Ryan Green
@robotpatch
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Bike rider, stroller pusher, agitator @ https://t.co/G7hPuTd5SP
St. John's, NL
Joined April 2009
Today we’re announcing our $30 million Series A. This round is led by @Theoryvc with support from @CRV , @ycombinator, @databricks, @runwayml , @ZeroPrimeVC , @swift_vc, and more. Your belief in a future powered by multimodal data brings us one step closer to that reality.
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Most parents wish that their kids grew up in a world with no social media. Same level of regret as for alcohol and guns. Smartphones and Youtube were lower. Bicycles were regretted by only 9%, despite kids sometimes getting hurt on bikes: @HarrisPoll
https://t.co/vI73doY6f9
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Colourful homes of St. John’s in the winter. Taken by various members of the Camera 35 Club in Newfoundland.
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This interesting paper is not about cities. It’s about cars. It finds that cities were good at both wealth creation and economic mobility until the mid 20th century. What went wrong then? Cities started planning for cars.
"Our findings confirm that contemporary cities, particularly population-dense and expansive ones, are indeed divisive forces—acting as centers for income and wealth generation but failing to deliver equal opportunities for economic mobility"
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Very happy to announce the launch of this new @IndependentNL series on transportation in Newfoundland and Labrador, co-edited with @sidewalkcontact. Have an idea for a future column? Details on how to reach us included in our intro. https://t.co/sXEkVUhjgN
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Welcome to The Independent’s new series on transportation in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Who should we invite on our next bike bus!? @BishopFeild
Hey everyone!! I invited @jtimberlake to join my schools #BikeBus & he came!!! @jimmyfallon @GMA @CBSMornings @kellyclarkson @jimmykimmel @hodakotb @TheView @Oprah @NBCNews
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Remember, everyone, the problem that good public transit solves is the efficient use of space, not just the efficient use of labor. Self driving cars are still cars, the most space-wasting form of transport ever invented.
End of year hot take: Cancel all new train funding! We have cars that drive themselves. You can call a robot car in several cities across America- this isn’t science fiction anymore! Trains just don’t make sense in a world of autonomous vehicles
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STEM is so cool. Science is amazing. Kids should develop curiosity about how the universe works and proficiency in uncovering its secrets, so that they can most effectively optimize clickthrough rates on banner ads at the bottom of VC-funded website-apps.
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“The Anxious Generation” author @JonHaidt explains how the move to a phone-based childhood led to skyrocketing rates of anxiety and depression
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Montreal is leading North America as a model for how to transform streets into vibrant pedestrian spaces. This 80-page design guide from Montreal is a reminder that it takes more than just opening a street to ensure it's truly a sustainable success for all.
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Such a premium, high-end planet. It would go for so much in a cosmic planet auction and we get to live here for free.
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“this should be 65 separate 5,000 pound cars” —the stupidest fucking venture capitalist in san francisco
For 20% of SF's public transit budget you could buy and run a fleet of 15,000 Waymos and let everyone ride for free. Thats enough to cover the entire ridership of SF's public bus system with much better service. Assumptions: -Conservative 12 year average life of the Waymo with
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amen
the most powerful medicine we have for the soul is long walks. no matter how dark a time is, no matter how confused you are, just take the walk. a life centered in walks and prayer can never go off the rails for too long.
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We are so excited to announce that we just surpassed 2 Million Downloads per month. Across python, typescript, java, and rust, our community is indexing billions of vectors and managing petabytes of training data for AI. It's an open secret that our users have known for some time
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Hey @590VOCM further to my discussion with Tim Powers about playful streets, a street sign from Spain’s 3rd largest city. They have their priorities right!
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