Jarvis2323

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[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev -4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I am in fact stating that there is no proof that they do anything to reduce collusions or deaths. I stated in my first comment that such proof does not exist.

These cameras are only deployed to generate revenue. There is no scientific basis for improved safety.

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev -3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It focused on the Arizona study because that was the only one out of the 35 that actually measured Motor Vehicle Collisions. The rest did not even attempt it in any controlled manner.

As stated, there are no meaningful studies that these cameras reduce accidents.

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (8 children)

These cameras do nothing to improve safety. There is no meaningful scientific evidence that shows any difference improvement in safety.

Their only value is socioeconomic harm.

“after accounting for MVC increases in the control segment we found that neither camera placement nor removal had an independent impact on MVCs. In other words, speed cameras did not statistically contribute to an increase or decrease in the number of MVC.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3861844/#:~:text=after%20accounting%20for%20mvc%20increases%20in%20the%20control%20segment%20we%20found%20that%20neither%20camera%20placement%20nor%20removal%20had%20an%20independent%20impact%20on%20mvcs.%20in%20other%20words%2C%20speed%20cameras%20did%20not%20statistically%20contribute%20to%20an%20increase%20or%20decrease%20in%20the%20number%20of%20mvc.

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

California has one of these solar thermal towers. Quite a spectacle as you drive by on the way back from Vegas.

Interestingly this one does not store energy for 24/7 operations like the one in China. As they are both smolten salt based, not sure why

https://www.theneweconomy.com/energy/the-unexpected-environmental-drawbacks-of-concentrated-solar-power-plants

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For the record I did not downvote.

But I capitulate on your point. It would be great if every piece of software was written with resilience and uptime in mind.

As a former sysadmin that sounds like a dream. But I don’t think I have ever seen that with any mainstream program that I’ve had responsibility for. Does that mean all those programs were bad? I don’t think so. We wouldn’t need sysadmins if all programs were written the way you describe.

Programs can be written to auto rotate their logs, compact and reindex their db’s. Using browser updates as an example, they can even safely auto update and revert back on failure.

How many programs actually do these things? My experience is next to 0. But I wouldn’t call them all bad or poorly written programs.

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (9 children)

No. Every good software program should write at least logs to disk. Every good database writes to disk. Add a new post, db will commit to the db and the db will grow in size.

Name any decent sized program where new content is added and I guarantee it writes to disk and will fail eventually if not maintained.

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Don’t feel too bad, not only is 30 an arbitrary number, he doesn’t account for folks too young to understand something. I don’t think a 2 day old baby learning about the mentos thing should count. So either it’s more than 10,000 people per day or the age should probably stretch out to 60 or maybe even 75.

Of corse there are also the people like me who are forgetful and may not remember they heard something!

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I agree with your disagreement. One of the biggest mistakes was folks trying to create 1:1 analogs of every subreddit. A single big community can have a lot of varied interesting discussions. If it gets too big, folks can get together and start a separate sub topic community for whatever topic warrants it.

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev 6 points 9 months ago

Ah gotcha. That makes a lot more sense. Maybe OP will post after he finishes his build

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev 22 points 9 months ago

A piece of kit that has root access. No game should have that level of access to your system.

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shame the guy couldn’t be bothered to do a short interview with a writer from a well known tech magazine. Most small businesses CEOs would jump at the chance. Or at least they should.

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