Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: 2 Jan 2025 02:50:12 GMT Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <4f7tmjplbte7cnuh2pqrh1fufs4iatv3fd@4ax.com> <1126njll2vjtnlvjhrtme7k7oe3cds496q@4ax.com> <696149c1-ea5d-8a08-6db1-8f69ede19d92@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 5vR53pmsSOlG8DsraICrBQBJrn6TlM70KUADiEg9xwbJxCaLpD Cancel-Lock: sha1:IiPcXI9+4WF95osfPK59LCQRwdE= sha256:svNn5mhjivglewu/tzksZOqCscgSmSt7Jtgo1RCehWg= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63548 comp.os.linux.advocacy:682214 On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 22:45:28 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > Yes, there are rules here, and ways to go around them, somehow. I > understand there is/was a cardboard disk that registers the truck speed. > Now there is some electronic version with a card with a chip > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_tachograph). The trucks I drove were governed to 65 mph and the company wasn't converned about the speed. The log book was a 9x12 booklet stapled together with two staples where you recorded your statuses with a pen, drawing lines on a graph. The staples made it handy to remove fictional pages after the fact after dreaming up a plausible legal description of how you got from A to B that matched time stamped materials like fuel or toll receipts. That was then. https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/16099-electronic-logging-device.html Now they know where you are, how fast you're moving, if you're taking curves a little too aggressively, whether you're taking your breaks, and so forth. Of course your route is logged so they know if you're dodging scales. Over and above that if you have a hazardous materials endorsement you need a DHS security check. Most trucking companies won't hire you without the HazMat endorsement. I never had many hazmat loads but seeming benign stuff like house paint can fall in the category so the company wants the flexibility. On the plus side if you have placards for Poison or Explosives they give you plenty of room at truck stops.