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Readit Newsburkemw3 commented on Commuting by Bicycle is down? davemabe.com/2018/09/30/c... · Posted by u/drpgq
On Friday I decided to count the number of drivers running reds, since everyone gives cyclists a hard for doing so.
My commute in San Francisco involves crossing 16 streets. It's not very far, about 2.5 miles.
On Friday I observed 35 cars run red lights--not even "it's yellow and time to speed up because drivers don't give a single flying crap about safety" but literally the cross traffic lane is green.
Cars are a terrible unsustainable mess, ruining the environment and ruining city livability. It's not surprising that the risks they impose on the rest of the world are resulting in less people willing to bike
Articles [0][1] cite a study [2] that people driving cars and bicycles admit to breaking the law at the same rate. I've just now found the study itself, so will be reading it's additional findings.
[0]: https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-18/survey-finds-bicyclis... [1]: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/03/16/busting-the-myth-of-t... [2]: https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/871/875
burkemw3 commented on Google is discontinuing Inbox fastcompany.com/90235559/... · Posted by u/edwinvlieg
> Outside of some of the bundling features
Bundling (in the inbox) is THE reason for using Inbox. It's the only unique feature. It's the thing that changed how I use email.
If I use folders it's the kiss of death for any email that a rule sends to that folder. I want a single list but with some items collapsed.
Email went from unthreaded to threaded (reducing the complexity massively.
Bundles takes that one step further.
In both cases the critical thing is one ordered list but with a massively reduced number of individual items.
Looks like this was meant to be in reply to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17971740
burkemw3 commented on A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Surviving on the Roads portsmouthctc.org.uk/a-fi... · Posted by u/lifeisstillgood
Transportation cyclist here. This is a great article, but it only indirectly touches upon one of the most effective tools a cyclist could have: an air horn.
I have an Air Zound air horn and I feel much less safe riding without it. I'll often give a few toots before approaching an intersection to increase the chance that I am seen. And it has probably saved me from some major crashes when I lay down the horn on someone. Many drivers seem to automatically brake when I honk.
The horn is also great for giving bad drivers feedback. Most people who drive poorly around cyclists seem oblivious.
Some drivers unfortunately see horn use as hostility. I have dealt with a few road raging drivers who were very angry that I honked at them. I am pretty certain most of these drivers would be angry with or without the horn, so it doesn't much matter to me. The safety benefits also are far too large even if these folks would not tend to be angry either way.
I am a US transportation cyclist. I mostly dislike vehicle (including bicycle) horns.
If it's a close enough call with another vehicle, my voice has been enough of a 'horn' to alert drives. If there's a less close conflict, then there's probably positioning/visibility change that should have happened upstream.
For me, horns are a too frequent, rude disruption in the world.
burkemw3 commented on Starting your own bank is laborious but profitable (2009) wealthmanagement.com/prac... · Posted by u/gscott
Seeing as this comes up every so often, what in your opinion are the elements missing in todays current banking system - either as a consumer or a developer - that you would like to see?
- Login with (username/email, password, U2F)
- mobile app check deposit
I like many of rgersten's features too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17752320
burkemw3 commented on Chemists discover how blue light speeds blindness phys.org/news/2018-08-che... · Posted by u/maxwell
For many of us whose use of these blue-light emitting computer and phone screens is necessary, what can we do about it?
You can wear glasses that filter blue light.
The article mentions wearing them outside, but they work inside as well.
I wear them, and they provide other benefits for me as well (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16529054#16531413)
^ This.
It's often called "Quicken Direct Connect" (NOT "web connect", that's a bastardization trying to push the login flow through the proprietary web interface), and often has to be specifically enabled for your account (Bank of Slum-merica is the only place I've heard charging for the functionality though).
Check say https://ofx-prod-filist.intuit.com/qb2600/data/fidir.txt to see if your bank is listed (that contains both direct and web connect banks, you'll figure out what the flags mean).
Setup a cron or human cron to pull and save the raw OFX (QFX) query every day/week/month, and then run whatever reports/analytics you want from that. This way you'll have history to use with whatever program/scripts you move to, and can also straightforwardly integrate legacy banks that make you use the web interface (just at a much lower polling rate).
How does web connect actually work? I've never found any description of the method
I'm near sighted and the monitor starts getting blurry at just the right distance. I have glasses for nearsightedness that are focused very far out (the common case). Wearing them for constant work at arms length really tired my eyes out. So, I'd frequently work without my glasses, but hunch forward a little to make seeing things easier.
With glasses dedicated for computer work, I can read everything I need to, my body can stay in the position it should be, and my eyes don't get nearly as tired.
As a side benefit, the glasses help me focus in other areas of my life. I frequently wear them while cooking, and it helps me do one thing at time, as other stuff is blurry.