RickyWars

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I use it on my laptop because it doesn't nuke my laptop's battery like all other browsers. So it's a bit of a shame.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Interesting low-cost measure to not use a front-derailleur

The S2 model aimed to give riders an uphill climbing gear but without introducing the complexities of a gear-shifting derailleur, tensioned cables, and handlebar shifters. Engineers at SRAM came up with a solution that's hard to imagine for other bikes but not too hard to grasp. A freewheel in the back has two cogs, with a high gear for cruising and a low gear for climbing. If you pedal backward a half-rotation, the outer, higher gear engages or disengages, taking over the work from the lower gear. The cogs, chains, and chainrings on this bike are always moving, but only one gear is ever doing the work.

Probably not of much use but I thought it was cool

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Well it doesn't seem like there's been another Reddit exodus, especially from looking at the user numbers for Lemmy. There hasn't been a big screwup lately like with Meta or Twitter (but I think Bluesky is absorbing the Twitter refugees currently).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Of course, but it's entirely unrelated to the body of the article.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Absolutely. This has made me acutely aware that my days with MS are numbered.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 months ago (7 children)

For existing customers, the price hike won't be kicking in until plan renewal, and there are options to downgrade the plan. Those who want to avoid using AI can downgrade the plan to the "Classic" or "Basic" Microsoft 365 plans.

Thankfully we can roll back to the "Classic Family Plan" without the AI features. But annoying that they automatically switched plans and I had to switch back. If I didn't see this article I'd be up for a big price hike when it renewed.

 

In a shocking change of pace, it's completed ahead of schedule! Was supposed to go until April

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

OK but what if we had one monkey typing away for every real number between zero and one?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Yeah I agree. I have this fear at all levels of politics as things continue to get more and more toxic.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Sad to see, I feel like she did a lot of good such with walkability and cycling infrastructure. We can only hope someone similar comes along.

In September, Plante closed comments on her social media posts, saying her replies had been dominated by abusive language for months.

I wonder if this has something to do with her stepping down.

 

Valérie Plante will not be seeking re-election as Montreal's mayor, according to Radio-Canada sources.

Plante is expected to hold a news conference at 11:30 a.m. to announce the decision.

Plante has served two terms as mayor of Montreal. She was first elected in 2017 after defeating incumbent Denis Coderre. She was re-elected in 2021.

She had previously said she would seek another mandate.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

Those numbers are not additive.

If you assume that 50% of voters are Democrat and 50% are Republican, then you'd average them to get an idea of what percentage of Americans believe in that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Huh? Per the quoted text in your post:

12% of Democrats say Kamala Harris should do the same if she loses.

 

A step in the right direction. I've always found it very upsetting that before tip machines, the standard 15% tip was on the subtotal and now it's always calculated on the total. We are double screwed in that over 15% has been pushed lately and the ``15%" is not the 15% that we used to have.

 
 
 

REM delayed again... this time with no new target date.

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I've ordered a bunch this year. Some stuff I've gotten that I like:

  • Carbon bottle cages
  • Top tube bags
  • Hand pumps. I ordered 2, one of them worked.. but still significantly cheaper than a brand-name one. Also got a handheld pressure gauge for checking the pressure after pumping on the road
  • Glasses—Maybe dangerous in a crash.

Some stuff I'm waiting on:

  • Cycling computer (iGPSport BSC200). Wanted super basic functionality and am expecting it to be crap. Just a bit concerned with the data handling in terms of privacy.
  • Velocity, cadence, HR sensors. WAY cheaper than from Garmin/Wahoo, we'll see if they work well.

What are your favorites? Or just cheap accessories in general?

 

Hi all,

I've a gen 3 Domane AL 2 (Disk). Currently I have road tires (32mm Conti GP5000 TL) on my (stock) wheels. I see some people near me selling brand new Bontrager Paradime SL at C$200 for the pair (the same wheels I have, but from a Checkpoint model).

Could I buy these to add gravel tires, and then just swap the wheels as necessary? Anyone have any experience with this? Not sure if tolerances are tight enough that I wouldn't have to adjust the derailleur and brakes each time I do the switch. I would of course buy the same rotors and the same cassette.

Bit more details: I wanted to upgrade bikes next year (thinking Domane AL 5) and put gravel tires on my AL 2 for a secondary gravel + commuting bike. But honestly not sure if it'd be worth upgrading because, at least for the moment, I'm not super limited on my bike; more gears of a 105 groupset would be nice, but perhaps not worth a C$2600. Could be much cheaper and potentially quick and easy to just swap wheels to have my "second bike".

 

More BS for consumers who are now being treated even more like thieves when they shop

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