n2burns

A solution would be to have a STOP SIGN at the off-ramp to protect cyclists. It’s not ideal for motorists, but it’s a far safer option, and there’s more than enough distance coming off the highway to allow for it.

Sure, the yield sign could be turned into a Stop Sign (I honestly don't know why it isn't one now), but that's not what's in the picture, or where most of the conflicts happen. What's pictured is the an on-ramp and most of the conflicts are drivers drifting across the bike lane to get on to the expressway.

Up until 3 years ago, I lived in KW. I agree this is insane and completely avoid biking on these lanes. However, whenever this picture pops up on social media, I always question what would have been a better option?

• Should they just not have put in bike lanes? They are useful on either side of the overpass.
• Should the bike lanes be centre running? They could run beside the LRT, but I know centre running bike lanes present a bunch of new problems.
• Something else?

Here's the location on Google Maps, if anyone wants to poke around.

I would love to see dedicated bike infrastructure to cross the expressway, but I don't see that happening in the short/medium-term. There aren't any other nearby crossing, though the next one south of here is okay~ish.

In Canada, 2 doctors have to agree that the patient is of sound mind, wants Medical Assistance in Dying, and their condition meets the minimum legal threshold. I think that system has been working fairly well.

Also why. The. Hell. Are. People. Still. Using. Virtualbox? What is this? 2005? You're already running a kernel with built in world tier type 1 virtualization.

Honestly, for me, it's probably just momentum at this point. I've been using Virtualbox for at least 15, maybe 20 years now. I don't use it much anymore with how good docker, etc. have become. Any recommendation on what I should be using instead?

FTA:

India and Pakistan

Probably other countries too. Not sure why you think it'd be limited to China, Russia, and Iran.

Everything you said there is true, but also isn't an answer to the question asked.

Can it? Certainly. People have been doing so for years now.

Should you? None of us can answer that for you. None of us know your needs, your technical proficiency, or your willingness to put up with bugs/quirks

If you're interested, you should go read/listen/watch the experiences of users and ask questions once you have some specific ones.

You don't think 2A absolutists would help fund their defence if they thought it would help? This will be precedent setting.

I don't think that's a fair assessment, and I'm someone who's pretty invested in both projects (I've been using Beeper for almost a year and I'm still wearing a Pebble).

I think before you get to convincing people, I think you simply have to ask people more questions. What do they mean by "more convenient"? And then, how is their car more convenient? And remember, two people can both think, "my car is more convenient," but have wildly different definitions of what "more convenient" means and how their car fits that definition.

In my experience, when most people say, "My car is more convenient" they mean, "That's what I'm used to, that's what I've always done," as well as all the points you made in the 2nd paragraph. Other people mean that a bike can't 100% replace a car, which is a little easier to argue against because it doesn't have to be all or nothing. Maybe they can commute to work or do chores by bike, and even if there's a day where the weather doesn't cooperate or they need to carry more stuff than they can fit on their bike

However, I think the biggest revelation you have is this is a tragedy of the commons situation. I would suggest you dig into that a bit more and how you can combat tragedies of the commons. In my honest opinion, I think this is a systemic problem and needs systemic solutions. Getting support for these changes is huge and resources like Strong Towns are a good place to start.

AFAIK, most of the pan-European plans cover the whole Schengen Area (including Switzerland), and the most of the former USSR boarders aren't all that porous, unlike the NAFTA boarders.

Some are, like Bitwarden or Wikipedia or Jellyfin, are on fdroid too without Google's bullshit. Some even have functionality they're not allowed to have in the Play store.

To be fair, there are also some features that also rely on Google's builds. For example, Bitwarden's "Log in with Device" only works on the Google Play version.