(and because it’s EEVBlog, it gets quite technical)
Remember that bridge in Pittsburgh?
The plans to address problems in Philadelphia made me do a double-take. Context for this story appears below, but adding a toll on I-95 in this location makes me 
for a few reasons:
Announcements of federal and state funds to address issues with PA bridges that cause emergency closures on toll roads and the interstate itself gave some hope. However, Pennsylvania has already been dealing with rising debt and lawsuits due to poor funding and toll revenue spending practices. Public focus tends to fall on the state’s history of using funds from tolls and taxes for things like sports stadiums instead of using that money to maintain bridges and roads.
One of those stadiums, Lincoln Financial Field (The Linc) is the first thing drivers see at the base of the Girard Point Bridge on I-95, so putting a toll there is particularly galling. Drivers trying to avoid it would have to use another bridge that’s in even worse shape. The alternate route also includes traffic signals, fewer lanes, and a ride across most of South Philly. 
To make a bad situation even worse, they’d use EZ-Pass, which costs 140% more for drivers who do not have accounts. They also have problems with uncollected tolls and tech-related penalties with electronic systems:
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I hate tolls. They are pretty much the most regressive form of taxation.
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To go one better, the UK charges VAT on some tolls, making this a regressive tax on a regressive charge.
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Inspired by Don’t you dare turn off this digital lamp!, I put my multi-user sound board up on GitHub.
I still have a copy running on a Pi, but only for now.
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz:8080/home
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It took this long???
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oh i like that! and there was someone else on there when i checked it out which was pretty cool.
it’d also be neat if there was a version of all loops and “pedals” - like a big cacophony that’s always playing. something that people are “competing” to add or remove madness from.
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Organized gangs of kids…
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