Showroom7561

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'It was one of the most glorious feelings I have ever experienced' – Svein Tuft on the magic of bike touring - Escape Collective in c/micromobility@lemmy.world
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It doesn’t even need to be an epic month-long adventure.

I try to regularly spend the entire day on my bike when I have the chance. I've yet to do an overnighter, but just being on my bike brings joy to my life.

There isn't a single person on the planet who can tell me that running an errand by car brings them happiness and peace, but I get to experience that every. single. time.

To tour by bike would be an absolute dream!

Trails, bikes, boats: People with disabilities have many options for enjoying the outdoors in c/micromobility@lemmy.world
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

I'm happy to read about areas that are actually accessible. I don't use a wheelchair or walker, but I'm very aware of the need to have accessible infrastructure. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that my municipality, and the several nearby, do NOT have accessible trails for people to enjoy the outdoors.

We're talking complete design failure, from tall curbs at entrances/exits of trails, to dangerous slopes on the trails themselves.

Then you have sections that are intentionally narrowed to prevent cars and motorcycles from entering, but they are designed in a way where someone in a wheelchair couldn't possibly fit through them, or manoeuvre through them without getting tangled.

These same deficiencies are experienced by able-bodied people who might be using a trike or child trailer with their bike, so it affects a large number of users along these trail systems.

Even worse are trails where there appear to be SPEED BUMPS, intentionally set, but for whom?? To slow down a speeding person in a wheelchair? To trip up someone using a walker? To slow down cyclists instead of cars?

Jesus Christ, design infrastructure for humans, not machines.

Guelph bike advocacy group highlights need for safer roads after cyclist's death | CBC News in c/torontocycling@lemmy.ca
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Mike Darmon said that with issues like city budget shortages, it will be a while before the proper infrastructure is built for those participating in active transportation.

Inexcusable.

How can municipalities manage to always find tens of millions of dollars to make driving more convenient, but there's always no money to make walking or cycling safer?

HINT: It's because they are wasting tens of millions of dollars to make driving more convenient.

And these hit-and-runs are out of control. Mandatory sentencing of at least 15 years needs to be considered for someone like that. Coward.

A Thoughtful Trucker Tries to Design a Safer Bike Light - Core77 in c/micromobility@lemmy.world
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Yes, very useful on rural roads and quieter suburban streets. It also works well on trails where e-scooters/e-bikes might ride up behind you without warning (to pass).

But in a city, the radar just goes off constantly, so it's less useful if you only ride in busy city streets.

How do you filter ads and trackers outside of a browser while still using a VPN service? in c/privacy@lemmy.ca
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Adguard can work with adguard VPN to provide adblocking through the VPN. This applies to Android and Windows, and maybe even iOS versions.

With other VPNs, I've used some with their own adblocker, but they aren't nearly as good at filtering.

A Thoughtful Trucker Tries to Design a Safer Bike Light - Core77 in c/micromobility@lemmy.world
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

One thing about the varia that really helps make you more visible is that it will flash faster as a vehicle approaches.

AI tool cuts unexpected deaths in hospital by 26%, Canadian study finds in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

I understand the optimisation. The hospitals must be happy, but if I were a nurse (or doctor), this would make me nervous.

Any good healthcare professional would still want to look over the results, even if an obvious flag wasn't raised.

To me, it's just good practice (as a patient).

Or maybe they still do, and this system is simply a reducency safety check.

AI tool cuts unexpected deaths in hospital by 26%, Canadian study finds in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca -3 points 3 days ago

I think it can be useful in predicting a diagnosis months/years before a doctor would be able to, since it can analyze data and look for patterns across millions of cases. This would be especially useful in rare diseases, or even something like dementia.

But using it to tell a nurse or doctor that their patient's white blood counts are "really, really high" after being bitten by an animal is borderline insulting to healthcare professionals.

AI tool cuts unexpected deaths in hospital by 26%, Canadian study finds in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca -4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

but a tool that takes away the toil of monitoring

Ok, so Lifelabs posts patient lab results online for them to see. They CLEARLY mark "high" and "low" for items that are out of range (of the norm).

A nurse would quite literally crosscheck 50 blood markers in a matter of seconds, without the need for expensive AI or at a risk of them losing their job/qualifications.

In this specific case, the fever + high WBC would be more than enough for a nurse to know that something was up. It makes me think that adding AI just adds another step.

