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Bill King
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Seattle-area software developer. They/them.
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i'm starting to think nobody working on google maps actually uses "depart at" or "arrive by," because keyboard time entry has been totally broken for months
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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good talk about some important issues
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a stage in a crowded hall with three speakers; the cheesecake factory logo is displayed on a large projector screen
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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i sure have put a lot of time into this game, lol
1725 commits
October 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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day 2: bike to port orchard -> foot ferry to bremerton -> wsf ferry to seattle -> 545 + 2 line to redmond
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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day 1: 542 to seattle -> bike to coleman dock -> kitsap fast ferry to southworth -> bike to manchester state park
view from the side of the road in southworth, looking out at the water old mine storage building at manchester state park foresty trail by the coast at manchester state park line for the fast ferry to southworth, idk why bluesky put this one last...
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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transit + bike to camping continues to be a great combo
Seattle skyline as seen from the southworth fast ferry Brompton on the southworth fast ferry (weird rack!) camping at manchester state park bike on a kitsap foot ferry to bremerton
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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writing the best code of my life
SOFT_ASSERT(bone); if(bone) { bone_init(bone);
September 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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lena lake!
view of Lena Lake, three people sitting in foreground view of Lena Lake, trees, people trail to Lena Lake, big boulder
September 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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it's called the 2 line because it will connect downtown to a second cheesecake factory
google maps screenshot showing the closest cheesecake factory to downtown seattle, in bellevue
August 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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looks fun! if you ever have the chance, the Illinois railway museum is great too. you might even see a familiar face...
Between two old passenger train cars Inside of an old L car Next to a huge steam engine KCM trolleybus
August 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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poo poo point! via the 2 line and trailhead direct. love having frequent enough service that i can decide to go hiking with basically no planning.
View of a paraglider from poo poo point, with the bellevue skyline in the background A bench looking out over a pine forest, with Tahoma in the background Stony hiking trail through the woods
August 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Cloudy day, on the central connector trail in downtown Redmond
August 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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inordinately pleased with this repair i made to my bike bag. it's on the bottom so it doesn't need to be pretty :p
messy stitch on a bike bag
July 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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and the full document is up: www.redmond.gov/DocumentCent...

love this bit
The Appellants offered testimony from a professional transportation engineer who submitted a professional opinion that contradicted that of the Applicant’s transportation consultant; however, Mr. Bishop testified repeatedly that his analyses and conclusions were based on the assumption that the target residents of the project were expected to obtain employment and eventually move off-site to independent living situations. As demonstrated by the Applicant’s witnesses and documentary evidence, the approved permanent supportive housing aims to provide permanent homes to individuals who are not expected to ever be able to hold full-time employment or to move off-site.
July 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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some post-sake art w/ friends at hannyatou over the weekend
sake bottle caps w/ sharpie art
July 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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they were arguing that a new permanent supportive housing project wasn't providing enough parking.

here's the train station that they said that residents won't bother to use because it's too far from the housing project (photo taken from the side of the project's construction site).
