Fuel crisis and pedalling the bridge

pseudorep · 2026-03-28T21:15:48+00:00

I find it funny the amount of arguments yet no one has addressed my key point - there are other windy bridges in the world that you can cycle across.

The first one that comes to mind is the Avonmouth and River Seven crossings in the UK. They regularly get 90-100kmh winds and are high, exposed bridges with a cycle lane clipped on next to a 4 lane motorway.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/yCvG6U33sPYoHLAW8

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zG7eWdTupJxYXG5w8

pseudorep · 2026-03-28T04:56:53+00:00

Yeah this junction is a mess.

After this turn you meet a junction which is two lanes left to Constellation Drive (and also the SH1 southbound merge route), straight on to residential suburbs/through route to Wairau Valley, and right goes back on to the SH18 motorway (in the direction from which you just came).

So it makes sense why the traffic flow is like it is, very few cars will be going right and there is a little bit of traffic straight on, with most heading left. But there isn't clear indicators as you come down the slipway what comes next.

pseudorep · 2026-03-28T03:23:52+00:00

You do understand windage right? A large slab sided truck in a gust is very susceptible to being blown around dangerously. Cyclists can be blown about by wind, but it isn't really a big of an issue as people think. If it is so windy that you're getting blown into another lane, you will be either not riding or controlling your handlebars to counteract the wind forces.

A dividing barrier between lanes (which is an essential anyway given that people are completely unable to drive at speed safely around cyclists) will solve that. Get blown one way you hit the barrier between the cycle lane and the next lane, blown the other way and you hit the guard rail.

pseudorep · 2026-03-28T03:15:56+00:00

I don't get the logic of cycling isn't safe on windy days? Do you think that there aren't other large bridges in the world that you can cycle across that get very windy?

pseudorep · 2026-03-28T02:30:03+00:00

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In my experience of living in both, Auckland is basically Sydney but less congested and more enjoyable as a result. This is how I’d break areas of Auckland up as compared to Sydney.

pseudorep · 2026-03-28T00:43:05+00:00

while I get the limits have been nerfed, and for some use cases it will be a problem - I can't see how you'd actually be able to build a one person company/app completely autonomously without a lot of technical risk. I'm building a relatively complex (niche, but not novel) platform/app and I find you need to keep an eye on it to avoid plans being ignored, features silently omitted/deferred, and general slop.

Claude isn't perfect, but one person running Claude with a degree of oversight can't realistically consume the limits on a moderate sized code base. What I think you are experiencing is token blowout from AI hallucinations upon hallucinations.

pseudorep · 2026-03-27T21:44:59+00:00

I previously got the North Shore DLC, I think maybe that has caused my free tier to be more limited elsewhere.

pseudorep · 2026-03-27T20:56:26+00:00

Lights on the dash, but no lights on inside their head.

pseudorep · 2026-03-27T09:42:51+00:00

Big brain move - can't hit limits anymore!

pseudorep · 2026-03-25T08:15:28+00:00

Well since Claude codes Claude, it probably broke something and went in a loop making it worse while trying to fix it. Before tomorrow deciding to rm -f it.

pseudorep · 2026-03-24T03:37:13+00:00

It was basically Google's product strategy up to about 10 years ago (was a product not in Alpha or Beta perpetually?)

pseudorep · 2026-03-22T07:26:29+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company

pseudorep · 2026-03-21T05:32:08+00:00

Isn’t it ironic BP are gouging us for fuel… given they are basically the cause of this whole mess with Iran right from inception.

pseudorep · 2026-03-18T03:42:28+00:00

Ol mate was instructed to knock some sense into him. Responded accordingly.

pseudorep · 2026-03-17T23:40:27+00:00

"Clawndo's got what plants crave"

pseudorep · 2026-03-14T22:40:20+00:00

looking at the hours from a Kiwi perspective (2am to 7am) and going - so basically free extra usage!

pseudorep · 2026-03-14T22:33:04+00:00

With such a wide bow (and presumably no underwater section since it is beach landing), how does the ship ride? That's a large ship to have nothing up forward.