I'm not saying that the application of AI to detect abnormalities is wasteful, but I do think it's unnecessary and possibly a negative in the context of basic lab work.

AI tool cuts unexpected deaths in hospital by 26%, Canadian study finds in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 days ago (6 children)

That warning showed the patient’s white blood cell count was “really, really high,” recalled Bell, the clinical nurse educator for the hospital’s general medicine program.

I'm not a doctor, but even an idiot would know when a WBC is "really, really high" and assume infection. I mean, shit, "suffering from a cat bite and a fever, but otherwise appeared fine "... um, a cat bite AND A FEVER... red flag!

“It’s not replacing the nurse at the bedside; it’s actually enhancing your nursing care.”

I would argue that this would make nurses less important, and would make them "lazy" by not giving them opportunities to identify these simple things on a regular basis.

Would a nurse who doesn't know what a very high WBC entails be paid less? I would think so.

I can see AI/machine learning used in very complex cases where a human HCP would simply not have the number-crunching capability to find a diagnosis, but this was not that case.

Meta settles Texas privacy lawsuit for $1.4 billion over allegations that the tech giant illegally used facial recognition technology to collect biometric data of millions without their consent in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

I appreciate the math! But yes, for a crime this significant, and one that affects 1 billion (!!!) people, the equivalent of $467 to the average American is peanuts.

But I'd also argue that a $467 fine to the average American hurts more than the equivalent to a company that amasses so much wealth. There are so many hundreds of billions of dollars in excess profit being funnelled into Meta. For a fine to sting, it would need to be at least $100 billion or more, but even that could be made up very quickly...

We're just talking wishful thinking at this point. None of these mega corporations were ever "hurt" by a fine, so they factor it into their business costs when they plan to commit these crimes.

1st teen sentenced in Kenneth Lee case gets 15 months probation in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Are you saying that to diminish her crime, or to highlight the violations against her by the guards?

Both are still separate issues and should be treated as such.

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Advice wanted: Best/safest route between Pickering and Markham? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/torontocycling@lemmy.ca
6 comments fedilink
 

Hey guys, hopefully this isn't too far out of the city to offer suggestions, but here's my problem:

I'm planning a ride from East Oshawa to central Vaughan.

I'd like to keep the route safe, but don't want to detour so far out-of-the-way, so a 4h one-way trip becomes a 7-hour one, since I'll still need to come back on the same day.

I'll obviously need to avoid the waterfront trail, as it's quite out of my way. So, my options are either taking HWY 7 or Taunton/Steeles.

Google street view shows me some pros and cons to both, but they also lead to totally different parts of Markham, and some cycling infrastructure there seems either disconnected or forces me to take some rather busy roads.

Has anyone taken HWY 7 or Taunton/Steeles between Pickering and Markham by bike? Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

EDIT: Finch Ave. looks to be another option.

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Where do I get an adapter for this oddly sized pedal thread? (lemmy.ca)
 

The photo was from a site that no longer seems to be up. The pedal on the right, measuring at 15.7mm is the same size that the pedal on my indoor spin bike uses and I want to use standard 9/16 threaded pedals instead.

Has anyone come across this size??? Do adapters exist to step up standard 9/16 to 15.7mm?

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Polyester bee? (lemmy.ca)
 

Context:

This guy landed on my shoulder and just walked around for a few minutes.

Southern Ontario Around 2:30pm in bright sun; 24 Celsius.

(S)he was loaded with pollen and the bands on their abdomen were white.

From a list of possible bees in Ontario, I have narrowed it down to the polyester bee, but if anyone can confirm, I'd appreciate it.

It's been pretty depressing seeing fewer pollinators around year after year, so this guy really made my day!

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Some websites are nearly impossible to use in FF due to slow performance (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
38 comments fedilink
 

This has been bothering me long enough that I figured I'd check to see if anyone else is having the same issue, and more importantly, if there's a fix.

Some websites, like Google Earth or various weather radar sites get so slow that they are unusable in Firefox.

When I load the same sites in Edge, it's blazing fast, as I'd expect.

Even Librewolf chugs on these sites.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS: First, thanks for all the input, guys.

I wanted to say that I've tried a fresh FF profile, and the same slowness happens in Google Earth.

I also confirmed that hardware acceleration is enabled.

This problem isn't on all websites. For example, playing www.slowroads.io actually gives a higher framerate on FF than it does on Edge. So it seems to be that certain websites just suck ass.

