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Remix is a paid web-based software that displays spatial data, models scenarios, and explores equity implications of changes to transportation networks. With high usability and few skill requirements, Remix boasts analysis with the click of a button for its transit agency clients. The software features neighborhood demographics, import of any data source merged with a shapefile, an editor for existing GTFS feeds to reflect potential transit systems, and rapid computation.

Jane is a mapping feature that measures access to destinations on transit (and other modes). Using Jane, one can see how many destinations a transit rider can reach in an amount of time starting from an origin, and how long it takes to travel between two points. The user can modify the destination type (e.g. jobs, hospitals, schools, parks, etc.), the trip duration, and the network itself to evaluate how changing a transit stop, line, or network shifts access from neighborhoods.

Remixs Title VI engine automates the required Title VI Service Equity Analysis. Users input proposed changes, and the engine estimates impacts on low-income and neighborhoods of color, in required report format. Going beyond Title VI, the engine weighs the potential change by how it shifts service frequency and by the number of people impacted by the change. The Title VI Engine simplifies what can be a days long analysis into a manageable, hours long task. In doing so, it benefits agencies, who wont hesitate to change service for lack of capacity to complete the associated FTA requirement, and it can benefit riders if the changes improve service and are equitable.

Remix does not advise users on how to interpret results from its software analysis. But it notes that the Title VI Engine analysis should only be a final check on equitable service multiple equity measures and robust public engagement are necessary for an equitable system. As additional resources for that work, Remix proffers its Jane access to destinations metric and Explore, its spatial data layering tool. It also notes that software can be used to present tradeoffs of potential service changes, as a way to make community meetings more productive and interactive.

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A global software development firm founded in London was named large business of the year at the London Chamber of Commerce business achievement awards Wednesday night.

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LBMX, which creates technology for buying groups, took the top honour at the event that drew about 600 people to Londons RBC Place convention centre a long-awaited reunion of the citys business community.

This event produces extremely impressive nominees . . . that cover the gamut from high-tech financial services (to) health sciences and LBMX exemplifies that, said Graham Henderson, the chambers chief executive.

It really does demonstrate the depth and breadth of the business community in London and that diversity is our strength.

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LBMX is a shining example of the type of innovative technology companies that are putting London on the map. Thanks to their unique software products, LBMX has been growing internationally and steadily building their team in London, said Kapil Lakhotia, chief executive of London Economic Development Corp.

They are a great community partner in our tech sector and we are delighted for their recognition tonight.

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LBMX, founded in 2001 and headquartered on Fullarton Street in London, has offices in Australia, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S. Its software lets businesses buy goods with other businesses, reducing costs.

We are very surprised and delighted, said LBMX chief executive Greg Dinsdale. We just want to continue to grow and do the right thing. (The win) underlines all the hard work (our staff) have done.

Joel McLean, chief executive of Info-Tech Research Group, says the London tech firms icon of the year nod comes as the business enjoys sales growth of 35 per cent this year and projects a 40 per cent rise next year.

This (honour) is special. It is greatly appreciated, said McLean. We believe we will see continued growth. Were very lucky.

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The 21-year-old business has built a large downtown presence with a new office building on Ridout Street, near Budweiser Gardens. It offers workers a hybrid option of returning to work or working from home.

Were set up to offer full hybrid work. Were very focused on that, he said.

While it has more than 30 job postings on the website London Tech Jobs, it likely will hire many more than that, he added. Info-Tech added 160 staff last year and now has about 800 workers in London, Toronto and in the U.S. More than half work here.

Were having a lot of success in the marketplace and we want to scale that up, McLean said.

This was the first London chamber gala for Henderson, the former Music Canada head who also chaired the Ontario Chamber of Commerce after working as an entertainment lawyer and executive with Universal Music Canada. He is married to Margo Timmins, lead singer of Cowboy Junkies.

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Here are the winners and finalists at the London Chamber of Commerces 2021 Business Achievement Awards, announced Wednesday at Londons RBC Place convention centre.

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WSJ: Apple Car arrives 2019

Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty shared her thoughts recently about how tech giant Apple might approach the development of the rumored Apple Car.

Apple has been working on projects related to car development since at least 2014. Rumors and reports have been inconsistent. At one point, reports indicated that Apple had decided to focus on vehicle software. But now it appears that Apple is focused not only on software but also a car for consumers.

Adam Jonas, also an analyst at the investment firm, talked with Huberty about the Apple car project in an interview published by Morgan Stanley,

"The car is essentially the next mobile device, and this is a category that Apple has focused on for years," Huberty said, adding that Apple tends to focus on markets where "computing will become central to a humans everyday life."

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Apple does software and hardware

One of the most common questions is, "Why doesnt Apple just focus on software and services?" Huberty said. After all, making the hardware and software right out of the gate as Tesla has done is fraught with complexity. And for a new car company, getting it right isnt always possible.

"Apple takes the other side of that. The strategy is about doing fewer things, but doing them really well, and increasing the chances of success," she said.

"Apple is successful when they're vertically integrated. They want a hand in the design, in how the software communicates with the hardware, what are the right components and technologies to use," Huberty said.

"So, they cant be successful in services until theyre successful in selling the device that this new type of computer and services sit on top of," she said.

