Chastity2323 6 months ago • 100%
you know what else slows down ambulances? Congestion
I live near a school. Cars go way too fast and blast through intersections. Impeding the flow of car traffic is exactly what we need. I'd rather not require the ambulance in the first place.
I'm working with my neighbors to petition the city to add traffic calming measures (e.g. speed bumps, one way roads) to my street. I'm also hoping to turn it into a bit of a research project. Does anyone know of any tools to monitor or even automate data collection of the speeds of cars, number of cars going by, how many actually stop at intersections/stop signs, etc? If we're successful with the petition, I think it would be nice to be able to present some data from before and after the traffic calming measures are put in place. Thank you in advance!
Chastity2323 9 months ago • 100%
If making people feel safer walking and biking in cities = "worthless shit" to you then why are you even here? I can't tell you how many times I've been honked at or yelled at or nearly run over while walking or on my bike by drivers who refuse to stop at red lights at all because of the right on red rule.
Cars don't belong in cities at all, with the possible exception of delivery/commercial vehicles and vehicles for disabled people. Banning right on red is just one part of a multi-pronged approach to get us there, together with better bicycle infrastructure and public transit, etc.
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Pro/Con of DeGoogled Phone Operating Systems
Chastity2323 9 months ago • 100%
/e/ is not degoogled and security does not seem to be a priority for them. I wouldn't recommend it. See the following comments from a divestos dev:
https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/should-e-os-and-the-fairphone-be-added-to-privacy-guides/13184/2
https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/should-e-os-and-the-fairphone-be-added-to-privacy-guides/13184/8
Ask LemmyChastity2323 9 months ago • 100%
So true, I watched dune in theaters with my friends and half of us fell asleep lmao
Chastity2323 9 months ago • 100%
There is on Voyager https://github.com/aeharding/voyager
Chastity2323 9 months ago • 90%
Personally I'm ok with fuck cars being mainly a place for people to express their frustrations with how things are - I think that serves an important role.
I would also like to see places for more nuanced discussions about urbanism for those who are interested. I used to go to r/NotJustBikes for that, but haven't seen any similar communities emerge on Lemmy.
Fuck Cars
When compared with a short commuting time (< 30 min), a long commuting time (≥ 60 min) was associated with a 16% increase in likelihood of depressive symptoms
Chastity2323 10 months ago • 100%
It's also well documented by strongtowns how car infrastructure specifically devastates local communities and bankrupts cities due to how exorbitantly expensive it is. Long car commutes may increase the GDP of a country, but local areas suffer.
Fuck Cars
When compared with a short commuting time (< 30 min), a long commuting time (≥ 60 min) was associated with a 16% increase in likelihood of depressive symptoms
Chastity2323 10 months ago • 100%
This illustrates very well how broken our economic system is lol. What benefits "the economy" (GDP) is not what benefits real people/communities.
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Fairphone 3 - or how to be contend with a phone and its´ issues
Chastity2323 10 months ago • 100%
I'll also add that while Fairphone markets that they suoport their phones for many years, the firmware of the Qualcomm SoC it ships with stops receiving updates after only a couple years. Your phone will not be secure after this point. Read more here:
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/os/android-overview/#firmware-updates
Chastity2323 11 months ago • 100%
Interesting - I just checked again today and it's showing up on lemmy.world
If you go to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world through midwest.social, it shows fewer subscribers in the sidebar than if you go straight to lemmy.world (https://midwest.social/c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world vs https://lemmy.world/c/homeimprovement). Also, there are posts that only show up when you look at c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world through the midwest.social instance, and are missing from the lemmy.world instance. For example, this post: https://midwest.social/post/4242666 is nonexistent if you look at the homepage on lemmy.world: https://lemmy.world/c/homeimprovement. However, you can see it from the homepage on midwest.social: https://midwest.social/c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world.
Is whole-home surge protection a good idea to protect large appliances, a plug in hybrid car, etc from voltage spikes? I'm also a little lost in terms of what I should be looking for in a whole home surge protector. Are they all just MOVs, and if so, doesn't that mean they'll wear out and need to be replaced overtime?
Chastity2323 12 months ago • 100%
TIL downvotes on Lemmy are public lol. That was honestly just a misclick tho, my bad
Chastity2323 12 months ago • 100%
Definitely possible. The first one lasted nearly 30 years (until 2020), the second lasted less than a year and was still under warranty, and the third just broke a few weeks ago. My repair guy seems to think the replacement part he's been able to get is just lower quality than the original.
Chastity2323 12 months ago • 100%
Thank you so much!!!
Chastity2323 12 months ago • 100%
I've had it serviced at Master Tech before several times, and they seem willing to do it again if I can find the part. I don't think they have any way of getting the part unfortunately
A component in my 30 year old Gaggenau oven died and they discontinued the part. Does anyone know of someone in the area who is skilled enough and willing to fabricate the part? see https://midwest.social/comment/3437155
cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/4040473 > Every once in a while, the heating element seems to break on my Gaggenau EB 378 610 oven. Other than that, it works fine. > > This time though, I am unable to find a replacement part since the manufacturer discontinued it. I searched everywhere online and on eBay, but was still unable to find it. > > I would rather not buy a new oven since that would be very expensive and I like this one. Does anyone have any ideas about where I can find a replacement heating element? Or am I out of luck? > > It's a convection element, part #00098494, 100L
Chastity2323 12 months ago • 100%
I believe they are - in fact, Bosch acquired Gaggenau at some point. Unfortunately, it looks like both Bosch and Gaggenau discontinued the part :(
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What should I know before buying electrical appliances? A vacuum in particular?
Chastity2323 12 months ago • 100%
Miele vacuums are incredible. I have one that's over 20 years old and still going strong. They're still making accessories that fit it too!
Every once in a while, the heating element seems to break on my Gaggenau EB 378 610 oven. Other than that, it works fine. This time though, I am unable to find a replacement part since the manufacturer discontinued it. I searched everywhere online and on eBay, but was still unable to find it. I would rather not buy a new oven since that would be very expensive and I like this one. Does anyone have any ideas about where I can find a replacement heating element? Or am I out of luck? It's a convection element, part #00098494, 100L
Chastity2323 12 months ago • 100%
I don't think it's really true that AA has been "trying" to build housing for 20 years and not gaining ground. I was at a talk the other day where they said in 2016, they predicted that in order to meet Ann Arbor's housing needs, they would need to build at least 140 new units of housing each year for many years. Since 2016, a whopping 50 units have been built. That's kind of pitiful.