Kirca

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Kirca,

“Your honor, ‘bonerdragon6969420 llc’ has a long and industrious history…”

Kirca,

Hey dude, this post was perfectly timed!

Not to bore ya with my life story but in the past 3 months i quit my job, got rehired as a contractor for a month, packed up my life to move countries and ive just finished a 2 week bike tour (deets+photos+vids later) which i managed to sneak in, in all the chaos. I mention this as a bit of an apology for the radio silence.

Love the idea of adding “bikepacking” to the comm. I literally made this comm cause of the old description of /bikepacking and the perceived snark in their comm at the time, like the aformentioned comments about panniers.i assume it was all banter, but i love the freedom of cycling, and wanted this community to be as open and welcoming add possible

In terms of the dedicated comm for touring, i defs understand the hesitance, but i will be sticking around and trying to champion this comm moving forward. After the initial surge from reddit, i think a lot of people went back, but personally i would rather see a few posts here, then ever use that site again. i also think the nature of touring means that were going to have big content droughts over the northern hemisphere winter regardless.

I like the idea of cross posting, perhaps we can reach out to the mods over there to ensure they’re happy for us to do so too.

anyway it’s 1 am and I’m cooked, hopefully this comment makes sense :)

Kirca,

Mad respect for answering this and not causing an xkcd moment

xkcd.com/979/

Kirca,

Hi cycling commuter and weekend bike packer here, welcome to the club!

Before we start I just want to warn you that cycling, while a simple hobby is full of money sinks and gear envy. It’s very easy to spend 10x more for something marginally better, I only mention this now because it took me way too long to figure this out.

On to gear recommendations:

A good lock - this should be at least 10%the cost of your bike, also make sure to learn to lock your bike properly (not just through the front wheel)

Spare tube(s) - while I agree a patch repair kit is great to have, repairing a tube when you’re late, it’s cold, and miserable is a hellish experience. especially for newbies, id recommend carrying a spare tube instead and just changing that. That way you can patch your original tube in the warmth of your home with a cuppa, much better experience. Swap it back when you’re done and you’re gravy.

Gloves - Everyone falls. Everyone. Gloves not only make your ride more comfortable, but they also protect your palms on the event that you scrape them after a tumble (I write this with scraped palms after not following my own advice and falling last weekend)

A basic repair kit - puncture repair, tyre levers, pump, multi tool w chain break, zipties and a metre or so of duct tape

Sunnies - bike specific glasses are a scam (at least for beginners), just have a pair on the bike at all times. This will make riding at dawn/dusk and in the rain more comfortable. Id recommend polarized with a fairly light tint, too dark and it’ll be hard to ride in the rain with them.

A bike bag to store it all in - nothing fancy just good to have things off your body and on the bike so wouldn’t recommend a backpack. This is the first place where you can spend a lot of money, but a good bike bag is never a bad investment.

The more you ride the more you’ll come to realize what you need and don’t need, you’ll add a bunch to this list but I doubt there’s anything you’ll remove so it’s a good starting place.

Taiwan says it spots six more Chinese balloons, one crossed island (www.reuters.com)

Taiwan’s defence ministry said it had detected six more Chinese balloons flying over the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, one of which crossed the island, the latest in a spate of such balloons the ministry says it has seen over the past month-and-a-half....

Kirca,

I forgot about Chinese balloons lol, did anything ever come about after that one was shot down by the Americans?

Kirca,

“pretty phones over privacy” is a wild take ngl

Is there a phone app that makes callers consent to call recordings?

Hey android pals, not sure if this is the right place to ask but my Google Fu is failing me, I’m currently in a single party consent country but will be moving to a two party consent region soon, is there an app that works like an ivr that will screen calls and advise people they’re being recorded (and ideally terminate the...

Kirca,

Remember to wait til the end of the day, that way you can get everything important done early in the day and then just coast into the holidays.

Kirca,

Well that explains the smell!

(I know very little about Europe or New Jersey)

Kirca,

I don’t think they deleted it, it’s still showing for me at least.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1e387ce0-b0b1-4d2b-854d-644ec53deebb.png

Kirca,

This sounds strictly better than a regular browser, is there some obvious downsides that im missing (I know I could google this but you write very clearly and concisely and if it’s not too much trouble, I’d love to hear your views on this)

Kirca,

Wild to me that theres a whole country out there that has so much influence over my life (an entire ocean away) and they don’t know how much their meal will be before the cheque comes. Incredible.

Kirca,

So jealous! Hope the sun is warm and the breeze is refreshing whereever you may be right now :)

Kirca,

…but why?

Kirca,

Justin did a segment on this not long ago that had me in stitches

Kirca,

Bonus shot of camp this morning :)

This is the first time using bags instead or rack and panniers, and I don’t know if I’m sold or not. Also, I massively overpacked so my legs are currently on fire and I’m typing this from a ditch on the side of the road.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/326556ca-1d8d-4e00-8d72-a7c84c7ce315.jpeg

Kirca,

After sampling a fairly large selection, I have decided to make it my mission to find the best cheese and garlic naan in Christchurch. So far, the leading contestant is “Everest” in Woolston, which I bought on a whim one day.

If anyone wants to make any suggestions for contestants, please do!!

Kirca, (edited )

Today I will be telling my boss Im quting come Feb. It’s not a great time, but in my industry it never is, and I feel like giving more notice is better than waiting for a “good time”.

I don’t really owe them anything and my leaving isn’t gonna effect the behemoth of a company, but my boss has been very supportive and so I feel like I owe her atleast that much. The nerves are real though

Kirca,

Protip for those job hunting: if you’re going to fake your references (and tbh you should), don’t do it from the same network. Even sending one while connected to your wifi and the other from your phone on mobile data should be fine (though different devices on different networks would be better). Also don’t do one and then immediately do the other.

The reason is software will show the IP address it was submitted from, and the time the link was accessed, if we get multiple from the same address or one is submitted and then the next is immediately opened then it looks pretty sus.

Last note, if you put a reference as someone overseas make sure you’re not submitting the reference at a weird local time. The amount of references where it is submitted at 2pm local time, but it’s a “British referee” is hilarious.

Best of luck peeps.

Kirca,

Can confirm Source: don’t eat meat, still a fat little gremlin

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