SteevyT
@SteevyT@beehaw.org
- Comment on How OnlyFans modeling led to this high-tech set of handlebars 1 week ago:
Electronic shifting felt gimmicky to me until I tried it. It’s actually pretty awesome, although if you don’t want to spend the money for it, there is also great mechanical shifting still available.
My road bike is electronic shifting and absolutely awesome. Every shift is absolutely perfect, and I set it up to handle compensating the large gear jump between front chain rings automatically so I don’t have to shift the rear to compensate myself. Also, since I’m still getting used to the new gear ratios compared to my gravel bike, it’s nice that my headunit can warn me when I’m doing something stupid with the gear selection.
I sometimes wish my gravel bike was also electronic, but it’s not like I enjoy it any less because it isn’t. It’s a “man, if I had a shitload of cash laying around” not a “I needed this” thing. I still put 3,500 miles on the bike, it’s still an awesome bike, I still have reasons to ride it.
- Comment on How OnlyFans modeling led to this high-tech set of handlebars 1 week ago:
I’m running a Garmin Edge too. I just wanted to use something other than garmin in a post for once.
- Comment on How OnlyFans modeling led to this high-tech set of handlebars 1 week ago:
Quadlock literally designed a new mount because this was enough of an issue.
- Comment on How OnlyFans modeling led to this high-tech set of handlebars 1 week ago:
It’s literally a cycle computer that also puts a finite lifespan on your fucking handlebars.
You can get the same effect cheaper by JB Welding an Edge 830 to your handlebars.
- Comment on How OnlyFans modeling led to this high-tech set of handlebars 1 week ago:
From experience with FitBit that kind of GPS usage absolutely eats phone battery. Also, phones are not the most accurate things with GPS. I would have weird meandering paths and cut corners everywhere since it piggybacked off the phone. And this was nearly ideal, dead flat, open area, I can’t imagine how wonky it would have gone with bridges and tunnels and such.
The Garmin on the other hand is so absurdly accurate that I can tell where in the lane I rode even under bridges and through short tunnels, and it will keep that accuracy going literally all day without any battery concerns. I really only need about 16 continuous hours of battery at the most for the riding I do right now, although my wife has been trying to talk me into trying bike packing where a couple days of battery might be useful.
Phone service, I kind of agree can be tethered from a phone (actually, thats exactly how my bike computer does it for live tracking and emergency alerts if I crash). I’m not that fussed about my phone’s weight, so I just stick the phone in a jersey pocket and kinda forget it’s there. The human body makes for a decent enough shock absorber that the vibrations that kill phone cameras on handle bars don’t really get to your phone in a pocket.
- Comment on How OnlyFans modeling led to this high-tech set of handlebars 1 week ago:
I mean, one of my bikes has expensive electronic parts that can’t be removed.
It’s also the bike that absofuckinglutely does not get left anywhere, like to the point that I don’t even have a lock for it.
These handlebars are still dumb though.
- Comment on How OnlyFans modeling led to this high-tech set of handlebars 1 week ago:
I believe this is what those handle bars are trying to replace I couldn’t be bothered to go wake the rest the sensors up or load a route so half the data fields are blank. It also can show a route map (and reroute while offline), alert for cycling specific hazards, show Strava segments (assuming you have that set up), and a bunch of other stuff that I honestly don’t know because Garmin crams so much stuff into their stuff that I’m not sure anyone actually uses it all at the same time. There’s really no reason that a phone can’t do what this thing does since most sensors have the option of connecting through Bluetooth instead of ANT+ now. But a phone won’t do it as well, or nearly as long. The 840 I pictured has something absurd like 25 hours of battery while running navigation on multiband GPS if I remember right.
- Comment on China's new and cheaper magic beans shock America's unprepared magic bean salesmen 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on "Meta and X are going rogue:" European Digital Rights group (EDRi) urges EU to invest in infrastructure "like Mastodon, Peertube and other key pieces of the Fediverse" to secure Europe's independence 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on TikTok users particularly susceptible to Russian and Chinese misinformation, study finds 4 weeks ago:
I remember being taught this kind of shit, but like 3/4 of the class just didn’t give a shit.
