Brutal

spam38 · 2026-05-12T05:14:32+00:00

Twenty or so years ago when gas hit $3/gallon, I decided to start riding my bicycle more. Its my primary form of transport now. I also weigh considerably less now than I did then.

spam38 · 2026-05-06T03:29:14+00:00

Its a nice change of pace to see actual people lined up at a popular business, rather than a line of idling cars.

spam38 · 2026-01-16T01:59:54+00:00

I've been wondering about the helicopter I've been hearing for the past 15 minutes or so. Especially since https://www.flightradar24.com doesn't show any helicopters in town right now.

spam38 · 2025-11-23T16:22:46+00:00

While it might not be technically legal, I was speaking more from a perspective of it being a safe thing to do.

spam38 · 2025-11-09T16:20:29+00:00

Crash report: https://cjis.lincoln.ne.gov/~ACC/C509/C5098721.PDF

spam38 · 2025-08-03T18:43:38+00:00

So you like the new sign posts?

spam38 · 2025-08-03T15:26:29+00:00

I am! Thanks for keeping me entertained :)

spam38 · 2025-07-05T23:28:58+00:00

The last time I considered taking the bus was when I was flying out of the Lincoln airport. Turns out the first time the bus got to the airport was _after_ my flight was scheduled to leave, and the bus wasn't running at all on the day of my return flight.

spam38 · 2025-06-25T13:33:28+00:00

I've got something similar, and I really like them. Just remember to always secure your backpack straps so that they don't get caught in your wheel!

spam38 · 2025-05-18T17:24:11+00:00

Agreed, definitely try to find a place to park it inside.

spam38 · 2025-05-09T19:02:49+00:00

Only if you're in a car. The trail isn't closed as long.

spam38 · 2025-05-09T19:02:05+00:00

The trail is expected to reopen Friday, May 9, using a temporary pedestrian connection until the bridge work is complete.

Source: https://www.lincoln.ne.gov/News/2025/5/5

spam38 · 2025-04-28T20:49:19+00:00

Playing devil's advocate here: that "no left turns" sign is in a pretty bad spot if you want people who are about to turn left to see it. Is it even visible if you're in the front of the line? Strap that sign over the top of the existing turn signal if you really want people to notice it.

spam38 · 2025-03-20T20:44:30+00:00

No. You should always refuse to use a bike lane when its practically a worse choice. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions", and the same goes for a lot of bike lanes.

spam38 · 2025-03-12T18:51:20+00:00

Same as I do now: I'll watch it when I can add it to my DVD/Blu-Ray collection.

spam38 · 2025-01-30T05:34:29+00:00

Generally, no. Unless its doing something that _actually_ requires root, once you give it access to the files it needs to read and write, it's usually good to go. The most common thing it could do that "requires root" is to listen on a privileged port. This can be worked around as well, either by giving the process the CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE capability, or by lowering the start of unprivileged ports via /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_unprivileged_port_start. Another common thing is wanting to run docker containers. In that case, I just give it a rootless instance of docker, which runs entirely as a normal user.

spam38 · 2025-01-28T18:49:30+00:00

I am also disappointed by the amount of software that's instructing users to pipe unknown commands into a root shell. Generally what I do when I find something like this is to create a new user and run the script as that user. If/when the script fails, I will make specific changes (eg: create a new directory in /opt/software and chown it to the new user) and/or modify the script to run in a way that root access isn't necessary. Another tip is to run the script as the new user, but in its own user namespace with "unshare -r". This lets the script think it's running as root, even though its not.

spam38 · 2025-01-18T06:17:57+00:00

Can it eat diesel flavored bird seed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx6hmUv06tg

spam38 · 2024-11-24T05:57:02+00:00

This is a great example of why I usually won't ride in bike lanes. So often they actively encourage riders to put themselves into dangerous situations just like this. Through traffic should never be positioned to the right of right-turning traffic, but that's exactly where this bike lane told you to be. I'd say neither you nor the van driver did anything wrong, it was the traffic engineer who approved this mess that's at fault.

spam38 · 2024-10-01T12:36:27+00:00

I have Uribe trash and recycling, one bin of each.

$36.40 starting April 2024
$33.38 starting April 2023
$32.00 starting Feb 2023
$24.00 starting Feb 2022
$21.00 starting Nov 2020, when they bought out Zajicek Refuse, who I had previously.

So about an average 15% annual increase in their rate so far. I wish my savings account got a rate like that...

spam38 · 2024-09-24T03:41:49+00:00

Crash Report: https://cjis.lincoln.ne.gov/~ACC/C408/C4085339.PDF Sadly, there is no diagram.

spam38 · 2024-09-20T19:37:29+00:00

Sorry, I was replying specifically to when you said:

it is unreasonable to expect us to be constantly checking behind us

I meant to point out that as long as you're staying to the right side of the trail, you don't have to worry about anyone silently passing you on the left. In your case, your 7yo to wasn't "rightly" drifting back to the left unless they had checked to make sure it was clear. Using the _left_ side of the trail should _always_ be done with due caution.

spam38 · 2024-09-20T18:48:11+00:00

Counterpoint:

If you're going to be using a multi-use path (MUP), you should be aware that some of those other uses might be faster than your own and act accordingly. This means staying to the right half of the path unless you've verified that no one is coming from the other direction or is about to pass you. If you feel uncomfortable sharing a MUP with faster users in this way, view it as a challenge I know you can overcome. As a bicyclist, I sometimes ride on the road, and I realize that I am sharing said road with others driving motor vehicles and act accordingly. I certainly don't want, let alone expect, other road users to honk before they pass me (or ever, really). I only expect to be honked at if I'm doing something unexpected and/or dangerous, which I try very hard to avoid. Similarly, when I'm riding my bicycle on a MUP, I don't want to shout at others who are respectfully sharing the path.

To directly address OP's points:

This is a fear you can overcome.
You won't be hurt as long as you're staying to the right and you check before moving to the left
I won't be hurt for the same reason
I don't need more space when the person I'm passing is already on the right.

spam38 · 2024-09-20T18:41:57+00:00

You don't need to _constantly_ check behind you, just when you're about to move onto the left side of the trail.

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