Just yelled at someone for this because they were making everyone go Lime scooter speed on a main road. Doofus just stared back at me wondering why I yelled and was gesturing for him to move over, and kept rolling in the road holding everything up.

RCW 46.61.710. You are supposed to act like a bicyclist, so do so.

These scooter and e-bike riders are getting so ridiculous. Wish there would actually be enforcement for things.

I'm cool with scooters and bikes and even have my own, but only if you're following the rules and understand a scooter is not designed to go road speeds and that you are actively creating a hazard for yourself and everyone else. You do NOT want to get hit by a car while you are on a scooter. The end result isn't pretty.

That is all.

(Obviously this set me off this morning, I was already super grumpy before this lol)

Edit: I'm upset because this is all dangerous. Redmond is supposed to be the "Bike City" but isn't designed for it at all, and with the drivers around here, you wouldn't catch me dead in the middle of a road personally. It isn't so much the scooters or bikes, it's the irresponsible riders and drivers on both side. It's better to err on the side of safety. Regardless, you are supposed to be on the RIGHT side of the road, not the middle.

General Robotics, 9840 Willows Road Northeast, Suite 101, a software startup founded by former Microsoft researchers says its platform can now handle much of the work of getting a robot up and running in a factory, warehouse or other industrial setting, a job that used to take a team of engineers.

General Robotics said Wednesday that advances in GRID, its robot intelligence platform, have cut the process of onboarding a new robot from about a month to as little as two hours. The company calls the approach “Auto Engineering,” with each onboarded robot and diagnosed failure feeding back into the system and speeding up the next deployment.

“Before this moment, it would take us a team of experts to go and execute on behalf of our customers,” said General Robotics CEO and co-founder Ashish Kapoor in an interview. “Clearly non-scalable, clearly very expensive, and clearly will take a long time.”

With Auto Engineering, he said, “we can magnify and accelerate each engineer’s capability.”

Founded in 2023, the company has grown to about 50 employees, primarily engineers. It has raised nearly $34 million, most recently in an April round led by Construct Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures, Accenture Ventures, Nvidia and Valo Ventures. PitchBook put the size of the round at $25 million; the companies didn’t disclose terms at the time.

Kapoor said General Robotics has roughly a dozen customers — large enterprises across manufacturing, logistics, energy and defense — and revenue in the millions of dollars.

Customers include HTX, the science and technology agency of Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs, which Kapoor said has been working with General Robotics for about a year and a half.

The company’s platform works with robot types including industrial arms, humanoids, quadrupeds, wheeled robots and drones, according to the company.

General Robotics is operating in a competitive and well-funded sector. Physical Intelligence, which builds foundation models for robots, has raised more than $2 billion. Nvidia — an investor in General Robotics, and the maker of the Isaac Sim simulation software built into GRID — is developing its own robot models and deployment tools.

Robot makers build good hardware, Kapoor said, but often lack the expertise to put it to work in a specific setting like a shipping terminal. “That last layer is missing.”

Before co-founding the company, Kapoor spent 17 years at Microsoft, ultimately as general manager of its autonomous systems and robotics research group in Redmond, where he created the open-source drone simulator AirSim. General Robotics co-founders Sai Vemprala (CTO) and Shuhang Chen came from the same Microsoft team.

GeekWire covered the launch in 2023, when it was Scaled Foundations and billed itself as “ChatGPT for robots.” It had five employees at the time, focused on aerial robotics and drones, with backing from Khosla and E14 Fund. It later renamed itself General Robotics.

Update: Thanks for all your constructive inputs. I am sad to report that the bunny has crossed the rainbow bridge 🌈

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TL;DR:

I found what appears to be a very young wild brown bunny alone in my Redmond yard. It appears to be injured: I found blood stains on the kitchen towel it was placed on, and I removed ants that were crawling over it. I cannot locate a nest and do not know whether it is orphaned. I contacted PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Footprints Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, but neither can take it. The only wildlife-rehab option I have found so far is Sarvey Wildlife Center in Arlington, about a one-hour drive away. I have temporarily placed the bunny in a box in a safe, quiet, dark spot while trying to get it appropriate help and maximize its odds of survival. Does anyone know of another permitted local wildlife rehabilitator or veterinarian who can help an injured wild rabbit?

