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ProgrammingSocks

@ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social

Hello! My name is Cobalt Swiftpaw. I’m here for memes and art.

Previously /u/PirandelloKruger723 on Reddit.

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Source?

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Do you ever wonder why you never see videos of people flying down the street and weaving through traffic in the Netherlands?

Infrastructure is your answer.

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I'm sorry for your loss. It's worth considering that we are very conditioned to passive language with these events, but your friend was not "hit on his e-bike", he was killed by the van driver. He was not at fault, the van was.

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They should try the NYC method. Pay people that submit evidence of illegal parking, paid back to the government by that person getting ticketed.

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"This invites developers worldwide to contribute"

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We'll just have to wait and see what they mean I suppose

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*FOSS

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I just don't turn left at these places. They feel dangerous because they are.

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You'll find a light ahead, it's a stroad after all.

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I don't like the spying aspect but it is unironically true that if you slam your brakes at every red light you are driving in a dangerous fashion. It's more so about the pattern than a one off event though.

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Hmm, turns out the human body doesn't like to be tampered with! Who could have predicted this? I'm sure this is akin to organ rejection but I'm definitely surprised that the brain has these kinds of mechanisms. Maybe to defend against ancient parasites?

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Not really true at all in Canada. Once again this is just the side effects of weed being illegal being mistaken for the fault of the substance when it's not.

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Well, considering women aren't real that makes sense.

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Damn, there's a shitton of Mennonites around me, do they really believe that? I winder if hutterites are similar

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Haha I'm no stranger to cults, I escaped Mormonism, I assure you that was much worse than helping hutterites at my job

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Of course, I only meant on a day-to-day basis it doesn't affect my life much, I look queer as hell and I think I get about the same treatment from Hutterites and Mennonites as anyone else around here. I prefer not to compare so I don't mean to suggest that anyone has it better than me, they're just different. Escaping any cult means you have quite a nice bit of religious trauma to deal with in any case. Jehovah's Witnesses I'm moderately familiar with and I'm sure there's some shared experiences, I used to watch this channel Telltale, the creator being ex-JW, and I spotted many similarities to my own experience being Mormon.

I'm past most of it now, but something being so baked into your upbringing leaves you with a lot of growth to be done to say the least.

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Somebody's consumed too much tiktok paranoia porn

American Motorcyclist Association Urges DOT to Act on Automated Driver System Regulations Following Tragic Collision (americanmotorcyclist.com)

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (April 26, 2024) — In the wake of the most recent tragedy involving a fatal collision between a Tesla vehicle in autopilot mode and a motorcyclist in Washington state, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) once again urges the Department of Transportation (DOT) to strengthen Automated Driving System...

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We already have fully driverless cars. They're called trains

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv6VvFVcHqI

Lots of places have driverless trains. Vancouver comes to mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtCyiSleO1g

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This isn't what the article says at all. If you read the subheading in the actual picture posted this is only about artificial insemination. Nothing to do with the workers pleasuring themselves with animals.

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You're mistaking being toxically masculine with having a small dick. It's not the same thing and you're actively participating in bodyshaming when you do this. It's just hurting people for no reason.

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If insulting someone's dick size wasn't an insult then there wouldn't be people with a kink for it.

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No, you're right. This doesn't really work. Infrastructure is all that will change people's behaviour.

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    Time and place my friend. Do you not think free access to information should be granted to everyone?

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    You can usually also tell by the license plate...

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    Good news for you about this artist!

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    I just accept that 70% of my comments are gonna say "edited" now.

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    Star Trek has like 3 or 4 active shows right now. Also never could get into the 60s one but The Next Generation, DS9, and Lower Decks are all fucking awesome and I can recommend them to anybody that appreciates social commentary and great acting.

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    https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/05/10/cyclists-break-far-fewer-road-rules-than-motorists-finds-new-video-study/

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    So here's the thing -- NotJustBikes makes this point frequently -- you can't trust that people are going to do the right thing. This is why painted bicycle gutters do not work. The way to combat drivers hitting people is to design the infrastructure in such a way that it's difficult to do things the wrong and dangerous way. Grade-separated bike paths, level crossings for people not in cars, and lower speeds for cars (forced with narrower roads and traffic calming) are probably the 3 biggest things to contribute to this. From what I saw, Paris has, at the very least, curbs and flexi-posts separating bike lanes which are good starts. They also, admirably, took away some lanes for bikes instead which is GREAT.

    When you introduce these, the danger goes down significantly and people feel a lot more comfortable taking their bike places they might normally take a car to. The reason for this is that motorists feel endangered if they drive faster or in a dangerous way. That's what we want, because history and traffic studies have shown time and time again that the only time the majority of drivers change their behaviour is when they feel that doing differently will damage their car.

    The final step to ensuring safety is making bike networks that are different from the car networks. Getting people on bikes to their destination faster than cars. Keeping them entirely separate from cars in a lot of their journey. Making cars go around the "long way", which paradoxically decreases traffic and makes driving an all around nicer experience. Decreasing the conflicts between different types of traffic is ideal.

    There's lots more besides this, such as pedestrian/cyclist-leading cross signals, Dutch roundabouts which are built in a different way to make biking around them easier and safer, and varying road materials such as brick to make drivers once again feel uncomfortable going fast, there's TONS of solutions that when combined make travelling safer for ALL.

    Just asking people to follow laws will never be enough. Luckily, that's not even close to the only option, although it might be hard to imagine for North Americans.

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    Read it again. Asking doesn't work. Infrastructure does.

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    Not at all. The Netherlands does LITERALLY all of those things.

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    Lol. Dutch people are just people. There's already been changes in many North American cities. The Netherlands didn't start out this way, it was just as car centric as every other major city in the 70s.

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    Canada's gov website is still like this. The website has open hours. Try doing anything taxes related late at night.

    Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works (gizmodo.com)

    A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that’s been “AI-enhanced” from being submitted in a triple murder trial. And that’s a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.

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    Perfect, a drop-in replacement!

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    Cars are violent

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    There is a post that now has over 700 comments that is exclusively about the US electoral system and the next election and honestly there's so many fucking tankies and stupid takes that I'm leaving this community.

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    Maybe not every community on the internet needs to devolve into debates about the US electoral system and its flaws.

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    Nice breasts

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    I like how thick they drew the belt on the tail. Had to make sure

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    It's YouTube poop humour essentially

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    I used to when I was like 10 and I'm sure some still do cause it's their cheapest burger

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    Nobody was right in this story

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    Glad this meme is dead. Having an overweight cat isn't funny tbh.

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    https://ublockorigin.com/

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    Yea but then you're gonna have to listen to me ramble about my current hyperfixation afterwards

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    Yeah FUCK that shit, that's why I'm not into retro games at all. Oldest I'm going is Quake

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    Mom said it was my turn to repost!

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