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kattfisk

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  • Why am I so slow at cycling?

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  • I don't really bike much when it's wet, and never in mud, but the main downside of a slicker (but not slick) tire I've noticed is on steep gravel trails. I have a knobbly in front, so descending is ok, but ascending is definitely harder.

    Mind that tread isn't everything, tire size, air pressure, rubber hardness etc. all play a part. A wider softer tire might not struggle as much even without tread. (Speaking of which, I should try letting out some air next time.)

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    What does China achieve from invading Taiwan?

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  • "if Republic of China want to become Republic of Taiwan, they probably should publish the declaration of independence"

    They don't have that choice. While independence is quite popular in Taiwan, the PRC has made it very clear that they see any movement toward Taiwanese independence as cause for war. Going so far as to fire literal warning shots over the island in 2022 and 1996.

  • [SOLVED] What things should I do if I spilled a small amount of scalding water from a kettle on my arm?

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  • Depending on where the burn is you can just put the burnt part in a container with cool water instead. It's much more practical to walk around with your hand in a cup than to be standing next to the faucet.

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    What does China achieve from invading Taiwan?

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  • But the PRC is not a direct continuation of the Qing.

    The USA can't lay claim to Great Britain just because they used to part of the same country before the revolution.

  • Why am I so slow at cycling?

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  • I run Michelin Country Rock as a hybrid tire. Anything that's not knobbly is going to be a huge upgrade on pavement.

    You also don't need to run the same tires on both wheels. Having a slicker tire in the back can make sense as you put more weight on it, and slipping with the back wheel is a nuisance, while slipping with the front is often a disaster. So you could start off just swapping the rear. That way if it doesn't work out, you also spent only half the money :)

    Lastly I'd want to share that I really disliked those wheels that are only knobbly along the edges. Leaning over when taking a curve at speed, and suddenly transitioning from smooth to vibrating was very unsettling to me.

  • Why am I so slow at cycling?

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  • Since you don't want to shift the front gear while under pressure I try to shift it first before a big hill. But planning ahead is the only reason to pick one or the other of your overlapping combinations.

    Here's a tool to visualize gear ratios that I found interesting https://mike-sherman.github.io/shift/

  • tips for keeping your bike, safe and secure by @shifter

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  • I also use this combination, that way I can even lock my seat and helmet if I want. And the wire lock means I can always lock it around something, even if the only option is like a thick tree.

  • tips for keeping your bike, safe and secure by @shifter

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  • Something not mentioned in the video is that you want to use the smallest U-lock you can.

    This is because one of the easiest ways of defeating a U-lock is to use either leverage or a jack to force it open. But for that to work there usually needs to be extra space inside the loop. If the lock is snug around the bike and post it's hard to get a tool in there, or to manipulate the frame into a position where it can be used for leverage.

    It might be tempting to get a large U-lock to make it easier to lock it to things, but you should know that's a trade off for security.

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  • "shouldn't be too hard"?!

    A regular lich is CR 21.

    For comparison, an adult red dragon is CR 17 and the most powerful demon, the balor, is CR 19.

    There are almost no creatures more powerful than liches. Even ones that are not Vecna.

  • I tested $200-ish GPUs from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel—but no matter who wins, budget gamers lose

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  • It's available here as well. But at 50 eurodollars less, for half the VRAM, it's not a card anyone should ever get.

  • I tested $200-ish GPUs from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel—but no matter who wins, budget gamers lose

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  • I looked strictly at 16 GB versions as the 8 GB should not exist.

    I wasn't sure if US listings actually included some kind of sales tax without saying so, if not, the card is actually cheaper here 🥹 (before taxes).

  • I tested $200-ish GPUs from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel—but no matter who wins, budget gamers lose

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  • $250 in 2016 would be $335 today. A 16 GB 9060 costs $370 which is only 10% higher. So prices are getting reasonable; after having been completely outrageous the past few years.

    Now these are US prices. But the 9060 is available in Sweden for $435 eqv. which is really not bad.

  • Logic

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  • Last time Iran tried to become a liberal and democratic country the UK and US organized a coup to replace the government with a more dictatorial one, which is how they ended up like this. Is more violent foreign intervention the solution? We're about to find out!

    Looking at their track record there's no reason to believe Isreal would give an occupied Iran any rights or do anything good for them. More likely it's just more territory to be ethnically cleansed and repopulated after they're done with Palestine.

  • What is a self-hosted small LLM actually good for (<= 3B)

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  • Repeating what they heard is very different from automatically processing the chat to harvest personal information about the participants.

    Just because some data is publicly available doesn't mean all processing of that data is legal and moral.

  • What is a self-hosted small LLM actually good for (<= 3B)

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  • You're both getting side-tracked by this discussion of recording. The recording is likely legal in most places.

    It's the processing of that unstructured data to extract and store personal information that is problematic. At that point you go from simply recording a conversation of which you are a part, to processing and storing people's personal data without their knowledge, consent, or expectation.

  • Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates

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  • There are LED bars for mounting in your rear windows to display text to those behind you

  • PSA

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  • In the USA voter turnout is 50-60%, and the winning party often gets less than half the votes. So actual support for the ruling party is often less than 25%. And that's without counting the millions who aren't allowed to vote.

    Yet that doesn't seem to lessen the power of the government.

  • GIMP

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  • Gay.

    It's the Gay Intersex Marxist Program. Obviously.

  • GIMP

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  • This is an outrage!

    Coq was such an excellent name. Short, memorable, unique, related to its origins and logo, as well as funny.