Peter W.
@kinographer.bsky.social
Getting mad at software and cars. He/him
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insincerity > vice signaling
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
insincerity > vice signaling
Hit and run this afternoon. Pedestrian at fault, however the N-bound signal turns red 15 seconds before the S-bound to accommodate left turns. Even I sometimes start to cross prematurely. @nycdot.bsky.social defends timing as federally compliant. Washington Ave at Eastern Parkway
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hit and run this afternoon. Pedestrian at fault, however the N-bound signal turns red 15 seconds before the S-bound to accommodate left turns. Even I sometimes start to cross prematurely. @nycdot.bsky.social defends timing as federally compliant. Washington Ave at Eastern Parkway
Hi @homedepotofficial.bsky.social - how do I report one of your rentals repeatedly being used in an unsafe and illegal manner (reversing aggressively down a busy sidewalk) as well as having a defaced license plate?
September 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hi @homedepotofficial.bsky.social - how do I report one of your rentals repeatedly being used in an unsafe and illegal manner (reversing aggressively down a busy sidewalk) as well as having a defaced license plate?
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“I will never visit the United States again,” Mr. Jeong said.
@nytimes.com #Hyundai
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@nytimes.com #Hyundai
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September 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“I will never visit the United States again,” Mr. Jeong said.
@nytimes.com #Hyundai
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...
@nytimes.com #Hyundai
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Cats Effect style resource?
so, how would you do this in a language without async exceptions (I.e. most except haskell):
imagine you have some piece of pure, long running cpu bound code that takes a long time to complete and uses some resources that need cleanup.
how do you abort the computation?
imagine you have some piece of pure, long running cpu bound code that takes a long time to complete and uses some resources that need cleanup.
how do you abort the computation?
September 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Cats Effect style resource?
Outcome of the IAB complaint about this: unfounded, vehicle not in confines of assigned precinct (admits they should have transferred). Unsurprising, but it does make reporting at precinct boundaries nearly impossible since this will always be available as an excuse. cc @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Outcome of the IAB complaint about this: unfounded, vehicle not in confines of assigned precinct (admits they should have transferred). Unsurprising, but it does make reporting at precinct boundaries nearly impossible since this will always be available as an excuse. cc @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social
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A new minor release of Scala.js features bug fixes, performance improvements and support for some new JDK methods! 🎉 #scala www.scala-js.org/news/2025/09...
Announcing Scala.js 1.20.1 - Scala.js
Harness the Scala and JavaScript ecosystems to develop robust apps for browsers, serverless, and Node.js.
www.scala-js.org
September 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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These are people who literally think Obama was an illegal immigrant DEI hire.
I'm kind of shocked that anyone is still proposing technocratic solutions to the "debate" over immigration. Even if this were a good idea (and it is not), Republican elites and media will never tell their base about it. You can't policy your way out of a propaganda problem!
September 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
These are people who literally think Obama was an illegal immigrant DEI hire.
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Mamdani: We need to make public transportation so good that “no matter how much money is in your pocket, you say: I’m gonna use this.”
September 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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There was a bill introduced at the state level to allow the city to put cameras on street sweepers to fine drivers who don’t move their cars, but it doesn’t look like it went anywhere www.brooklynpaper.com/street-sweep...
Street sweepers may soon issue tickets as Brooklyn pols move to crack down on alternate-side parking violators • Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn drivers who ignore alternate side-parking rules may soon face automated fines, as the City Council pushes for a state-approved pilot program to mount
www.brooklynpaper.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
There was a bill introduced at the state level to allow the city to put cameras on street sweepers to fine drivers who don’t move their cars, but it doesn’t look like it went anywhere www.brooklynpaper.com/street-sweep...
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this is a flippant analogy but an idealized state for public services is when people see them as akin to apple products. not “run like a business” but glossy and respectable to feel like using them makes you feel cool
Echoes of Enrique Peñalosa's “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation."
Mamdani: We need to make public transportation so good that “no matter how much money is in your pocket, you say: I’m gonna use this.”
September 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
this is a flippant analogy but an idealized state for public services is when people see them as akin to apple products. not “run like a business” but glossy and respectable to feel like using them makes you feel cool
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and yet somehow noone seems to care about concatenation, the one operation that is used *everywhere*, to the point that all the Monoid functions in haskell have to be right-biased because the default use case for them is with list concatenation
August 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
and yet somehow noone seems to care about concatenation, the one operation that is used *everywhere*, to the point that all the Monoid functions in haskell have to be right-biased because the default use case for them is with list concatenation
Two steps forward, one step back. These are on different days but for same vehicle at same location. 77 and 78 precincts each say the other has jurisdiction, close as unfounded. State the same in follow up calls.
