Nvidia too busy counting them AI checks!

Even game devs are telling people not to install the latest Nvidia drivers

https://www.xda-developers.com/game-devs-mot-install-latest-nvidia-drivers/

#Women put off #cycling by #safety fears and #IntimidatingDrivers – #study | Cycling | The Guardian

The behaviour of some #drivers is appalling, and much worse than the behaviour of most #cyclists.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/mar/31/women-put-off-cycling-by-safety-fears-and-intimidating-drivers-study

It's weird what grabs the attention and what doesn't.

I was looking up some UK #statistics and it looks like the most dangerous thing our sons do is drive a car.

Over 78% of all car fatalities are male and that's even higher in the younger groups.

Strangely, that's not why men's insurance is higher. That's mostly because men are more likely to make a claim.

Apparently women cause more accidents per capita in the #USA, which is a very odd geographical difference if you ask me.

These are the kinds of discrepancies that make me suspicious of #social #research

Someone must be getting this wrong, surely. #american #women can't be worse #drivers than their #British counterparts, can they?

The 'Group Category' Grand Prize winners in our MCDOT Vision Zero MC 'Heads Up - Phones Down' contest were David S. & Zachary L. from #SenecaValleyHS with their 'Chatterbox' https://youtu.be/TJfecm6IG0I?si=E0lmersFFjrEH08t via @YouTube #montgomerycountymd #pedestriansafety #drivers #commuters #mdcommuters

Semi Truck Coloring Book For Kids: Big Rigs for Little Hands https://a.co/d/igUurdK #mastodon #semitruck #Trucks #semitruckdriver #Drivers #truckers #Bigrigs #trucking #truckdriver

Koala filmed drinking on a rural road had to be euthanised

"Koalas that come down to the ground to seek out water are typically suffering from bad health issues. The iconic animal was recently spotted by a driver hovering over the ground and using its tongue to lick moisture off the bitumen."
https://au.news.yahoo.com/grim-truth-behind-seemingly-innocent-sight-on-rural-road-didnt-realise-061349467.html
#koalas #roads #drivers #vehicle #Biodiversity #habitat

Careless drivers III
Speeding vehicles demolish roundabouts. They are just razed to the ground.
#cars #roads #speeding #drivers #NSW #infrastructure #roundabouts #destruction

In case people missed it, there is a new effort of getting newer NVIDIA GPUs working on Haiku:
https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/haiku-nvidia-porting-nvidia-gpu-driver/16520

It is using a port of NVK for Vulkan support. This is the first screenshot of GPU acceleration in Haiku with an NVIDIA GPU.

We're pleased to announce this year's winners of our #VisionZeroMC Heads UpPhones DownContest. We'd like to thank all the students who submitted a video and helped make the contest such a huge success! To view the winning videos https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Pedsafety/HUPD/
#montgomerycountymd #highschoolstudents #maryland #pedestriansafety #pedestrians #drivers #headsupphonesdown2025

My spouse and I like #movies. At the end we take time to watch the names of all of the cast and crew, #drivers #painters #caterers #costumers #stuntactors #hairdressers #carpenters #gaffers #lightingexperts #editors #soundtechnicians lot of jobs we have no clue about...lots and lots I just missed and I'm sorry for that

The stars are cool but without the crew, *all* of the crew, there is no movie. More than just their friends and families should see their names.

The deadly 3,000kg car bloat trend

Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier

"Also in recent years, Australia has spectacularly failed at its mission of bringing down road deaths and serious injuries. Speed – and their proclivity to be driven faster – and overall height make larger vehicles far more likely to kill or cause serious injury when hitting pedestrians, cyclists, motorbikes and smaller cars."

"Newstead warns how this mentality can lead to an arms race to larger cars for those wanting to bolster their own safety. Crucially, if a driver can’t make eye contact with a pedestrians, “they are going to drive as though they aren’t there”"
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/australian-suv-huge-ute-obsession-roads-more-dangerous
#vehicles #cars #SUVs #speeding #RoadViolence #drivers #pedestrians #CarBloat #CarMinds #cyclists #families #SchoolDropOffs #SacrificeZone #MobilityDesign #failure #FossilFuel #climate #regulation

Strap in, get ready for more Rust Drivers in Linux Kernel.

Rust is alive and well in the Linux kernel and is expected to translate into noticeable benefits shortly, though its integration with the largely C-oriented codebase still looks uneasy. [The Linux and Rust communities still have some issues to work out.]

https://rust-for-linux.com/rust-kernel-policy

NVIDIA still refuses open sourcing drivers - Red Hat has been developing open NOVA -driver for the Linux kernel

NVIDIA drivers on Linux here is a co-op scenario:

◉Userland: Vulkan / OpenGL handling (these drivers wished be opened)
◉Kernel side: framebuffer / computations (these are open now)

NVK (Vulkan) is also progressing (part of Mesa) - eventually replacing Nouveau (the original open solution for NVIDIA).

https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2025-March/495080.html

I hope Central/East European folk (especially those in Ukraine and neighbouring countries) pay back Musk by #reverseengineering every last bit of a #Tesla (whether or not he approves), so an independent #aftermarket can be created for parts that doesn't fund the company - there are going to be plenty of crashed Teslas for stripping soon, as folk sell them and they find their way into the hands of young "bro" types who previously bought used BMWs (and aren't the most careful #drivers)

Oh look, AMD's decided to gift the world with "Instella," their shiny new #language #model that can probably tell you the square root of a ham sandwich. In the thrilling world of #Linux #drivers and #Radeon #RX 9070s, this is the equivalent of finding a free pen at a trade show.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Intella-Open-Source-LM #AMD #Instella #tech #news #HackerNews #ngated

B.C. budget 2025: Drivers to get $110 ICBC rebate in budget short on frills
The $110 rebate is forecast to cost the province $410 million. Among a far more modest package of new spending, the province is also freezing ICBC rates at least through 2026.
#budget #finance #rebate #drivers #BC #Economy
https://globalnews.ca/news/11064247/b-c-budget-2025-icbc-rebate-rental-subsidy/

https://www.evshift.com/320568/how-to-5-charging-tips-for-electric-bmw-drivers/ How-To: 5 Charging Tips for Electric BMW Drivers. #bmw #charging #drivers #ELECTRIC #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #HowTo #Tips

UPDATE
This newsignal is scheduled to be put into mandatory 72-hour FLASH operation on or about Monday, March 10, 2025
The new signalwill be put in FULL Color activation on or about Thursday, March 13, 2025
#montgomerycounty #maryland MDOT #mdcommuters #schoolzone #oldgeorgetownroad #northbethesdamd #commuters #drivers

I'm kind of bored with having problems with NVIDIA. I know it's my fault for using their proprietary drivers. Use AMD if you're using Linux, and you'll have an easier experience.

Provide habitat and fund wildlife hospitals!

"The WA Wildlife Hospital has seen a 17 per cent year-on-year increase in patient admissions over the past 15 years."
Reasons?
"These include increasing urban sprawl, with suburbs encroaching on natural habitats as the population grows, and attacks from introduced predators such as wandering cats, foxes and dogs."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/wa-wildlife-hospital-buckling-under-surging-animal-admissions/104923496
#Biodiversity #wildlife #birds #carers #sprawl #FishingHooks #roads #drivers #IntroducedSpecies #pets #dogs #ExtinctionCrisis #SettlerSociety