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@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
Yeah, because that would be so compatible with GDPR.
By driving this car, you agree to make your driving data available to
law enforcementanyone who can write a simple SQL injection attack or use a script.
Click "I agree" to start your car.FTFR
Nah, it'll be even easier for the hackers. Cause you know they'll make use of wifi to transfer the data (in plain text). Filed under: what's a password?
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@izzion said in In other news today...:
I guess that explains why my brothers went into programming and I'm just a lowly systems admin... I can't work without music
Did you look at how they measured 'creativity'?
volunteers were asked to carry out a series of tasks commonly used to measure creative verbal performance.
Word matching.
an individual would be presented with a set of three words, like stick, maker and point, and asked to find the linking word.
Totally different thought processes involved compared to what I do in my job.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/acp.3532
we investigated the impact of background music on performance of Com-
pound Remote Associate Tasks (CRATs), which are widely thought to tap creativityEven the testing methodology itself seems to have not been thoroughly examined it seems, so basing any conclusions off its use seems somewhat dodgy.
Incidentally (1.1.2 | Design and materials) that word-match test is the only test they used.
Anyway..
https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/tanzania-suspends-leading-newspaper-over-currency-report-20190228
The ultimate in preventing
inconvenient truthsfake news:It reported the US dollar was selling at 2 415 Tanzanian shillings, compared to 2 300 at the central bank's rate, according to surveys carried out in foreign exchange bureaus and banks.
The Statistics Act of 2017 bans any publication of statistical information contrary to the official figures, with possible jail terms for those who do.
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@TimeBandit
After all, it's so much easier to grow your wares in an enclosed garden that the cops can't see in a casual passby from the street.
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Last week the Dutch government did something evil. Something diabolical. A truly villainous deed. Something no reasonable country would do. At least if you believe the French.
They purchased a 14% participation in French-Dutch airline Air France-KLM. Of which the French government holds 14.1% of shares.
(unfortunately, I do not have an English-language link)
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@PleegWat said in In other news today...:
Has been held in court to not be a reason to speed.
I don't care if it's not a good reason, I'll pay the ticket if I get caught.
And the suspension of your license.
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@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
And the suspension of your license.
Depends on how much I was over the limit.
What kind of totalitarian regime would suspend your driving license for a bit of speeding?
B.t.w.: I've never had my license suspended
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit Yeah, the liberty to speed is such an important one!
You never had an emergency and needed to bring someone to the hospital ASAP and couldn't wait for the
Wouldn't matter, you'd still be stuck queueing for hours regardless.
I swear you have seen our traffic!
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
What kind of totalitarian regime would suspend your driving license for a bit of speeding?
It depends. Doing a little bit over on a highway usually isn't too big a deal, whereas doing 100 on roads where the limit is 30… will probably earn you all sorts of trouble (possibly including being chased by a helicopter).
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
What kind of totalitarian regime would suspend your driving license for a bit of speeding?
Like 50% of German motorways have no mandated speed limit, just an advisory one.@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
B.t.w.: I've never had my license suspended
Me either and I've been caught twice. Many years ago and for a rather rubbish 37 in a 30 and 57 in a 50.
In the UK you'd need to be caught multiple times (how many depends on if you're a new driver or not) or be caught way over the speed limit.
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
whereas doing 100 on roads where the limit is 30
That's why I said "a bit of speeding"
On the highway in Quebec, excessive speeding is 60 kmh over the limit (100 km/h) and you are good for a fine of $630
Also, we use points on our driving license. You start with 15 points. If you loose them all, you loose your license.160 in a 100 km/h zone and you loose 10 points.
181 and you loose them all
You get your points back after 2 years.
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
whereas doing 100 on roads where the limit is 30… will probably earn you all sorts of trouble (possibly including being chased by a helicopter).
If the helicopter was available, but since Police budgets got cut a single helicopter can be shared between several forces which makes that less likely.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
Me either and I've been caught twice. Many years ago and for a rather rubbish 37 in a 30 and 57 in a 50.
Same for me. 2 times, both times 11 over (46 in a 35)
- Following another car, he goes over hill, hits brakes. I come over, oh hi police. (he had a radar detector, I didn't)
- This one ticked me off. The road was 35, then 45, then 55 all in a short period - and it changed to 55 at the bottom of a hill. I was only about 100 ft from the 45 sign. Yes, I started accelerating a little early, but come on!
