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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago

The cynic in me wants to believe that it really separates this large, heavy motorcycle from "e-bikes", because reporting on some of this stuff tends to be really vauge and misleading.

We've had "e-scooter" crashes where the article will show a mobility scooter, but the public knows "e-scooter" as those things people stand up on and behave badly on (from their perspective). Without distinction, you're throwing the wrong vehicles under the bus (no pun intended).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

There's probably some SEO "hack" involved, too.

Either way, as a user, it's infuriating.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago

So it acts like an adult child with deeply anti-humanist traits? What could go wrong?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Davis said that over the last two decades, most of the terror attacks in Canada have been perpetrated by ideologically motivated violent extremism.

“We’re not talking about al-Qaida and Islamic State. We’re talking about anti-Muslim, ‘Incel’ or anti-government extremists..."

So, right-wing domestic terrorists?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)

So many:

  • Unsubscribe links that are magically broken.
  • Newsletter popups when you're trying to view content.
  • Websites that are paywalled coming up in search engines.
  • Broken shopping cart payment systems.
  • The fact that it's an assault on your senses to browse without an adblocker.
  • "Sign in to view content" for articles, posts, etc.
  • Banking sites that time out after a minute.
  • likewise, shopping cart sessions that expire before you're done shopping.
  • AI generated articles that don't even sound like they're referring to the right topic.
  • Recipe websites that have a 15 page story for each recipe without a way to skip to the actual recipe.
  • "Endless scrolling" that prevents you from accessing links at the bottom of the page.
  • Business websites that don't list an address.
  • "Password must be short enough to guess."
  • "How did we do? " emails.
  • Automatic newsletter sign-up.
  • Desktop websites that act as if you're on a phone (i.e swipe through grocery filters instead of scrolling through them).
  • Unreadable, archaic, and/or low-contrast fonts.
  • "This content is not available in your country."

I could list dozens more. 😮‍💨

[–] [email protected] 0 points 16 hours ago

Oh, oh. Anyway. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

The SK05 Pro is powered by one or two 18650 Li-ion batteries connected in parallel.

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm in Ontario and ride on quite a few rural roads. Unfortunately, speed limits are pretty much ignored and nearly every vehicle that passes is a high-speed pickup truck, which sucks when there's no shoulder. 😫

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

If you read how they programmed this robot, it seems that it can anticipate things like that. Also keep in mind that this is only designed to do one type of surgery.

I'm cautiously optimist.

I'd still expect human supervision, though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Suggests?

Isn't it their job to investigate crimes???

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's worse than that.

You don't generally blame someone for being shot by a random stranger.

But kill a cyclist or pedestrian by car? What did or didn't they do?!?! 🧐

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

I've got knives from ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS that are made in Germany. They carry all kinds of kitchen stuff, but not sure if it's all made in Germany or not.

 

If money was no object, this would be the bike I'd throw my wallet at!

Not only does the tandem setup look better than a traditional tandem, but to be able to convert it into a front-loading cargo bike is... WOW!

This bike is also Made in Germany.

 

"That’s why we manufacture all of our products here in Canada, collaborating with local partners who share our values, from R&D to the printing of our labels."

I wax my chains, so I don't use their lube, but their bike cleaning products are fantastic!

 

I've been to a few bike shops that don't have any bike racks outside. It's bizarre. Like, you have to bring your bike in the shop just to pick something up or to have a look around.

I'm not even talking about one place that does this, I have at least three in the area where there are no bike racks at all.

Is this normal? Why???

 

I've seen several of these around, on roads. And to be honest, if I had to replace my car, it might be for one of these!

But what the hell? They are ONLY allowed on sidewalks, which IMO, they really shouldn't be. And are NOT allowed on roads because they are classified as "pedestrians"?

We need new laws to accomodate and encourage the adoption of "mini cars" as car alternatives within urban and sububan travel..

 

(Link is in the title)

Registration ends tomorrow (June 19th). It's a great event that takes you though many of Ajax' cycle-friendly trails and communities.

 

Selling price approx. $12,500 Canadian.

Honestly, not bad when you consider the utility. Way cheaper than a second car, or as a replacement for a car that's rarely used.

I just worry that as these e-bikes get more complex, it just serves as an additional barrier for people.

 

It might be more effective for the sign to read "4 points + $280 fine" instead of "80km/h" when you're in a 40km/h zone, no?

 

I just filed a complaint with one of the local Regions about the horrific mess of debris in their marked, on-street bike lanes.

I even specifically asked if street sweepers are cleaning the bike lanes, or if they are just using them to dump road debris on.

I was told that because these roads are busy, debris ends up in the bike lanes. Fine, I can accept that.

Except...

The same and similar stretches of road without bike lanes do NOT have this debris on it. It's quite literally only the bike lanes that do.

For example:

Bike lanes:

And this just after the bike lane ends:

This same example came up closer to the urban population:

Leading up to the bike lanes:

Bike lane is just ahead:

Road debris starts as soon as the bike lane starts, and gets worse as you continue.

And magically disappear once the bike lane is no longer on the road:

I've been on that route three times in the last year, and the conditions of the bike lanes has been exactly the same.

Just to point out, I've ridden on plenty of on-street bike lanes, as well as roads with urban and rural paved shoulders in other areas, and they don't exhibit this pattern of debris physics.

Yes, some places have bad bike lanes, but their shoulders are also a mess. This just doesn't seem to be the case here.

Was I just gaslit, bad luck, or does this seem like a massive coincidence spanning dozens of kilometres?

 
 

Well worth the watch, whether you know anything about Lael or not. 🥰🚲🌎

 

A few weeks back, this grocery store set out these plant racks that essentially blocked the walkway, except for a small strip running parallel to the curb (only one person at a time could pass through, as you can see).

At that time, I helped a senior lady who was using a walker to get through it, because she could have easily fallen off the curb if the wheel slipped over the edge.

So I let the store management know that it was dangerous and they needed to give people more space.

Today, I noticed that they put a skid down, completely blocking the narrow path.

This forces people to walk between the plant racks, which is even more narrow. Coupled with the fact that some of the plants are put on the ground (lazy customers??), so you actually can't pass without some major maneuvering.

Someone at the store surely must realize how bad of an idea this is. Or is doing it out of spite.

And to make matters worse, behind where this photo is taken is plenty of open space to put those plant racks. I know this because there used to be a bike rack, but it was removed and never replaced... 😡

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