It’s like my classmates who sometimes say they wish they were taught how to do taxes. We were, it was literally part of high school economics, it was a required class, we literally filled out the exact federal and state tax forms they now say they don’t know how to handle. It was a required exercise in a required class to fucking graduate.
- Comment on Shein, AliExpress, Temu: More than 85% of products from Chinese platforms fail to meet EU regulations regarding health and safety 4 weeks ago:
I’m going to guess that either there are no standards to meet for those, or the standards also just happen to line up with the current cheapest material and construction options.
Or they are only covered by standards that are complete jokes. Like the fire standard I saw at my old job that a pack of printer paper would easily pass because it was just a time before burning a hole through, and the paper pack took longer just because of how thick it is (the time was like 5 minutes or something if I recall correctly).
- Comment on Stop Trying To Schedule A Call With Me 5 weeks ago:
Ugh, I’m getting a bunch right now that are like “we can help with SEO” and “let us fix your codebase” and “we can help with payroll.”
I’m a design engineer for plastic injection molded parts, exactly none of those are anywhere near what I handle, I wouldn’t even know who to direct them to if I had any interest in directing them anywhere, stop fucking emailing me.
- Comment on Telegram Hands U.S. Authorities Data on Thousands of Users [404 Media] 1 month ago:
Well, not that shocked.
- Comment on Testing how unique you are online (web fingerprinting) 1 month ago:
Apparently my browser is unique but has strong protections against tracking?
- Comment on Honda teases reveal of two new Honda Zero EV prototypes 2 months ago:
I thought I’d be sticking with Subaru after how awesome my Impreza has been. Unfortunately the Soltera/BZ4X is a complete joke.
Instead I’m hoping that I can hold out long enough to actually get this thing.
- Comment on Are We Ready For Driverless Buses? 2 months ago:
I can’t check because I’m at work, but is that the Tom Scott video?
- Comment on Are We Ready For Driverless Buses? 2 months ago:
Isnt train+bus just a streetcar?
- Comment on Luigi Mangione, CEO shooting suspect, is a tech worker 2 months ago:
I think this is about as likely as other conspiracy theories: not at all.
Yeah, I know, but hoping is more fun than not.
- Comment on Luigi Mangione, CEO shooting suspect, is a tech worker 2 months ago:
Conspiracy time:
What if it’s a duo / group and they intentionally got someone caught who will have a rock solid alibi after letting investigators waste days on him, but also getting other bits and pieces of message out the entire time?
- Comment on New oven and they lock the air fryer functionality behind wifi. 2 months ago:
It’s like playing Zomboid, but you don’t actually have to break into the house to put your clothes in the oven and turn it on.
- Comment on Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World 2 months ago:
StUnt jUMP FaiLeD
- Comment on Large language models not fit for real-world use, scientists warn — even slight changes cause their world models to collapse 2 months ago:
Nah, it’s either a skill issue, or your tape measure isn’t nearly chonky enough.
- Comment on Four Dead In Fire As Tesla Doors Fail To Open After Crash 2 months ago:
The screen is required for the FMVSS standard mandating rear view cameras. The jump in part price from that to touch is less than the amount saved by not having to tool up all the knobs and buttons, paying someone to run wires for all of them, paying someone to assemble all of the fiddly bits, and paying someone to install them in addition to the cost of already installing the screen that would eliminate all the other cost if it were the only input.
- Comment on Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres 4 months ago:
But imagine how many homes that could power!
- Comment on Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres 4 months ago:
I was going to say, make the AI responsible for it’s own nuclear power generation and maintenance and see what happens. Maybe simulate the power plant though.
- Comment on 'None of this makes any sense': Amazon's latest MMO import is a localization disaster 4 months ago:
Why do the worst games produce the most amazing reviews?
- Comment on Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code 4 months ago:
Isnt this how you get crowds trike? I feel like this is how you get crowdstrike.
- Comment on Climate change 4 months ago:
Thank you for explaining it. I was trying to find Sadam Hussain.
- Comment on Nintendo and Pokémon are suing Palworld maker Pocketpair 4 months ago:
Eh, that’s pretty normal for a patent.
- Comment on Adding Horses to your Game: Tips, Resources, Do’s and Don’ts — The Mane Quest 5 months ago:
Some people say Skyrim has the best horses, but I say it’s Forestry Simulator 2017
