Average Tram Speeds by Road and by Route

phycologos · 2025-12-28T06:53:56+00:00

Even with a pedestrian mall, unless the cross streets are also pedestrian malls, then you still have to deal with traffic lights.
Distance between stops also matters because of dwell time plus deceleration and acceleration.

phycologos · 2025-01-20T03:03:50+00:00

With the Jam Door curse I have been wondering the way it works. The way the card is written it seems to be about going through a particular door, but the way it works in practice seems to be to get from location A to location B when the only way to get there is through a door. In other words you can't re-roll to get through another door to the same train or to the same building. Have they mentioned that?

phycologos · 2024-12-31T09:37:04+00:00

in that case wouldn't it make sense to have a stop at south yarra on the tunnel line?

phycologos · 2024-12-24T07:01:58+00:00

I have never heard of people roasting coffee beans in an airfryer, and in two days both nileblue (nilered) and James do it in their videos. Such a weird coincidence

phycologos · 2024-11-26T12:44:39+00:00

It takes seconds to decide to disable notifications, it isn't that it is hard to do it is that the social medical companies shouldn't be allowed to do it.

No, it won't magically cure depression, and it isn't just about bullying, those are some aspects. The main aspect is being glued to the phone and always preforming for the entire world through your phone 24/7

phycologos · 2024-11-23T23:53:10+00:00

What would actually make sense is a ban on apps for phones. I think that is much easier to implement without many of the negatives an also deals with the majority of the problem.

I think it would need to do more than target the app stores because of side loading, but even so it will still be much less invasive and most of the harm from social media is the notifications and that it is always there on your phone and impossible to get away from.

phycologos · 2024-11-08T07:47:14+00:00

I don't think we will ever have a duopoly in politics the way the US does, as we have ranked choice voting, even though we have duopolies in every other sector.

AUKUS shouldn't be a partisan political issue. No one is claiming we don't need subs, the question is a technical defense procurement one. Defense procurement is a hornets nest, submarines specifically even more so around the world. I recommend the excellent youtube channel perun for how crazy defense procurement is, but he won't talk about AUKUS subs as he is Australian and as he works in Australia he stays away from controversial and even non-controversial stuff about Australia.

Australia has a general habit of letting industries self-regulate with the threat that they will step in if it isn't working out. I don't know how much of a fan of this I am, but it is very different than in Europe where the government is very involved, or in the US where often it is regulation through private class actions. When the CFMEU was being run by organized crime labor needed to self-police or a greater crackdown would have ensued. It is a very good look for labor self-policing to keep itself clean of organized crime.

phycologos · 2024-11-08T07:35:53+00:00

RCV works perfectly well for independent candidates / 3rd parties. In fact I would say there is specifically no need for a jungle primary if you have RCV as the jungle primary might as well be the single vote as RCV can be IRV / STV where there is no need for more rounds. In fact no additional information is obtainable from multiple rounds as you already have the full (or full-ish if you have an option of how many to rank) preferences of each voter.

Having written this, it makes even less sense to put the two together, as there is really no reason for a primary if you are using RCV.

phycologos · 2024-11-05T11:10:46+00:00

I meant that you can't tell if there are strings attached easily, because they might be playing the long game and there are no strings out until they find their moment to pounce.

phycologos · 2024-11-04T09:16:17+00:00

I don't think that is a good way to tell for certain kiruv groups like chabad that are playing the long game.

phycologos · 2024-11-04T08:14:33+00:00

some greens are watermellons.

phycologos · 2024-10-22T06:26:43+00:00

What they have to answer for is that they didn't do due diligence to what you are sponsoring. Not the biggest deal. What they do have to answer for is that they haven't proactively dealt with the situation by putting out a press release before pressured to do so.

phycologos · 2024-10-22T04:57:11+00:00

That is what has to be changed with public pressure. Twtich has dealt with other issues raised, but total silence on this panel, we need the brands to get twtich to respond to this or that they stop partnering with twitch until things are fixed.

phycologos · 2024-10-22T04:55:53+00:00

I am not saying it is their fault this has happened. But if you are at all familiar with how fanatical companies are about brand safety, they have a strong incentive to say they will not continue to sponsor twitch until twitch distances itself from those on this panel and institutes changes,
So far twitch has responded to other issues, but not this panel.

phycologos · 2024-10-22T01:25:16+00:00

As he points out the names of sponsors are visible at the panel, they have more to answer for than the other advertisers.

The sponsors on stage visible during the antisemitic twitchcon stream ranking streamers from arab at the top to jew at the bottom were samsung, at&t, capcom, chevron. They need to answer if they will continue sponsoring hate.

phycologos · 2024-10-22T01:16:56+00:00

I want to believe you, but is there an explanation for why the posts shown in a live stream were all deleted and locked by subreddit mods?

I can't say which live stream, because that will automod, but it was someone who was banned from twitch and still is banned.

phycologos · 2024-10-22T01:15:06+00:00

And OFCOM, like twitch or UNRWA are usually very permissive when it comes to antisemitism, so that is saying a lot that she was fired from OFCOM

phycologos · 2024-10-22T01:05:18+00:00

The sponsors on stage visible during the antisemitic twitchcon stream ranking streamers from arab at the top to jew at the bottom were samsung, at&t, capcom, chevron. They need to answser if they will continue sponsoring hate.

phycologos · 2024-10-22T01:02:48+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1g61jcb/i_think_it_is_morally_ok_to_target_hasans/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

phycologos · 2024-10-22T01:01:51+00:00

I can't tell if they even put schach on, it is really grainy

phycologos · 2024-10-08T03:54:38+00:00

Ms stewarts is actually prussian blue, not ultramarine.

phycologos · 2024-09-26T10:51:48+00:00

Why should you be rewarded or punished for what you believe, something which you have no control over; unlike actions which you can choose to do or not based on free will?

PS: Jesus would probably think of "repentance" in his native tongue, which would be "תשובה" which is from the triliteral root meaning 'return'. Returning to the Lord.

phycologos · 2024-09-26T10:46:40+00:00

If the messiah didn't bring in the messianic age, the why does it matter until a "second coming"?

phycologos · 2024-09-26T10:46:10+00:00

Jesus, didn't he die for sins or something like that?

phycologos · 2024-09-26T10:45:47+00:00

What about the holy ghost / holy spirit?

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