"After the crash Friday in a suburban area about 15 miles (24 kilometers) northeast of the city (in which he killed a motorcyclist), the driver of a 2022 Tesla Model S told a Washington State Patrol trooper that he was using Autopilot and looked at his cellphone while the Tesla was moving."
Seattle driver in deadly Tesla crash says he was using Autopilot
A Tesla that may have been operating on the company’s Autopilot driving system has hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle.TOM KRISHER (AP News)
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Had a blast riding over Stevens Pass, Blewett Pass, and Snoqualmie Pass over the weekend! I finally became comfortable with counterleaning allowing me to put my CBR650R to good use on twisty roads, and the Corbin saddle with 2" extra height over the stock seat saved my knees and wrists. This bike is so much fun! (Album (more photos))
#motorcycle #photography #photog #photos #photo #mywork
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https://stallman.org/glossary.html#global%20heating
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-northern-permafrost-region-emits-greenhouse.html
Due to global heating, northern permafrost region now emits more greenhouse gases than it captures. This is an example of a positive feedback. Positive feedbacks, which we can't entirely predict, are what can destroy civilization.
Northern permafrost region emits more greenhouse gases than it captures, study finds
Permafrost underlies about 14 million square kilometers of land in and around the Arctic. The top 3 meters contain an estimated 1 trillion metric tons of carbon and 55 billion metric tons of nitrogen.Saima May Sidik (Phys.org)
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Capitalism has nothing to do with democracy. In fact, capitalism functions best when democracy cannot interfere.
That’s why — putting their dishonest and misleading rhetoric aside — capitalists *always* oppose democracy and will seek to shut it down. They’ll keep up the pretense, waving a flag of freedom 🇺🇸 while in reality disabling democratic processes and choking freedom out of existence.
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Cynics: It's so hard to change things in France. They'll fight and protest against any change.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo: Hold my wine 🍷. I'm remaking Paris into a cycling capital.
If you build a great cycling network, people will get out of their cars and you'll have a more vibrant city for it 🚲
#BikeTooter #Bike #Biking #Cycling #CarCulture
French Revolution: Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In Paris
Official measurements have found that Paris is rapidly becoming a city of cyclists.Carlton Reid (Forbes)
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TIL Thomas Cullen Davis, an oil tycoon, shot his wife and her 12 year-old daughter execution-style. His wife survived and testified against him, but Davis was found not guilty of murder. He also tried to kill the judge overseeing his case, for which he was also found not guilty of attempted murder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Cullen_Davis?.
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cdja7i/til_thomas_cullen_davis_an_oil_tycoon_shot_his/
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https://apnews.com/article/bayer-glyphosate-roundup-lawsuits-cancer-db7fc5e0ce1584e45ff18aa76f23df25
Missouri House backs legal shield for weedkiller maker facing thousands of cancer-related lawsuits
The Missouri House has passed legislation that could protect chemical manufacturer Bayer from some lawsuits alleging a popular weedkiller causes cancer.DAVID A. LIEB (AP News)
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OKAY. Stopping point on the Northshore Bike Map, connecting the latest Seattle and brand new Eastside map.
I've added everything I know and I've stumbled upon a bunch of things I didn't before. This has been educational.
I've also labelled a bunch of stuff, added replacement labels for certain attractions that had their labels obscured, and made a couple of corrections.
I'm _not_ including the sidewalk/path hybrid along Ballinger because while sometimes it sure does feel like a path I most of the time it's just "sidewalk."
DO YOU KNOW ROUTES I DON'T?
Tell me about them! But only if they're public. I've not included a couple of trails here because they are 100% private.
MAP REV 5, 25 Apr 21:45
#biking #NorthShore #Seattle #BikeTooter
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If you click on it to enlarge it, then click on _that_ to "open image in new tab," that should get you a 4371 pixel-width version.
The actual max width - the one I'm working in - is 7180, the pixel resolution of the GIS files I got from King County. I'd post that one but it won't fit on Mastodon. ^_^
(Semi-relatedly, I am most certainly using the wrong tools for this job. I mean all the way down, wrong tool. However, I _have_ these tools, so here I am. xD )
@fbaum (I also just learned that Mastodon is making the picture even smaller than my upload, which is 5000px width. SURPRISE)
When I call a stop on this round of this nonsense, which probably won't be too long, I'll find a way to get the full resolution version online somewhere, probably flickr? I still have a flickr.
ah, thanks I downloaded it!
ST has a list of secure lockers at their locations - looks like you have the bikelink ones... https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/know-before-you-go/bringing-your-bike/parking-storing-your-bike
I like MapComplete as a tool for showing some OSM stuff, but I wish their Bicycle Parkings could be sorted by type... https://mapcomplete.org/bicycle_parkings.html
@fbaum Yeah, I got those. None of the others listed by Sound Transit are in Northwest King County. It does show the Northgate stations but I've already tagged that one.
MapComplete's interface is very confusing, everything I try to get information on seems to want me to edit it, and it's not clear from their interface what they're saying the entries actually are. Very odd.
I found it for showing Public Toilets, which works great. I like OSM, but showing just some data is sure difficult.
I’ll keep looking. Great work on this!
There will also be bike lanes added on Meridian Ave N from N 155th St to N 175th St this year, and extended to N 200th St next year.
On June 3 at 7pm, Shoreline City Council will be meeting at city hall to discuss adding sidewalks and bike lanes on N 175th St between the Interurban Trail and Meridian Ave N. There is some local opposition because it requires either removing trees or car lanes, and some people are unwilling to compromise on either. Support is very welcome!