redmond downtown station at sunset, a short (<1 block) walk down a trail from a construction fence
July 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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a moment of peace after almost *eight* hours of listening to nimby testimony
lake sammamish at sunset
July 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Good afternoon, My name is Bill King. I spent my entire childhood growing up in Highland Park, and I still visit the city a few times a year to visit my parents and friends. I was disappointed to learn that the city recently enacted a ban on e-bikes on public trails. I believe this is a misinformed decision which is out of line with Highland Park's values. Not Safer First, let's take a look at what riding a bike on the street in Highland Park looks like: https://youtu.be/pw0wUlS0-FQ This is a video I captured from my rear bike camera riding down Central Ave last September. Central is one of the most important roads in the city - a road I need to take to access businesses downtown - and there are no bicycle facilities. As a result, I was put in danger by this tailgating driver, who would have hit me if I had to slow down or stop. Thanks to this new regulation, this is the only environment where people with e-bikes are allowed to ride. The posted speed limit on Central is 30 mph, which is 10 mph faster than the max speed of a class 1/2 e-bike and 2 mph faster than the fastest class 3. As the city's press release rightly points out, these are "low-speed" vehicles. How is it right to force them to share space with high-speed traffic? Last year, Highland Park announced that it is adopting a "Safe System Approach" to traffic safety, but this is not reflected in policy and practice. Safe System calls for safer vehicles, but this regulation would put more people in cars. It calls for safer roads, but in fact, there is no safe on-street bicycle infrastructure anywhere in Highland Park. The press release cites concerns about pedestrian safety, due to the speed differential between bicycles and pedestrians, but ignores the speed differential between bicycles and cars, which leads to outcomes an order of magnitude worse. It cites an unspecified "traffic crash that resulted in injuries requiring hospital treatment," but neglects to mention any of the bicyclists who have been killed by drivers on our streets: https://www.therecordnorthshore.org/2023/06/02/cyclist-seriously-injured-in-car-crash-in-highland-park-police-say/ https://wgntv.com/news/north-suburbs/highland-park-man-dies-after-crashing-bike-in-northern-suburbs/ https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2024/11/25/charges-filed-against-2-drivers-accused-of-fatally-running-over-teen-on-bicycle-fleeing-scene-in-waukegan/ By not providing safe facilities for bicycles and banning e-bikes from whatever safe facilities already exist, the city is trading hypothetical risk to one group of community members for actual, realized risk to another. Those that choose to ride in the street will be taking on an avoidable risk, while those potential cyclists who are more risk-averse (a demographic which disproportionately includes women) will be forced to get behind the wheel of a car instead. Not More Sustainable Highland Park says it wants to increase environmental sustainability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The largest source of US greenhouse gas emissions is transportation, and the largest contributor to that is light-duty vehicles, including personal cars. Many cities, both in the US and around the world, have embraced e-bikes as a more climate-friendly alternative to driving and expanded their safe bicycle networks. This new restriction on e-bikes is a regression which will put more people in cars for trips which could have been completed by e-bike. Car infrastructure is also a financial burden on cities; streets are the #2 item on Highland Park's 2025 Capital Improvement Budget. Bicycle infrastructure is cheaper to build and maintain than car infrastructure because of their smaller footprint and lower weight: "[T]he City of Portland calculated that the city’s entire bicycle network, consisting of over 300 miles of bikeways would cost $60 million to replace (2008 dollars), whereas the same investment would yield just one mile of a four-lane urban freeway." (Source) Forcing people to use cars - rather than bikes - to get around safely accelerates wear on our roads, increasing upkeep costs, and creates more congestion. Not Inclusive This regulation also neglects community members, like my father, whose health prevents them from riding a standard bike. He has recently found a renewed interest in cycling thanks to the assistance offered by his e-bike. Banning e-bikes on trails is effectively a prohibition on riding bikes for community members with similar physical limitations. This is compounded by the drivers license requirement. Not everyone who rides a bike drives a car. People may have health issues that make it unsafe for them to drive, or may be unable to afford a car, or may choose not to drive for personal or sustainability reasons. The city should encourage these people to use alternative transportation, rather than punishing them for it. I ask the city to stand behind its values of safety, sustainability, and inclusion, and repeal this regulation in favor of an enforceable 15 mph speed limit in parks and on trails. Thank you, Bill King
June 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Finally got around to designing a kallax-compatible frame for my @eastsideurbanism.org transit tracker 🥳
Kallax shelf in my apartment w/ a transit tracker display sitting on a shelf
June 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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power still out. i have no choice but to light one million candles
my apartment w/ no power w/ a bunch of candles
June 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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pretty pleased that i managed to find the checkmate under clock pressure
a game of shogi - i have a forced checkmate sequence starting with a sacrificial bishop drop on 7-1
May 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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weekend portland trip!
big redwood tree outside a house a rose Portland japanese garden selfie in a nice boulevard park
April 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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my office pc desktop, with fl studio, aseprite, and clion windows open
April 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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blue prince!
a screenshot of a book in the game blue prince. temporal records total time: 14h 16m total days: 23 longest day: 01:43:53.9 average day: 38:03.3 inheritance: 13:56:53.0 (room 46)
April 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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why did youtube move the "save" button behind an extra menu if they were just going to fill that area with blank space?
screenshot of a youtube video - the button to save a video for later has been moved behind a ... button, and the space it used to occupy is now blank.
April 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM