Joshua WoodIf you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏
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@stufromoz local golf club finally has sand traps instead of water hazards
@stufromoz it has felt like it would never dry out
raenaI don't know who needs to hear this, but:
If a particular instance's social mores or terms of conduct don't suit you, maybe there's another instance that'd suit you better. It is easy to move, you will not lose your followers/following, and you can still find people on any instance to follow.
@asymco Lycra louts ;)
AsymcoThe earliest car by Karl Benz (version 2). What are those things in the background?
The earliest car by Henry Ford circa 1896. A decade after Karl Benz patented the internal combustion automobile. Ford called his the quadricycle.
Footnote: pneumatic tires as show here were invented by John Boyd Dunlop in Dublin, Ireland, in 1890 for use on bicycles, greatly improving their comfort and utility. They became an essential enabler for the automobile.
As parking goes, so goes the car. People fixate on fuel or road infrastructure but if there is no parking there is no car because it's stationary 96% of the time. The car is the most fragile mode of transport because it has the greatest number of dependencies. These, among others, include: driver licensing, insurance, police, emergency services, an industrial base, network of service stations, regulatory bodies, safety testing, supply chain of spare parts, etc. Freedom from authority it isn't.
Do scooters get used differently than bikes? Yes indeed. In fact, the usage pattern by trip distance and speed is invariant across location. If you show me one of these curves I can tell you what mode it is, no matter where the data was collected(!) What's more, each log-normal curve is defined by 2 parameters. If you show me only those 2 numbers I can tell you the mode.