August 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Two steps forward, one step back. These are on different days but for same vehicle at same location. 77 and 78 precincts each say the other has jurisdiction, close as unfounded. State the same in follow up calls.
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we have a new time for my talk in Crown Heights: September 17th, 7pm. this is a non-ticketed event - come as you are.
August 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
we have a new time for my talk in Crown Heights: September 17th, 7pm. this is a non-ticketed event - come as you are.
When it rains it pours
August 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
When it rains it pours
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NYPD was busy trying to save cyclists and bust illegal parkers on the newly unprotected stretch of Bedford Ave., but had to stop issuing summonses because they ran out.
“It's a problem because a lot of bicyclists are going into the street and getting hit by cars,” a Sgt. said.
“It's a problem because a lot of bicyclists are going into the street and getting hit by cars,” a Sgt. said.
Waste of Time: Full-Salaried NYPD Cops Now Needed to Enforce the Unprotected Bedford Avenue Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
Streets that are properly designed — with bike lanes that can't be blocked or narrower lanes in which drivers can't speed — don't need squads of cops to hand out tickets.
buff.ly
August 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NYPD was busy trying to save cyclists and bust illegal parkers on the newly unprotected stretch of Bedford Ave., but had to stop issuing summonses because they ran out.
“It's a problem because a lot of bicyclists are going into the street and getting hit by cars,” a Sgt. said.
“It's a problem because a lot of bicyclists are going into the street and getting hit by cars,” a Sgt. said.
In addition to the usual @fdny.bsky.social placard abuse at the fire station, got treated to this Pods truck blocking the sidewalk on the way to drop off this morning. cc @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In addition to the usual @fdny.bsky.social placard abuse at the fire station, got treated to this Pods truck blocking the sidewalk on the way to drop off this morning. cc @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social
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Sure this *looks* good but by not narrowing the roadway, DOT allows drivers to continue reckless speeding. AND taking space from pedestrians is egregious, especially as the population of the area grows. Build for the great city you want, not for the failed city you have, @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
The protected bike lane down 3rd Ave in Sunset Park is looking really good. It’s a welcomed addition to a notoriously dangerous road. #bikenyc
July 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Sure this *looks* good but by not narrowing the roadway, DOT allows drivers to continue reckless speeding. AND taking space from pedestrians is egregious, especially as the population of the area grows. Build for the great city you want, not for the failed city you have, @chrislhayes.bsky.social.
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hot take: effect handlers are going to win over monads/purity, not because they're better in any way, but just because they don't have the historical connotations that make 80% of programmers shut their brain off when talking about them
July 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
hot take: effect handlers are going to win over monads/purity, not because they're better in any way, but just because they don't have the historical connotations that make 80% of programmers shut their brain off when talking about them
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I know a lot of people who love Austin and prefer it to LA but, uh, it's very different from LA! if you like it in LA you're probably not going to move there and go "wow what a paradise"
July 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I know a lot of people who love Austin and prefer it to LA but, uh, it's very different from LA! if you like it in LA you're probably not going to move there and go "wow what a paradise"
Once again sent a desperate plea to @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social and others to do something about the pedestrian safety situation at @brooklynmuseum.org and the Washington intersection. Absolute bare minimum would be @nycdot.bsky.social putting up signage for vehicles to keep off.
July 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Once again sent a desperate plea to @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social and others to do something about the pedestrian safety situation at @brooklynmuseum.org and the Washington intersection. Absolute bare minimum would be @nycdot.bsky.social putting up signage for vehicles to keep off.
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Aside from how dangerous this is, the idea of your car being a *third* workplace is incredibly depressing.
Mercedes-Benz is teaming up with Microsoft to turn your cabin into a productivity zone, with Teams meetings on your dashboard, voice-activated AI for email summaries and seamless access to business logins and calendars.
They call it your third workplace.
#mercedesbenz #microsoft #cartech
They call it your third workplace.
#mercedesbenz #microsoft #cartech
July 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Aside from how dangerous this is, the idea of your car being a *third* workplace is incredibly depressing.
This Toyota belongs to cadet of the Court Officers Academy on St John’s and keeps parking in the no standing. Forcing a school bus which waits an hour in the morning (a shorter time in evening) to stand in the crosswalk. Reported to 311/71pct without resolution. cc @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This Toyota belongs to cadet of the Court Officers Academy on St John’s and keeps parking in the no standing. Forcing a school bus which waits an hour in the morning (a shorter time in evening) to stand in the crosswalk. Reported to 311/71pct without resolution. cc @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social