Post Apf9TzkGPP0cQH97vE by douglasvb@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #Apf9Ttl6fM7Nr9UiP2 by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T02:47:15Z
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Anyone missing a convertible in #BigSur #California ?It looks like it's been there at least a few years. The brush has grown up around it. I'm a bit surprised they haven't winched it out of there yet.@ai6yr any thoughts on who might know what's going on with this car? 🤔
(DIR) Post #Apf9TusEWLPfJXpv9M by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T19:17:00Z
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My initial call to the local California Highway Patrol office went to an answering machine than said its message and then hung up on me. So I guess I'll call the statewide non emergency number next.@ai6yr
(DIR) Post #Apf9TvRKPrUB4OFwqu by ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
2024-11-04T19:18:38Z
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@douglasvb 😬
(DIR) Post #Apf9TwLL3cHxs6Sg9g by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T19:23:14Z
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@ai6yr calling the general number got me through to the local dispatch. They took my info and the details of the location and vehicle. They're going to route it to a local officer and they'll call me back with any follow-up questions. But otherwise I might not hear anything else about the situation.I did tell them I've got photos so maybe they'll be interested enough to call me back and have me email them.
(DIR) Post #Apf9TwuQx8MTcwshrE by ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
2024-11-04T19:53:37Z
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@douglasvb It should show on CHP quickmap if they dispatch someone/when. (check) hey they're out there now!
(DIR) Post #Apf9TxdSFkNFsZwf20 by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T19:55:52Z
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@ai6yr wow that's cool!
(DIR) Post #Apf9TyCu7wjLeWWyHo by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T20:02:55Z
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@ai6yr looks like they're talking with the Big Sur fire brigade to see if they'll respond to that location.
(DIR) Post #Apf9Tyy3IeRc0kacm8 by ixdy@sfba.social
2024-11-04T20:07:17Z
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@douglasvb @ai6yr looks like they found it:Nov 4 2024 12:03PM [22] VISUAL ON VEH MOST LIKELY SAME VEH 150 FT DOWN CLIFF, FIRE 1097
(DIR) Post #Apf9TzHu6qK90JsTia by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T02:49:18Z
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Also there was no broken guard rail or break in bushes and plants along the road where it would have gone over. It must have went off the road a number of years back. Very weird they'd leave it there.@ai6yr
(DIR) Post #Apf9TzkGPP0cQH97vE by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T20:12:39Z
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@ixdy @ai6yr if nothing else, a CHP officer is getting a lovely afternoon in a beautiful area in Big Sur out of this.
(DIR) Post #Apf9U0F6Yjg9xvZkzg by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T20:19:10Z
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@ixdy @ai6yr looks like it's a known car or at least they're not worried about it. They might climb down another day to mark the car.
(DIR) Post #Apf9U0ve0Zhs5rTjIe by ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
2024-11-04T20:20:12Z
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@douglasvb @ixdy Cool!
(DIR) Post #Apf9U1Sc204tk6u3ge by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T20:21:56Z
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@ai6yr @ixdy and it's off the CHP website now so I guess that's that.
(DIR) Post #Apf9U27NaQghmXycEK by chris_bloke@mastodon.acm.org
2024-11-04T20:24:32Z
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@douglasvb @ai6yr @ixdy this would have been handy, but it's just a readme (no criticism, I've done worse!). https://github.com/kylezoa/chp-incident-archiver
(DIR) Post #Apf9U2nD4u9FsHY1Qm by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T20:25:37Z
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@chris_bloke @ai6yr @ixdy that would be nice to have! There must be a state database somewhere...
(DIR) Post #Apf9U3OQqVvFjixkRs by chris_bloke@mastodon.acm.org
2024-11-04T20:26:49Z
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@douglasvb @ai6yr @ixdy looks like there used to be years ago - but if I'm reading this right it's been down for maintenance since 2020. 😬 https://www.chp.ca.gov/programs-services/services-information/switrs-internet-statewide-integrated-traffic-records-system
(DIR) Post #Apf9U4FbeoSOOdqDKa by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T20:29:29Z
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@chris_bloke @ai6yr @ixdy I guess that's not too surprising. Whoever maintained it might have died in 2020 and the position was never backfilled.
(DIR) Post #Apf9U564VkQN1MO76m by chris_bloke@mastodon.acm.org
2024-11-04T20:35:18Z
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@douglasvb @ai6yr @ixdy 😬 😢
(DIR) Post #Apf9U5lY1XbL5znEky by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T20:39:08Z
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@chris_bloke @ai6yr @ixdy a buddy of mine passed away in his mid 80s in 2019. He worked for the California DMV as a programmer for many years. He was there when the original COBOL code was written and was still maintaining it up until a month or two before his death. I often wonder if they ever backfilled his position or if the entire California DMV computer system is teetering on the brink of collapse and no one has realized it yet.
(DIR) Post #Apf9U6rFxnlITzTJIG by ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
2024-11-04T21:17:19Z
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@douglasvb @chris_bloke @ixdy Based on my conversation with a lady at the AAA who does the DMV transactions last year, it's basically untouchable code. i.e. you can't renew your registration inside the DMV system before 30 days or 45 days or whatever, even though they send you a notice earlier than that. So, INSTEAD, they pile up a pile of paper and enter it when the system allows them to LOL.
