Kevin Sweeney

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[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

@MichaelMcG4 @Scott_Wiener @SFBART Someone is walking through it in this video but they've been edited out https://t.co/8YjMj0FuDp

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

At 0:10 someone is fare evading through the emergency gate directly to the right of these new gates but they've been blurred out.

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

At 0:10 someone is fare evading through the emergency gate directly to the right of these new gates but they've been blurred out.

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

The new BART fare gates in action — kicking off at West Oakland & coming to a station near you!

BART is doing what’s needed to modernize & improve the system. BART is essential to the Bay Area’s future.

Shoring up & transforming our transit systems is a huge priority for me.

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

@jazzychad Do they even work in Lockdown Mode?

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

On interrupt protectionUsed is set to -EINTR

[neural oscillator of uncertain significance @mycoliza]

`int protectionUsed` is absolutely sending me. “ah yes i would like 32 protectionUseds”-ass API design

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

Seeing a large migration away from Rails convinced me of the benefits of languages where types are checked at compile time.

Twitter existing in 2023 is proof that you can get pretty far with Rails but eventually the tech debt bill comes due

[DHH @dhh]

Gotta love the pivot from "it doesn't scale" to "you can't write real systems without types" as the new ding-dong argument against dynamically-typed languages like Ruby (and vanilla JavaScript and Smalltalk and...). https://t.co/lwxTGan6ZO

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

@saulsugarman @fionama Once you've experienced the alternative I think you'd wonder why we can't do it that way here. I doubt this law has deterred many underage wine-buying attempts but it's added 5-10 minutes to countless legitimate transactions. And I often see shoplifters walk out while I'm in line

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

@terronk @MLNow @eyessfboe @LydiaChavezZ Oh, yeah... The purpose of the tower is obvious to everyone but the reporter. Plaza regulars (who hang around all day and sell goods for cash w/o collecting sales tax or issuing receipts) are 50-50 on it. Doubt anyone who walks through on their BART commute was interviewed.

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

@terronk @MLNow @eyessfboe @LydiaChavezZ "UPDATE: tower is gone" is just reporting local news as it happens without extra commentary, which imo is something ML does very well and should be applauded for. Sometimes their writing is heavy on the author's opinion and lighter on facts, but not in this case afaict

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

I dropped my membership after “opposing bike theft is racist” but in case you need another reason here it is. I’ve never encountered road rage from a driverless car.

[SF Bicycle Coalition @sfbike]

Last weeks CPUC vote to expand AV permits on our streets has major implications– more cars on our roads, equity concerns, and continued safety issues. Read more and stay updated about what happens next:
https://t.co/d7A5Zq5Aep

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

@terronk This only works if you're also bankrupt and don't mind being evicted on short notice

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

I rode in a Cruise AV last night and it complied with several traffic laws a human SF taxi driver would’ve ignored. We need to update the laws to reflect how humans actually drive (u-turns across a double-yellow and double parking should be allowed when safe)

[Lee Edwards @terronk]

Listened to @jeffreytumlin’s interview to figure out which statement they had to retract for being misleading, and there were so many, I couldn’t tell.

Let’s start: “you’ve got cyclists dealing with a bike lane that’s blocked.”

Here’s how Waymo actually deals with bike lanes.

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

@meat Bring the Noise was also a Guitar Hero song https://t.co/LjLwpgL9xc

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

Camera enforcement could help. I once had a driver accidentally drive into a similar bike lane in South London and it ruined his entire day because he was sure he'd be getting a £160 ticket in the mail for a maneuver that saved 2 mins. No cops & instantly regretted the mistake.

[Reggie Aqui @reggieaqui]

If you are driving and a garbage truck is ahead of you on its pick up route, you are now stuck. Your option? Yup, the bike lane. A mess.

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

Making GIL-less Python an "n" ABI tag instead of a major 4.0 release seems like an attempt to avoid the marketing cost of a breaking change without avoiding the engineering cost. Existing C extensions would need to be recompiled and audited just like 2to3 https://t.co/0s2I1OWHkt

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

@NuttySwiss prod is a bunch of eeros running their stock firmware and a few unmanaged switches, test/aux services is an old Nighthawk X6 running OpenWRT

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

A surprisingly difficult questionnaire

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

These projections seem difficult to believe

[London Breed @LondonBreed]

Tourism spending in San Francisco is set to hit 2019 levels next year. People coming here are finding a beautiful city ready to welcome them. A recent survey by SF Travel found 92% of visitors would come back to San Francisco. We know our challenges, but visitors love this city.

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

In the UK you settle your bar bill after each round and leave a 0% gratuity, but in the US you settle it after the last round and leave a 0-20% one. This is to compensate the bartender for the risk of serving you alcohol without a credit check

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

@pt (Speaking from my own experience). Being prepared also matters for non-STEM degrees too but the feedback is perhaps not as brutal nor as quick

[Kevin Sweeney @kts]

@pt So if a UCB STEM prof says a high school course won’t prepare you for the subject they teach, they’re telling you the easy way. Much better to learn that way than when you fail their course a year into your undergrad and have to change your plans