It’s always around this time when I look at the week numbers and it really hits me that we aren’t so far from end of the year. Then, thoughts stray to any goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year and how I may or may not have made any meaningful progress on them. Slightly depressing? Perhaps. However, that feeling is offset by the really glorious fall weather. In the end, it motivates me to chip away at a few of them in these last few weeks of the year.
One of the things I really want to wrap up is the display project. I spent some time unsuccessfully trying to get the motion sensor working this week. Rather than continue down that road, I’m going to set it aside for the time being. I can always add that later, now I need to focus on the tasks that will get it off the bench: Finishing the design and building the enclosure. The later being the the really critical one, the design can always be changed. So, I’m in search of something to mount this thing in what will hide all the electronics and wires. Wish me luck.
Links
- Lazy drivers in Prospect Heights lose chance for 1 less day of alternate-side parking
“For people who count the tickets as just the cost of owning a car in New York City, maybe they’d rather just get one ticket than two,” — Crystal Hudson
That likely accounts for the majority of people who regularly leave their cars to block street cleaning. The shame stickers might be excellent schadenfreude but don’t seem to be all that effective at getting people to move their cars. I think escalating fines are the answer. They wouldn’t severely punish someone who forgets to move their car once or twice. But, leave it several times in a 3 or 6 month period? $500 per offense. I think that would encourage people to move their cars, consider off-street parking, or reconsider whether they really need a car. - Holy civics! NYC schools’ own comic books in the spotlight at Comic Con
- Fare evasion: Hochul, MTA leaders say stations testing modern fare gate models see 35% drop in the costly crime
The MTA is going to spend $1.1 Billion on installing these gates throughout the system. This despite there being an whole genre of videos of people defeating the gates in creative ways. There must be better, more cost effective ways to reduce fare evasion. - How some NYC bodegas are using AI to help decide what to charge you — with an eye on bigger profits
This seems like it could lead to price fixing at a neighborhood level. - How To Sound Smart When Talking About Charts via flowingdata