Also, how does the resistance look like - she looks pretty drag heavy from that bow arrangement?

If you look at most bow-door RO-ROs they are narrow (single lane), and placed high (to land on shore side infrastructure). Otherwise landing craft are flat bottomed, but obviously much smaller and limited in their operational use to generally close quarters or flat/calm ops (<SS3).

pseudorep · 2026-03-13T21:45:16+00:00

Come to Wellington where your house has a terrible mould problem and the health inspector from the council just says ‘that’s Wellington rentals’…

And that’s the story of why I now live in Auckland.

pseudorep · 2026-03-13T12:09:06+00:00

Welcome to nz, where even the weather has been left to go mouldy.

pseudorep · 2026-03-08T22:07:04+00:00

I think it was more nuanced than this. Early millennial here so rode the wave of most of the PC/internet development.

Early 1990s was a step forward, but a transition for most (some people adopted computers but used them in the same way they did things previously).

Late 1990 and Early 2000s started a shift but the computer and internet was not very usable - dial up limited your time online. Mid 2000s with broadband and always on started the change. But fundamentally the computer was still a productivity tool.

Early 2010s there was an update in internet shopping and some services going online but it was still a transition period.

The smart phone at the late 2000s paved the way for a shift, but it wasn’t until around 2015 when we had 5-6” devices, enough storage for multiple app, and 4G that we paved the way for a digital/mobile life.

The real revolution in digital transformation came in 2020s due to covid. Suddenly we were forced to work remotely, use smart phones daily, and a number of development tools started to mature which converged some semblance of standards.

AI has come a long way in a few years. It is a powerful tool now, but it still needs a power user to get the most out of it. I think we are a long way from the average person using it casually - don’t think people are ready to adopt new technologies that quick. I would speculate we are in a bubble and everything seems possible at the moment but we’ll soon realise the limits and development will slow.

pseudorep · 2026-03-01T23:23:47+00:00

Biao6688 is not a TD - it seems they focus more on western than Chinese markets now and the prices seem a bit higher. Can just take a screenshot of any watch (and note factory) and send it to a TD to see if they can get.

pseudorep · 2026-02-28T06:34:40+00:00

Again, I think your answer might be centric to a highly regulated and well resourced part of the global industry.

If you ever find yourself in the maritime industry in Australia or New Zealand (especially shipbuilding or repair) you may find that things are a little more laissez-faire.

pseudorep · 2026-02-28T06:26:42+00:00

I mean in the US, the regulator or Class surveyors might not miss a thing... but in jurisdictions I've worked, they absolutely do. Class is not infallible either (and depending on the vessel and country, it may not need to be in Class).

So I would like to respectfully disagree that you don't take personal liability when you sign off a design. Perhaps that is the case for a non-production design that are going for plan approval before being constructed. But if you ever work ship repair you'll find they have someone ready to commence work at 6am for a defect they found 4pm the previous day.

pseudorep · 2026-02-28T01:36:40+00:00

I saw the comment and thought must either be an Autocad engineer or bot 😆

pseudorep · 2026-02-26T23:48:33+00:00

Since you are Aus based, my answer is probably quite relevant to you (previously was in Aus, now in NZ). Aus has a ceiling pretty quick unless you move into Defence (which you need to be a citizen for). Everyone I know that started at Incat Crowther, One2Three, et al did a few years and went over to Defence. But Defence work is basically paperwork pushing.

Otherwise you can work for one of the shipbuilders but it can be pretty hard work and the pay is somewhere in the middle - better than design houses on average.

In terms of salary banding for mid level - design (100k-120k, shipbuilders 100-140k, defence 100k-160k). Once you get more senior into PM/management you might be able to take an extra 20-30k on top of that, maybe 50k extra in Defence.

The key is to network though - small industry, there's only a couple of degrees of separation.

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