That means it is probable that Apple will come out with an electric vehicle.

"I wouldn't be surprised if Apple comes to market with an EVThey did this with the iPhone, where in the first iPhone, there was no app store. It was first about getting the hardware right," Huberty said.

"I think the focus right now, Im sure, is on design and the vehicle itself, but with well thought out plans around what services could emerge longer term," she said.

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EVs vs AVs

As Tesla has shown, development of an autonomous or "self-driving" vehicle is a major focus. For example, Teslas FSD (Full Self Driving) option on vehicles like the Model Y adds $10,000 to the cost of the car but provides hands-free driving in many scenarios using Teslas AI software.

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"The right question is, How big is the auto market and can Tesla help transform all of the auto market into EVs, and eventually AVs [autonomous vehicles]?" Huberty said.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that Apple is focusing on autonomous systems for self-driving cars as part of thecar project.

"We sorta see it as the mother of all AI projects. It's probably one of the most difficult AI projects," Cook said in 2017.

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Linus Torvalds will pull Paragon Software's NTFS driver into the 5.15 kernel source but he complained about the use of a GitHub merge in the submission, saying that GitHub "creates absolutely useless garbage merges."

Early last month Torvalds gave Paragon Software a nudge that it really should submit a pull request an actual submission of code to be merged into the kernel source in order for its read-write NTFS driver to be included in the forthcoming 5.15 release, for which the merge window is currently open. NTFS is the native Windows file system and Paragon's implementation will improve interoperability, versus the existing driver which has limited write support.

On Friday Paragon duly submitted its pull request, saying: "Current version works with normal/compressed/sparse files and supports acl, NTFS journal replaying."

However, the company is still getting to grips with the submission process and Torvalds had several comments to make, intended to improve future pull requests.

First, he said the pull request should have been signed. "In a perfect world, it would be a PGP signature that I can trace directly to you through the chain of trust, but I've never actually required that," he said.

Second, he noted that the code in the pull request included merge commits done with the GitHub web user interface. "That's another of those things that I *really* don't want to see github creates absolutely useless garbage merges, and you should never ever use the github interfaces to merge anything," he said.

He added: "[G]ithub is a perfectly fine hosting site, and it does a number of other things well too, but merges is not one of those things."

Torvalds has complained about aspects of GitHub before, saying in 2012: "I don't do github pull requests. github throws away all the relevant information, like having even a valid email address for the person asking me to pull. The diffstat is also deficient and useless."

Note that the git request-pull command is different from the GitHub pull request feature. The ensuing forthright thread has more information on the subject.

Third, Paragon's repository has commit messages which lack information, like "Merge branch 'torvalds:master' into master."

Torvalds said that "Linux kernel merges need to be done *properly*." He added: "That means proper commit messages with information about what is being merged and *why* you merge something. But it also means proper authorship and committer information etc. All of which github entirely screws up."

Don't do this: A merge using the GitHub user interface

The pull request was nevertheless merged. "The initial pull often has a few oddities and I'll accept them now, but for continued development you need to do things properly," said Torvalds.

An example of a well-commented change came from Torvalds yesterday, when he amended the Makefile used for compiling the kernel to "enable '-Werror' by default for all kernel builds but make it a config option so that broken environments can disable it when required."

The meaning of -Werror is "Make all warnings into errors," requiring stricter discipline for code that would otherwise compile but with warnings about suboptimal code.

Torvalds added that "we will disable specific over-eager warnings as required, if we can't fix them."

"Hopefully this will mean that I get fewer pull requests that have new warnings that were not noticed by various automation we have in place Knock wood," he said.

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An auto appeal software (AAS) was launched on Wednesday to ensure that citizens get delivery of services by government departments in a time bound manner in Haryana.

Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said this will bring transparency and accountability in government functioning.

The software of the Haryana Right to Service Commission will ensure that if a government department fails to deliver a service to a citizen within a stipulated time period under the Right to Service Act, the matter will get auto escalated to an appellate authority.

The commission, constituted under the Haryana Right to Service Act, aims to provide delivery of service to citizens in a time-bound manner.

RTSC chief commissioner TC Gupta said if the service still remained undelivered, the application will get escalated to a higher authority and so on to the RTSC.

Also, citizens can themselves file an appeal against rejection of a service by a government department, Gupta added.

At present, 546 services pertaining to 31 departments have been notified under the Right to Service Act. The Act has also notified designated officers, first and second grievance redressal authority for delivery of services.

Gupta said with the introduction of auto appeal software, people can expect services to be delivered within a stipulated time frame. Officers and employees will no longer be able to take things casually. Failure to deliver may result in action and they can lose their job if a monetary penalty is imposed on three occasions, Gupta added.

The chief commissioner said all deputy commissioners have also been given clear direction to review the status of notified services under the Right to Service Act. The DCs have been told that if a districts score is below 8 (out of 10), then a displeasure note will be communicated, and if the score is above 9.5, then a letter of appreciation will be given every month.

Khattar said AAS will prove to be a milestone in timely-delivery of government services. He said action should be taken against the officer or employee who does not work within the prescribed time limit.

The punishment fixed by the commission for dereliction of service delivery should be strictly implemented. But the officers and employees who work ahead of time should also be rewarded, he said.

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