This exact scenario is discussed in [1]. The "human in the loop" failed, but we're supposed to blame the human, not the AI (or the way it was implemented). The humans serve as "moral crumple zones".

""" The emphasis on human oversight as a protective mechanism allows governments and vendors to have it both ways: they can promote an algorithm by proclaiming how its capabilities exceed those of humans, while simultaneously defending the algorithm and those responsible for it from scrutiny by pointing to the security (supposedly) provided by human oversight. """

[1]: https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/30/a-neck-in-a-noose/

- https://www.eater.com/2020/1/29/21113416/grubhub-seamless-ki...

- https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/dining/2018/10/...

- https://lawstreetmedia.com/featured/restaurant-sues-doordash...

- https://www.golocalprov.com/news/legal-but-unethical-ri-rest...

- https://www.wctv.tv/2023/12/19/phony-restaurant-listing-door...

I'm not vegan nor vegetarian, but I definitely align with many of the reasons that one would choose to be so. There are environmental and animal welfare concerns with the meat industry that simply cannot be ignored.

With that in mind, I try _choose_ a non-meat-based option when it's feasible. I do my best to vote with my dollar. Beyond Meat and Impossible have made this option available significantly more often in the past couple years.

When I shop for meat at the grocery store to cook at home, I've effectively stopped buying "real" meat for my standard meals. Unless I'm cooking some special or something specific, I simply buy Beyond Meat/Impossible for my standard meals. The same applies when eating out -- if there's a meat alternative, I will go for it (even absorbing the $2-3 upcharge).*

This is not to say that I _only_ go for the meat-alternative-based non-meat dishes. I often go for a tofu or mushroom alternative too. I don't even think Beyond Meat/Impossible taste _like_ the meat they're trying to substitute -- they're just simply good, meat-y, protein-y, umami-y flavors that I simply can't get enough of.

The more options there are for people like me the better. My diet has been able to shift closer and closer to removing meat entirely, but it doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing battle. I just want to eat _less_ meat, not _no_ meat.

* One thing that's frustrating to me as someone that's not _actually_ a vegetarian/vegan is that restaurants often make the assumption that if I'm choosing the meat-alternative, then I must be vegetarian or vegan. No, I still want the cheese or the dairy, or even the meat (e.g.: an Impossible Cheeseburger with real bacon is still delicious). I'm trying to reduce, not _eliminate_, meat from my diet.

I took a real-time operating systems course in university as an elective. One of the hardest courses I took the whole four years, but also one of the most interesting. Had a great professor, who gave really demanding, but very instructive, project-based assignments.

I need to find a toy project to play around with this domain again.

Recycling raw materials is important, but ideally we shouldn't be constructing buildings that are single-tenant, requiring a complete demolition just to make the land have utility again.

- it never suggests bike+bus, only bike+train

- it will only ever try to put the biking on one end of the train ride, never both. I guess it assumes I'd be parking the bike at the station, not bringing it on board

- you can't actually "start" the navigation for some reason. It will just show the route overview

This seems to be a common problem with navigation systems in general. It's easy to get walking+transit directions, but nigh impossible to get bike+transit, even though all the buses and trains near me let me bring a bike onboard.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ftdtd2WhghdcYV9R7

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/frank-lloyd-wright-spire

Should the rate be higher? Perhaps. But it's already a bit slanted towards vehicle weight based on fuel type and consumption.

Electric vehicles, and especially electric shipping trucks, are going to require finding new taxation sources.

I've made mistakes on food that has _just_ "ingredients", missing entries while scanning at the grocery store.

Unfortunately, "contains" isn't required, and its location isn't always obvious. imo it should flatly be always required and always in a standardized layout/location (e.g. in a clear to read box).

Not disagreeing with your overall point, but vehicle size and weight still contribute an awful lot to the >40000 vehicle fatalities in the US each year.

This is what's called a "lost positive". Rob Words on YouTube has a pretty good video on this topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7TfjCIbtng

Incredibly impressive piece of art that made me stop and admire it for a few minutes. Watching the relatively minuscule people shuffle by at the base of the _enormous_ sheets of twisted steel was fascinating.

Yesterday I knew nothing about the artist but the moment I saw this article title I thought, "wait that piece had to have been this guy." I'm going to have to seek out more of his work.

- there are more bicycles than people [1]

- only 27% of trips are done via car [2]

- people travel half as many miles per day than the US [3]

Unlike most cities, especially in the US but also elsewhere in Europe, other forms of transportation are actually dependable and more convenient alternatives to driving. Making driving less convenient will actually entice mode shift in Amsterdam, rather than simply be a nuisance.

[1] https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/dutch-cycling-...

[2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009411902...

[3] https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/best-kept-secret-dutch-b...

You use a car when you _have_ to, not simply as a default. If it takes longer to get to your intra-city destination in a car, that's the city working as intended.

Many (most?) intersections in the Netherlands have early detection systems that change the light _before_ the car reaches it.

But they didn't just do this for cars, they also do this for bikes. And public transit gets signal priority allowing buses and trams to almost always get green lights.

They've spent the money improving transportation of all forms, not just cars.

[1] https://youtu.be/knbVWXzL4-4

[2] https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/traffic-lights...

[3] https://youtu.be/7KPGVP85WpU

One works for the collective, the other against the collective.

As a "citizen" who is pretty firmly anti-car within urban areas, my views on who is working for and against me are going to differ from yours.

I don't necessarily agree with the actions the Tyre Extinguishers are taking, but I definitely sympathize and appreciate the end-goal.

On the other hand, as a "citizen" who wants parking within urban areas to be less subsidized, I don't agree with skirting enforcement for fines around illegal parking.