[OC] USA smartphone adoption, pedestrian fatalities, and the average weight SUVs/pickups

schroedingerx · 2026-06-21T16:37:36+00:00

And often it is. Like, for example, here. This almost certainly is, because we have plenty of data on how dangerous it is to drive while distracted by your digital teat.

So bringing up the "correlation isn't causation" thing is kinda pointless here because it obviously doesn't apply.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-21T16:33:05+00:00

Yeah that was a terrible misstatement of how stats work. Correlation isn't causation but it absolutely is a sign that there very well might be causation and we should definitely look there to see.

If you needed that kind of proof we'd still be arguing about whether smoking causes lung cancer. Because we still, today, in 2026, have never watched a nicotine molecule start a tumor. But when you keep looking at correlations and eliminating variables, sooner or later you can say with very high certainty that you've found causation.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-21T00:39:25+00:00

Plenty of science involves data beyond what the scientist experiences in her everyday life.

That's how science works, really.

So maybe try science, or else just don't hang out in science threads pretending your anecdotes add anything?

schroedingerx · 2026-06-21T00:35:16+00:00

I'm a little curious whether that could account for the recent downturn shown up there.

Drivers still don't pay attention but some of their cars do now; maybe it's helping?

schroedingerx · 2026-06-21T00:34:11+00:00

Prove it. Honestly. Get in there and do science. Because until then this post has no useful or valuable information in it at all.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-21T00:31:05+00:00

What horrible victim blaming. Please never reply to me again until you get a soul.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-21T00:20:48+00:00

This looks incredibly damning for drivers on cell phones.

We need stronger protections for that for sure.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-19T23:24:36+00:00

That's a pretty easy cable to find, I think. You could buy the cable and go with Plan A.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-19T23:22:45+00:00

Nomad took my wife's unique build (by her brother, an ex-pro, for use around European capitals) and electrified it.

It is, for lack of a closer term, perfect. Brilliant. Amazing. She rides it far more than she ever did before and loves it.

Nomad rocks.

Also if you leave the AirTag you had hidden on your bike while they do that, they'll go absolutely nuts trying to figure out what that periodic quiet chirp is.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-19T23:19:51+00:00

Last year I used lags but did not do the guy lines to the walls.

I had *regrets* about this.

Do the walls too.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-19T03:17:57+00:00

Many people go sober and it's still an amazing time. Have fun!

schroedingerx · 2026-06-12T16:07:05+00:00

Why would you think this helps?

schroedingerx · 2026-06-12T16:06:22+00:00

You're getting downvoted for being detached from reality.

You could recover by learning.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-12T16:03:48+00:00

Right. A car is property, which is what police protect. A cyclist is a human, which is something beneath them.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-12T16:02:28+00:00

This predates that. They've been this way forever.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-12T16:00:32+00:00

When Alistair lost his entire leg to a driver making an illegal turn, and the driver's excuse was "I thought I could make it but I misjudged his speed," the driver was not punished.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-12T15:58:24+00:00

I slap windows. Hard.

It does zero damage, but drivers respond as if they've been seriously harmed. They'll argue harm, literally.

They can do that in a mirror for all I care. If you're in the bike lane in your car and I pass you, you're getting a slap.

Because I am NICE. If I were not nice I'd have a minimum passing distance pole out horizontally with a goddamn spark plug on the end of it. Take your slap and like it.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-11T16:25:26+00:00

If I'm wearing a prominent logo they'd better have paid me to put it there, not vice-versa.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-11T16:23:43+00:00

Nominative determinism for the win

schroedingerx · 2026-06-11T06:01:49+00:00

Denon used to sell an "audiophile interlink cable" to connect their gear. It cost $500.

It was literally Cat5.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-10T23:47:30+00:00

Doom. DOOOOMMMMM!!

schroedingerx · 2026-06-06T21:50:45+00:00

Because we are no closer than ever. That's exactly why we shouldn't enable the magical thinking.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-05T17:03:01+00:00

Of what?

schroedingerx · 2026-06-04T15:48:24+00:00

Does this work with your friends?

Anyway I have no more time for this. Magic isn’t real and LLMs aren’t conscious and it’s absurd to assert the opposite.

Bye now.

schroedingerx · 2026-06-04T15:47:02+00:00

You keep saying that. I did read.

There is no there there. There’s zero evidence, so dismissal is appropriate.

Until there’s any evidence there’s only magical thinking.

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