tunetardis

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[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I'm not sure how it is in the US (I think it varies by state?), but where I am at least, a Class 3 28 mph e-bike would be considered a road vehicle. You would not be allowed to ride those on trails. Legally, they differ from motorcycles only in that they do not require a licence and insurance.

Trail-rated e-bikes top out at Class 2 20 mph. In the UK where the guy in the video lives, it sounds like Class 1 15 mph is as high as you can go legally?

Incidentally, even with a class 3, I think the throttle mode (where you don't need to pedal) is required to top out at 20 mph in most jurisdictions? The higher speeds are only allowed with pedal-assist. Some people remove the pedals altogether on a class 3, and that is illegal where I am.

Anyway, if you see people sailing by at high speeds on trails, this is not legal in most places. The man in the video was trying to push for more clarity in the media that it is the illegal ebikes that are giving all the others a bad name.

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This is the crux of it, and not enough emphasis is placed on this. It is the unprecedented rate of warming more than the total amount that is of greatest concern if you've studied any paleoclimatology and seen how long it takes for natural systems to re-establish in a new climate regime.

There has been a lot of study on how the transition to the current interglacial climate affected the biogeography, and you can see how forests, coral reefs, etc. were still trying to relocate several thousands of years into it. Now, of course, they're screwed, and we have mass forest fires and the like because they have no hope of adapting anymore.

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The caption under the photo there reads:

Smoke billows from a Wildberries’ logistics complex struck by a Ukrainian drone

One drone did all that? The fire is massive. It looks like several square city blocks.

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

When I first started taking high school Latin, I thought any language with such an arcane grammar deserved to die. Later, I joked with a linguist about how I was so relieved modern romance languages like French have abandoned all that, and he said "Well, we still have Romanian." Now, I live in horror of visiting eastern Europe.

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Ah, you're a gamer then.

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 15 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Well sonny, it's because back then, media files would eat your entire drive in a hurry, so they had to be shouted out as a warning.

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Our band spent the night at the Ottawa Jail Hostel once and had a great time! Someone even wrote a song about it but I can't find it now.

But man, Denmark looks like such a perfect little man cave. I'm jealous now!

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Burglar laughs. Then sees another roomba approaching the first with a blasting cap. "Oh, shit."

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Looks like this paper on the topic was only released yesterday. It's more focused on the practical issues of deploying PRC panels, where other papers I've read seem to discuss the tech in a lab setting that may or may not be scalable?

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)
 

In fairness, it said nothing about stopping for signs that say stop for pedestrians. I got off my bike and tried to right it, but I think the metal is bent at the base from a forceful collision.

 

Looks like they'll be tearing up a section of Princess from Division to Albert, mostly to upgrade sewers for all the new buildings that have gone up around there. But they will also upgrade cycling infrastructure and what not while they're at it.

 

Don't take it from me though. It's just the word on the street.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by tunetardis@piefed.ca to c/kingston_ontario@lemmy.ca
 

It's that time of year when the turtles are nesting. Saw this one was off the side of the K&P Trail this morning. If you're cycling or driving on rural roads, please be careful. For whatever reason, they like to come up onto trails and roads when they do this.

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