(DIR) Post #Apf9U7psKQFdVzpimO by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T21:25:26Z
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@ai6yr @chris_bloke @ixdy my buddy who wrote and manage maintained that codebase must have never gotten back to fixing that issue 🤣It's wild how stuff can end up in a zombie state like that basically forever.
(DIR) Post #Apf9U8qcZ8RSebBpa4 by chris_bloke@mastodon.acm.org
2024-11-04T22:12:49Z
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@douglasvb @ai6yr @ixdy reminds me of Metro Trains back in Melbourne who in the early 2000s realised that PDP-11's weren't a long term solution and so upgraded to PDP-11 emulators with PDP-11<->PC interface boards running on Windows NT.
(DIR) Post #Apf9U9kzBZWpTPYqR6 by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2024-11-04T22:15:04Z
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@chris_bloke @ai6yr @ixdy those poor trains 🤣
(DIR) Post #Apf9UAfhmgtmJK68qO by chris_bloke@mastodon.acm.org
2024-11-04T22:30:02Z
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@douglasvb @ai6yr @ixdy it used to be that you could link directly to the PDF, but they "improved" their website so now you have to go to https://www.webinfo.uk/webdocssl/irse-kbase/ref-viewer.aspx?PrRefNo=1559669757&refno=1559669757&file=2.10%20strangaric%20-%20legacy%20train%20control%20system%20stabilisation.pdf&nodoc=YES and look for "2.10 Strangaric - Legacy train control system stabilisation" to be able to read it... 🤦♂️
(DIR) Post #Apf9UBmpdgC3liRLai by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2025-01-02T05:00:37Z
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@chris_bloke @ai6yr @ixdy as a follow up to the posts a few months back about the car we saw over the side of the road in #BigSur #California... It's still there and it seems to have gained a faded white X on its roof.
(DIR) Post #Apf9UCjK8Cyuh7o3lI by chris_bloke@mastodon.acm.org
2025-01-02T05:14:13Z
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@douglasvb @ai6yr @ixdy Thanks! I'm guessing that white X is to mark that it's been checked and is empty (or has been emptied) ?
(DIR) Post #Apf9UDTlLY8119X996 by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2025-01-02T05:22:02Z
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@chris_bloke @ai6yr @ixdy yup I believe that's correct. I wonder how often it gets called in. I'm surprised they haven't tried to recover it. It looks like a pretty simple straight but long pull up to the road through the brush.
(DIR) Post #Apf9UEVZWJAaD3O6bY by chris_bloke@mastodon.acm.org
2025-01-02T05:28:22Z
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@douglasvb @ai6yr @ixdy I wonder if there's some question over ownership and whether it's a stolen vehicle that needs resolving before it gets retrieved? Really no idea though!
(DIR) Post #Apf9UFPw8kFx1rl7Sa by ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
2025-01-02T05:35:45Z
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@chris_bloke @douglasvb @ixdy Cost of retrieval is usually the issue.
(DIR) Post #Apf9UFvUFRUebiWJdY by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2025-01-02T05:39:59Z
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@ai6yr @chris_bloke @ixdy it's over and hour from the nearest tow yard and they'd have to shut the highway down while retrieving it so my guess is it's not a priority. It would be good practice though for the national guard to air lift out of there.
(DIR) Post #Apf9UGp8uW0rOKYlO4 by ak@mastodon.social
2025-01-02T05:43:53Z
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@douglasvb @ai6yr @chris_bloke @ixdy Airships fix this
(DIR) Post #Apf9UHjVWx6ED8vmF6 by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2025-01-02T05:45:02Z
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@ak @ai6yr @chris_bloke @ixdy ironically an airship crashed not far from here some time ago.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macon_(ZRS-5)
(DIR) Post #Apf9UIs3IfWpjvw7CS by ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
2025-01-02T05:45:47Z
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@douglasvb @ak @chris_bloke @ixdy 🤔
(DIR) Post #Apf9UJc8XKOM2rUv20 by douglasvb@mastodon.social
2025-01-02T05:57:17Z
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@ai6yr @ak @chris_bloke @ixdy I've had the chance to hold a piece of its duralumin skeleton that washed ashore not long after the wreck. It's pretty neat.
(DIR) Post #Apf9UKOLe4xMSO3QB6 by ak@mastodon.social
2025-01-02T06:01:33Z
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@douglasvb @ai6yr @chris_bloke @ixdy there is a reconstructed zeppelin interior at the old factory in Germany - well worth a visit if you're in the area. A couple modern companies (such as Flying Whales in France) are looking at heavy lifting with airships for off grid delivery and retrieval.
(DIR) Post #Apf9UL5b3HYEcWHxaa by fuzzface@epsilon-ix.masto.host
2025-01-02T06:05:26Z
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@ak @douglasvb @ai6yr @chris_bloke @ixdy Her sister, USS Akron, has a much sadder story https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Akron .
(DIR) Post #Apf9ULwPstnnGL08v2 by ak@mastodon.social
2025-01-02T06:06:10Z
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@fuzzface @douglasvb @ai6yr @chris_bloke @ixdy never name something that flies after anything in Ohio