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Re: Yes, it ‘looks like a duck,’ but carriers like the new USPS mail truck

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Post by ttepasse » Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 3:55 PM UTC

laurencerowe wrote: post #91

m463 wrote: post #39

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I think when it comes to vans they've kind of let go of traditional designs. like https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Dodge-Ra... Now they've gotten the european influence to be very square: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/2015_For... or like the european designed mercedes sprinter, very tall too: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Mercedes...

The European equivalents to the Dodge Ram Van are the smaller Transit Custom or VW Transporter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Transit_Custom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Transporter The equivalent US trucks mostly used by FedEx and UPS are much squarer than the European designed Transit or Sprinter vans that are now replacing them. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FedEx_Express_truck....

The main German postal service for a time manufactured their own e-vans, which where rather boxy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StreetScooter

Re: Yes, it ‘looks like a duck,’ but carriers like the new USPS mail truck

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Post by magic_smoke_ee » Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 4:27 PM UTC

Burners (of people who are still) with Cushmans will probably be seen with LLVs now.

Re: Yes, it ‘looks like a duck,’ but carriers like the new USPS mail truck

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Post by paulnpace » Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 6:02 PM UTC

paulnpace wrote: post #121

> For 19 years, Richard Burton, a letter carrier in Athens, Ga., drove the classic boxy mail truck... After reading this, I realized I still perceive the the current generation as the new generation. Geez.

Wow, old people get downvotes for being old people now.

Re: Yes, it ‘looks like a duck,’ but carriers like the new USPS mail truck

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Post by cco » Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 6:27 PM UTC

I _love_ USPS. Glad we're starting to see these roll out.

Re: Yes, it ‘looks like a duck,’ but carriers like the new USPS mail truck

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Post by VogonPoetry » Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 10:13 PM UTC

mulmen wrote: post #137

VogonPoetry wrote: post #83

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I think that making the iPod mount like a filesystem would have had significant impact on other aspects of the device. There is no filesystem level abstraction over USB (or Firewire). So plugging in presents as a hard drive / block device, which then means it needs to have a filesystem. For "built-in" cross OS compatibility that means it would be have to be a FAT filesystem. If you change these decisions either a new…

Ok but the iPod could literally act as external storage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod > Some versions of the iPod can serve as external data storage devices, like other digital music players. Prior to macOS 10.15, Apple's iTunes software (and other alternative software) could be used to transfer music, photos, videos, games, contact information, e-mail settings, Web bookmarks, and calendars to the devices suppo…

This is / was implemented as a custom protocol to transfer files. It doesn't work out of the box with all programs on any system after the iPod is plugged in - it needs a program (consider it a driver) to be installed on the host computer for it to work. It only works with the programs that speak the protocol - installing the program does make it available to all programs on the host. This is quite different from making the iPod behave like an external hard drive.

Re: Yes, it ‘looks like a duck,’ but carriers like the new USPS mail truck

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Post by not_kurt_godel » Sat, Nov 30, 2024, 10:19 PM UTC

varikin wrote: post #97

not_kurt_godel wrote: post #51

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> the government gonna government and not find a replacement till it's almost too late Actually they were going to convert to EVs back in 2006 when Bush stepped in to prevent that and punish them on behalf of his oil buddies with the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. The problem isn't government, it's politicians voted in to destroy it in favor of corporate interests.

I wasn't aware Bush was not part of the government in 2006. Thank you for the correction.

Any snarkiness aside, the point is that "the government" isn't a monolithic entity that operates inevitably or deterministically. There can be significantly different outcomes depending on who is elected to run it (and you might even have an outsized say in who that is, depending on the state you live in and whether you vote).