spidermanchild

joined 7 months ago

What does this even mean? What TV shows are you even talking about? Indiana is a US state.

[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unless the plan is something more like Terminator. If you "unshackle" AI and give them a mandate to get CO2 back to 250 ppm things are going to get real.

[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's entirely the wrong denominator for this comparison. IRS doesn't write the budget nor do they write tax law, they just collect.

[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

You're going to do great. Keep the seat low and push with your feet to get the feel of coasting, just like kids learn. Small steps and you'll be riding in no time. Depending on where you live, see if there are community bike groups you can volunteer at - these are great for learning about bike maintenance, and some places will let you build a bike for yourself from donated stuff for your time. Bike shops are pretty much universally supportive too.

For what it's worth, I think you already did the hard part by coming here and expressing interest :)

[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

Spoilet alert: someone fucked up on a colossal scale.

[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

It will still be a dramatic improvement because these packs will be able to hold the max charge that the charger can support for much longer. E.g., a car that can hold 350kW from 0-90 is much better than one that peaks at 350kW for 2 seconds before dropping to 150 or 100kW for 40-90%.

[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Maybe the garbage brands. Milwaukee, DeWalt, Makita, etc are very well made, and significantly more powerful than they were 5-10 years ago.

[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

I appreciate your lived experience, but at the same time the rest of us will seek answers in basic physics concepts, none of which help explain such phenomenon. Is it possible you just got stronger or subconsciously tried harder because you wanted the heavy bike to be faster? Did you add weight but also make sure your bike was well tuned? Tire pressure and a greased chain go a long way. I certainly agree that the weight weenies can go way overboard though.

[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Wat? The law of conservation of energy tends to disagree. Commuters are generally starting and ending at the same elevation so there's no trick. We're not going to convince anyone to carry heavy loads on bikes by saying "pedal more downhill to smooth out the power requirements if you hate grinding it out on uphills", the answer is just ebikes.

[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

I recently picked up a Lenovo 7i 2-in-1 (I got the Intel Evo version due to a nice sale, but wanted AMD) and am currently dual booting with it. No issues with Ubuntu at all that I've encountered.