@sip I'm not putting anything on the map until it exists in real life - there are a bunch of projects about to happen in Kenmore, too, that'll add bike lanes to every major road going north from Burke Gilman.
But until they exist, they're not on the map. ^_^
@sip As for support yeah I'd use all these as tags:
seattle
shoreline
biking
BikeTooter
BikeCommuting
And some "please boost" in there too. That should get you some attention.
@sip Entering your updates!
Important question: is the path line east of I-5 between 180th and 185th actually there and open _now_?
@sip Okay cool. I'll put in what's there, and let me know when the other parts are open! (Even if it's opening soon, I don't want to send someone somewhere not open yet.)
The improvements on 160th east of Dayton, you've seen them yourself? (They aren't on Google Maps yet but that doesn't mean much. Some of this "2024" overhead data clearly is not.)
Yup! Those were added near the end of summer 2023. The buffered bike lanes on N 160th St run from Dayton Ave N to Linden Ave N, and then there are sharrows running diagonally though the parking lot ending at the base of the Interurban bridge over Aurora.
The other connection between the south end of Dayton Ave N and the Interurban Trail is just a signed route (no sharrows, only signs).
Starting on Dayton Ave N going south, you cross Westminster Way N using the crosswalk, take N 149th St east, turn right on Evanston Ave N, turn left on N 148th St, and follow that until it intersects with the Interurban Trail.
It's not very well marked, but there are wayfinding signs on Dayton Ave N just north of Westminster Way N and on Evanston Ave N just south of N 149th St indicating which way to go.
(Sorry for double post, I accidentally made a normal post instead of a reply.)
GitHub - microsoft/MS-DOS: The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, for reference purposes
The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, for reference purposes - microsoft/MS-DOSGitHub
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This is awesome. I met up with a guy in Miami who worked on versions of DOS -- Tony I. Just spent a little time trolling through the files trying to see if any of his comments were there, but it may be a little before that time.
Writing (and debugging) assembler was not for the faint-of-heart.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts
Get more from Low Quality Facts on Patreon
Creating Low Quality Facts written in lower quality handwriting.Patreon
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@cobweb you're supposed to have alts for lewd content?!
(I didn't separate my accounts during my cam-ho phase of my early 20s )
THIS IS NOT A DRILL
#msdos 4.0 JUST GOT OFFICIALLY OPEN-SOURCED
HOLY SHIT
https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS
GitHub - microsoft/MS-DOS: The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, for reference purposes
The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, for reference purposes - microsoft/MS-DOSGitHub
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"I had a bunch of money laying around so I bought a bunch of dogs but now things got kinda expensive so I'm just gonna kick them out of the house" - awful, inhumane, unconscionable
"interest rates were low so we hired a bunch of people beyond our normal budget but then interest rates went back up so now we're gonna lay off a few thousand people" - entirely normal business practice, apparently
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Open Sourcing DOS 4
See the canonical version of this blog post at the Microsoft Open Source Blog! ...www.hanselman.com
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GitHub - QB64Team/qb64: BASIC for the modern era.
BASIC for the modern era. Contribute to QB64Team/qb64 development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
You should opt out of Discord's arbitration agreement. I did.
The link has instructions on how to do it. To get your Discord ID on mobile, enable developer mode and click your name in a server list and click the three dots.
Discord's updated Terms of Service are exactly the wrong response to its recent data breaches
Discord needs to adjust its prioritiesAllisa James (TechRadar)
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And in the news, How Long It Would Take A Hacker To Brute Force Your Password In 2024, Ranked: https://digg.com/tech/link/how-long-hack-crack-password-hive-systems-2024
Huh, I don't think my passwords are doing too bad according to this!
How Long It Would Take A Hacker To Brute Force Your Password In 2024, Ranked | Digg
There's a good chance that the password you've been using since middle school can be cracked in seconds.Digg
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My bike occasionally stalls when I'm stopped. It seems to happen more often on hills. I suspect the gas reservoir in the carb isn't filling properly because the slant is affecting the angle of the float that controls the lever that causes the reservoir to refill. Is that a likely theory, and if so, is there anything I can do about it?
It's kinda annoying when the light turns green and I'm blocking cars behind me because I'm stalled.
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Facebook gave Netflix all of your private messages in exchange for all your watch history.
#fediverse rocks.
Edit: Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/netflix-ad-spend-led-to-facebook-dm-access-end-of-facebook-streaming-biz-lawsuit/
Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit
Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on.Ars Technica
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TIL that there is a Goldfish breed so rare that is considered a cryptid. The Meteor Goldfish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_goldfish
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ccpiku/til_that_there_is_a_goldfish_breed_so_rare_that/
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https://loops.video is a very promising ActivityPub platform for short form video, and could use your financial support to help fund and sustain this initiative!
Donations can be made via @pixelfed
https://pixelfed.org/support-our-project
Let’s build a new TikTok that’s federated and better for humanity! Boosts appreciated!
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Every mainstream news outlet in the country and every local news outlet in Los Angeles is covering up the fact that LAPD opened fire on pro-Palestine USC protesters.
Not most. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
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What does Kawasaki's decision to withdraw and run Bimota in WorldSBK mean? Steve English dives into the details, and the consequences.
https://motomatters.com/analysis/2024/04/25/bimota_and_kawasaki_a_new_focus_and_a.html
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