prismatk
Re:Bike Bureau: Report Bike Lane Obstructions
on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @01:26PM (#49275864)
This is already being done without blockages being reported, so why not at least try to raise the issue with places that might do something about i?
Re:Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safe...
on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @01:20PM (#45505968)
It's my understanding that this is a crime that is never charged or prosecuted. Rather, if (attempted) suicide is a crime, it serves as a legal fiction that provides a structure for first responders to intervene. Police can then enter an office where someone is hanging out a window without a warrant, for example, because there are exigent circumstances (a crime in progress). Officers could also physical restrain someone trying to jump from a bridge and have a more straightforward justification for this after the fact. I think this is a societal good.
Have you seen any examples of suicidal people being charged or prosecuted for attempted suicide? I can imagine that this could have opportunities for abuse, but not ones that are qualitatively different from probable cause writ large.
Re:The Anti-Amazon Alliance
on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @03:41PM (#23010943)
If frys hasn't gone out of business yet, they're not going to - last one I was in only sold gift bags and batteries in a massive retail space and yet somehow they were still there. The retail gods must love Mr. Fry.
Re:Paxos vs. Raft: Have we reached consensus on distributed consensus?
on Monday April 27, 2020 @06:43PM (#23000990)
Raft itself - rather than any framework in which you would actually want to use it - is quite simple to implement. A few classmates of mine and I implemented a barebones Raft instance in about a weekend.
Re:Apple changes default MacBook charging behavior to improve battery ...
on Thursday April 16, 2020 @04:50PM (#22893398)
I had a similar issue with a 2012 MBA, tried SMC and PRAM reset which worked intermittently and ultimately replaced the battery for about $60.
Re:The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years
on Thursday February 20, 2020 @07:11PM (#22379848)
I think it's that the layout of the map, with flags going above and below a circular plane, looks exactly like (and is perhaps inspired by) the scanner that shows where ships around you in local space are in Elite/Oolite (FOSS Elite 1984 clone, highly recommended).