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peppersnail, 7 months ago

Looking forward to the Topaz & Numby banner. I'm hoping she'll go well with Clara and March, and I can finally have some fun with the elation path in the simulated universe.

peppersnail, 10 months ago

This double calyx rewards thing has been pretty great. I got motivated to try to max out Seele's traces.

Also exciting about the new simulated universe world. The simulated universe is one of my favorite parts of star rail.

peppersnail, 10 months ago

Omg here comes the mono quantum team! Silver wolf/seele havers will be very pleased.

Now, what about the 4th slot? Qingque maybe?

peppersnail, 10 months ago

I’m a fan. I used to play a lot of Ticket to Ride on iOS. Having it as an app takes the fiddliness of all that shuffling out of it. Plus, it’s nice to be able to play only a few turns here and there.

peppersnail, 10 months ago

I haven’t found a one-brand-fits-all, really. I’ve found that it’s good to go by certain design concepts.

As an example, especially for stuff like scoops and ladles, I vastly prefer when the utensil is one continuous piece of material. If it is made of different materials joined together, water might get in, or the material will detach/delaminate over time. A lot of utensils have handles that are like that, and they always eventually fail for me.

peppersnail, 10 months ago

I kind of like these little mini web events. They're really cute.

peppersnail, 11 months ago

Got any favorites?

peppersnail, 11 months ago

I just hit trailblaze level 60, which opened up a lot of upgrades. Working on seele traces at the moment.

I’m trying to hold out until trailblaze level 65 before dumping fuel into farming for relics, but it’s hard. So much of a character’s power is locked behind having nice, leveled up relics. I can’t even do the first level of memory of chaos with what I’ve got now (two parties with all at level 70 and maxed traces and light cones, except for a level 80 seele).

peppersnail, 11 months ago

I have electronically actuated (as opposed to cable actuated) gear shifting on my bike. It's becoming way more common these days, though...but still, it's a pretty expensive piece of kit for quite marginal gains.

peppersnail, 11 months ago

Front and rear derailleurs are servo controlled. These connect to a central unit that also has the shifters connected to it. This central unit can communicate with a bike computer (via ant+) to show gearing.

In addition, you can set it up so that when you shift the front derailleur, it automatically moves the rear derailler. You might want to do this in order to keep roughly the same gear ratio when changing chainrings. Or, there is a mode where you just shift up and down, and the system manages the shift for you, shifting either (or both) derailleurs, simulating a 1x drivetrain.

All of the popular group sets have a version of this: shimano, sram, and campagnolo.

It’s very expensive lol

peppersnail, 11 months ago

I have it on my road bike, but they also have it for mountain bikes.

In addition to shifting, you can even get electronically actuated dropper seat posts these days :)

peppersnail, 11 months ago

It’s rechargeable battery powered. The front derailleur takes more power to do its thing, so when power is low, the system automatically drops you into the small chainring and disables the front shifting. The idea is that this will get you home relatively comfortably since you still have the full range of your cassette.

Still…a full charge lasts me many weeks of riding, and I ride quite a lot…about 10-15 hours a week.

Also, I’m describing shimano’s version of electronic shifting, where everything is connected physically via electric cables, so there’s one battery (mine is hidden in the seatpost). Sram’s offering has every component (derailleurs, shifters) communicating wirelessly and every piece has its own battery.

peppersnail, 11 months ago

Nothing wrong with that. There’s something to be said for going with simplicity. Way easier to fix if something goes wrong. If I was doing some really hardcore touring through remote areas, I would definitely favor friction shifters for this reason.

peppersnail, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

My understanding is that r/cycling was created partly to avoid all of those bike picture posts. They got to be a bit much. I know I personally left r/bicycling in order to avoid those posts. I found them tedious and boring because there was so much of them.

That being said, m/cycling is not r/cycling, so those old rules don’t apply.

My preference, however, is to generally not have them. Most don’t really generate any new or interesting discussion.

peppersnail, 11 months ago

I use clipless when riding recreationally, and flats when I’m commuting. I strongly prefer the feel of clipless in all aspects. The only reason I ride flats is so that I can wear regular shoes (when I’m, say, commuting to the office).

peppersnail, 11 months ago

It’s been like a week already. I think he’s still out there somewhere on the course, pedaling away furiously.