DoomsdaySprocket

joined 1 year ago
[–] DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

A 3 is what my helmet gives me for grinding mode, that’s nothing.

I used a 10 or 11 for one eclipse and it worked alright.

[–] DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

He can pair it to the phone app or whatever on his device then; his fridge, his problem.

[–] DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is the best take I’ve seen yet, with the benefit that it’s literally already been done.

It’d be interesting to see what would happen if they tried to mandate this now, but I’m sure it’s already too late.

[–] DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

I just did front brakes on my mk4 Jetta…. in the middle of a west coast snowfall, aka “the world is ending, just like last year!”

Simpler, cleaner design than industrial equipment, and that stuff is made to be worked on by gorillas like me. Actual work time was less than shoveling it out of 14” of falling snow.

All hail the manual shitbox!

[–] DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

I would take the acoustic, then I wouldn’t have to supply my own cards to put in the spokes every time!

Seriously though cargo bike rental sounds like a pipe dream, too bad they roads where I am wouldn’t be able to handle such a thing by design!

[–] DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

For reference, the article I’m referring to:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/twitter-policy-change-hampers-drivebc-1.6894793

“Social media's reliability in emergencies questioned after Twitter limit blocks DriveBC posts” (Jul 12).

Whether a provincial traffic account posting emergency info counts as news links for these large companies or not, it’s a pretty ugly look for them to have been blocking emergency information, and it doesn’t look any better now 6 months later.

The whole thing is pretty typical (Canadian) government “not enough, and too late” -style regulation regardless, but these social media sites could think twice about playing the villain so readily in response.

[–] DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This same issue happened during wildfire season in BC, Canada if I recall. A small polite media outrage over it, then forgotten.

Best case scenario would be an independent, international system developed within and for the emergency services community worldwide. Judging by the way firefighters travel internationally to fight forest fires worldwide, the community could be strong enough to support a solution like that, in my opinion.