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
we use points on our driving license. You start with 15 points. If you loose them all, you loose your license.
We start at 0. New drivers (less than 2 years experience) lose the license at 6 points, older drivers at 12.
Less excessive speeding is 3 points (and a fine), bigger excesses are 6 points and the sort of craziness mentioned by @dkf would be a straight ban if you got caught.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
Me either and I've been caught twice.
I've been caught way more than twice
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@loopback0 Then we must be really annoying for other forces; the police like to use their helicopter in this area, and it makes one heck of a racket… (There are a few roads which encourage speeding a little too much late at night, yet need the capacity during rush hour.)
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
There are a few roads which encourage speeding a little too much late at night
That's the kind of speeding that should be allowed. If you're alone on a long stretch of highway, and you have the car for it, going 160 km/h is less dangerous than going 100 km/h while surrounded by idiot drivers
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There's a patch of roadway near me (two, in fact), where the speed limits are better thought of as minimum speeds under normal conditions.
One is a 55 mph, 4+1 lane (4 + center turn lane) road through an industrial area, except there are no turns or driveways. So basically empty for a couple miles. Everyone does 60 minimum, 65 or 70 is normal unless traffic is heavy.
The other is an expressway with a 65 mph speed limit. 75+ is normal and you'll cause traffic issues if you're not doing at least 70.
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
And the suspension of your license.
Depends on how much I was over the limit.
What kind of totalitarian regime would suspend your driving license for a bit of speeding?
B.t.w.: I've never had my license suspended
As our hospitals are usually located inside cities, the tolerance for speeding is just a tad lower.
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@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
As our hospitals are usually located inside cities, the tolerance for speeding is just a tad lower.
But you can speed on autobahn.
Here, even on the Trans-Canadian highway, the speed limit is 100km/h.
The same fucking speed limit that was there 50 years ago when cars were 2 tons and used drum-brakesEdit: And semi-trailer trucks have to obey the same limit
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Trans-Canadian
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
What kind of totalitarian regime would suspend your driving license for a bit of speeding?
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
The same fucking speed limit that was there 50 years ago when cars were 2 tons and used drum-brakes
The rules of the road have to fit the poorly-maintained or decades-old cars still out on the roads not the well-maintained or modern cars that can stop from significantly faster in a significantly shorter distance.
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
What kind of totalitarian regime would suspend your driving license for a bit of speeding?
100 on roads where the limit is 30…
And possibly a charge for murder if you end up killing someone.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Trans-Canadian
FTFY
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@dkf said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
What kind of totalitarian regime would suspend your driving license for a bit of speeding?
100 on roads where the limit is 30…
And possibly a charge for murder if you end up killing someone.
Or attempted manslaughter if you don't.
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@PleegWat said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@dkf said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
What kind of totalitarian regime would suspend your driving license for a bit of speeding?
100 on roads where the limit is 30…
And possibly a charge for murder if you end up killing someone.
Or attempted manslaughter if you don't.
Both are generally venturing into "dangerous driving" territory which has severe penalties in the UK.
We do have the typically British offences of "Careless or Inconsiderate Driving" at the other end of the offence spectrum.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@dkf said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
What kind of totalitarian regime would suspend your driving license for a bit of speeding?
100 on roads where the limit is 30…
And possibly a charge for murder if you end up killing someone.
Regardless, you'd be going to jail.
(Out of curiosity, I discovered reckless endangerment kicks in at 15 over in CA)
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
The rules of the road have to fit the poorly-maintained or decades-old cars still out on the roads
You forgot that in Canada, unless you store it every winter, a car that is 10 yo turn into just a pile of rust
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@TimeBandit I did but still, the limits are set to the lowest denominator not the average. Also cars might have improved significantly but humans not so much.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
he limits are set to the lowest denominator
Which is a 16yo with a 10yo rusted Civic in poor mecanic shape
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@dcon said in In other news today...:
2 times, both times 11 over (46 in a 35)
Speeding, only once that I can remember. Speed limit was 35. I was accelerating hard from a stoplight and overshot the limit. I let off the throttle when my speedometer got to about 38, but due to the acceleration, it lagged a bit behind my actual speed and peaked at 40 before dropping back to 35 as my car slowed down. The cop in the car next to me said I got up to 45. At least he didn't write me up for reckless driving, which he had threatened me with.
