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They've been slowly replacing the flip-disc displays on the buses where I live with LEDs and LCD panels which has been such a shame. There is a beautiful mechanical satisfaction to a panel of flip-discs inverting and I genuinely find them easier to read.

They seemed less reliable than LEDs. When they were common here they would always have tens of dots stuck in the wrong position.

I'd imagine the vibrations didn't do them any good

Interestingly, I've never noticed any stuck discs. I'm pretty observant of them as well, because I think they're so cool.

The ones here could have been nearing the end of their life to be fair. They have basically all been replaced with LED signs now.

This is BREAKFAST (AKA Zolty) mentioned above.

The old panels had diode issues. It wasn’t the mechanism failing — the simplicity of electromagnets means they last an insanely long time, significantly longer than an LED. The diodes were just cheap and undersized. If you have a stuck disc on an old board, 99% chance you just need to replace the diode. If it still flips but gets stuck on one side, a pin has gotten sticky and needs graphite applied.


The Luminator MAX 3000 is an interesting hybrid between a flip dot display and an LED display. I find it very pleasing to the eye and easy to read, particularly at night.

In front of the flip dots is a frame that has a mini-LED that faces and front-lights each flip dot. This gives the appearance that each flip dot is glowing.

(1) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ru1DSs1tjQ


Yes, even the ones that have an LED behind each disk which are on in the dark. This display [1] is the same but in the dark [2] you see the LEDs instead.

[2] https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/...

[1] https://cdn.unitycms.io/images/2padXosoqh99o13dcrN3co.jpg


The LED / LCD displays are probably lighter (less heavy), and someone figured they can save 0.001 gallons of diesel a year fleet wide if they replace displays.

Net Zero Fatigue is real.


Much more likely, I think, the mechanical displays had some maintenance cost which cheap LED displays will not.

You've confabulated a reason why they replaced them, linked it to initiative then complained about them doing it all in two sentences. A gold medal in mental gymnastics is warranted here!

They’re probably just cheaper and require less maintenance.

You’re not doing your cause any favors by projecting everything on an ill-fitting frame.


Unsung is one of the best little blogs around. Well worth checking out the rest of the posts.

Not quite the same form-factor, but they've gotten pretty close to a tablet with the Framework Laptop 12.

https://frame.work/au/en/laptop12


I use mine for all sorts. I volunteer at a second-hand shop so use it to set up remotes for donated media devices, I've used it to run scripts to apply the same changes to many computers that aren't on a group policy via BadUSB, I've used it for toys-to-life games, and very much more. There are plenty of genuine uses if you're cluey.

The interface seemed to function as normal, but specifically the API was targeted, which left a lot of confused users who were seeing the interface peppered with errors. Watching as it unfolded, it seems it affected certain regions to begin with and then slowly spread worldwide.

Seems they might have failed to host the status page (https://status.bsky.app) separately as well, because that went down several times throughout the outage. They also weren't very active in updating the status page, and the notice that was there had a typo of 'reginos' and a description of 'null'.


The status page seems hosted by UptimeRobot, so it looks like it was a problem on their end.

The group that claim to be doing the DDoS also claim to be DDoSing the status page specifically.

A valuable approach is to aim for AAA WCAG conformance. Obviously it isn't a perfect way to go about it and there are other considerations here, but at level AAA you're more likely than not ensuring an extremely clear and usable interface.

Invidious' docs recommend restarting the service regularly[1]. I can only imagine that this means there is a serious memory leak somewhere. I notice the hardware requirements specifically note: '2GB of free RAM, as long as it is restarted regularly'

It has been this way for years. Seems odd.

[1] https://docs.invidious.io/community-installation-guide/#crea...


I built a little Jellyfin plugin for KOReader [1] so I can access my books from my Kindle. Jellyfin proved really nice to work with (though there was some poorly documented auth stuff they were in the process of deprecating).

If anyone has been thinking of building something in the Jellyfin ecosystem, I very much recommend it.

[1]: https://github.com/DeclanChidlow/KOReader-Jellyfin-Plugin/


The author wrote about it here: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/09/drunk-css/


> I've also recently heard Elon Musk being described as a "literal Nazi" a lot

The chatbot run by his company has called itself 'MechaHitler' multiple times, and Musk himself did what is widely regarded as a Nazi salute during Trump's second inauguration.


I guess to expand on my earlier post, it's generally a good thing that these kinds of absurd allegations are counterproductive and generally not convincing, because if they were more readily believable they would be quite irresponsible. Real violence has occurred because of beliefs (and posts) like this.


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