max
@notplants.bsky.social
experiments in online gardening
permacomputing, mycology, queer poetry
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
rust seems to be insisting that i am very clear about what i am doing, which is sometimes helpful but also not always realistic
December 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
rust seems to be insisting that i am very clear about what i am doing, which is sometimes helpful but also not always realistic
I know that Arc stands for "Atomically Reference Counted' in rust and I understand what it means but some of part of my brain still thinks of it is as a little arc boat that is protecting the data as it goes between threads
December 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I know that Arc stands for "Atomically Reference Counted' in rust and I understand what it means but some of part of my brain still thinks of it is as a little arc boat that is protecting the data as it goes between threads
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probably gonna get a lot of use out of this over the next few years
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
probably gonna get a lot of use out of this over the next few years
bsky.app/profile/snow...
^ this is the critique of ai water usage that makes sense to me (based on stress or abundance and in relation to specific environment and contexts), not the general averages and statistics etc.
^ this is the critique of ai water usage that makes sense to me (based on stress or abundance and in relation to specific environment and contexts), not the general averages and statistics etc.
This is absolutely true. My only tweak is that people should think about water in terms of flow, rather than stock. Almost every use of water can be “handled” in the abstract, the question is about stress or abundance, and in relation to environment and context.
All you really need to understand about water usage in the western United States is that every single use - even the ones that sound egregiously wasteful like AI data centers - rounds down to 0 compared to what irrigated agriculture uses
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
bsky.app/profile/snow...
^ this is the critique of ai water usage that makes sense to me (based on stress or abundance and in relation to specific environment and contexts), not the general averages and statistics etc.
^ this is the critique of ai water usage that makes sense to me (based on stress or abundance and in relation to specific environment and contexts), not the general averages and statistics etc.
i love the feeling of not understanding something while writing rust, and then slowing down into the rabbit hole to understand it
December 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
i love the feeling of not understanding something while writing rust, and then slowing down into the rabbit hole to understand it
mycology often feels to me like a type of queer love -- learning to know and understand and care for strange beings with needs both entirely different and similar to ones own
December 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
mycology often feels to me like a type of queer love -- learning to know and understand and care for strange beings with needs both entirely different and similar to ones own
was radicalized by @cblgh that there is no layer of the stack that is separate from “ux” because if code is difficult to change or maintain, the *users* are not going to enjoy the *experience* of the software becoming out of date & unmaintained over time and unresponsive to feature requests
December 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
was radicalized by @cblgh that there is no layer of the stack that is separate from “ux” because if code is difficult to change or maintain, the *users* are not going to enjoy the *experience* of the software becoming out of date & unmaintained over time and unresponsive to feature requests
is there any website/e-mail list listing any and all tech job postings from not siliconvalley/VC tech organizations? or something similar?
December 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
is there any website/e-mail list listing any and all tech job postings from not siliconvalley/VC tech organizations? or something similar?
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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This document radicalized me.
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This document radicalized me.
the bug oscillates between being a puzzle and a punishment depending on sunlight, caffeine, air temperature and a variety of other factors
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
the bug oscillates between being a puzzle and a punishment depending on sunlight, caffeine, air temperature and a variety of other factors
at the gym, various machines and instruments, no clear directive exactly what you are supposed to be doing here, tens of people moving around doing various things, no explanation needed, if there is a common denominator it is a secret
November 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
at the gym, various machines and instruments, no clear directive exactly what you are supposed to be doing here, tens of people moving around doing various things, no explanation needed, if there is a common denominator it is a secret
the gay impulse to go to the gym during off-hours to make still life drawings of the equipment
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
the gay impulse to go to the gym during off-hours to make still life drawings of the equipment
is this platform still massively against labubu or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
is this platform still massively against labubu or has it moved more towards acceptance?
is this platform still massively into methamphetamine or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
is this platform still massively into methamphetamine or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
for who it may concern: was trying to use filen for a while for encrypted cloud backups, but then it stopped syncing. switching to borgbase now for my laptop
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
for who it may concern: was trying to use filen for a while for encrypted cloud backups, but then it stopped syncing. switching to borgbase now for my laptop
gateway co-op remains unaffected by the cloudflare outage
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
gateway co-op remains unaffected by the cloudflare outage
is there a service anyone likes where you can easily buy phone numbers with monero? ideally can also use the number in your browser and not have to ensure your phone is secure
this seems like the necessary workaround for all the surveillance services that bottom out to requiring a phone number
this seems like the necessary workaround for all the surveillance services that bottom out to requiring a phone number
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
is there a service anyone likes where you can easily buy phone numbers with monero? ideally can also use the number in your browser and not have to ensure your phone is secure
this seems like the necessary workaround for all the surveillance services that bottom out to requiring a phone number
this seems like the necessary workaround for all the surveillance services that bottom out to requiring a phone number
dreaming of permacomputing software that is so simply designed and bug-free that it quietly supports system administrators to not think about it, to sleep at night, to think about other things, like a healthy microbiome invisibly supporting digestion or support from the ancestors
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
dreaming of permacomputing software that is so simply designed and bug-free that it quietly supports system administrators to not think about it, to sleep at night, to think about other things, like a healthy microbiome invisibly supporting digestion or support from the ancestors
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One must imagine a Linux user happy
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
One must imagine a Linux user happy
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RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
wondering about "terminal-emulators" / "permacomputing-graphical-application-frameworks" thats can run tuis and terminal programs, but also can run programs that have fewer weird keyboard/mouse quirks than tuis and support images... like i sort of love tuis but they also seem deranged
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
wondering about "terminal-emulators" / "permacomputing-graphical-application-frameworks" thats can run tuis and terminal programs, but also can run programs that have fewer weird keyboard/mouse quirks than tuis and support images... like i sort of love tuis but they also seem deranged