It really depends on where in the city you live - I live in the north of Paris and so far this has not affected me in any way. In fact, I already went to a couple of Olympic matches (a bunch of sports have started already), and I'm enjoying it immensely.
The city center had restricted access for about a week and is completely inaccessible for 2-3 days, which sucks for the people that live and work there, but it's a far cry from the `several weeks` you mentioned. I think folks are blowing the impact of the opening ceremony way out of proportion.
Sorry, you think it's better to drown your own child than to google it? You can just search "how to spot a drowning person" and you'll find loads of articles and videos
At this point, I download all videos (Downie.app on Mac; it's awesome) and play them locally. The day I no longer have a workaround I will stop watching. I have enough other content to keep me going. Too much, really.
I didn't interpret the parent comment as saying that religion can be used to/is effective at combating excess, but that the only existing efforts to combat this kind of excess come from religious groups (i.e. there aren't any secular groups lobbying against gambling). I don't know if that is true and I don't necessarily agree with the comment btw.
Aren't there secular groups lobbying against gambling?
I am afraid that governments lost the moral high ground a long time ago, when they started up lotteries (commonly with worse odds than the old numbers game).
The street lights use some sort of timer that's tracking dates? Don't they typically just use light sensors to know when to turn on? It seems to me that'd be a simpler solution and also provide light during solar eclipses, thick storms, etc.
First, these systems generally predate invention of semiconductor light sensors.
Second, how much light you need is proportional to human activity, not only to darkness. At deep night artificial lighting should be minimal to save energy, minimise disturbance to nature and people's sleep, while during early morning when kids go to schools it should be maximal.
Third, you need a central control over street lights anyway because you need to implement blackouts during wartime.
> Third, you need a central control over street lights anyway because you need to implement blackouts during wartime.
You heard of switches? Hell in our country with mandated rolling blackouts to prevent failure of the national electrical grid some sucker gets paid to drive around town every 2-3hours and flip a switch. Unrelated one municipality is failing to follow the mandate because they cannot afford said suckers overtime pay...
I also strongly believe well lit streets at all times are important, its better to try to limit the lights' bleed than it is to have darkness. One human killed or otherwise injured (rape/assault) due to bad lighting should be enough to say this is a bad idea.
Why should we pick a simple solution like that? Is it the 90s or what? Only a complete clown would pick anything other than a network of zigbee relays controlled by an unmaintained node.js app written by an out-of-business contractor, pulling in sunrise/sunset data from an external API and syncing its local time via a homegrown NTP alternative.
> however, a big part of the compensation is through labor protection - something that is not worth a lot to a software developer
Maybe that was true in previous years, but I have found it very comforting to know that I'm almost unfirable (specially compared to my US peers), and even if I do get laid off I still have a ~12 month runway provided by the government.
I wish it would let me select some other cities the bus passes through, since as another commenter said it just uses the quickest way by car - though I guess that would not impact the seat selection too much, since the general direction of travel is still the same!
The city center had restricted access for about a week and is completely inaccessible for 2-3 days, which sucks for the people that live and work there, but it's a far cry from the `several weeks` you mentioned. I think folks are blowing the impact of the opening ceremony way out of proportion.