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[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“good idea” is subjective and unspecific language so it doesn’t make sense to find sources for it. Can you just quote specific sentence I said that you would like to refute as “nonsense”?

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Interesting. Which claim would you be interested in reading the sources?

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I get what they mean but... it's in such poor taste.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

I guess, we'd have to consult with the horse-pilled anon OP if he meant to replace absolutely all driving with horse riding, but I was assuming his take was mostly about day to day trips and not necessarily all trips.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

As i said take it from people who actually write software as a career.

As I do... but I'd rather not take it from software engineers because we are not experts. I'd rather listen to real experts, the folks who research this topic as their career.

We’re literally telling you to not pay us to do that

Noted.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Not in a way amenable to seal the deal a few cities across, unless you get a one way ride up there and you’re prepared to camp/hotel a few nights on the way back

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (7 children)

the loss of the paper audit trail would be catastrophic for verification

Which is why researchers of electronic voting defend the use of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).

But anyway, "this isn't a discussion" is consistent with statements like "there is absolutely zero reason to expose voting systems to a digital threat vector" so I guess there are things we seem to agree on.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (9 children)

Trust the engineers.in the actual software domain then

Yes, which I am. Though who I'd trust the most here are the cryptography researchers that dedicate their life to researching electronic voting systems.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (11 children)

As an engineer, you should know that no system is perfect and there are several trade-offs and threat models to consider. And electronic voting can't be discussed in a vacuum, but measured against existing voting systems which are also full of their own kinds of issues and risks.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Beyond insane. Every time Doug Ford comes back to mind I'm triple thankful for being represented by David Eby.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Montague doesn't show up for barely anything, but in matters of catering to oil & gas lobbyists and licking the balls of Chip Wilson, the guy will consistently go all in.

Fuck ourselves for electing this guy, and this ABC majority in general.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Cyclist in Japan have had dedicated bike lanes or marked paths on the road for many years but still use the sidewalk even if it causes problems for pedestrians.

I'm speaking a bit out of my field here because I'm not Japanese, but I had the impression that historically, many Japanese cities are much more amenable to share the sidewalk with cyclists (compared to EU/NA), and several of these bike lanes start and end abruptly as part of the sidewalk instead of the road anyway, right? Same goes for pedestrian sharing space with cars and bikes in their narrow streets, sidewalks are almost non-existent because they're culturally acclimatized to just walking in the street and hop on the sidewalk only if a vehicle needs to pass by.

And by looking at the ridiculously unsafe bike "lanes" they have (almost all are totally unprotected), I'd definitely be on the sidewalk if I lived there too. If you want Japan to enforce bike lanes, you gotta ask Japan to build better bike lanes first 🤷‍♂️

 

If you too think we need to increase our transit efficiency, support this upcoming motion by Cllr Boyle before July 23rd!

 

Found it on the street a few weeks ago in downtown, last used Jan-24-2024 06:57 PM. Sorry for the long delay, I went on vacation right the next day and forgot about it. Hit me up if it's yours and you want it back.

Card number is 0164 0235 7941 0194 ABCD

Proof of ownership will be telling me via DM the last digits and/or the CVN.

It has about 15 dollars on it. If the owner doesn't bother to claim it in a few days I'll just donate to someone on the streets.

 

I've been going back and forth a few apps. Apple Maps and Google Maps fail me too often suggesting me to take streets without bike lanes. With OsmAnd I'm able to mark a few roads as "Avoid", but I end up marking half my city and sometimes I do need to go one block or two on those streets.

Is there an app that allows me to to plan a route explicitly prioritizing AAA lanes that works in Vancouver?

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