When paths are narrow and the sidewalks busy (people, trees, benches, etc) drivers subconsciously slow down because it feels faster. Inversely, drivers speed up in wide open areas because it feels slower. This has been well studied and rebutted earlier urban design principles that thought narrow streets and obstacles caused traffic accidents.

One solution would be to sacrifice the new gardens on that top road to make space for bike lanes. Of even better, the whole road becomes a bike-first road where cars are allowed in at 10km/h.

Exactly! The design forces everyone to drive more slowly and deliberately. If I was a driver I would be very pleased. The only people that hate this are speeders.

Computer vision is AI and has been called as such for a long time, way before the current wave of AI/LLMs. You can call it whatever you want. An automaton that can sense the environment, read information and make decisions on it is a kind of AI.

At least in Europe street signs are color blind friendly. Forbidden signs are white with a dark thick stroke around, while mandatory signs are solid dark color. The colors help, but are not necessary to distinguish the sign.

Technically that is also canceling the previous sign that said you are entering the town.

Drivers in Europe, and I assume most of the world, do have to have several theoretical classes about driving and safety to earn their license. Is this not the case where you live?

Oh look, a use of AI and surveillance I can actually get being.

My whole life I kept trying to move people to the better chat program/app. It’s a waste of time. Either they’ll do our don’t on their own time.

Google is know for removing reviewed coming from bomb-reviewing like when a brand gets a sudden burst of bad publicity, but in extensions, Google play, Google maps etc.

An AI would play this better than any human.

Yes of course, but we usually ate the same things at the same time.

The day I found out my SO and I have very different metabolisms was when we first tried edibles and he was high in less than 30 minutes, while I thought I was imune to it after 90 minutes or absolutely nothing. So I started making us snacks, only for it to hit me like a truck made of mind fog while holding a hot pan.

It all comes down to numbers. What’s cheaper: recycling brand new phones and accessories for materials, harvesting parts, selling as refurbished, or shipping them to another country (if possible, because they might be targeted to certain markets). Whatever option is the most profitable, is what they’ll chose. Sometimes the landfill is the cheapest option.

I doubt they still have that many lightning iPhones. This is mostly about lightning accessories.

Can’t wait for high speed rail to be common and cheaper in Europe. I just hate everything about airports and flying. I already only fly if I have time constraints. I’ll gladly take a train for 10 hours instead of a 1 hour flight (which requires more than 1 hour commuting, being 2 hours early, waiting for luggage, then commuting back, so that 1 hour is more like 4).

Germany will be thst last country to allow such level of digitalization.

Not just a dying battery, but a fragile screen, malware, and a tendency to get stolen.

I think the problem with a digital passport is that while that’s fine in very developed countries, you’ll alwadys need a physical human readible stamp to show authorities when they don’t have a digital reader.

More and more not complying with digitalization will get you into trouble. I don’t think it will be mandatory but expect to run into delays, similar to how you technically have the right to reduce the x-ray like machine at airport security, but doing so is time consuming, everyone will hate you for it, and cause you significant delays, on top of making you look suspicious.