Agreed. That’s one of the big benefits of cheap bikes currently - cheap, available parts that work in a wide range of bikes. There’s always been proprietary shit though, this particular tech isn’t new in that regard.

Looks lovely! Have you tried washing it before? I’d be very curious about yield and quality of hash.

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.

Legally speaking sure. I’ve never seen that enforced though so I wouldn’t be particularly concerned about the legality of it.

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

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.

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

You’re not wrong but public transit here sucks. Every weekend I go to a friend’s house - by car it is 1 hour every time. By train it is somewhere between 2.5 and 3 hours depending on delays. Public transport (even when poorly implemented) offers a great way to get in/out of medium to large cities, but isn’t really ideal for trips from one rural area outside the city to another. What would be much more convenient would be if I could bring an ebike on the train with me. Most of the distance on this trip is covered by a 1h train ride, and it’s just the busses on either end which are slow and unreliable. Unfortunately they don’t allow electric bikes at all, and normal bikes are only allowed during certain hours.

Vespas here need registration, insurance, etc. etc. That would solve the range issue though.

There’s definitely a lot of hate for e-motos among mountain bikers. IMO it all depends how it’s ridden. If you turn down the power level and just cruise, you’re not damaging the trail and it shouldn’t be a bug deal. If you’re giving it the beans and making ruts then that ruins the trail for everyone else and is definitely a dick move.

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

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.

Fair point. The production emissions make a huge difference. As best I understand batteries still have very high production emissions which roughly balances out their lower runtime emissions.

Only issue with gas mopeds is emissions. If they don’t have a catalytic converter than the emissions are far worse than cars. Same is true with other small gas engines - lawnmowers, pressure washers, generators, etc.

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.

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

My first batch of home grown live rosin! Unknown strain but the taste is all lemon and it’s pretty enjoyable so far.

Audible books and essays

Anarchist podcasts

Delta 9 is just THC. Cannabidiol is just CBD. Delta 8 and Delta 10 are the strange ones made from CBD which get you high but less so than delta 9. Sounds like a THC cookie to me and would probably have an effect. Interesting that CBD didn’t work for you, but the Cannabidiol vapes did as those should in theory be the same ingredient.

Do you have any pictures of the aeroponic plumbing setup? I have a 36"x18" flood/drain setup that I’m considering converting to aeroponic. Have you noticed many advantages to running aero?