ULEZ discussion.
Firstly, I sometimes feel that anyone who questions electric vehicles or things such as ULEZ zones is labelled as climate denier or even worse as a Tory. Neither of these things are true.
Edinburgh ULEz is my closest zone. I can see the befit for pedestrians from better air quality but wonder if there are better ways to produce the same outcome. My main concern is that ULEZ seems to punish people with older vehicles. Many do not have the money to purchase something newer 1/2
@Wen
London has an integrated public transport system with the cards (oyster?) to seemlessly move between underground, light rail and bus -- I'm betting they do actually use it (ministers maybe get chauffered around, but all of them?).
I mean, I can't see any other reason for them not privatising it.
What is first thing you want to change after Scotland's Independence Day? I don't mean the change Labour go on about which seems to mean carrying on with the Tory project. No I mean real change relevant for the Scottish people which we can't do as a small part of Westminster. #ScottishIndependence
A recent post on Twitter by Govanhill Go! reminded me of the concept of desire lines. These are unofficial paths, like the one on the right in this photo, worn into the landscape by people who would rather use them than the official routes (like the one on the left). They're generally short-cuts and often indicate a failure by urban planners to properly understand and account for people's desires as they move through their environment.
@thisismyglasgow
I often wonder if this is because those doing the planning drive to work -- thus only use this type of infrastructure recreationally when aesthetics and a bit of a meander seem more important.
One if those example where a bit more diversity in the planners might help.
Who's got good resources on using ChatGPT for my mate who wants to learn how to use it for her (non-tech) professional life. Eg, not breathless grifting stuff, doom predictions or in-depth "how it works" stuff, just how to write good prompts etc?
@brucelawson@simon I second this, but at the same time I worry it's not generally applicable. Computer code and its documentation are all more formalized than general language. LLMs seem to be genuinely useful in code context and Simon really seems to grok the possibilities.
Are current LLMs even useful in a non tech context?
Note: I'm also terrible at writing decent prompts.