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submitted 2 days ago by lgsp@feddit.it to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

Becky Guy, who lives on Whittlesey Road on the B1040 near Thorney, Peterborough, said over the past five years about 10 cars have crashed into her garden or her neighbour's.

Cross-postes from: https://feddit.uk/post/30451424

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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by lgsp@feddit.it to c/technology@lemmy.world

I found the aeticle in a post on the fediverse, and I can't find it anymore.

The reaserchers asked a simple mathematical question to an LLM ( like 7+4) and then could see how internally it worked by finding similar paths, but nothing like performing mathematical reasoning, even if the final answer was correct.

Then they asked the LLM to explain how it found the result, what was it's internal reasoning. The answer was detailed step by step mathematical logic, like a human explaining how to perform an addition.

This showed 2 things:

  • LLM don't "know" how they work

  • the second answer was a rephrasing of original text used for training that explain how math works, so LLM just used that as an explanation

I think it was a very interesting an meaningful analysis

Can anyone help me find this?

EDIT: thanks to @theunknownmuncher @lemmy.world https://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model its this one

EDIT2: I'm aware LLM dont "know" anything and don't reason, and it's exactly why I wanted to find the article. Some more details here: https://feddit.it/post/18191686/13815095

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An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon (www.staygrounded.online)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by lgsp@feddit.it to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

I think this is the way we should communicate, when presented with the question on how to get on Mastodon:

Copy paste from the link:

How do I use Mastodon?

  • Download the Mastodon app from the Apple app store or Play store.

  • Create an account (just like Twitter or any other social media)

  • Follow people, and get posting.

Why do tech journalists say it’s too confusing to catch on?

I have no fucking idea.

EDIT for clarification, don't take this too seriously:

This “guide” is a bit of a joke made out of frustration. If you actually want to know more, including why I feel it has potential to free us from the dystopian hellscape that is modern social media, here is the “real” guide to Mastodon. It still uses simple language (and has lots of pictures!):

Please share widely

[-] lgsp@feddit.it 61 points 2 weeks ago

And more expensive too!

Next step: reinvent the train, but call it uber on steel or uber on rails

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submitted 2 weeks ago by lgsp@feddit.it to c/bicycling@lemmy.world

Thank to this toot i discovered that you can add custmo maaping styles to OsmAnd, and some smart guys made the effort to write some for particular cases.

It looks nice:

OsmAnd is an open source offline mapping app for Android. It allows for a lot of customization, and has advanced modes to edit gpx paths, analyze them, filter POIs etx.

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submitted 3 weeks ago by lgsp@feddit.it to c/bicycling@lemmy.world

crosspostato da: https://piefed.social/post/741601

Few topics in cycling inspire as much controversy as helmets. Some people insist they’re essential, calling non-wearers reckless and invoking harsh and violent imagery: “enjoy your traumatic brain injury”. “You’ll regret it when you’re in a hospital with a feeding tube”. You hear suggestions of denying access to public healthcare. On the opposite end, helmet skeptics argue that they’re a distraction. I’ve actually heard people call them “magic hats” that “don’t offer significant protection (if any at all)”. Helmets dehumanize cyclists and send the wrong message. They’re dorky and uncool, rather than fashionable and European. > > So what’s the truth about helmets? > > > Keep Urbanity rolling: > > Join our Patreon for early releases, credit at the end of each video, and bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/ohtheurbanity > Contact form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NeALCmO6ELwJAGPyV46BVbl5JXzjlWl6emH3ZRNiCiw/edit > Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5CBM1NkqDYAHgS-AbgGHA?sub_confirmation=1 > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohurbanity > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/ohtheurbanity.bsky.social > > For professional inquiries, please fill out the following contact form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NeALCmO6ELwJAGPyV46BVbl5JXzjlWl6emH3ZRNiCiw/edit > > References: > >

