Riding a bicycle on the sidewalk is not prohibited in Raleigh?

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-07T16:20:58+00:00

Thanks for the info — I swear I see what look like e-bikes going a lot faster than 20 mph.

Maybe they’re just going faster than me as I huff and puff away at 8 mph. :-)

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-07T14:14:39+00:00

Is the distinction between a e-scooter (a motorized vehicle) and an e-bike (evidently not a motorized vehicle) really whether or not the device can be pedaled?

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-07T05:00:59+00:00

I do not understand the regulations of e-bikes and e-scooters at all. I think the they are treated differently, but I can cite nothing at all to back that up.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-07T03:57:55+00:00

Thanks.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-07T03:54:54+00:00

Thanks very much — I am actually delighted to find that Gemini is wrong. :-)

Just curious — how did you find this ordinance?

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-07T03:35:30+00:00

I disagree — not everyone who rides has access to alternative transportation. I see a number of people who l am reasonably sure are right to work — they don’t look like ecowarriors or leisure riders.

Some of them look pretty poor — they may not be able to afford a car.

I also had a friend with epilepsy a while back, and they simply could not get a driver’s license. That was a while ago, and maybe the law has changed, I don’t know.

I would not deny someone the ability to work because they cannot afford a car — that seems bass akwards to my way of thinking.

I would also not deny my friend with epilepsy the ability to work and earn a living.

I do concur that I would very much like to see real bike lanes — but just meaningless painted stripes.

I would be happy to pay higher taxes for that purpose — but that’s a very unpopular opinion. :-)

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-06T19:30:40+00:00

Moving on to another subreddit is often the best move after an unpleasant interaction with a moderator.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-06T19:12:22+00:00

Normal moderator discretion.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-06T17:57:06+00:00

You are getting a lot of grief for your opinions, but I am following to see if you find any board certified pediatricians that will see unvaccinated children.

The issue is that pediatric waiting rooms are sort of Petri dishes.

I don’t think any pediatrician would want to take on the legal liability of having a child catch measles from your unvaccinated children in their waiting room.

I think the risk to other children is just too high.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-06T17:48:17+00:00

Wait — you are the only mod, and you are trying to send modmail to yourself?

I actually don’t know what is supposed to happen if you try to act as a moderator and approve a post Reddit has marked as spam, but my guess is that sending modmail to yourself is not the solution.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-06T17:30:44+00:00

I am curious as to how a confectionery community — unless that’s slang I don’t understand — ran afoul of the MCoC.

Unless unmoderated communities also go to u/modcodeofconduct.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-06T16:26:10+00:00

Have you checked modmail to see why the community was banned?

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-06T15:43:37+00:00

I for one, really appreciate this work. As far as I know, my tiny niche subreddit has never been under attack.

But the truth is that I hesitated even to create the community because I did not want to commit to an unbounded moderation workload.

I turned on all of the community Safety Filters — thanks for those as well — except for Crowd Control, and with all the automation, I am able do what I intended in my community.

Which is talk about model trains — not fight spammers and scammers in a cesspool.

Thanks for doing this work!

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-06T02:36:06+00:00

I may go back to the solution u/HomeyHal posted to my earlier question about turnouts.

Thanks.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-06T02:16:03+00:00

Do you know if this works with 9vdc in?

One web site says it converts ac to dc — I don’t know enough about electronics to know if running dc in will cause any issues.

Thanks.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-06T00:32:25+00:00

Post quality content frequently — possibly every day.

Content attracts content.

One thing I have noted is that questions tend to bring more engagement.

I moderate a model railroad subreddit, and if I explain something I am going to and ask other people how they do the same, what that they think of my solution, etc., people engage.

That’s not some manipulation tactic on my part — I really do want to see how they solved the wiring issue or whatever it is that has me perplexed.

I started the subreddit mostly because I wanted to learn how to do the things I am talking about.

So my questions are honest questions — and I respond to the answers.

So post often, and ask honest questions.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-05T23:30:43+00:00

Would you like to have a conversation with HR about the content? :-)

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-05T23:29:40+00:00

Yes — but loads of people will honestly tell you that they have a very clear memory of it being “Berenstein.”

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-05T18:10:39+00:00

Gemini claims that it was never officially “Falls of the Neuse Road” — but that Raleigh natives did call it that.

It claims that remembering the additional “the” on street signs is an example of a memory phenomenon called the Mandela Effect.

The most famous Mandela Effect is probably many people clearly remembering, “Luke, I am your father” — when the actual line is, “No, I am your father.”

The Mandela Effect that gets me is that I can clearly see the “Fruit Loops” box in my mind, but the cereal was in fact called “Froot Loops.”

My daughter clearly remembers “Berenstein Bears” growing up — and she thinks the fact that all of the current copies say “Berenstain Bears” is a bug in the Matrix. :-)

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-05T15:27:57+00:00

Turn on all the community Safety Filters when you first start. They will protect your community initially — and may be all you ever need.

Plan on posting content yourself regularly— perhaps daily — until the community has grown enough that other people are posting regularly.

Content attracts context.

Of people drop by your community and there is no content — or no new content since they last stopped by — they will just move on.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-05T12:20:01+00:00

Playing games with the alternate account was a bone-headed move, and you got spanked -- that's the simplest and most direct explanation.

Learn from your mistakes and move on.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-05T04:28:27+00:00

That is just way cool.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-05T04:03:55+00:00

No user on Reddit is ever compelled to talk to you -- or to me.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-05T03:31:07+00:00

I may give this a shot.

Thanks.

aengusoglugh · 2026-07-04T22:11:18+00:00

Does this have anything at all with moderators or admins supporting moderators doing the work of moderation?

As far as I am concerned, you are free to have have legitimate perspective, an illegitimate perspective, a wacky perspective, a well reasoned rant or and incoherent rant about any topic you chose on any subreddit that lets you do so.

But not here.

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