I see some serious issues in this project

• The speed would seem very low.
• To increase the speed you would need to improve the infrasctructure, but this would not be cheap
• even if technolgy is old, doesn't mean it's good. verythin that is elf-balancing is at risk of falling in case of failure...

Cool project tho

You are describing me starting my 125 cc 2 strokes motorbike.

Except I had to jump on before disengaging the clutch because otherwise the rear wheel lacked traction and would stop and slide

Super cool, bu are they faster/more efficent than a good pair of diving fins?

Thnk yu, I nw crrectd

Uso Gadgetbridge da molti anni, con Amzfit band s, poi con un bip e adesso con un bip s.

È un'app veramente indispensabile per avere una altetnativa non spiona, libera etc. Infatti è uns dei progetti a cui contribuisco con una donazione periodica

Grazie a tutti gli sviluppatori!

What surprises me the most is maintenance cost of thosr urban highways, when compared to every other alternative project!

Nice read thank you!

Lately I find references to LowTech Magazine a the yime. I think it's agreat project!

I don't see any difference:

What I would do:

• downgrade to lasf working version (you probably have to uninstall and tben manuslky srlect the version to re-install)

• check if this bug was ile reported on the source repository of the app. If not do it yourself

• wait for new version to come out. Check changelog to see if your issue was corrected, and if so install it. Otherwise wait for following version

In the end if a previous version of the app worked, you can keep it, no reason to upgrade...

This will end up in some sci-fi hacker movie, sooner or later!

You know, I was thinking the same thing. It's always iFixit: Motorola, Nokia, and now Kobo. But I don't see how a company with a mission like iFixit can turn into bad guy (enshittify?). Am I too optimistic?

you get the only thing I openly say it is an opinion (based on my experience anyway) to dismiss all the other points like an opinion where instead I offered some observed facts

What you reported are anecdotal facts. Things you observed. Objective facts and data are what we need to improve. The fact that you see people not using the bike lane is not relevant.

• Have you tried to actually count how many people use the bike path and how many not?
  • Do you understand that from someone driving a car, you clearly see a cyclist on the road, while you may dismiss and not even register one on the bike path?
• Is the one you talk about a bike path at all? Or maybe is it a mixed use path (so one that cyclist don't have to use)?
  • When I'm riding a bicycle I will always use a bike path, if it is usable; you know, I want to stay alive. I may choose not to use it when mixed because I think it is more dangerous for me and the pedestrians on it. Or if a bike path surface is broken and I would risk falling.

Did you check these?

Practice:

The 3 points you mention as practice are not practice at all. They are theory, they are laws that are usually not respected.

Obviously if you reduce speed you reduce the possibillity of a fatality. Following this way of thinking, if you reduce the speed to 10 Km/h you reduce even more the crashes and fatalities. Even better, remove the cars, 0 crashes (not sure about 0 fatalities btw).

30 km/h is only the maximum speed allowed. And it is a compromise that wold allow for a huge reduction of crash damage, while not reducing travel time by much. Because the average speed in cities is, let's remember that, more in the 10-20 km/h range. So, speeding between red lights does not save anyone's time, just increase the danger.

Don't make me look up for articles about that (please, do it yourself, there is plenty), but the increase of travel times when maximum allowed speed is decreased from 50 to 30 is very low (much, much lower than 50/30 ratio), and the benefits in terms of danger is so high, that it is totally worth it. So the argument "let's make it 10 km/h" doesn't make any sense

we are taking for granted that it is always the car the guilty side

it's not a question of who is guilty, it is a question of where the danger comes from. And it doesn't come from pedestrians or cyclicsts (see my previous post), it comes from cars. Stop signs exist because of cars. Traffic light exist because of cars. Car insurance exist because of cars.

So my point, in the end, is that concentrating only on the speed, again in my opinion, we are just looking at the most easily factor to “punish”

No, nobody wants to punish. It is because of facts (not anecdotes). It is because it works in theory and in practice, as I fully documented in my previous post. And I was only taking into consideration the 50 to 30 km/h reduction. It works in all the cases, even highways https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2598360/

Those earbuds at 80€ would be a steal still now!

You were lucky! Those were the most repairable earbuds... Until now 🙂

https://ifixit.com/News/35377/which-wireless-earbuds-are-the-least-evil

aptX, ldac

these depends on the chipset they used.

or even LC3/Opus

There is still hope of an update in the future?:

https://forum.fairphone.com/t/the-new-fairbuds-nine-things-you-need-to-know/107173/7

I have a Fairphone 4 and the software update of the camera was huge. Before it was a letdown, now it's fine and responsive. Not perfect, but I'm satisfied. What I mean is that I now trust Fairphone team to do their best to update their stuff in the future. They are not perfect, but support is there in the medium-long term.

The problem with your comment is that you have a lot of opinions, and they all may sound reasonable, but the facts and data give away a different story, and it is hard and takes time to demonstrate that most of what you state is, to say it kindly , false

So I'll take only one of your statements and answer that, and won't waste more time for the rest.

Speed itself is a factor, not the main one, which in my opinion is inattentiveness.

Theory:

• Impact energy grows with the square of the speed. An impact at 50 km/h carries almost 3 times the energy of an impact at 30 km/h. (source: kinetic energy)
  • probability of death for a pedestrian when hit by a vehicle at 50 km/h is 70%, when hit at 30 km/h is 10% (source)
• Stopping distance at 50 km/h (23 m) doubles in respect to 30 km/h (12 m) (source)

So, based on the data above, how can speed not be a main factor, especially if we are talking about road fatalities?

So to support theory with fact, there is ton of data on cities that lowered speed limit from 50 to 30 km/h. And data consistently shows reduction in crashes, injuries and fatalities.

I'm not wasting time describing each of the articles below:

• https://swov.nl/en/fact/30-kmh-zones-what-are-road-safety-effects-30-kmh-zones
• https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/cp_data_news/none-of-the-european-cities-that-lowered-the-speed-limit-to-30-km-h-regrets-it/
• https://etsc.eu/swiss-research-shows-30-km-h-zones-reduced-crashes-by-38/
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353710726_Economic_impact_of_30kmh_-_Benefits_and_Costs_of_Speeds_in_an_urban_environment

This video with reparation instructions for fairphone earbuds is pure porn

It really depends on the quality.

Just as an example, Sony linkbuds S, which are "mid range" are priced similarly. And they are not repairable, not fair or respectful of workers...

Ma che figata!

Devo solo convincermi che 149 € sono un buon investimento grazie alla riparabilità...

EDIT: 3 anni di garanzia!

The Esprit is kind of a budget model

I looked at the specifications and it looks very good to me: nexus 7 speed hub, aluminum frame, disc brakes.... Ok I have to admit tha I'm used to much lower level coponents 😁