Post AY8PdCOIkdckAn3f8q by bennett@veganism.social
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 (DIR) Post #AY8P8yR04oHiCTuMAi by clive@saturation.social
       2023-07-27T23:12:43Z
       
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       My new cyborg vision ...... is a tiny mirror in the corner of my eye, while I cycle 🚲 My essay on human/tech symbiosis: https://clivethompson.medium.com/my-new-cyborg-vision-fe61f0650723A "friend" link, if you're not a Medium subscriber: https://clivethompson.medium.com/my-new-cyborg-vision-fe61f0650723?sk=34d29a998d69844637716f29ebadf523
       
 (DIR) Post #AY8PdCOIkdckAn3f8q by bennett@veganism.social
       2023-07-27T23:18:12Z
       
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       @clive great essay -- the exact same mirror has given me the exact same sensation of corporeal extension
       
 (DIR) Post #AY8a7JriWbrraFonVQ by btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us
       2023-07-28T01:15:43Z
       
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       @clive The old-fashioned dorky version of this is a dental mirror tape to the helmet at just the right angle and handle distance to work. I did that for a few years when bike commuting.
       
 (DIR) Post #AY8b1UnZ3z5FhzfA5w by clive@saturation.social
       2023-07-28T01:25:54Z
       
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       @bennett It’s pretty wild, eh?Can’t imagine cycling without it now
       
 (DIR) Post #AY8b7UG5z1LblurgZc by clive@saturation.social
       2023-07-28T01:26:10Z
       
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       @btrinen Totally! Does the trick
       
 (DIR) Post #AY99u8HxG9XbidJ2zQ by yacc143@mastodon.social
       2023-07-28T07:56:44Z
       
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       @clive Ah, has this been analysed in relation to crashes?Mirror in proximity to an eye is not exactly what sounds great.OTOH, having better all around sight, should lower the probability of a crash.
       
 (DIR) Post #AY9jhE89pBi2QGrwAK by clive@saturation.social
       2023-07-28T14:36:28Z
       
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       @yacc143 Yeah it increases danger in the event of a crash! I haven’t seen data on it but I can’t imagine it’d be *good* to have a loose sharp pointy thing near your eyes when you’re hitting the ground But I think your second point is correct too — I would hypothesize that it reduces the risk of an accident sufficiently that it compensate for the increased risk?
       
 (DIR) Post #AY9tqJyWSlUqhIKzGC by clive@saturation.social
       2023-07-28T16:31:25Z
       
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       @brbcoding I've thought of trying those head mounted units!One guy I rode with for a while was older and pretty deaf, so he had a rear-mounted radar that alerted the approach of most vehiclesWhich Garmin head unit do you have?
       
 (DIR) Post #AY9xAgxX1CGjdRHMbg by KevinMarks@xoxo.zone
       2023-07-28T17:08:43Z
       
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       @clive thanks for the useful link - medium is getting increasingly annoying about sending me useless ones
       
 (DIR) Post #AYA7QS7gwgHtnSBYOW by clive@saturation.social
       2023-07-28T19:02:18Z
       
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       @brbcoding Nice!I used the solar edge 1040 myself on my trip ... it was great
       
 (DIR) Post #AYA7WaWIdflFZocZVY by clive@saturation.social
       2023-07-28T19:02:53Z
       
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       @KevinMarks I've learned I need to dig through folks I follow on medium if I want to find the really good stuff, yeah
       
 (DIR) Post #AYAOUfdmKOfq6En5ii by clive@saturation.social
       2023-07-28T22:14:54Z
       
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       @brbcoding I can’t speak to the 840 solar, but the battery life on the 1040 was pretty spectacularIf I rode during a day with good sunshine, five or six hours of operation would only drain it by 10% or 15%, if kept the backlighting at 0%and practice, I had no trouble reading the screen at 0% backlighting, and I have pretty terrible vision Basically, I could use it for maybe 40 hours without recharging it