Showroom7561 @ Showroom7561 @lemmy.ca

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As someone who lives under the Doug Ford Regime of Ontario, I feel that response deep in my soul. 😖

As a North American, I had to do a double-take at the headline.

A speed limit of 75 mph (120 km/h) is 20 km/h more than our posted highway speeds. And they are talking about reducing speeds to 120km/h??

Dude, how fucking fast do you need to go in order to catch up to the inevitable traffic congestion that will negate any time savings?

No amount of speeding in a car will make up the time lost because of injury or death. Not worth it. Take a train if you want to go fast.

Can you imagine how depraved you must be to find time in your day to mow swastikas in lawns? Or to attend a vigil for a racist bag of shit?

We can do better, Canada. We settled the Nazi debate in WW2. Never forget.

I agree with you, and put "nothing" in quotes for a reason.

Wildfires are mostly out of our control, but nearly all other forms of air pollution (ok, except volcanoes) are in our control, and we really need to step up our game as a global community.

I guess that's the point of bringing up the comparison with the whole.

If we were to allocate resources, would it be better to mitigate things outside of our control, or should we use those resources to reduce or stop the things that are in our control?

And to that point, what effect would respirators have on these numbers? I noticed in recent reports, where people in Canada were harmed or died because of wildfire smoke, there was never a mention of wearing respirators, especially by those living in the area of those wildfires.

If governments handed out free P100 masks, would people even wear them? Would there be political fights over the "right" to not wear a mask, and add to the burden of those 80,000+ deaths?

More people are dying from car exhaust, yet there seems to be a massive push against active transportation.

The entire thing is frustrating. The things we can control, we seem to fight over, and end up with millions dying prematurely because of it.

Cost of living drives 3 in 4 Canadians to skip eating out

More accurate?

There's a manufacturer just south of that area (Atlantic Packaging Products). It wouldn't surprise me if that's what you were smelling.

as the motor assistance helps negate a poor choice of gear.

Is this way accident rates are so much higher, though? 😱 We need riders, especially the inexperienced, to slow down and be deliberate about their riding behaviour.

It will be interesting to see what happens, since everything is so new. But I really don't want to see bikes being pushed into the same category as motorcycles, because any reason to force licensing, insurance, registration, etc. will be used against all cyclists.

The problem is, we're comparing apples to oranges.

On a regular bike, where someone is using their own power to move, changing gears manually requires focus on the riding, but this is all at a pace that the rider settles into naturally.

On an ebike, the rider isn't as focused, because the manual work is being done for them. Add automatic gears, and it removes them even further from being an active participant.

In cars, I don't think we could apply the same stats for manual vs. automatic. Both are going high speed, and screwing up would result in far more dangerous outcomes compared to screwing up a gear change on a bike (which would slow the rider down, nor cause them to lose control at high speed, at least not on a human-powered bike).

Still, I agree that data should be used to make that determination. My point was that we already see harm in having inexperience riders on e-bikes. My assumption is that lowering the skill barrier even further would likely have a negative impact.

Honestly, when put into context, those numbers are "nothing".

The WHO estimates that outdoor air pollution resulted in over 4 million premature deaths worldwide in 2019 alone! When combined with indoor air pollution, we're talking over 6.5 million people per year. (source)

Other studies say vehicle exhaust kills over 300,000 a year. (source)

Enforces privacy laws

I mean, there didn't seem to be any consequences. No fines or anything like that. They were basically told that they can't use facial recognition for what they were using it for, but there are others ways they could still use it (outlined in the article).

They were given a free-pass, it seems.

Also no native Linux app so I could only use it on the app on my phone.

You can use their web interface to view/control certain models on your local network: https://support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003981973-How-to-Remotely-Access-Reolink-Cameras-NVRs-via-a-Web-Browser/

I have the Reolink Home Hub (doesn't support all my Reolink cameras, but enough), and I'm able to use the browser interface on Linux no problem. Of course, the app is more feature rich, but that depends on your needs, too.

I'm sure you can even access this interface through the net via remote proxy or something similar.

but in a recent firmware update they disabled the http and https capabilities

Yeah, they suck with their firmware. One of my cameras was locked out... literally unable to view, playback, or control it until I got in touch with Reolink tech support so they could force an update through. It took several days and a lot of effort to clear that up. Not cool!

Well, that's how it is now, but things are changing quickly.

Automatic gears lower the barrier of entry by removing a skill needed to ride a bike/e-bike, but that would also increase the risk, since... we're removing a skill.

Having pedals on for cosmetic purpose doesn't really make it less of a motorcycle, right? Sure, lower power, but man that doesn't matter too much when they fly by inches away from you on a multiuse path.

Out of curiosity, when do bikes cross over to "motorcycle" or some other vehicle that requires insurance, registration, training, etc.?

Because feature creep is very quickly blurring the lines, and I don't see that as a good thing.

I started using it last week, simply because other options weren't playing nice with my self-hosted collection (they wanted local files...).

Seems to work well, but it is very basic.

CP Gear might be worth exploring. Although I don't see anything specific to what GoRuck offers in the context you're looking for, they may be able to offer something or custom make a product for you.

They're based out of NB: https://cpgear.com/

When should I sell my unused Series X? Because I feel like I'd make a profit if retail prices keep increasing 😂

This has happened before, and nothing seems to be done about it. 🤷‍♂️

take pressure off family doctors

Maybe it's my observation, but pharmacists are the ones I constantly see running around frantically trying to get things done. My doctors have never had a sense of urgency at all. LOL

Holy shit was that ever a Freudian slip! Fixed now. LOL

How long before American media becomes like North American media? Just propaganda 24/7.