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Bloody posted:getting mad over w being pronounced west in a context where w means west is kind of weird i'm not angry, i'm just expressing my existential disillusionment regarding how algorithms and mass communication erode local culture 
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Aug 15, 2016 00:12
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Bloody posted:getting mad over w being pronounced west in a context where w means west is kind of weird
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Aug 15, 2016 14:45
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infernal machines posted:toronto_transit.txt Good poo poo. I feel there are better ways to demonstrate statistics, like showing the margin or "profit". I can't find the study though.
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Aug 15, 2016 16:02
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Aug 16, 2016 18:47
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 very classy advertising campaign, yes
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Aug 16, 2016 22:55
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Are they suggesting he shove that phone up his rear end
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Aug 17, 2016 03:11
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bicyles are the only thign that should be on the road
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Aug 17, 2016 03:41
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bomb posted:bicyles are the only thign that should be on the road unironically agreed
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Aug 17, 2016 05:03
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bomb posted:bicyles are the only thign that should be on the road and buses. check your disability and weather privileges please
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Aug 17, 2016 05:04
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theflyingexecutive posted:and buses. check your disability and weather privileges please if ur disabled just get a recumbent
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Aug 17, 2016 05:43
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my fav gmaps tts failure remains the glorious city of eee ayy you claire wisconsin. i assume driving in france with gmaps is a riot.
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Aug 17, 2016 06:11
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Is your city's mass transit system so bad, it's a game to make it better?
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Aug 17, 2016 12:56
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bomb posted:if ur disabled just get a recumbent yeah but what about the physically disabled
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Aug 17, 2016 13:00
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theflyingexecutive posted:and buses. check your disability and weather privileges please light rail motherfucker!!!!!!!
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NAT-T Ice posted:my fav gmaps tts failure remains the glorious city of eee ayy you claire wisconsin. ewe claire
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Aug 17, 2016 13:07
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The Merkinman posted:Is your city's mass transit system so bad, it's a game to make it better?  
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Aug 17, 2016 13:12
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Bloody posted:getting mad over w being pronounced west in a context where w means west is kind of weird Systems should provide information to users in a form that is understandable both in terms of language and cultural context, hth.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:35
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Yes, much like when using the subway, websites don't really work on your phone.
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Aug 17, 2016 13:58
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The Merkinman posted:Yes, much like when using the subway, websites don't really work on your phone. we have full LTE coverage in the subway in Chicago
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Aug 17, 2016 14:25
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Red Square Bear posted:Systems should provide information to users in a form that is understandable both in terms of language and cultural context, hth.
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Aug 17, 2016 14:44
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minivanmegafun posted:we have full LTE coverage in the subway in Chicago it's so fuckin easy to use just a big loop w/ a line goin out in each cardinal direction more cities should be burned down imho
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Aug 17, 2016 15:56
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:it's so fuckin easy to use honestly the hub-and-spoke system kind of sucks if you're going anywhere that's not downtown
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Aug 17, 2016 16:57
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minivanmegafun posted:honestly the hub-and-spoke system kind of sucks if you're going anywhere that's not downtown Pretty much this. Portland (Tri-Met) works in this way and while they've done fairly well at allowing for mid-way transfers, there are still neighborhoods or areas I have to go all the way downtown to transfer back out to
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Aug 17, 2016 17:27
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Endless Mike posted:navigation saying "west" is more appropriate since people who don't live there are less likely to understand local cultural context and will need accurate, useful navigation more than locals. locals will just know it's "wrong" and move on with their lives. this is some quality fishmeching. it's got the backpedal that's disguised as "well this is the real issue", the scientific-sounding assertion that comes with no sourcing, and the little hint of paternalism. good work also i just remembered that i actually tracked down the dallas/ft. worth thread a while back and asked the goons from there how they pronounce 35 E/W down there, because i was curious: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3032538&pagenumber=65&perpage=40#post449485946 but really, you should post the settled science that mndot and txdot are clearly ignoring about "accurate" and "useful" naming of roads, and/or that google is relying on here. i mean clearly that is the reason the google lady says it that way right Lutha Mahtin fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Aug 17, 2016 |
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Aug 17, 2016 18:08
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Bloody posted:getting mad over w being pronounced west in a context where w means west is kind of weird
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Aug 17, 2016 18:11
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ehh, i think you're the only one who thinks anyone in this discussion is mad
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Aug 17, 2016 18:15
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Lutha Mahtin posted:this is some quality fishmeching. it's got the backpedal that's disguised as "well this is the real issue", the scientific-sounding assertion that comes with no sourcing, and the little hint of paternalism. good work wow y'all sound absolutely retarded then esp since the letter W takes three times as long to say as WEST lol
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Aug 17, 2016 18:18
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Lutha Mahtin posted:this is some quality fishmeching. it's got the backpedal that's disguised as "well this is the real issue", the scientific-sounding assertion that comes with no sourcing, and the little hint of paternalism. good work please go on
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Aug 17, 2016 18:18
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Lutha Mahtin posted:this is some quality fishmeching. it's got the backpedal that's disguised as "well this is the real issue", the scientific-sounding assertion that comes with no sourcing, and the little hint of paternalism. good work Bloody posted:getting mad over w being pronounced west in a context where w means west is kind of weird
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Aug 17, 2016 18:19
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also fyi when it's an interstate it's not up to the state DOT to decide anything since those are federal roads and guess how the federal government decided that they're designated hint: what's printed on the smaller signs is an abbreviation
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Aug 17, 2016 18:21
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i've yet to see any citations for anything anyone has asserted as law or scientific evidence about this topic. however this is indeed one of the dumbest derails in any discussion in the history of humanity so i'll just leave it here
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Aug 17, 2016 18:27
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Lutha Mahtin posted:i've yet to see any citations for anything anyone has asserted as law or scientific evidence about this topic. 
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Aug 17, 2016 18:29
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it's not really law - the decisions are made by the AASHTO committees who are responsible for the interstate numbering system (they've been phasing out directionally suffixed routes for years)
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Aug 17, 2016 18:34
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here in chicago we always use "east/west/north/south" in our directions when speaking street names we have a grid so everything has a direction based on its position relative to Madison (N or S) or State (E or W) this results in weird things that get pronounced like: "North West Water Street" "North Northwest Highway" "East South Shore Drive" "East South Water Street" "South Park Shore East"
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Aug 17, 2016 18:37
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why would you say DOUBLE-U instead of whatever word that it's abbreviating in the first place
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Aug 17, 2016 18:43
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i don't know why you would say "double-you" instead of "west" but saying an abbreviation instead of the full word is common. i still wouldn't expect a gps to say "penn av" like people here say instead of "pennsylvania avenue"
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Aug 17, 2016 18:48
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ArmZ posted:light rail motherfucker!!!!!!! at grade light rail are bus systems for racists
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Aug 17, 2016 18:52
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theflyingexecutive posted:at grade light rail are bus systems for racists that dont locally pollute, move 4 times as many people, are more reliable, generally have much more grade separation, and are much harder for lovely local politicians to get rid of
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when the h st streetcar opened, a local radio show was talking about it and a guy called in trying to explain why it was good (it's not) and the host finally called him out that he was trying to say that it will have fewer black people than the buses on the exact same route.
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