We will continue to wait for the holy grail of micro LED monitors and phones. So far, all of my OLED phones have burnt in around the 5 year mark. Avoiding OLED like the plague for longer lasting devices like Monitors, TVs and (god forbid) car displays.
Even more general, but I see it so often that it is driving me nuts.
Wear light colored clothes and reflective/high vis layers at night when crossing streets or biking in the late afternoon, evening, and night hours. Cars cannot see dark colors very well on dark backgrounds or against oncoming headlights. Same with people stepping into bike lanes in dark clothes. If you are biking, have multiple lights, front and back. Ideally, on the bike and on you.
If you are walking a dog, give them a light vest, especially if they are head of you and crossing before you do on a longer leash. You want cars and bikes to see you well before they get there.
Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028....
This is really good. Americans need an easy High Speed Rail victory and the experience that comes with building the first few HSR projects in the US. Fingers crossed for a planned, federally funded, and organized Cascadia HSR that links up Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver, BC.
At this point, we need to start somewhere. Boring under the city would be insanely expensive. Especially since this is a private company. Someday, we will have a politician with the balls to lay out a vast plan like the highway network of the 50s or the space program of the 60s. However, even babysteps like this are good.
Gotta take the W where you can and prove that HSR is a completely viable option in this country, just like literally everywhere else, haha.
Selling the power to other regions is alright, but what I’d really like to see is pumped storage. Even just two grey water reservoirs- massive, probably underground. “Spend” all that free electricity during the solar day. Release that energy as hydropower during the mornings and evenings to reduce surge pricing and demand on the grid. Sell additional power as needed, but don’t let solar go to waste.
Batteries are…okay… but lithium ion cells will last 10 or 15 years before needing to be replaced, which seems wasteful when we have perfectly reusable options like pumped storage, which involves a few pumps, a hydroelectric turbine, and two cement or dirt reservoirs, one higher than the other.
I’m sure whatever we do, it will fix itself in time. I just hope CA doesn’t permanently cut incentives over this “problem”, haha.
“The Russians were surprised when, right after the war started, the Europeans took the exact same measures as the United States, freezing all of the reserves that were there, and the Japanese did the same, which is why most of Russia’s reserves today are frozen in Western banks”
Democrats stepped in to support bringing the aid package to the floor, in a remarkable breach of custom on a key vote that paved the way for its passage....
Unfortunately, Paradox and Colossal represent everything wrong with the games industry.
Rushed, sloppy, and greedy take on a great idea. Shooting PC mods in the foot for hypothetical console support.Trying to rush out a half-baked port to console on a half-baked, buggy game years before it’s ready. Releasing assetflip dlc before the game is even done or even on consoles, lol.
A quote from Vincke at the end of the post only stokes the excitement further. “I don’t know if we’re going to pull it off,” he wrote
This is so refreshing. A studio with big Ws that still goes balls out and takes risks. You love to see it. Take notes, gaming studios. This is how you make fun games.
The next few years of chip designs are going to be really interesting. The PowerVia innovations are really cool. I am curious if that will free up some room for other things that previously needed power delivery on the front of the chip.
We can’t just kill every animal we don’t like. Elephants, wolves, bears, etc. all play an incredibly important role in the health of our ecosystems and help keep plants and animals healthy. Sometimes, they keep nuisances at bay, too, or keep stuff like prion diseases in check.
I get that elephants can eat crops or wolves can eat cattle, but we’ve managed to build space shuttles and end worldwide diseases through amazing vaccine campaigns. I’m sure we can rewild some major areas and build better, non-lethal deterrants in others.
It’s helped restore Yellowstone’s biodiversity and drive incredible amounts of tourism after the wolves were reintroduced.
Their loss. Move to a state that respects you as a person. A bunch of us moved when our state told queer and trans people to go fuck themselves.
If this is anything like the Lavender Scare of 1954 though, this will backfire spectacularly and end up propelling a whole new movement just like the Lavender Scare did, which led to the gay rights movement. Still is incredibly shitty in the interim, though.
Some fresh, frozen and canned nonorganic fruits and vegetables are contaminated with concerning levels of pesticides, according to an investigation by Consumer Reports, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that provides product reviews and ratings for its subscribers....
Couldn’t we do raised beds and bug nets to help reduce some of the pesticides needed? Perhaps it doesn’t work at scale, but surely there’s gotta be alternatives to spraying like… deadly toxins all over every fruit and vegetable and root vegetable we eat.