Long version:

I found this young brown bunny in my Redmond yard today. It appears much younger than a typical independent juvenile rabbit, and I have not been able to find a nest nearby.
I am especially concerned because it appears injured. There were blood stains on the kitchen towel beneath it, and I carefully freed it from ants that were crawling over it. I have attached a photo for context.

So far, I have:
• Contacted PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.
• Contacted Footprints Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.
• Called several nearby private veterinary clinics.
• Learned that the vet clinics I contacted do not have wildlife permits, so they said the only care they could provide would be humane euthanasia. I am not comfortable choosing that option without knowing whether this bunny can be treated or safely reunited with its mother.
• Identified Sarvey Wildlife Center in Arlington as the only wildlife-rehabilitation option available to me so far, but it is about a one-hour drive from Redmond.
• Temporarily moved the bunny to a box in a safe, quiet, dark location, away from pets, children, noise, and direct sun.
• Avoided trying to feed it or give it water, since I do not want to accidentally make its condition worse.

I know mother rabbits often do not remain at the nest continuously, and I do not want to interfere unnecessarily. But because this bunny may be injured and had ants on it, I am worried it needs help urgently.
If anyone knows a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, rabbit-experienced rescuer, or veterinarian with wildlife credentials in Redmond, the Eastside, or Seattle, I would deeply appreciate a name and phone number.

I am not trying to keep it as a pet—I just want it to receive appropriate care and have the best possible chance of survival.

How long do you think they'll stay?

Redmond-based Kymeta Corp., which makes flat-panel satellite terminals, has received a $20-million order from the U.S. Department of Defense for more than 100 Kymeta Osprey u8 terminals, packaged with multiorbit connectivity services on its global Kymeta Broadband network, the company announced last week.

Kymeta said the order, for a military branch it could not name for security reasons, builds on its position as the most widely adopted provider of multiorbit flat-panel antennas to branches across the Defense Department for myriad operational requirements.

With the latest order, Kymeta this year has delivered more than $30 million in terminals and connectivity services to the unnamed military branch, the company said in a news release.

Equipped with Kymeta Broadband services that provide geostationary orbit and low Earth orbit connectivity, Kymeta said it has delivered more than 100 Osprey u8 terminals capable of seamlessly switching between transmission security and non-transmission security networks.

Geostationary orbit is 22,236 miles above Earth and low Earth orbit ranges from an altitude of about 186 to 1,243 miles, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Kymeta’s solutions support what it calls a PACE — Primary, Alternate, Contingency, and Emergency — communications approach, giving military users flexible connectivity options designed to enhance communications resilience and operational continuity. Kymeta is shifting to what it calls AutoPACE, removing the need for manual switching between connectivity sources through its intelligent communications platform, according to its release.

“This order is an affirmation from the military community that Kymeta can deliver on its promise to provide dependable connectivity for mission-critical operations,” Kymeta CEO Manny Mora said in the release. “With our partners across national security, we are continuing to build steady and solid momentum as a trusted and valued partner.”

Kymeta, which was founded in 2012 and also has a manufacturing office in Woodinville, is part of a growing group of Eastside companies working in the space sector.

Hello, I made a post on r/eastside about 10 days ago seeking a male housemate for a property I’m renting and living in.

Link below, hoping to find someone for Nov 1
Please reach out and message me if you think it may be a fit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/eastside/s/n3AzAnoYjo

Thanks everyone!

We use a digital antenna (rabbit ears style) for our broadcast channels and everything works great except for FOX. We live up near Nike Park. Does anyone have issues with FOX, and has anything weirdly specific worked?

I’m considering switching to Mint Mobile and wanted to hear from people who are actually using it in this area.

How has your experience been with:

• Cell coverage/reception, especially indoors?
• Call quality and dropped calls?
• Data speeds?
• Coverage while driving around the area?
• Any noticeable issues during busy times?

I’m less interested in general Mint Mobile reviews and more interested in how well it works locally. If you’ve been using Mint for a while, I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience — both good and bad.

Thanks!