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[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 minutes ago

Yep, I was thinking Lemmyversary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Your analysis is good but you conclusion is ... fucked up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

We're not facing a problem, we're in a predicament.

We always have, we always will

That's a statement of religious faith. We have barely ever even existed so it's plainly nonsense, and there is no rule of the universe that we must continue to exist or that we cannot unfixably destroy our planet's ability to support us. You're just baselessly asserting "they'll think of something".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Ah yes, the No it wont argument.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

This original color scheme was based on Great Britain's political system, which used red to denote the more liberal party.

The Liberal party used yellow, and it's politics lived up to it's name. Red was always the color used by Labour, that used to be left wing, not liberal.

(But yes, I know, they're just politically illiterate and use "liberal" when they mean left)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I don't agree at all from my experience. But I do not have my moka flow rapidly at all, so the filter doesn't constrain it significantly I think. Whatever, the filter only improves it in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not really. KDE Connect does all sorts of things, file transfer being just one and really not in the same way. It also does notifications, media controls, remote control, ...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

And everything syncs with your desktop Firefox(es).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Make sure to buy lights that follow German StVZO regulations if you're on the road. They're not necessarily expensive. they have controlled beams with a horizontal cutoff so they don't blind people, like motor vehicle lights.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The over-narrow sidewalk is the hazard

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

If you are vegan playing mind games then bravo, this might be quite effective.

 

This is my rescued Marin Hamilton, that over the years has evolved into a modern take on the old English 3-speed. My former commuter was stolen, and at the same time this appeared, broken, rusty, and abandoned on the same office bike rack (coincidence?). I saved it before the office management sent it to the trash, and got it on the road again.

The wheel bearing races were pitted from rusty neglect and I find SS awkward in the urban stop-start, so after a failed experiment with an SRAM Automatix 2-speed hub I fitted a Sturmey Archer 3 speed. 3rd is a single-speed ratio, 1 & 2 are for hills and setting off. It's a sweet setup for my area and usage, and is almost as robust and low maintenance as SS.

A transportation bike needs fenders (Velo Orange Zeppelins - excellent, effective, silent). The original fork rang like a tuning fork on braking no matter what brakes or pads, so I got a $40 Marin fork off Ebay and converted the front to disk, and put on generator lighting at the same time.

And just now it got some luxury new tires - Schwalbe Marathon Supreme 700x50 on the label, but are actually 43mm, in typical Schwalbe fashion. Great tires though - light and fast and grippy and durable and puncture resistant.

It's a fast and comfortable city bomber. I have a little TSDZ2 motor and battery that I fit each year for commuting the hottest summer months, and then in winter it gets studs to get me through the ice and slush. For fairer weather riding I have a very similar derailleur bike and the pair of them get me around nicely.

 

In Cambridge, MA, USA, and nearby communities, bike advocates have made real progress with lanes and paths and general infrastructure. Also the city requires that new builds have a proper bike room. This building was recently gutted and fitted out and this is the bike room today - overloaded, and the building is barely half full... Looks like they will need to find more efficient bike racks!

Meanwhile in a recent commute I was in a queue of 30 bicycles at a light at which about 6-8 cars get through at a time. 10-15 years ago I was one of the few bikes on the roads at any time.

Hats off to the advocates and representatives of the local cities that have made this happen through continuous pressure and work over decades...

 

The lack of keyboard interface on Lemmy is killing me, but really what I want is a good client in Emacs. However, it's beyond my Elisp to design and start such a project, but I could probably help. Anyone on it?

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