[HN Gopher] Michigan DOT Snowplow Names ___________________________________________________________________ Michigan DOT Snowplow Names Author : nielsbot Score : 25 points Date : 2022-01-10 22:35 UTC (25 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (www.michigan.gov) (TXT) w3m dump (www.michigan.gov) | h2odragon wrote: | "Plowderpuff" should be wearing the headlight eyelashes things. | | "Sir Aaron Brr" prolly likes to splash the snow back into | traffic. | ejdyksen wrote: | Even better, the "MI Drive" site (for Michigan road conditions) | actually shows live webcam footage from many (all?) of the DOT | plows. | | This is valuable during the winter to see the road conditions | outside of areas like metro Detroit or Grand Rapids (which have | fixed road cameras). | | https://mdotjboss.state.mi.us/MiDrive/map?plows=true | | EDIT: I mostly drive between Grand Rapids and Lansing, and I | haven't looked in a while, but there are actually a lot of fixed | cameras on major highways now, even outside metro areas: | | https://mdotjboss.state.mi.us/MiDrive/map?cameras=true | lxe wrote: | Do the snowplow Minds name themselves? | h2odragon wrote: | "Self Driving v3: Self Awareness! Only $15k!" | rektide wrote: | In the old space 4x game series "Space Empires", one could upload | a txt file of ship names. This would be a great list of names. | cbfrench wrote: | I do think the Scots still have some better ones: | https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/scotland-snow-plows-nam... | | Clearopathra is inspired, though. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-01-10 23:00 UTC)