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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (3 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (5 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (7 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.

[–] [email protected] 19 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 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 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Has Singh called for this? Trudeau?

Eby did it, though. And maybe that's what saved their majority in this very tight election. He surely knows it's not the effective way to spend, but he also knows that it's an easy hill to not die on because so few really care about this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Welcome aboard!

That's literally what almost every harm reduction activist has been saying for decades, but I'm not saying this to shame you. I barely did it sooner, I was beyond my 30's when I finally got it. The fact that it takes so long for someone to encounter the rationale for all the effort going into decriminalization, destigmatization, safer-supply and supervised consumption sites... speaks volumes about who really is holding the megaphone of the media apparatus!

 

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.

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