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rapjr commented on the post, Golf Carts on Brattleboro Roads?

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:22:34 +0000

Would a bypass for route 9 and route 30 be possible? If the slow-goers were polite and would let faster cars pass often maybe it could work. Maybe carts that can go 25mph (which is the town speed limit, even if […]

rapjr wrote a new post, Golf Carts on Brattleboro Roads?

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 13:56:39 +0000

An interesting New York Times article:

Free archived version of article:

I’ve driven a golf cart in a community like this and it seemed like a great pollution-free way to get around. Are golf carts allowed […]

rapjr commented on the post, Brattleboro Road Status Reports Online

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:52 +0000

If you want to see the status of roads outside of Brattleboro:

rapjr commented on the post, Housing in Brattleboro: Let's Get It Done

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:40:52 +0000

In case you all weren’t aware of it yet:

Published today, lots of pictures.

rapjr commented on the post, We All Need A Plan to Deal with COVID

Sat, 07 May 2022 12:42:10 +0000

This article by Dr. Eric Topol (a highly respected professor of molecular medicine at Scripps Research) outlines where he sees us now:

If you’re technically minded I’d recommend following his Twitter posts:

If […]

rapjr commented on the post, The Nursing Shortage Needs New Solutions

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:44:05 +0000

Since it takes time to train more nurses maybe it would be helpful to provide assistants to existing nurses? There must be many tasks that don’t require much training and having someone to do them would make each […]

rapjr commented on the post, Information?

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:32:08 +0000

I think you are referring to Physical Information:

A quote from the above page: “The term physical information is used here for the concept that any physical non-uniformity, difference, or distinction is […]

rapjr commented on the post, Consolidated Fiber in Brattleboro?

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:11:51 +0000

And now I find out there is yet another local plan to bring fiber, the DVfiber coalition, and Brattleboro is part of it:

So it appears Consolidated and DVfiber will be competing to bring fiber here, as well as […]

rapjr commented on the post, Consolidated Fiber in Brattleboro?

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 05:12:47 +0000

The plan prices are on the web site:
$55/mo for 50Mbps up and down
$77/mo for 100Mbps up and down
$90/mo for 1Gbps up and down

rapjr wrote a new post, Consolidated Fiber in Brattleboro?

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:38:45 +0000

I received a flyer in the mail from Consolidated.com that says they will be offering fiber internet connections in Brattleboro soon. I found a couple stories on iBrattleboro that do not paint Consolidated in the […]

rapjr commented on the post, Nursing Home Selectivity

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:09:54 +0000

What happens to those who have no family who can care for them? If they do have family caring for them how does the family cope with that same belligerence? Are those behavioral problems a danger to the family […]

rapjr commented on the post, Where Are We Going? Does It Matter?

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 09:56:22 +0000

While maintenance is part of the town plan, and there may be plans to do things like encourage walking by building more sidewalks and the official town plan may include things like “encouraging a vibrant and […]

rapjr commented on the post, Brattleboro Should Invest In Gigabit Fiber Internet

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 14:34:01 +0000

I pay over $100/mo for a 100Mbps connection via Comcast, which seems an excessive cost to me, and from my own measurements I usually only get about 25 to 30Mbps. Fiber would be great, though I live in West […]

rapjr wrote a new post, Vermont Senate Committee on Finance - Vermont Telecommunications Plan

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:26:20 +0000

If you want to learn how Vermont is going to have 100Mbps broadband available to most residents by 2020 (or actually why it very probably will not), which was the goal of Vermont’s 10 year T […]

rapjr commented on the post, Transition to Smart Parking in Brattleboro

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 19:33:53 +0000

Here’s Park Smarter’s web site:

Their privacy policy actually sounds good, they are offering the EU’s GDPR protections to all their customers. This means for example that you can ask to see any data they have […]

rapjr wrote a new post, PAYT Bags Ink Coming Off

Sun, 13 Jan 2019 14:24:41 +0000

Has anyone else found that the ink on the purple PAYT bags is coming off on your hands? I bought some at Hannafords recently and noticed my hands were black after taking out the trash. I took a close look at the […]

rapjr commented on the post, Selectboard Meeting Notes - Brattleboro Write-In Procedures Questioned; Body Cams Coming

Thu, 16 Aug 2018 08:23:45 +0000

There’s a lot of concern about bias in machine learning algorithms these days. If your facial recognition algorithm is trained on white middle class people then it does a poor job recognizing people with other […]

rapjr commented on the post, Rain

Thu, 16 Aug 2018 07:28:23 +0000

You can find precipitation measurements from NOAA for Windham County from July 1901 to July 2018 here:

Peak was 14 inches in about 2006. Here’s a zoom in on just the 2000-2018 range:

16 inches is generally […]

rapjr commented on the post, Pay As You Throw and the Rising Cost of Recycling

Sun, 05 Aug 2018 01:53:30 +0000

There may be a technological solution that turns the waste into atoms which can then be used in various ways (clean burning syngas, recoverable metals). It’s currently being used primarily for hazardous waste […]

rapjr commented on the post, Selectboard Meeting Notes - Brattleboro Write-In Procedures Questioned; Body Cams Coming

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 04:34:43 +0000

From the Flex-2 page:

“Wireless Activation: Axon Signal reports events, like when you open the car door or activate the light bar, so your camera can detect them and start recording.”

though that would […]

rapjr commented on the post, Selectboard Meeting Notes - Brattleboro Write-In Procedures Questioned; Body Cams Coming

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 01:19:32 +0000

If Axon actually owns the video that may mean it is considered business records and can be subject to subpoena (e.g., for divorce proceedings of citizens and officers) and also searchable without a warrant by any […]

rapjr commented on the post, Selectboard Meeting Notes - Brattleboro Write-In Procedures Questioned; Body Cams Coming

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:34:06 +0000

Another big question will be, what is the policy for releasing video to the public? Is it all automatically released after 30 days? Is only video used in court released? Are faces blurred in released video? […]

rapjr commented on the post, Selectboard Meeting Notes - Brattleboro Write-In Procedures Questioned; Body Cams Coming

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:27:12 +0000

In general body-cams seem like a good idea, for both the police and the public.
However there are some questions it would be good to see answered. Will the privacy policy be publicly posted? How long will […]