Nouveau_Burnswick

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[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago

Unless it's for roads and parking.

I believe you, but I'd still like to see it first.

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 22 points 9 hours ago

Why didn't the eagles simply drop Frodo an e-bike?

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes we do. REM in Montréal, skytrain in Vancouver

Sure, but it is about 4% as many injuries as cars, and about 0.2% as many fatalities. https://medium.com/vision-zero-cities-journal/the-myth-of-the-demon-biker-64cb24939cd6

Also, the majority of these collisions are caused by not having proper segregation of road users. Cyclists and pedestrians get slammed into the margins of roads dedicated to cars, causing the conflicts.

Adopting zision zero solves the problem regardless.

The vast majority of far right recruitment seems to be focused on young men without healthy outlets for masculinity. Fight Club (1999) was built on the same principle. We often decry the outcome, but I think efforts should be more focused on avoiding the conditions that lead to this in the first place.

Anti-immigration sentiment is an outcome of income inequality.

Healthy masculine outlets like scouting and sports seem to be reducing.

Community outlets took a dive through COVID. Increasing sense of community can divert some of that energy to positive outlets.

Presumably, when we build infrastructure, we are doing so because moving people and goods will provide an ROI.

In practice we rarely quantify the ROI, and the whole process is very unscientific.

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If you decided to go active transportation instead:

$15Bn would make 150,000km of should bike lanes (enough to cross Canada 19 times) or 15,000km of multi-use path (cross Canada twice).

Or you could build 625 lane km's of road. (So 312.5km of two lane, or 156km of 4 lane)

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

WHY THE HELL DRIVE AT ALL? 😡

Becuase we make the transition experience for everyone outside a car shitty as fuck in Canada.

I'm big, so id rather it happen to me than someone else.

The new daycare program has had a lot to do with bringing that number down.

 

I've got a non-smart washer, but after a recent power outage I noticed that it resumes the wash cycle at it's current point when power is cut then restored.

Enter an IKEA smart button and smart plug.

I load the washer, get it started then press the button to kill power and enable an automation (currently on have 4 am and 3 pm).

At 4am or 3pm, the automation turns the power back on and disables itself.

Next step is monitoring the smart plug power monitoring to send a notification when the washer finishes.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
 

Ontarians, I need your help.

This week I was pulled over by the police for having a kid's seat on my e-bike. I was informed this is illegal in Ontario as Sec. 38 of the HTA doesn't allow anyone under the age of 16 to be on a power-assisted or motor assisted bicycle.

In 2021 the Moving Ontarians More Safely Act came out that separated power-assisted bicycles (like e-bikes) from motor assisted bicycles (like dirt bikes). This will finally allow child seats on e-bikes.

Please call your MPP to get this bill that passed and assented 3 years ago into law.

Details on the wording of the current and assented laws:

currently the Highway Traffic Act, section 38, states : "No person who is the owner or is in possession or control of a motor assisted bicycle or power-assisted bicycle shall permit a person who is under the age of 16 years to ride on, drive or operate the motor assisted bicycle or power-assisted bicycle on a highwau"

the Moving Ontarians More Safely Act, 2021, S.O. 2021, C. 26 - Bill 282 splits this into a few sections: "No person under the age of 14 years shall operate a power-assisted bicycle described in clause (a) of the definition" "No person under the age of 16 years shall operate a power-assisted bicycle described in clause (b) or (c)" and the new section 38.1: "No person under the age of 16 years shall ride on, drive or operate a motor assisted bicycle on a highway" From my perspective this will make e-bikes legal to have kids seats; and separate the class away from gas and electric dirt bikes.

 

Who's going to win?

I guess owl wait longer for the results.

 
 
 
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Ikea HULTARP rods (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world to c/homeorganization@lemmy.world
 

Ikea's HULTARP rods and hooks can let you store things outside of the kitchen too.

I came up with this solution to stick long, but flat and lightweight, items on the wall in a bathroom.

Edit: note that Ikea has two sizes of HULTRAP hooks, so you might want to get a pack of each while figuring out what works best for your items.

 
 
 
 

Edit: please excuse the typo. I probably shouldn't use Sunforged as an editor.

Bonus gif!

 

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