I’ve often wondered if this has an effect on wildlife. If we perceive the front end of a truck as “meaner”, does that apply to deer as well?
Curious if there is any data on the likelihood of hitting a deer with a truck vs a sedan. I assume this would be difficult to capture as areas with higher chances of hitting a deer are also the areas where drivers are more likely to be behind the wheel of larger trucks.
Deer don't avoid cars because their visual system shorts out when they see a light source shining directly in their eyes[1]. You could make the truck look exactly like a mountain lion and it probably wouldn't save any deer.
It's not just the headlights, but that might very well be the majority. There have been cases where I've had to stop for deer crossing the road at night, but they didn't look into my headlights and freeze, they just kept walking across the road. Also once I had a deer run out of the woods into the side of my car while I was driving.
I think they know cars are dangerous, but they don't perceive the speed and don't do a good job of extrapolating where the car will be. And why should they, they're deer. So they just bolt across the road knowing it's dangerous when a car is coming (hence why they're bolting) but often misjudge.
How long before LED headlights can simply shine around the deer (thus not blinding them), as they do for oncoming vehicles. On second thought that would mean the driver doesn't see the deer; maybe not the best idea!
I think they're pretty effective; they cut out the light beam exactly where the other car is. There might still be reflections from other surfaces though.
I used to produce and record music and used a website called imeem to host my works. At some point it was bought out by MySpace and all non-licensed music was removed (granted there was a ton of stuff uploaded by individuals who did not own the rights to the work they uploaded) including stuff uploaded by the creators.
My work was pretty sub-par at the time, but I felt the burn pretty badly. Since then I’ve had very little faith in any site that allows creators to upload their content.
I still have work uploaded to SoundCloud, but also have backups stored locally and on my self hosted nextcloud instance for this reason.
This is probably more along the lines of the current situation with Vimeo than it is with Picaso, but I can still feel the burn from time to time.
The community guidelines are a pretty good start. If I were to take a guess, your comment came off as more of a complaint than constructive feedback. Your point may have been valid, but the delivery was just “off”.
This is pretty accurate. As a parent, offsetting your kids use or involvement with a particular activity tends to only work if you provide them with an equally interesting alternative.
Simply telling your kid to limit their use of a device only goes so far.
Two options that I’ve come across are codemonkey and mit’s scratch. They don’t go too far into the complexities of coding but do appear to bring things down to a level practical for young children.
I think your comment is valid. I have thought about this too, and I think the reasoning is as follows. Teaching kids to code empowers them to think differently about the world. Rather than navigating this technological this world as an end user, coding gives them a glance into the behind the scenes stuff and thus allows them to contribute to the evolution of this world.
But your right. IMHO Nothing beats a hike in the woods, or better yet learning to build something from raw materials found in the woods (which in turn could have the same effect).
I like to tell people that reggae artists (more specifically dub artists) created electronic music. I don’t know if it’s entirely true, but there is some evidence to suggest this.
Well, electronic music in the broad sense is at least thirty-five years older than Sleng Teng. I doubt, say, Schaeffer and Xennakis were very clued in to what was happening in Jamaica.
But it's absolute true that you reggae and dub had a profound impact on dance music music in all its forms from the 90's onwards, both culturally and in the production methods and sound. I'm not sure I've ever heard any of the original Detroit artists reference Jamaican music as an influence, but the entire European side (which then moved back North America) is steeped in Jamaican influence, both directly and via the UK.
> I'm not sure I've ever heard any of the original Detroit artists reference Jamaican music as an influence
Agreed, I've never read anything from Atkins and his progeny regarding Jamaica at all, frankly.
For those interested, though, the cross-pollination of "dub techno" that happened later is quite wonderful (and makes for great programming music). Moritz von Oswald brought reggae to Germany in the 90's and a dubbed out and cold brand of techno flourished from it. I recommend artists like Moritz's own Basic Channel[1] and the newer Echospace[2]
yeah, British punk is heavily influenced by Jamaican music because of this, while similar American music doesn't have that influence at all until much later. Bad Brains being the only real exception I can think of.
It’s a bit of a wacky idea, but there are a bunch of outdoors clubs that have sub-par technology solutions.
As these groups are small, usually minimal hardware and a FOSS tool or two is all they really need. Meaning their actual cost is probably way less then their expected cost (or what some hungry web dev quoted them at).
The idea is to bridge the gap between these groups and some tech that would add value to the groups. There is a strong possibility of cross pollination between outdoors groups, and for individuals in these groups to require more specialized tech solutions.
It feels crazy enough that it might work, but the idea is still young.
Email is in my profile if you have any advice, think this is stupid/great, want to collaborate, or just want to chat!
Hey, that’s very interesting. I’ve considered something like this for my own personal needs a few years ago, but there weren’t a ton of options. Thank you for sharing this!
