Wind-up Coderr 🇨🇦🇳🇿

East Berliners enjoying sweet treats at Ice cream café ‘Polar’ at the Alexanderplatz, March, 1977 (courtesy of the Bundesarchiv, Bild 183S0307-0032/; photographer: Peter Koard).

TIL about this bit of git goodness:

`git checkout --theirs .`

🤯

I vaguely recall (maybe) testing it on Windows in a VM on Linux. But day-to-day, I would prefer to avoid the extra layers and resource bloat.

A few years back, I played around with the most basic SDR dongle you showcased here. I don't use Windows; it was a bit of a fight to get it to work on Linux, it was a better experience on the Mac. I may need to consider one of the better options you touched on.

GitHub - geerlingguy/electric-car: Information and learnings about EVs. Information and learnings about EVs. Contribute to geerlingguy/electric-car development by creating an account on GitHub.

@kiwiev.bsky.social fyi you might find this effort by @jeffgeerling.com interesting: github.com/geerlingguy/...
I don't know how familiar you are with git/GitHub, but if this turns into an itch you want to scratch with your EV conversion passion project and need a bit of guidance, hit me up.

Comic. SALESMAN [pointing at dehumidifier on sale]: This dehumidifier model features built-in WiFi for remote updates. PERSON 2: Great! That will be really useful if they discover a new kind of water.

Dehumidifier

xkcd.com/3109/

I gave Atuin a go some months back. At the time, there was something dissonant about the UX that threw me.
I've been giving it another go this morning. And I gotta say, I don't know why I didn't like it before. It's pretty decent!
docs.atuin.sh

Sitting here eating dinner when I realized:
Cottage Cheese is not actually, in reality, a cheese

It’s just a curd to me

Any info regarding how well they are able to climb after takeoff on a single engine?

“… and I’ve already rebooted it…”

I would add that efforts (time, money) should be spent to ensure the roadways are of the sort of design that NotJustBikes would approve of.

Kiwi PyCon 2025 Call for Proposals now open!
python.nz/2025/05/27/k...

Graphic from 1927 showing that one electric street car moves as many people as 28 automobiles, assuming two people per automobile.

In case you were wondering how long we’ve known that mobility in cities is fundamentally a space problem, this was from Wichita Falls, Texas in 1927.

The streetcar was electric.

And they would need more cars today because of fewer average people in each car.

HT Peter Norton

Quote from @humantransit.bsky.social noting that “frequency is freedom” that a 10 minute frequency creates a critical psychological shift where transit becomes useful for people who value freedom.

In cities where there isn’t likely to be investment available for badly needed service improvements AND free fares (sadly, that’s MOST cities), I strongly prefer strategic ridership-focused SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS, along with reasonable fares (and free fares for under 18, over 60, and low income). 3/

Maybe if it wasn't an awful chemical, his showboating might mean something. But to sniff something like that?
Obviously unlikely to cause him any damage with a small exposure like that. But would he like to sniff the finished product (petrol) for weeks? The science is already in, there.

If she can't vote other than along party lines, that to me is equivalent to no vote at all.

Let me try something here… .
Go go gadget AI!

Also, we came close to buying a tantalising house which only occupied 1/4 of the property it was on. During the process, we learned that the council had a restriction regarding the trees on the other 3/4 of the property, ie, must agree not to cut those down. I was pretty happy about that part.

I’ll admit I did a double-take with his name. Early morning eyeballs, and all that.

I gave up trying to stop VSCode from getting laggy (even while scrolling), and couldn’t justify removing any additional plugins.
Switched to Neovim/Lazyvim some 6+ months ago. The odd rough spot here and there, but I feel like I have seriously levelled up.

Dear PEI / Prince Edward Islanders:
This year on Feb 17, I’ll be thinking of you on Islander Day.
From a 🇨🇦 in 🇳🇿 (another island full of islanders)

Me: actively taking steps to embrace Kiwi culture
Me: receiving the email that the #NZSL course (due to begin tonight) has been cancelled due to low enrolment

Welp 🤷‍♂️

*le sigh*

Elves are tall and fair and use bows, dwarves are small and dark and vote Labour

Hmm. Maybe it wasn't Cursor I'd tried. This looks to be Mac-only.
Oh - it was Windsail. Never mind.

I might need to take another look at Cursor, then.
Used VScode for years, but the drag caused by performance (affecting things like scrolling up/down) was the impetus needed to dive into Neovim and try on a couple distros. Happiness.
I've also recently been blown away by Aider, so....

I would add 'mosh' and 'et' (EternalTerminal) to the list.
I used mosh a good long time until switching to et. Both are great.
Short version: a replacement for ssh that works over poor connections. Even resumes connections after waking your Linux laptop from sleep.

Can I get a vote for "locked-in syndrome"?

Wait - not with a rusty wood auger bit?

“The Unbreakable Law Of Congestion” for the win

Wake up #Ontario. Your government is lying to you. @fordnation is manufacturing problems while financially rewarding his friends.