Posts by adamrice@c.im
(DIR) Post #AROd5UDdFZPzzBO5r6 by adamrice@c.im
2023-01-03T23:10:37Z
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@Setok @FranckLeroy It would be possible to develop a distributed, immutable datastore that didn't involve boiling the planet.
(DIR) Post #ASCtsDVK1d6QToAAXg by adamrice@c.im
2023-01-31T16:04:11Z
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@shacker It is fascinating to me that being locked in doesn't really have an efficiency advantage—I still suspect it does in edge cases, but they're just that: edge cases. I did commute in flat shoes for half a year but never got comfortable with it.
(DIR) Post #ATmneHRLkHyTsyOSKu by adamrice@c.im
2023-03-19T21:36:07Z
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@nkizz That was a Lou Reed album, right?
(DIR) Post #AUW5EwaXwoJQhHmGAa by adamrice@c.im
2023-04-10T17:55:14Z
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@nkizz In the 90s, adding Japanese-language processing (KanjiTalk) to a Mac required 15 or so high-density 3.5” disks. You’d get tennis elbow.
(DIR) Post #AUWETGDkeQ3BEA163M by adamrice@c.im
2023-04-10T19:31:21Z
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@dwarf @msprout I would not put a degreaser on the rotors. Disc-brake pads are really sensitive to contamination, and degreaser does leave some residue. The only thing I clean mine with is rubbing alcohol.I’ve never cleaned my pads; if I needed to, I’d probably just wipe them with a dry rag.
(DIR) Post #AV0puHNT7Ewod8aqLQ by adamrice@c.im
2023-04-25T13:58:36Z
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@BasicAppleGuy @nkizz They’d have to release Anaheim and Azusa first.
(DIR) Post #AVU4CJ5yz76ygC22V6 by adamrice@c.im
2023-05-09T16:25:51Z
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@alrs The rare “fixie with derailleurs.”
(DIR) Post #AVpCQgEilWOzmFlAPI by adamrice@c.im
2023-05-19T21:04:36Z
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@NanoRaptor I hope that this incorporates gyroscopes and weights and gimbals and stuff so that the labeling is correctly oriented even if the set it is on is rotated.
(DIR) Post #AVvbyziaEpjGm4H236 by adamrice@c.im
2023-05-22T23:21:10Z
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@clive It’s the dogs that don’t bark at all that worry me the most. They’re on top of you before you even know it.
(DIR) Post #AdfhAhR8EueDguOihc by adamrice@c.im
2024-01-09T14:01:24Z
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@todayilearned Normal, Illinois needs to get in on this action.
(DIR) Post #AdhyC0i5lTbSWPT43E by adamrice@c.im
2024-01-09T19:41:01Z
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@cstross Courtesy of @clive , I learn of the Zerowriter: https://hackaday.io/project/193902-zerowriter
(DIR) Post #AhhGfGVjBK1OHX3xNg by adamrice@c.im
2024-05-08T23:42:10Z
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@clive It seems that affiliate links are more a symptom than a cause. Review sites tend to get good ranking on Google, and ad revenues have been way down.
(DIR) Post #Ai7cAgypy646V3SnDc by adamrice@c.im
2024-05-21T16:44:53Z
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@clive I’m a cyclist (I ride long distances recreationally, also commute). I’m in favor of e-bikes in theory. In practice, I have some concerns (echoing some others on this thread).- There are a lot of cost-engineered e-bikes that I am afraid are underbuilt/underengineered. My wife was looking at one particular model. I took a look at the brakes on it and said “Nope.”- You can go 28 mph on a Class 3 e-bike. That’s fast for a bike (I struggle to hold more than 21 mph on my acoustic bikes), and if you’re not putting much effort into it, you may not realize *how* fast. So your expectations about reaction times and braking distances are way off.- We really don’t have the infrastructure to support a vulnerable road user that can more or less keep pace with motor traffic.- Apart from the Class 1/2/3 taxonomy, there’s a simpler classification: there are e-bikes that are basically bikes, but with assist, and e-bikes that are basically electric mopeds (you *can* pedal them, but human power is not really a factor most of the time). I’m not sure if these should be treated differently. I do think a lot of the latter would be electric motorcycles, and manufacturers are making them as e-bikes to skirt licensing requirements.
(DIR) Post #Ai7dJ6sleHPX6YCauW by adamrice@c.im
2024-05-21T16:58:14Z
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@clive I’m in Austin TX.
(DIR) Post #Ai7eTycKommabvGGYK by adamrice@c.im
2024-05-21T17:11:34Z
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@clive It’s…kind of a mess. I think the city wants to be perceived as bike-friendly, and has put in a bunch of bike infrastructure, but a lot of it is poorly considered, like the traffic engineers don’t ride bikes (which, let’s face it, they probably don’t). Some streets have sharrows, which we now know are worse than nothing. Some streets have bike lanes with wands, which I hate (maybe that’s just me). There are some intersections where bikes are routed up onto the sidewalk to ride through at the crosswalk, which seems designed to maximize right-hook opportunities.The farm roads that I like to ride on outside of town are no different. Chipseal, 4” of shoulder.
(DIR) Post #AkeqvyH6Xl6m8SG0eG by adamrice@c.im
2024-08-05T12:26:41Z
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@aliss I was hopeful that improved computer graphics would make 3D chess a real improvement, but its track record has been mixed.
(DIR) Post #AlEOwYI2pxyQoBk7xQ by adamrice@c.im
2024-08-22T16:20:00Z
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I need to emphsize that this is a real photo, not a product of generative AI or photoshop. The Vuelta a España started in a shopping mall this year.Source: https://escapecollective.com/so-how-was-the-vuelta-a-espanas-start-inside-a-shopping-mall/#cycling
(DIR) Post #AsQ2Q4DpnmyUOPOS9I by adamrice@c.im
2025-03-25T15:40:56Z
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@cstross Do you know any crotchety old writers who have stuck with an analog workflow, and who have enough clout that their publishers are willing to indulge it?I'm a translator and there's a member of my profession who dictated (maybe still does) all his translations and sent them off to a transcriber. He was phenomenally productive, and did the math to prove it worked in his favor. But that insulated the client from his method of production.
(DIR) Post #Asv39Xacs2DrpVgcIC by adamrice@c.im
2025-04-09T15:50:00Z
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@futurebird And how much do we spend on the government without any reciprocation? A lot!Actually, we do get a lot of government services, but they don't come in a form we can easily account for, so I'm just going to arbitrarily say the value is $0. And services don't count anyhow.
(DIR) Post #AwUaGsT7NYHRPhit72 by adamrice@c.im
2025-07-25T12:39:12Z
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@Devils_Rancher I only got into burning stuff as an adult.