Posts by ej@mastodon.me.uk
(DIR) Post #9pCZIQcknIoeXE0oUq by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-21T23:21:36Z
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@celesteh Hey, I thought *I* was apologising to *you*, here!Yeah, I feel like Indian ex-Twitter-folks have really enriched the Masto community. They're some of my favourite new follows!
(DIR) Post #9pCaJW7pvSWjqBdMQa by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-20T15:18:39Z
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So I'm *terrible* with names and I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this: In my head, I frequently mix-up heroic developer-activist Aral Balkan, @aral, with the (also rather good) London tech-house DJ Erol Alkan.(Not yet made this an embarrassing IRL blunder, but it's only a matter of time..)
(DIR) Post #9pCaJXQJ6GtbrlHcrA by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-21T23:32:58Z
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@aral Haha, of course you are! Folks should definitely make friends based on the simplicity of the regex that matches on both their names..
(DIR) Post #9pCb8P5npiXunVwmmW by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-20T15:06:26Z
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@Floppy If its about online habits, I totally get this - but if it's about data privacy, aren't WhatsApp and Facebook essentially the same thing?
(DIR) Post #9pCb8QYCPcr3JsEygK by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-21T23:42:10Z
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@Floppy Cool plan! (Seems to be going well so far, too, ased on subsequent toots?)Bit tempted to do the same myself - not a WhatsApp user, but it does make social life a bit difficult when everybody else is..D'you think Zuck would still be getting useful metadata of some sort from the WhatsApp account?
(DIR) Post #9pDmNb8Kdp1r8gXPDU by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-22T13:22:51Z
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@Floppy I dunno, though? (Here be dragons: iffy reasoning ahead!) Zuck won't be getting location information or device metadata, and presumably message content is e2e encrypted? If so maybe that just leaves message timings and contacts metadata? If so (2), maybe that stuff would be easier to aggregate in WhatsApp clients than pull from server logs*? If so (3), maybe your data would pass him by?* Cause it'd be offloading as much processing load and bandwidth usage as possible onto the users
(DIR) Post #9pHjjtfAuFejkTgH7A by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-24T11:12:07Z
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@greenjon @saper @vfrmedia In addition, hub gears don't like to shift under load, so when accelerating hard etc. it can sometimes be necessary to "back off" the pedals to enable the mechanism to shift. Derailleurs (though they can't shift when stopped) can shift even under high loads so you can stay closer to your preferred cadence whilst accelerating.In addition to being more efficient, 80+ cadence is lower-impact, and kinder on one's joints!
(DIR) Post #9pOYp5dXdkfR2viFhg by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T18:12:45Z
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"Ah, the three genders.."
(DIR) Post #9pOZZ59Lmb7qrBWPbM by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T18:21:07Z
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"Ah, the three genders.."
(DIR) Post #9pOZeTC3ofkasJMICG by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T18:22:06Z
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(Obligatory training-bore note: from an entirely uncited blog post; not consistent with British Cycling ramp test methodology)
(DIR) Post #9pObYY4kx2uyBhFKim by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T18:43:22Z
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@saper @greenjon @vfrmedia Been thinking about this. Since the goal here is to minimise exertion rather than optimise efficiency, you might want your cadence lower than what's usually recommended. To remian below whatever threshold of exertion causes you to sweat, I think it would be easier to reduce resistance and cadence together.I suspect that trying to not sweat whilst maintaining 80+ cadence would mean dropping the resistance ridiculously, impossibly low, to "balance the equation"!
(DIR) Post #9pOdBnDIheR6NuWI0O by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T19:01:40Z
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@viciousviscosity When the "Which seventies London power-rock record does this component most sound like?" test inevitably becomes a standard part of all automotive diagnostic procedures, I really hope you get the credit you deserve!
(DIR) Post #9pOjPR6yH4HDcDRqgC by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T20:11:24Z
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@amcewen For the past few weeks I've been carrying my winter gloves around with me but not actually wearing 'em! London is windy, rainy, foggy, dark.. but not actually all that cold!(Like, I am on intermediates, though, not summer gloves..)
(DIR) Post #9pOlrsAHU3XjXKgRSy by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T20:38:58Z
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OOOH! Y'know that grotesque anti-pattern where websites present a two-stage login, and you have to sumbit your username in order to even load the password field?I've realised (I think!) the reason behind it. I think it's optimised for mobile devices in landscape mode, where the keyboard would obscure the password field & submit button, if both fields were on the same page.I mean it's still /LOUSY/ design - but (in a Hanlon's Razor sorta way..) probs. not actually, intentionally malicious..?
(DIR) Post #9pOxkDyhzCRWK9SK8G by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T22:52:04Z
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@saper @greenjon @vfrmedia Crumbs, I do apologise! I sorta do tend to just lapse into training-bore mode.Resistance is basically just how difficult it is to turn the pedals.Trying to avoid mentioning torque: if the spin freely at a very gentle press, that's low-resistance; if you have to put all your body weight through each leg, that's high-resistance.[...]
(DIR) Post #9pOyIzCMvcpicZQA76 by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T22:58:21Z
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@saper @greenjon @vfrmedia So holding other factors constant, going into a higher gear (smaller rear sprocket and/or larger front sprocket) will increase the resistance, whereas going into a lower gear will decrease it.[...]
(DIR) Post #9pOyXaytFaNfr85BtA by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T23:00:59Z
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@saper @greenjon @vfrmedia Cadence (how fast the cranks are rotating, measured in revolutions-per-minute) is the other part of the equation:The power you produce (measured in, say, Watts) - and presumably how sweaty one becomes - is a product of the resistance and the cadence.[...]
(DIR) Post #9pOyvMg45B9CRabyBk by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T23:05:19Z
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@saper @greenjon @vfrmedia But: the human body has a optimal ranges for resistance and for cadence. I suspect by reducing both resistance (lower gear) & cadence (pedal slower) you'll stay closer to the optimal ranges whilst still coming in below the "sweat-producing threshold" ("SPT"?) of power output.Whereas staying in the optimal range for cadence (80-100 rpm) might mean having your resistance so much lower the optimal range, just to remain below SPT, that the bike may feel awful to ride..
(DIR) Post #9pOyz5A98zs7HUSF0a by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T23:06:00Z
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@saper @greenjon @vfrmedia [Sorry everybody. Training-bore mode over now! think I got it out of my system..]
(DIR) Post #9pOz0S57PxM6eVkvTM by ej@mastodon.me.uk
2019-11-27T23:06:14Z
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@saper @greenjon @vfrmedia [Sorry everybody. Training-bore mode over now! Think I got it out of my system..]