Same boat, really don’t want to keep supporting them, because of the reasons others have mentioned. But I have something like four or five emails, not to mentioned hundreds of relays, it would be really hard to lose if I ditched them as my provider.
Unless your super concerned about weight, Shimano CUES/Linkglide is the way to go. It has revised shift ramps a lot like Sram Transmission which provides a far smoother and more consistent shift under load. I’m assuming it’s a city bike, so I would say do the 9 speed U4000 groupset. If you want a larger range, the 10 speed U6000 would be great or 11 speed U6000 if your winching up ridiculous grades on an eMTB.
I have also heard rather excellent things about Microshifts newer stuff. It’s a complicated tradeoff between the two lineups, Shimano will have better shift ramps and parts availability, Microfift may prove more durable and reliable in the long run. It may also be easier to source Microsfit as a home mechanic, compared to Shimano. It’s really hard to say, but both are rather excellent options.
Agreed. A large reason I express Georgist policies publicly is not because I think it’s the correct solution, but because I think it’s the most likable to Americans who are so convinced “socialism bad.” Often when I express anarchist ideas I find myself getting shot down with “oh, that’s communism.” We are moving toward a goal, but that goal cannot be realized in one fell swoop, rather we need to take small steps toward it.
What’s interesting is that this is far more an example of a social, rather than political, failing of our society. We can all agree that social media is harmful to everyone in many contexts, but can also provide a certain benefit in the sharing of knowledge, information, and ideas. How many of us had something of a queer awakening after being exposed it on social media? I sure as heck fall into that boat.
I once heard it equated to drinking, your taught from your parents what a responsible (or not) way of in taking alcohol is. Same with driving, same with work. In all these things were there is a fine balance of harm and benefit, we are taught be the older generation. But what if there is no older generation to teach us? Well, as is the case with certain indigenous communities in Alaska where no alcohol existed, you find yourself with no one being responsible. For the regulators, the obvious solution is an outright ban. But banning subsistence that are “bad” for you if addictive, never works. Prohibition, and the war on drugs are key examples of that.
We see this and scoff, because we are the ones who, though trial and error, found something approaching that balance. We see the harm is not in the social platforms themselves, but rather in the algorithmic monetization creating great psychological harm for everyone. We see that anyone using the internet is (more or less) a pseudonymous peer, and attempting to classify groups by geography and/or age is quite foolish. We also see the abuse and harm that attempting to do so would cause. Unfortunately, but rather predictably, the politicians are corrupt ass hats in the pocket of big-tech and invariably, make exceedingly stupid laws greatly to the detriment of the people. It is, therefore, of my opinion that the only reasonable solution is to get rid of them in their entirety Ⓐ.
Listened to a rather interesting episode of Darknet Diaries the other day about a European cyber crime group. To this day, the FBI has been unable to decrypt the devices. The feds didn’t give too many details about the specifics, but what they did share was quite interesting:
From what I gathered, I think the optimal balance of usability and security (especially for a headless machine) would be the following:
It is also very much worth noting, even though the FBI never got into the hackers’ computers, they had more than enough evidence to convict the lot. Being the defender of a computer system is always a losing battle.
This isn’t exactly new. And it didn’t end well in the past either. After the completion of the Manhattan Project, a number of private entities begun building plutonium weapons. Notably, Rockwell International (yes, that Rockwell), ran a site outside of Denver called Rocky Flats. Ended up being one of the worst ecological disasters in American history. Plutonium will catch on fire, so there were a number of plutonium fires at the plant, but that wasn’t the worst of it. Their disposal and treatment techniques were woefully inadequacy, and untold amounts of plutonium leaked into the environment. The EPA, CDPH, and DOE all knew about the process and did nothing. The FBI had to step in and raid the plant, and even still, it ran for years during court proceedings. Rather conveniently, those court documents were sealed, and later lost.
What is new here is the fact that the Trump administration already plays fast and lose with the rules. Moreover, random tech billionaires have no right so much as looking at the most dangerous substance in the world, weapons grade plutonium. So to say this will end poorly would be the understatement of the century.
P.S. Highly recommend reading up on the history of the DOE. The story of Rocky Flats, the national labs, and nuclear weapons program is so much longer and wilder than what I could put here.
I bought a 26" new a couple of years ago (well, a dirtjumper), one of my all time favorite bikes!
Wonder if the boot device died. Behavior is in line with some NVMe failure modes I have encountered.
LMFAO! The whole thing is some doublethink BS, but this line really got me!
The court noted that the Commission had failed to take into account that private jets could be flown on sustainable fuel.
I release it back in the wild. It’s not giving it away or selling it if it “runs away.”
When I first heard the term, I expected some real Nile Blue turning cardboard into estrogen type shit.
Me, earlier today, referring to Niri as a desktop instead of a “window manager,” which is also wrong as it’s a Wayland compositor.
Can I join in on this dream? Aerospace really tickles my fancy, but it feels impossible to get a job in it that’s not destroying the environment and/or making bigger bombs.
Yeah, I’m in that boat. I did have some sugar, but it was extremely rare, and IIRC got phased out more as I got older. I don’t think it was ever a hard rule of “no,” but more of a “have very little except maybe on special occasions.” I never developed much of a taste for sweet things to the point I quite often find muffins for scones unreasonably sweet. When I was doing mountain bike races, I had energy chews and bars. In hinds sight, that was probably a poor nutrition choice for my metabolism, and I now I simply have roasted and salted pistachios, with a sugar free electrolyte mix before and/or after the ride.
I also very much seem to be the exception here. Probably my experience more comes down to my own eccentricities. I have the eating habits and body type of a distance athlete; healthy but low weight, diet consisting largely of slow-burning foods like nuts, fruits and starchy vegetables. I am still figuring out what diet and training routine works best for me, but sugar, even as a mid-ride fuel is a hard no-go for me. I like putting in the work to be able to do extreme sports like mountain biking and snowboarding at a reasonably intense level all day long. I listen to my body and I know without a shadow of a doubt touching high sugar and certainly processed foods is not worth it by any means.
If I had a nickle for every cold-war era strategic bomber that crashed yesterday… I would have two nickles. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
Guns, germs, steel and… paper?
*me resisting the urge to create a 10 page long paper on helicopter engineering*
I have some wild helicopter watching stories. Best would probably be when there was a small wildfire a few miles away from my college. I was watching the flight tracker and saw them pull in a Huey and Blackhawk, and tracked down exactly where they were collecting water. Ditched class and went to watch them. They let us get like 100ft away from these ridiculous massive machines as they were taking on water. At one point, the Blackhawk pilot started playing chicken with us, trying to see if he could knock us off the hillside, LOL. Even still I will go out and watch most helicopters.
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