Some of you have said that Google Earth on FF works perfectly fine... on linux. At least it seems not to be a FF problem. LOL

EDIT: Opera browser is just as smooth as Edge with G Earth.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION?? Ok, so even though I was able to confirm that hardware acceleration was enabled, and the GPU was active while using FF, and the about:support showed that webrender was enabled, I noticed that on about:config the gfx.webrender.all setting was set to false.

So, I enabled it, and tried again. Google Earth seems much smoother (not as good as edge, but better than before), and Tube Archivist no longer seems to freeze while a video is being played.

Could this be the reason for my issues? If so, why was this option set to false by default?

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Shots fired at residence in Ajax, Whitby, and Oshawa in the same week. (lemmy.ca)
 

What on earth is going on?

Nearly all of these happening in the middle of the night, with police finding shell casings, but no victims or suspects.

"Investigators are continuing to look into if any shootings this weekend are connected."

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Anyone use "Da Brim" on their helmet? (lemmy.ca)
 

Now that summer is almost here, I'm looking for better ways to protect myself from the sun. I generally dislike sunscreen, but I do wear it while riding.

The helmet visor "Da Brim" (website) caught my attention. Since I wear a huge-ass sombrero-style hat when I'm off the bike, I'm fine with the way Da Brim looks.

For context, some of my summer rides might have me in 8-10+ hours of sun, which isn't good, even with sunscreen on. If Da Brim can make the experience more tolerable, I'm in!

I'm curious to hear from anyone who has one, and what their experience has been.

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Almost time to replace my chainrings. A few questions. (lemmy.ca)
 

Context: My 90s MTB still has its original Shimano chainring (crankarms say Alivo). The cassette was replaced several months ago, as was the chain and bottom bracket. No wear on the chain right now.

The derailleurs are Alivio, and probably the original ones from the mid-90s. I don't have any reason or intention to replace those, although, I do have a Deore LX on my decommissioned 90s MTB that I could likely drop in, but I digress. LOL

I guess two questions:

  1. What would I need to provide to my LBS as far as measurements to get me a replacement? I understand that I'll likely need another BB and maybe(?) a chain, but I plan to stick with the same gearing.
  2. Ideally, I'd want to find a 3x chainring where I can replace the crank arms and individual chain rings when needed. Will this be easy to find, considering the age and group set?

Thanks in advance.

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Tube archivist + Jellyfin. Anyone have luck getting thumbnails and titles working? (lemmy.ca)
 

I've tried a few jellyfin plugins that are supposed to sync metadata and thumbnails from tube archivist, but it's just not working right.

I can see some thumbnails, but then the titles are just random gibberish. Or the titles somewhat work, but no thumbnails.

Any secret I'm missing?

Both are running in docker containers on a synology nas.

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American Motorcyclist Association Urges DOT to Act on Automated Driver System Regulations Following Tragic Collision (americanmotorcyclist.com)
 

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (April 26, 2024) — In the wake of the most recent tragedy involving a fatal collision between a Tesla vehicle in autopilot mode and a motorcyclist in Washington state, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) once again urges the Department of Transportation (DOT) to strengthen Automated Driving System (ADS) regulations.

“Many autonomous vehicles on the road today have not been proven to detect all other road users in all situations before they have been allowed to be used on the road,” Dingman added. “Motorcyclists should not be used as guinea pigs for autonomous vehicle manufacturers. The continued allowance of untested autonomous vehicles on our nation’s roadways is unacceptable. The time for action is now!”

To add to that, you should see how these "accident avoidance systems" plow through dummies during tests. You'd have to have been paid off to allow these vehicles on public roads!

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Any way to update the software in Raspian without updating the OS? (lemmy.ca)
 

So, I've had a Raspberry Pi 4 sitting brand new in a box for a few years, and decided to install BirdNetPi on it yesterday.

It's working like a champ, but because BirdNetPi needed a legacy version of Raspian, it's got old software on it.

Is there any way to update the software (i.e. RealVNC) without updating the OS? There is no built-in software updater, and I seem to very easily break Linux every time I make an attempt to use it. LOL

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Are there any privacy-friendly (including offline) AI detectors? (lemmy.ca)
 

I can see far too many privacy issues with copy and pasting text into a website, and/or registering an account which will keep a history of the text checked.

Are there any services available that are noted for being private?

For context, I'm using uBlacklist to manually block website that use AI generated content.

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Scarborough Cycles brings biking to the burbs (toronto.citynews.ca)
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