In the United States (the prison capital of the world), prisons are nothing more than the spiritual successor to slavery in all but name. They are a racist institution in a country that was openly founded on colonialism and genocide....
We used to have them. They eventually became a catch-all for people ranging from those who would eat someone’s face off to those that were slutty or gay. They’d get lobotomized and screwed up.
Then we decommissioned those because they were too cruel, so we then let people wander the streets, barefoot in the snowy winter until they died of exposure or self-medicated with fentanyl cut with Tranq and lost limbs. Then we determined that that was also too cruel, so now they sometimes go to prison or sometimes go on the streets, where people step over their dying bodies and say “they have a right to live on the streets and have bare feet in winter”. Some commit petty crimes just to have the warmth and safety of a shelter in a jail vs the elements.
We swing from one extreme to the other, but there’s a middle ground we have not explored yet. But it requires social workers, mandatory drug rehab, universal healthcare, free or subsidized education, public housing, and permanent beds in hospitals for mental health problems. With a few hospitals for those that are too dangerous to rejoin society fully, but with safeguards in place. All that requires commitment, majority voting, and taxpayer money, so most people just shrug and tell them to fend for themselves even if the most vulnerable want help and a better life.
We have come a long way from some of the savage and cruel punishments we did to people in the middle ages and older (see some of the European crime and punishment museums, people were inventive to say the least). But American prisons seem to fall short in many regards, too. I believe we can do better if we actually put our minds to it.
Unfortunately, I was talking about Seattle. There are some insane bike lanes that don’t make much sense. But when it works (ship canal) it really works! I just wish more roads were basically exclusively reserved for BRT and bikes, with wide sidewalks for pedestrians.
Really depends on the filter too. There’s a huge difference between a plastic mesh filter with some activated carbon in a fridge line vs a whole house RO setup.
So, I’ve been considering micromobility options recently to help me get out a little bit more and range better. My dog told me he’d appreciate it if I got out a little more on my off-days. I don’t know why he’s gotta be so judgy like that…...
If it were me, I probably wouldn’t be riding an escooter or electric longboard on the trails. I also love to downhill mountainbike and recently picked up a small electic BMX bike that can fit behind my apartment’s front door (my apartment is 440sqft, this bike can fit in a 2017+ Subaru outback).
No suspension, but it’s fat tires can take a bump or heavy gravel. I REALLY RECOMMEND SOMETHING WITH BIG WHEELS. The number of times I’ve rolled over a pothole at speed and thought “holy shit, that would have fucking killed me on a board, scooter, or roadbike” has already been a handful of times in the last 3 weeks and 150 miles I’ve put on the bike. I’ve almost stopped using my Outback because the transit times are comparable with heavy traffic.
Perhaps a bike might be mission creep for you, but that was (aside from a spendy bidet) the best $1,200 I think I’ve ever spent.
Balance boards are cool, have seen a few of those around here. Might be easier to store, though I dunno how owners lock them up if they are grabbing groceries. Make sure whatever you get has a decent range, everything quoted on the spec sheet is usually a very generous estimate based on a light rider, flat ground, and no wind. Having something that can still be moved by hand/foot might be a good idea, whether that is a scooter or a bike or something else. Watch and read reviews of various e mobility devices!
The price keeps fluctuating on mine. They are clearing out overstock from overproducing in 2022, I think. Repairablility is a mixed bag. Not many services repair these bikes, but they are mechanically quite simple, and have reused parts throughout their lineup. So you should be golden on stuff like batteries, tires, spokes, brake pads (generic), etc. I got mine for about $1,189.
Edit: not sure on ‘eBMX’, I guess so? I’ve only ever seen this one, haha. Quite fun though, I’ve really been enjoying it and it looks like it should be quite easy to maintain for quite some time.
Well, I upgraded the controller and managed to strip the screws. A repair guy got them out by tapping an allen key deeper by hammering it in with a mallet. Had I known that technique, though, would have done it myself.
Other than that, nothing else. Brakes are loud a AF after you bed them, but it’s quite nice, makes cars and pedestrians notice you, which is good for situational awareness. People actively get out of your way, lmao.
My bike was also 2022 inventory and had a bit of rust on the screws on nonstructural parts. I brushed it off and added some oil and threadlocker where needed.
The nice thing about this bike is that you can find the brake pads online, relatively common (smaller size than my mountain bike running guide Rs, but shimano sells the smaller pads too). Tires are standard. Tubes are standard. Chain appears to be standard. Spokes appear standard. Uses mineral oil for hydraulic lines. The battery, though I have not tested it with Grintech 3rd party batteries, appears to be standard with a hot and neutral line, no BMS pin that fucks you. So you may may be able to rock this bike for ages after parts have been discontinued. Uses a standard XLR charger connector. Motor controller upgrades are available through the manufacturer, which can deliver significantly more current than the base controller (be careful with those m3 screws by the crank, they’ve been tightened by the hand of god.)
