Listen anywhere but Spotify, or just go here:
https://tencenttakes.podbean.com/e/issue-105-dragon-chiang
#Comics #ComicBooks #1990s #SciFi #Dystopian #Trucking #Eclipse #Action

@universalhub
For those unfamiliar with the verb, "storrow," here's an explainer article that defines it and provides the origin and history of the term:
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/08/19/boston-storrowing-what-to-know/
#Boston #Trucking #Bridges #Clearance #TuckersBalls

Holy software glitch, Batman!

Nearly 1,000 Amazon trucks sent to Humble warehouse in dispatching glitch, police say

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/amazon-cart-deliveries-humble-stopped-why-18-wheelers/285-8b08fceb-0b2c-4f8a-866b-d9108baae838

@CelloMomOnCars @falcennial @pixelpusher220 Shure, the overhead of a #FuelCell will not.make.it.practical in a #Smartphone for the foreseeable future, and #SodiumWetcells are slowly entrenching #LiFePO4 cells territory.

I do however expect that for #EnvoirmentalProtection alone, we'll see #Lithium cells being slowly phased out in a few decades like #NiCd, #mercury and #lead before them.

• The only reason #LeadAcid wetcells are still used as #CarBattery is because they are disgustingly cheap and can provide high amperages for starter motors. Their weight inefficiency is not of big concern in cars.

Likewise I'm confident we see first #LiFePO4 then #SodiumWetcells then #FuelCells take over.

• On the flipside, I hope we'll see more #BatterySwap systems that'll use standardized #LiFePO4 cells (maybe not a giant stack of 21700's on cars, but on #eBikes and maybe 14500's #MobileDevices) which could solve the #charging speed problem.

In fact I'm confident #MethanolFuelcell will be used as drop-in replacement for (diesel-)electric buses simply because of scalability and fire safety alone.

• OFC the superior solution for regular bus lines are trolley buses, but being able to refuel on long-distance trips will certainly help conversion with long-haul bus services and #trucking beyond the "last-mile stop & go" delivery where drivers have their 8hr shifts and trucks can "slow-charge" at the depot at night.

In fact, #DeutschePost literally bought up an #electric #MiniTrick #startup just to get the "#CityScooter" #BEV|s made for them, and for couriers that only do stop & go these work fine.

18 Wheelers down the freeway,
Things are getting wet,
Think they'll slow down?
No way, not yet!

Country music on the radio,
Wipers on full,
Crackle on Channel 19 on the CB radio,
Somebody's talking bull

Don't slow down,
You can't be late!
Pass the damn 4 wheel drivers,
They're going only 68.

You can't slam on the brakes
Just swear and yell and shout
At stupid slow drivers, at least, until
Your stupid ELD hours run out

#poem #trucking (human poem, and apologies to the real truckers out there... channeling too much Channel 19 griping I've heard ;-)

@capntransit @davecoion@bird.makeup Listened to interesting BikePortland podcast featuring this guy Keith Wilson who is running for mayor of Portland Oregon and is also the owner of a trucking company.
https://bikeportland.org/2024/02/15/podcast-get-to-know-portland-mayoral-candidate-keith-wilson-383958

https://www.keithwilsonformayor.com/

@ai6yr
Thanks for sharing!

I had heard this with regards to the Canadian #convoy last year.

Wasn’t sure if the #American side of #trucking was similarly influenced.

I have a solution. I just ordered a new 2TB SSD to be delivered tomorrow at an Amazon drop box in Cheyenne, WY. When I get it, I'll restore my laptop to the factory Windows install, then re-install Fedora as a dual boot. This laptop has a 500GB SSD, so I may split that between Windows and Linux and use the new SSD as a home partition, or I may install Linux on the new SSD. I don't know yet.

But picking up a package at a random location along my route will be new for me.