TomK32

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by TomK32 5y ago
The pay is terrible, but the path to my own workshop is much easier than running a programming company, who knows. To be brutally honest, programming was a love for 20 years but I've burnt out and looking back, maybe the pay was unreas
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by TomK32 5y ago
Here in Austria we still have building codes from the Nazis that dictate a parking space for every new unit built. This is absolutely ridiculous in cities where car ownership is going down but underground parking is built. A sad result is t
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British? Autsch. Why not swap the brake cables? Not a big problem even for hydraulic brakes. It's a 20~30 minutes job for a mechanic.
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by TomK32 5y ago
Yes, especially those batteries. I had to buy a 500Wh for a project bike of mine, cheapest used one I found was refurbisched for just 250 Euros, plus some for the casing to fit it on the bike (don't ask) and new ones go for 700 Euros.
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It is that speed from a full stop that is actually more dangerous because motorists don't expect it and will attempt to cross before you thinking there is enough time to do so due to cyclists being slow.
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by TomK32 5y ago
As an ex-programmer, now bicycle mechanic working mostly on e-bikes I'd like to add a few things: People love ebikes not because of barely having to pedal, but because they can reach places with the bicycles that are out of their reach
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It's not about replacing cars, it's about replacing all those short car journeys. I understand that people are just lazy and take the car for a 1km trip, but with a bicycle you can do the same trip, usually faster. If you don&#x27
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Would you ride a €1000 motorbike and trust it? Also, how good are you at maintaining them to pass the yearly inspections?
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by TomK32 5y ago
Not sure where you from, but 25km/h here in Austria (and most of the EU) is not the speed limit, just the limit to which the motor will assist you. Anything beyond that and you're either on your own or you buy a S-Pedelec that nee
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I can do 20mph for an hour, but need to recover for an hour after that. 20mph is also where the dangerous speed starts for us cyclist because motor traffic isn't used to cyclists going that far and every crossing without lights will be
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by TomK32 5y ago
45mph is stillu a speed limit I wouldn't want to cycle on on a regular basis. You're right about infrastructure, decent cycle paths is what people need to ride bicycles in the city, the are just too afraid of the heavy car traffic
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by TomK32 5y ago
He's not getting why the 15-minute city/town/village is what we need to live and work in: It puts an end to those absurdly long commutes and have everything you need daily close to you: schools, work, living and shopping all
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You'd still have the gas and it would likely try to find a different way to the surface.
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Most likely we are all (all as in everyone on planet Earth) descendents of that family. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-are-all-mo...
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My bet is not on polygyny but widowing an re-marrying (if that was already a thing). Giving birth was a dangerous event back then as it is today for many women around the world, including large parts of the USA. https://en.wikipe
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I might be mistaken on storing hydrogen, but all that takes in a high pressure container. I can imagine putting those solar-to-hydrogen plants up at sunny but remote places with plenty of space. Once a month when the containers are full a t
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and rent-free.
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Ebikes are more and more common, they already make up half the sales of new bikes in many markets. That's the hills dealt with. And in regards to cold temperatures, if the only time you daily spend in the cold is the few meters from yo
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"We use chemicals to partially remove lignin. And after the first step the wood becomes soft, flexible and somewhat squishy" "The compressed material showed very little tendency to bounce back to its original thickness."
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There's a far better option with the Qattara depression.
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According to the IEAA power plants have a typical design lifespan of 30-40 years which can be extended with proper care https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/extending-operational-l... and let's be honest, the
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by TomK32 5y ago
Well, Europe's nuclear power plants are on average more than 35 years old, they simply can't be operated for centuries, instead the are becoming unreliable. In 2019 France had 5580 reactor days with zero production. Regarding new
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> After this near-disaster, the Houthis took a more active role on the ship. A small unit of soldiers was detailed to board the vessel. They carried weapons, which made the sepoc crew members nervous, given their fears about the leaks of
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She is up for re-election next year.
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1922 is the year Kaiser Karl I. of Austria-Hungary died.
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Got three plates and a few screws put into my smashed hip last year, cost me 120 Euros for the stay. I'm in Austria, obviously... The only thing wrong here in Austria is there's still more than one health care insurance (one of re
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It took the FAA ten years to recover from this and regain previous staffing levels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Contr...
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How often the VSS Unity fly around the planet?
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Please don't forget that those vehicles (except for the public bus) are static all day except for an average of 45~60 minutes. The car does take up far too much space for it's limited usage.
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It's the same for most countries, Germany has the Sportsoldat, employed by the military (and even more employed by the police) and they make up the majority of the German Olympic team. Not everyone likes this in Germany, but there&#x27

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