying to go for, but stating false information won’t help to convince people.

Even if the number of cars on the road remains the same, but utes and SUVs were swapped to lower vehicles (when possible), then there would still be positive outcomes of fewer pedestrian fatalities (even if the number of accidents remains the same) and reduced carbon emissions.

Removing most cars would reduce these even more, which I assume is your desired outcome, but even just reducing the proportion of utes and SUVs would have positive effects

Shaun is fantastic!! I came here to share it if no one else had

Yes, capitalism is the root problem. Some people argue that you cannot overcome climate change under capitalism (and neoliberalism, specifically).

But I think it’s unlikely we’ll be able to change the underlying system without society collapsing in some way. Or a revolution.

However, I don’t think you have to get rid of capitalism to reduce cars and make a positive impact. Climate change is a scale: the more we do now, the less bad it will be in the future. So doing something is still better than nothing, even if it doesn’t solve the problem entirely.

Reducing cars (and therefore emissions) can be helped by improving public transport and increasing the number of options for transport. In many places, cars are the only way to get anywhere, especially in countries that focus on car infrastructure. Having the options to bus, train, bike, walk, or drive will reduce the number of drivers. In the case of bike lanes, at least in my country, there is evidence that adding bike lanes increases the number of cyclists (and therefore decreases the number of cars on the road). “Build it and they will come,” if you will.

I have a car, but I most often bike or take the bus. We can’t get rid of cars entirely; there are reasons people need them (tradies needing vans with their equipment, certain disabilities needing customized transport options, courier parcel delivery, etc.). But reducing the number on the road at any time is helpful.

I enjoyed the beginning, I thought it had some funny jokes. But then it went downhill fast. I didn’t watch the whole thing

I’m glad you’ve been feeling great! It sounds like you went through hell to get here.

Regarding most people being supportive, I think the internet is really good at making bigoted people seem more common. It’s awesome that the vast majority are supportive of you!

Not related to the Israel–Palestine conflict, but I’m curious about your perspective here:

I do not support any group that uses weapons against any other group, no matter what.

Is this an absolute? For example, let’s say a group starts attacking another group, are they allowed to defend themselves with proportional force?

Again, I’m not trying to get your views on any conflict in particular. I just like talking about these things and broadening my beliefs :)

Many indigenous peoples tell the time of year by the stars rather than the moon. A certain constellation just became visible? Must be X time of year!

I opened the article planning to dislike it, and I do dislike the man’s voice (the woman’s voice sounds quite good though), but then I thought about it. Sports announcers actually seem like a decent use for AI. I would imagine that it would be incredibly difficult to build decent announcers from pre-recorded voice lines… It’s heavily context-dependent, and this way it can even read out the team names, which I imagine are chosen by the teams. I think this could possibly work well. I don’t see how to create a system like this without AI

Thanks!

Can you include the channel name in text? The image failed to load for me. It’s also good for accessibility

Many people know WinDirStat, but I think SpaceSniffer is better. It shows results in real time, unlike WinDirStat where you have to wait for it all to finish. And I think its interface is more intuitive. And it’s free.

Here’s SpaceSniffer’s website, and the download link is in the last paragraph of text.

You need a label for them anyway for people who use screen readers. And depending on how the label is implemented, tools can sometimes translate the labels like how they can translate the rest of the site

Icons without labels.

Just add a small label underneath. It’s not hard. It makes your app way more usable. Please…