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putnambr··on Citing 'Censorship' Concerns, North Idaho ISP Blocks Facebook, Twitter
Really only Moscow where the university is, and maybe pockets of CDA. Where-as Boise, Meridian, Twin Falls, and Pocatello are all fairly centrist/left-leaning.
putnambr··on Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto industry made it a crime
> if you do cross that way and get hit by a car, the presumption is that you were at fault--whereas, if you get hit by a car while you are in the marked crosswalks, the presumption is that the driver of the car was at fault

I'd be wary of this. A pedestrian's position in the street is hard to prove (and defend) when they're hit by a vehicle. Say someone gets hit and is thrown twenty feet when crossing at an unmarked intersection (which in most municipalities is still a valid crosswalk). It's hard to reconstruct the scene to prove that the ped was in the crosswalk when hit. A safer perspective would to err on the side that the driver is at fault in any instance. You could also argue that the driver has assumed the responsibility of their actions and any mistake they might make before getting behind the wheel.

putnambr··on Org Mode's new site
I was going to say, sounds like Jupyter. Is there much of an advantage I'm missing out on as someone who prefers GUIs over the terminal and vim/emacs?
putnambr··on The end of dispersed camping?
It really is modern ORVs that have made this so much worse recently. It used to be 4-wheelers, but that's a rough and rugged form of travel. You're not going to get an entire family plus drinks and food loaded up on 4-wheelers the same way people do now with RZRs. RZRs and their like have made off-roading way more accessible. What used to be outdoor gear rental shops selling kayaks and mountain bikes have turned into snowmobile and RZR rental shops

In my experience it's the family who shows up at the trailhead with two trailers full of RZRs who are ignorant of LNT principles, not college students and young adults getting out to car camp with their REI gear.

putnambr··on Single Page Applications using Rust
Most of the time SSR gives massive web accessibility benefits. Ignoring web accessibility because you don't want to implement SSR is likely a worse solution for a large portion of your userbase.
putnambr··on Apps for Bicycle Directions
I know you probably mean road cyclists, but I haven't seen Trailforks mentioned. Nothing beats it for singletrack route planning.

Komoot is good too, but at least in my area of NA the elevation calculation is off by quite a bit. When I've used it for longer routes, I've ended up putting in at least 1,000 ft more of climbing than it has told me would be on the route. Trailforks doesn't have that problem.

If you have a local IMBA chapter, most of them have accurate trail profiles as well.

For road cycling routes, I use Strava. If you want detailed routes that are popular with local cycling clubs, Trek stores usually have surprisingly good handouts on local routes.

putnambr··on We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015)
In the context of retiring early and planning for expenses, it's not out of touch. If someone is planning on retiring by their 50s, they surely have thought of health insurance and put it in their budget.
putnambr··on Tesla ranks last on influential JD Power quality survey
You'd also have to weight it, I'm sure Ram isn't exactly 50% of Dodge's portfolio.
putnambr··on Trump signs executive order targeting protections for social media companies
Leaving it up to the users makes it so a single group can dominate discourse, either through preying on ignorance or bots or paid users. Fact checking isn't perfect, but neither is anarchy.
putnambr··on Boeing 737 Max Was Plagued with Production Problems, Whistle-Blower Says
Also worth mentioning that Boeing has their own variant of the 'Toyota Production System (TPS)' named the 'Boeing Production System (BPS)'.
putnambr··on Basic Social Skills Guide (2012)
Your industry's success requires you to be effective. Doing work for more than eight hours a day leads to burnout, and not doing anything besides sitting in your room prevents you from being creative. The more diverse experiences, interests, and skills you have, the more creative you'll be.
putnambr··on Broken
I haven't upgraded yet, but I would expect there to be a one-time user flow when upgrading. Walk the user through new features and then bring up a single page with a list of apps that need modified permissions. Let the user select all for 'Allow' and have them type in their password once. Done.
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