Another time I almost got caught. I was going down a hill on a highway in a semi-rural area, when I saw flashing lights in my rear view mirror, maybe a half-mile or so behind me. I glanced at my speedometer, noticed I was going over the limit, and let off the throttle. I was in the right lane, and as the CHP car overtook me in the left lane, he started to pull into my lane behind me, but then pulled back into the left lane, passed me, and pulled over another car that had been going the same speed but didn't slow down for the flashing lights.
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Damn, you people are tame with speeding, Last time I got caught I was doing 77 in a 55. Fastest I have been speeding (not caught) was 105 in a 75, funnily enough I was in the right lane and getting routinely passed.
I get caught for speeding just about every two years, conveniently enough right after the last ticket has worked its way off my license.
edit: Now that I think of it, the most over the limit I have done is 90 in a 45. Thankfully, not caught.
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
Fastest I have been speeding (not caught) was 105 in a 75
Fastest I did was 127 in a 62 zone.
And I was still in 5th gear (out of 6) with some power left.
Thankfully, not caught
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And now, back to the news!
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Since when did the News thread turn into the Driving thread?
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
Damn, you people are tame with speeding, Last time I got caught I was doing 77 in a 55. Fastest I have been speeding (not caught) was 105 in a 75, funnily enough I was in the right lane and getting routinely passed.
I get caught for speeding just about every two years, conveniently enough right after the last ticket has worked its way off my license.
edit: Now that I think of it, the most over the limit I have done is 90 in a 45. Thankfully, not caught.
I have never been done for speeding, pulled over because they thought I'd stolen it yes (I was speeding then, but I think they were embarrassed by the whole theft mistake luckily).
When I had a sportscar, I was bored once on an empty closed-course at 2am, so I decided to see just how fast it could go. Turns out more than double the motorway speed limit. Handling became very twitchy and I quickly decided it was a bad idea, once was enough.
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@Cursorkeys said in In other news today...:
Handling became very twitchy
Not all sport car are created equal.
Some have terrible handling.Equal weight distribution is king.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
And now, back to the news!
How? That's a violation of eBay's policies. From https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/zoo-animals-wildlife-products-policy?id=4327:
Can I buy a pet on eBay?
No. Although you can buy some animal and wildlife products on eBay, pets and other live animals are not allowed to be listed for sale on our site.
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Possible solution to climate change
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@TimeBandit Maybe not so much a nuclear winter, as a mild nuclear autumn.
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@Gribnit said in In other news today...:
as a mild nuclear autumn
Would that be colder or hotter than a Canadian summer?
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@TimeBandit Yes.
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@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
@hungrier Come on, the banana one is old. Maybe try one with an
Orangeapple?CTFY
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@izzion I intentionally study with distracting music playing. It feels like it's tanking my ability to concentrate, but what it's actually tanking is my ability to skim-read, forcing my brain to actually process what it's reading. Double the studying time but quintuple the retention.
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
Damn, you people are tame with speeding, Last time I got caught I was doing 77 in a 55. Fastest I have been speeding (not caught) was 105 in a 75, funnily enough I was in the right lane and getting routinely passed.
I get caught for speeding just about every two years, conveniently enough right after the last ticket has worked its way off my license.
edit: Now that I think of it, the most over the limit I have done is 90 in a 45. Thankfully, not caught.
I've only ever been caught once, and talked my way out of it. I passed an unmarked car on the right side (illegal, and a small fine) while they were doing 130 kph on a 100 kph road, and 30 kph over the limit is when you get your license suspended. I do speed pretty much everywhere except where there are people living close to the road, but I usually stay below the suspended license limit... Unless it's a lovely country road, the asphalt is great and the weather is wonderful and the road is empty.
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
That's the kind of speeding that should be allowed.
Not these particular roads. They alternate back and forth between wide and narrow (a legacy of when they were tram routes, a century ago) and have a few tricky bends. The only way to go fast on them even vaguely safely is to be very heavy on the accelerator and brakes, and it is far more likely that you'll lose control if you're going like that. We've got stupid drivers deciding to go fast anyway, and that's plain old dangerous; the bouquets of flowers left against various trees stand testament to this.
There are other roads (a bit further off) where going fast safely is possible.
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
You forgot that in Canada, unless you store it every winter, a car that is 10 yo turn into just a pile of rust
Why have a car if you can only use it three weeks of the year?