JDubbleu

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[–] JDubbleu 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ohio State actually allowed desire paths to form and then paved over them later to make sure the paths were efficient and would be properly utilized.

[–] JDubbleu 18 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I really like the US take on this one actually. I'm pro ebike and absolutely love motorcycles, but 45 mph is too fast to not require a licence.

Here we have 3 classes numbered as such. Class 1 is 15 mph pedal assisted, class two is 20 mph pedal assisted, and class 3 is 28 mph and allows a dedicated throttle. Class 3 often has limitations for certain bike trails, but most class 3 comes have variable modes to limit them to class 1 and 2 speeds. Generally as long as you're following trail speed limits you really don't have to worry.

This part varies by state, but in general anything over 28 mph is considered a moped and requires a proper license. As an avid motorcycle rider I feel even 28 might be too fast for non-license, but I also understand keeping up with cars, especially in cities, is way safer so I get why the limit is a bit higher than you'd expect.

[–] JDubbleu 4 points 6 months ago

I don't forsee a 14 mm chain being cut by bolt cutters that would be reasonable to carry around. Especially considering the hardness of the steel it's made of. I just don't think it's worth the effort given the amount of people using cable and D locks that can be cut with handheld shears.

[–] JDubbleu 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don't get me wrong I absolutely love living in SF, but the police hardly give a shit about property crime so you probably wouldn't even need the mask.

[–] JDubbleu 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

There's two things that will get your bike stolen. Having a shitter lock than everyone else or a nicer bike. I'd heavily recommend at least having a better lock

I have an ebike worth about $2k given it's range and top speed. However, I only lock it to extremely secure objects and use a 10lb, 14 mm chain to secure it. So you've either gotta pick the lock which took LockPickingLawyer 2 minutes to do in a vice, cut whatever it's attached to with an angle grinder, or cut through the chain.

I doubt anyone is picking the lock, so they have to get through whatever it's attached to, at which point the chain is still locking the awkward to carry, 100lb bike stationary. If they go for the chain I figure they'll likely misalign the cutoff wheel at least once and it'll explode in their face. Needless to say I don't worry about my bike for day to day use, and if you get a similar lock setup you won't have to either.

[–] JDubbleu 2 points 6 months ago

This has been the trend since early 2010. More and more games made by small companies are exploding and outselling AAA games. Stardew Valley had its all time peak 2 months ago despite being 8 years old, Dave the Diver popped off last year, Helldivers 2 broke records before Sony decided to fuck it up and subsequently get dragged through the mud, and Hades 2 is apparently awesome.

The slow death of AAA games has been great to watch. There's so much more variety than 5 years ago and you don't have to give your money to soulless corporations to enjoy them.

[–] JDubbleu 9 points 6 months ago

This is incredibly common in SF. Many people live in co-ops and it's created an entire subculture where they coordinate large parties and events both within the co-op and with other co-ops. It's gone beyond necessity and become preferred by some because they enjoy living with lots of others. Not my thing, but many friends live in co-ops and love it.

[–] JDubbleu 1 points 6 months ago

Those little things add up though, and it's not just good at boilerplate. Also just having a more intelligent context-aware auto complete itself I've found to be super valuable.

[–] JDubbleu 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's a 50% time reduction for the same output which sounds great to me.

I'd much rather let an LLM do the menial shit with my validation while I focus on larger problems such as system and API design, or creating rollback plans for major upgrades instead of expending mental energy writing something that has been written a thousand times. They're not gonna rewrite your entire codebase, but they're incredibly useful for the small stuff.

I'm not even particularly into LLMs, and they're definitely not gonna change the world in the way big tech would like you to believe. However, to deny their usefulness is silly.

[–] JDubbleu 2 points 6 months ago

Even in the past I've had nowhere near as many non-GPU related issues. Some GUI elements in Gnome just did not work, and at one point I was getting low USB power errors even though the USB drive and port were known good. The amount of workarounds I had to attempt to implement before settling on Debian was insane.

[–] JDubbleu 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I actually had my most difficult time ever setting up Linux on my 5800X3D and 3070 recently.

PopOS wouldn't save my resolution on reboot, and then after fixing it all of my games were running at the wrong resolution or breaking in various frustrating ways. All Linux native games too. Jumped to Fedora and every single game flickered like mad and then once I got that fixed my package manager inexplicably broke. I was about to install Ubuntu before saying fuck any chance of instability and going to Debian.

I had to manually install way more than any of the other distros, but everything just worked once I got my graphics driver installed. I was really disappointed given I've been using Linux on and off for 8 years, and my Steam Deck has been nothing but solid. I'm honestly just disappointed things have trended in a bad direction, and I hope this was just a one off experience and not the norm now.

[–] JDubbleu 7 points 6 months ago

I'm willing to die on this hill with you because I find it hilarious

 
 
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