Only weak spots for this bike: no front shocks (though you can find them online), single speed drivetrain, grips are non locking but can be replaced. Service options aside from velofix are limited.
If those downsides are fine, I’d say get it. This bike is fun as hell and very comfy even if you are 6ft+ and 170+ pounds.
Be careful with the throttle and pedals when you unlock Race mode in settings. Gives 1,200+ watts all at once, which can cause you to do wheelies if you aren’t careful, lol.
Ride1Up made a move that goes against the grain of the pricing strategy of many other e-bike companies, which often rely on a higher MSRP for their e-bikes, but then offer big discounts a few times of the year during sales events (or perpetually).
I looked at them but heard some really bad stories in mountain bike / bike chats. Apparently, some use proprietary spokes, and R1U support dragged their feet for two months before the customer got their bike back. If you are looking for bike shop compatibility, Aventon or Radpower are decent, if fairly proprietary. You can get those worked on at partner shops quite easily Juiced Bikes don’t have many repair locations, but their parts are fairly standard and they reuse parts like batteries up and down the product stack and are generally pretty repairable by hand. I ended up with a Juiced RipRacer after looking at the RideOneUp 700 and the Aventon commuter (the Juiced bike was smaller for a compact apartment, had more power, never seen a bike that looked like so much fun).
Meet QDEL, the backlight-less display tech that could replace OLED in premium TVs (arstechnica.com)
Gotta keep your head on a swivel (sh.itjust.works)
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From Sin City to the City of Angels, building starts on high-speed rail line (apnews.com)
Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028....
Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem. As electricity prices go negative, the Golden State is struggling to offload a glut of solar power (wapo.st)
I’ll note that right now, this is a seasonal issue, associated with moderate springtime temperatures when there is a lot of sunshine available.
Congress passes bill that could unlock billions in frozen Russian assets for Ukraine (www.nbcnews.com)
EK is Imploding: Not Paying Employees, Partners, & Suppliers | Investigative Report (www.youtube.com)
UAW says Volkswagen workers vote overwhelmingly to join union, giving it groundbreaking landslide win (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine aid bill clears critical hurdle in the House as Democrats supply the votes (www.nytimes.com)
Democrats stepped in to support bringing the aid package to the floor, in a remarkable breach of custom on a key vote that paved the way for its passage....
The 'rushed' attempt to rehabilitate Cities Skylines II is becoming a cautionary tale (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 studio confirms two new projects: "Will be our best work ever" (www.eurogamer.net)
Intel completes assembly of first commercial High-NA EUV chipmaking tool — addresses cost concerns, preps for 1.4nm process development in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)
Europeans care more about elephants than people, says Botswana president (www.theguardian.com)
The United States of America, but for Trans People (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13932170...
Trump Media tells shareholders how to block their DJT stock being loaned to short sellers (www.cnbc.com)
Fresh and frozen imported strawberries highly contaminated with pesticides, report says (www.cnn.com)
Some fresh, frozen and canned nonorganic fruits and vegetables are contaminated with concerning levels of pesticides, according to an investigation by Consumer Reports, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that provides product reviews and ratings for its subscribers....
Abolish prisons (i.ibb.co)
In the United States (the prison capital of the world), prisons are nothing more than the spiritual successor to slavery in all but name. They are a racist institution in a country that was openly founded on colonialism and genocide....
We Need to Make Cities Less Car-Dependent | Reducing the need for car travel is better for health, the environment and public safety (www.scientificamerican.com)
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Skelly Boi Wants You To Remember (i.imgur.com)
Hasbro 'talking to lots of partners' to find developer for Baldur's Gate 3 sequel (dotesports.com)
Looking for recommendations (mototecusa.com)
So, I’ve been considering micromobility options recently to help me get out a little bit more and range better. My dog told me he’d appreciate it if I got out a little more on my off-days. I don’t know why he’s gotta be so judgy like that…...
Ride1Up Announces Permanent Price Reductions For Many Of Its E-Bikes - CleanTechnica (cleantechnica.com)
Ride1Up made a move that goes against the grain of the pricing strategy of many other e-bike companies, which often rely on a higher MSRP for their e-bikes, but then offer big discounts a few times of the year during sales events (or perpetually).