  1. Protection provided > > Bicycle helmets – To wear or not to wear? A meta-analyses of the effects of bicycle helmets on injuries (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457518301301) > >
  2. Risk compensation > > Drivers overtaking bicyclists: Objective data on the effects of riding > position, helmet use, vehicle type and apparent gender (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457506001540) > Bicycle helmet wearing is associated with closer overtaking by drivers: A response to Olivier and Walter, 2013 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457518309928) > Emotional reactions to cycle helmet use (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457512001169) > Risk compensation theory and bicycle helmets – Results > from an experiment of cycling speed and short-term effects > of habituation (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369847816305666) > Risk compensation? – The relationship between helmet use and cycling > speed under naturalistic conditions (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022437517307302) > Bicycle helmets and risky behaviour: A systematic review (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847818305941) > >
  3. Level of risk > Sport-related major trauma incidence in young people and adults in England and Wales: a national > registry-based study (https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/injuryprev/30/1/60.full.pdf) > Active Living and Injury Risk (https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-2004-819935) > Epidemiology of injury in professional cyclists (https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/Suppl_1/i4.2) > >
  4. Discouraging cycling > Do the Health Benefits of Cycling Outweigh the Risks? (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2920084/) > Bicycle helmet research [CARRS-Q Monograph Series - Monograph 5] (https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41798/) > The effects of provincial bicycle helmet legislation on > helmet use and bicycle ridership in Canada (https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/16/4/219) > Recommend or mandate? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the > effects of mandatory bicycle helmet legislation (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000145751830397X) > Helmet law makes nonsense of bike hire scheme > (https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/helmet-law-makes-nonsense-of-bike-hire-scheme-20100722-10my2.html) > >
  5. Dehumanization > The effect of safety attire on perceptions of cyclist dehumanisation (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847823001018#b0200) > >
  6. Claims bike helmets don't help > https://www.cnet.com/science/brain-surgeon-theres-no-point-wearing-cycle-helmets/ > https://www.rwcpulse.com/blogs/peeking-at-plans/2023/09/25/bike-helmets-01/ > >
  7. Dutch statistics > https://swov.nl/en/fact-sheet/cyclists > https://www.veiligheid.nl/sites/default/files/2022-06/Rapportage%20%28Snor-%20en%20brom%29fietsongevallen%20in%20Nederland.pdf (English summary included)
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submitted 3 weeks ago by lgsp@feddit.it to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

A short video with dos and fonts to properly lock your bike. Tom from shifter, as good as always!

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submitted 3 weeks ago by lgsp@feddit.it to c/urbanism@slrpnk.net

This guy in Pisa, Italy, has planted 4 trees in a public space and by speaking to nearby people he agreed with some of them to provide water during summer time. Moreover he repaired a public drinking fountain that the administration closed (to avoid repairing), also to help provide water needed for nearby plants.

Follow the mastodon thread, maybe with the help of automatic translation.

We need more people like this!

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by lgsp@feddit.it to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

Thanks to a clear and defined strategy, the car number has decreased by 34% since 2017, and the number of cyclists has increased by 70%. In a city where the transit is really excellent.

These are the results that you get when you build quality infrastructure, as already seen in Paris

Sources:

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by lgsp@feddit.it to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

Cross-post da: https://slrpnk.net/post/21686998

Author of the article is: https://slrpnk.net/u/frankPodmore

EDIT: modified the title to specify that the context is UK, not USA

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by lgsp@feddit.it to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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submitted 2 months ago by lgsp@feddit.it to c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml

A collective of pedestrians living in the Brussels is fighting illegal parking by putting humorous stickers on the rear windows of cars parked on the pavement – hindering people wanting to walk or cycle safely.

The sticker read: "Don't be a Putin. Don't annex the pavement."

Picture of the sticker s

crossposted from: https://feddit.it/post/16080182

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by lgsp@feddit.it to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

A collective of pedestrians living in the Brussels is fighting illegal parking by putting humorous stickers on the rear windows of cars parked on the pavement – hindering people wanting to walk or cycle safely.

The sticker read: "Don't be a Putin. Don't annex the pavement."

Picture of the sticker s

[-] lgsp@feddit.it 24 points 5 months ago

The space close to crossroads should not be dedicated to parking, because parked cars limit visibility of incoming cars. The solution proposed by the maker of the video is much more livable and much less dangerous.

The technique is sometimes called daylighting, and you can find more information about it here

[-] lgsp@feddit.it 24 points 1 year ago

You need a satellite to do that, I think

[-] lgsp@feddit.it 39 points 1 year ago

except for the “cars are great” part.

Yeah... Excluding moron drivers you have:

  • fucking dangerous for anyone outside the car
    • killing millions every year
    • main cause of death among those aged 15–29 years
  • air pollution
  • noise pollution
  • one of the main sources of greenhouse emissions
  • wasting space where it's more valuable
  • wasting money on subsides, directly and indirectly because of roads needed
  • distorting urban growth to increase dependency on it

I'm probably still forgetting something important...

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