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[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Good resource thanks for posting! It seems like they really went out of their way to avoid mentioning EBikes. My experience has been that for folks with disabilities EBikes are a game changer as they allow people to put in as much effort as comfortable but not go past that. I also think the section about it getting sweaty could have mentioned EBikes as a potential solution. I understand they don't want to piss off cycling purists, but I think it's important to recognize the positive impacts these new technologies have.

Finally, I get their stance on helmets and agree that helmet mandates aren't ideal. That said, I think it's disengenuous to say that helmets are useless. It's true that those studies looking at city helmet use found no difference in safety overall, but I'm not convinced that wearing a helmet wouldn't improve my personal safety. I've absolutely wrecked a helmet riding on the street, and I'm very glad it wasn't my head instead.

[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The plugin is just called "git" it comes with ohmyzsh out of the box. You just have to enable it in your zshrc.

[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you able to fall back to normal git commands if you don't know the shortcuts? This sounds awesome until I can't remember the syntax to do something I don't do everyday.

[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ohmyzsh with the git plugin is my fave - gaa & gcmsg "a commit" feels like the right level of verbosity for me.

[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My guy you shouldn't have visited New Jersey... In all seriousness though, this is at least partly satirical right? There are definitely some tough spots in America like most places, but when I went to Europe and Scandinavia it was about the same.

[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, many folks would say that's what leclerc did successfully in 2021. That's a bit of a conspiracy, and doesn't make a ton of sense (gearbox penalty etc.) but it's not impossible.

 

I live in the USA and if I want to get rid of my car I would need to be able to cover 70 miles round trip with moderate exercise in a reasonable amount of time. I think if I could cruise at 35MPH (56 KMH) that would be enough to make the switch.

It may be stupid, but I'd like to try to avoid an electric motorcycle - those need insurance, registration fees, real parking spaces, and a special license. Also, I enjoy getting some activity while riding. FWIW I'm not worried about legality, but I do plan to stay off bike paths/sidewalks to avoid endangering pedestrians and other cyclists.

My idea so far is to start with a gravel bike frame for aerodynamics, efficiency, and sturdiness in case of a pothole or rogue curb. From there I'm thinking about a 1500w hub motor, dual batteries, higher gears, bigger brakes, and permanent lights for visibility. Also a good helmet of course, crashing at that speed can be pretty bad.

Has anyone done something like this and had it go well/poorly? Anything I'm clearly missing in my plan? Also feel free to tell me if I'm an idiot, but I already know that bit.

[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Separate constructors from teams - I'd love to see the whole field in near-identical cars only differentiated by setup and driver. Alternatively balance of power rules like Imsa could make racing a lot more competitive while keeping constructors around.

[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd argue it shouldn't matter what the cause is. It's a little far fetched, but I could imagine teams organizing mechanical failures to gain an unfair advantage. All it would take is to tell the driver the wrong gearbox mode to cause a spin, Monaco style. As written it would suck to have an honest car failure and then lose extra grid places, but I think those kind of incidents will be pretty equally spread among the field.

[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Speckled Ax really is good shit. Love their new cafe as well if you're ever in Portland!

[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For better or for worse he's got a lot of friends within openai. Sounds like many of them have threatened to resign if he's gone. If he goes and starts a competing company without the ethical guardrails, I think it's likely a lot of folks will follow him. He also has very tight ties to the investing community so he would likely be able to raise funds quickly. I think there's a solid chance he could make a credible competitor to openai within the next 5 years, especially if they lose talent/money over this.

[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I hear ya on that. My philosophy is that if I'm going out for coffee I'll pay for a good one from a local Cafe. Most mornings I'll make it at home to compensate for the cost.

[–] alphabetsheep@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Or support a local Cafe that treats their workers right. Can be hard to find, but they do exist.

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