[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago

This is probably the single thing that got me to switch to Firefox. Privacy whatever, I don’t care about my data or the morality of my tech company or whatever, but mess with my adblocker and goodbye.

[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

You lose the benefits of it being cheap, but an ebike is a decent solution

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submitted 4 months ago by knexcar@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

It's well-known that the US used to have a highly functional public transportation network that was dismantled for the car, but I'm really curious on the details of how that happened. Obviously there was National City Lines who dismantled streetcars and replaced them with buses, as well as interstate highway construction gutting cities, but I feel like there's a lot more detail and nuance that's missing.

Does anyone know of any books or other reading material that goes into the details of the decline? I'm hoping for something in-depth, think comparisons of big events vs ridership numbers vs average public transit speed, public opinion, ideally a case study on some actual cities. When the streetcars were ripped out, did the buses still provide adequate service, or was there a large decrease in frequency/quality? Were there frequency cuts later on? What happened when the private bus company inevitably went bankrupt? Did people without cars protest as service was cut, or were they left behind as people and jobs moved to suburbs, where service didn't exist to begin with? What did people in small towns without cars do?

[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Thank goodness, maybe I’ll finally be able to buy a diamond pickaxe for what few emeralds I have. I’ve been having to use stone tools in this economy and I’d really like some obsidian for a nether portal.

[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

Not having children is one of the easiest ways to contribute to solving climate change, which is exactly why we should encourage it regardless of whether the person is also taking other steps to solve it (which we don’t know). Not having a child also saves 58 tons of CO2 emissions per year, so it’s one of the most effective things you can do to fight climate change too, so that simple action does a lot to fight for a better world.

Source: https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-fight-climate-change-have-fewer-children

[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago

Is the answer not “A miserable little pile of secrets”?

[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Wait, there are USB cables that don’t transfer data? What do they do then, charge only?

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submitted 10 months ago by knexcar@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

Hello! My sister sent me some images on the .RW2 format, does anyone know any programs I should use to easily open/covert them to jpeg? Using Linux Mint if that helps.

I know this could easily be googled, but someday I'd like to imagine people tacking site:lemmy.world to their google searches instead of site:reddit.com

[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

Isn’t Linus pretty famous for his tech tips YouTube channel?

[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

A custom bike sounds expensive, I really wish there were more east-to-buy prebuilt options. Fat people are pretty common, they’re not a rare body shape or disability that should require a custom bike. And I do wish higher weight limit tires were more common, I’m not overweight myself but I sometimes heavily load my electric bike with cargo (and a trailer that pushes down on the rear axle), and occasionally I have problems with spokes breaking already. Bikes that can carry toddlers are becoming common fast, I wish heavy wheels were more standardized for both heavy people and cargo bikes.

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Weight limits for bicycles need to be higher and more transparent, especially if the majority of people want to use them.

[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Someone clearly doesn’t play Cities: Skylines with mods

[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Too bad it also blocks bus traffic. And it’s not like the buses have an alternative route.

Edit: in fact it’s worse for bus passengers as the Golden Gate Transit system relies heavily on timed transfers and many buses run once an hour, so even a 10 minute delay could cause bus passengers to miss their transfer and make them have to wait an hour.

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It works with most websites, it syncs my bookmarks across computers, lets me reuse my existing Google account instead of needing to make a new one, and I really don't care about my data going to Google because I already give up my data in exchange for free services (which feels like a win-win).

[-] knexcar@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Why would I read a long, padded, ad-riddled article when I can get a quick and accurate TL;DR in the title and expert commentary in the comments?

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