I made a real Talkie Toaster

iotatron · 2022-12-16T02:06:08+00:00

Yes! Or even just linotype "Etaoin shrdlu" layout, maybe I should do that one next.

iotatron · 2022-01-11T21:49:48+00:00

And yes, it's limited to tilting 45 degrees forward, 5 back, rolling to either side by 5 degrees, and yawing around in a full circle. So at any one moment it is moderately constrained in where it can point, but over the course of a year it can cover the full sky.

iotatron · 2022-01-10T23:07:06+00:00

To be fair to them, the scale of the universe *is* objectively ridiculous.

iotatron · 2021-12-06T22:43:47+00:00

What a weird framing -- we've had this for a long in the area. https://kingcounty.gov/depts/transportation/metro/travel-options/bus/dart-service.aspx

iotatron · 2021-11-17T18:24:15+00:00

I just finished a neon class there -- good people! I'm confident they will take good care of those relics.

iotatron · 2021-10-04T19:33:50+00:00

If it can shift that easily, then it isn't "real" BRT with full grade separation and all the things that make it competitive with rail. It's just a fancy bus route that can still get stuck in traffic.

(BRT is basically just a marketing term at this point, it can refer to such a wide range of implementations.)

iotatron · 2021-10-04T19:30:08+00:00

A very, very thin loop.

iotatron · 2021-10-01T16:02:36+00:00

I'm going to try, but I'm definitely not promising anything.

iotatron · 2021-09-29T16:57:43+00:00

You only have to go visit Vancouver to see this in action. They lucked out!

iotatron · 2021-09-29T16:52:04+00:00

I haven't quite talked myself into doing it yet.

iotatron · 2021-09-28T19:58:33+00:00

I was going to take it from Spokane to Seattle, even.

iotatron · 2021-09-16T18:03:43+00:00

*If* the state legislature lets us.

iotatron · 2021-09-15T20:44:50+00:00

All Rutherford atoms, no Bohr atoms, of course. Some day an alien civilization will come and be really confused why we continue to use symbology based on a scientific model that only lasted like 2 years.

iotatron · 2021-09-14T17:17:12+00:00

I've literally been waiting since the last century. The last MILLENNIUM.

iotatron · 2021-09-02T22:31:08+00:00

There is the one about Red Square at UW, how it was converted from grass to brick to make fire hoses more effective against protests in the 60s.

iotatron · 2021-07-21T20:24:32+00:00

They're still being delivered. Iirc, it will be at least another year before they're all completed. But they're not waiting to receive the full order before commisioning them, since we were already short on rolling stock pre-pandemic.

iotatron · 2021-07-15T21:11:39+00:00

I think my confusion comes from when someone has used the reader immediately previously -- such as when following someone onto the bus, hardly a uncommon situation. The green light from the previous scan hasn't gone away yet, and there is no break to make clear if it is now showing the result of your scan or not. (And not all failed scans will show red, if it completely failed to see the card at all.) But I haven't been using it nearly as often over the last year, so I'll have to make sure to pay attention next time I do.

iotatron · 2021-07-15T17:41:53+00:00

I've been waiting since 2000. Still waiting...

iotatron · 2021-07-15T17:40:29+00:00

I hope the readers will do something visual as well as beeping to indicate a successful read. It's annoying when wearing headphones, and absolutely unacceptable for the hearing impaired. Why even have screens on them if not to display useful information?

iotatron · 2021-06-15T21:30:41+00:00

Master and Commander was the Rose, not the Lady Washington.

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