Philip Blackwell

Quietly Making Software

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@jmacmullin @qzervaas Effort is good. But kids do just love buffets. I would never choose a buffet. Prefer to get out of the hotel and explore for breakfast. But one time we got one by accident and it was the highlight of the holiday for the kids. Pancake machine...

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@hughevans I’d love to catch up and hear a bit more about your plans. Pretty decent chance I’ll be involved in a similar project (very different vehicle though) in the not too distant future.

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@MarkusMannheim @MatthewBevan Sounds ideal. My incapacity to digest is down to a lack of headspace. But it’s definitely compelling.

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@MarkusMannheim Yeah, but playing safe WFH. More than happy to tack an extra coffee on.

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@qzervaas @bentrengrove Enticing though. Tempted me into playing for the first time in a while. I think the difference must’ve been I ruled out a position one with my first word.

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[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

Is it too optimistic to think this is some form of realisation that cars are the problem?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Self-driving car will amplify traffic to insane levels, as you won’t feel the pain of driving yourself

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

Hard to defeat traffic when you are traffic. Maybe don’t be traffic?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Defeating traffic is the ultimate boss battle. Even the most powerful humans in the world cannot defeat traffic.

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@ShaneRattenbury That’s great! What do you think about incentives for switching to smaller zero emissions vehicles like bikes or scooters?

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@jmacmullin @MarkusMannheim I don’t know whether seeing your squares influenced my slightly shorter path:

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[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@MarkusMannheim Put another way: I can’t remember a more substantive change in how I feel about how I get about as an individual. But I already preferred active and public transport. If it makes a similar difference to people weening themselves off cars, then it’s a big deal.

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@MarkusMannheim Potentially. For me, a bike is the best way to get around most of the time. But I’ve recently found that the scooters fill the occasional gaps nicely. Between Hackett and Braddon/City/Dickson, I’ve mostly stopped considering buses.

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@jmacmullin I’ve got a chore list at https://t.co/Zyma13PW3n one of which is to make operational a CNC which from memory has a 20W laser attached (alongside a Makita trimmer/router)

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@jmacmullin There could be one!

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@huwr Exactly. It’s nuts that it is legal to sell a two stroke leaf blower, but illegal to sell an electric assist bike that doesn’t cut out at 25km/h. I wish the conversation was less about subsidies and more about sensible regulation.

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

I hope electric cars are the sideshow. Would be such a shame in 15 years to see a busy road of single passenger commuters, each lugging their own 400Kg battery.

[Richard Meyer @RichardMeyerDC]

Electric scooter battery swap in Taiwan

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@timraupach According to my Pop, if you weren’t in Sydney, you were camping.

[Philip Blackwell @blackp]

@MarkusMannheim Drats. I’ll keep an eye out I guess. Good luck!