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by et-al 5y ago
The OP, jacquesm, just mentioned throttle-only ebikes are not legal in the Netherlands. Anyone who's comparing ebike speeds to rider speeds: most people new to riding bikes cannot sustain riding at 30kph (18.5mph) for probably more tha
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by et-al 5y ago
They had fantastic product-market fit. As dleslie and that_guy_iain have mentioned, it was expensive to send an SMS text back then, especially in Europe when your friends have different country codes. So WhatsApp was a free alternative that
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by et-al 5y ago
> Without DST, in my hometown, it will get dark at 6pm every day from Sept 23rd to March 4th. To clarify, is your hometown in the southern hemisphere? DST generally occurs in the summer months.
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by et-al 5y ago
Standards always evolve and ultimately if the larger companies like Shimano, SRAM, or Taiwanese OEMs don’t adopt them, they’re a moot point. Bicycle chainrings are the perfect example. There are established mounting patterns, but since the
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by et-al 5y ago
In Germany, all new bikes are required to have lights and bells. This is also why all the good dynamo-powered lights were from Germany for the longest time. I think this should be adopted here in the US, especially because separated bike la
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by et-al 5y ago
How do we get these mirrored on Archive.org? I noticed the Wayback Machine doesn't fare well with Tumblr and images.
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by et-al 5y ago
Wow, this person's Github about says it all. > Several years ago I switched careers from sales, marketing and consulting to learn how to program, with the goal of making the world a better place through code. Whether that means giv
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by et-al 5y ago
On a phone, I can see apps being easier to use (saved credentials and ideally the UX is streamlined for touchscreen use). But if I have a keyboard and mouse, I strongly prefer a web app for stuff that requires minimal interaction from me be
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by et-al 5y ago
Kinda surprised Jeremy Askenas (Backbone/CoffeeScript creator) shared what is yet another "cali sux, i'm leaving" goodbye note. Feeling the SF Bay burnout, too?
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by et-al 5y ago
Doubtful. I've seen it in most Californian supermarkets. Just an FYI, these have as much sugar as a regular ol' can of Coke at ~30g.
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by et-al 5y ago
I've long joked that the most beautiful word in the English language is not "cellar door", but "sale".
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by et-al 5y ago
There is actually something millionaire specific about what Thiel did. He was an accredited investor that was able to buy private shares that the general public cannot buy. If IRAs were only allowed to purchase publicly-listed stock, this
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by et-al 5y ago
Can someone explain why McAfee had decamped to Belize in the first place and started a life on the lam? Wikipedia is surprisingly sparse here. Edit - in 2012 he was the prime suspect to the killing of his neighbor as mentioned here: https:
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by et-al 5y ago
1. Maps.me and Organic Maps were initially designed for an offline experience, so they don't even try use data when I have a spotty connection. Unless you explicitly disable data, Google Maps will always try to load new tiles. This can
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by et-al 5y ago
Valhalla is also open source and in production: https://github.com/valhalla/valhalla
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by et-al 5y ago
Exrx.net is still the grail, but recently someone created Musclewiki. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25854523
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by et-al 5y ago
Folks want to run tires at lower pressures, but this increases the risk of pinch flats for inner tubes when the rim bottoms out against the ground. Tubeless setups don't have this risk.
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by et-al 5y ago
Don't forget Jan's signature word: planing . This is prob the Open vs Firefly test you're thinking of: https://www.renehersecycles.com/what-makes-a-bike-fast/ In the test, they apparently isolated the w
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by et-al 5y ago
This is hardly insightful. It's like every startup founder with a Medium/Substack account wants to be like Paul Graham and attempts to write pithy self-help blog posts when they're really just parroting the Tao of Pooh. Stick
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by et-al 5y ago
What's HN policy on bloggers posting their own content? Should it prefaced with a "Show HN"?
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by et-al 5y ago
I see you've read that CityObservatory article from a few years back [0]. Unfortunately as the Tiktaalik mentioned, we have a housing shortage now . So the trickle-down economics of luxury housing won't work for at least a genera
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by et-al 5y ago
If you're a minority, it's nice having a relatable positive role model in the media you consume.
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by et-al 5y ago
Dow Chemical was the real winner.
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It's not just about competition riding, but simply the terrain and trails have changed. Modern MTBs allow you ride down steeper and rougher terrain with confidence and open up the possibility of riding more trails. All the commenters
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by et-al 5y ago
Butterfly bars? I think most folks can't get past the aesthetics.
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by et-al 5y ago
Yeah, for longer distances, multiple hand positions are nice for recruiting different muscles (hence the traditional popularity of drop bars for touring). It's interesting the author of the article didn't mention bar-ends returnin
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by et-al 5y ago
> This isn’t unique to Walgreens this is affecting independent convenience stores and markets as well and it’s really disheartening to witness on a nearly day to day basis. This needs to be repeated. Some left leaning folks like to say &
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by et-al 5y ago
I think folks on either coast don't understand the nuances each city faces unless they live there. Whatever remains of SF working artists will say the city has long sold out its counterculture roots. New York is possible for artists be
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by et-al 6y ago
This is a straight up racist comment. Had you said "This is the most authoritarian thing I've seen" that'd be fine. But the racists in the 1800s were using "Chinese" or "yellow" as derogatives to like
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by et-al 6y ago
> Phase 1: Social Media Fitness, Phase 2: Gamification of Fitness We definitely saw this with Nike+ back in the late naughts [0]. Then Strava in the mid-teens, and now Peloton. Competitive people want to compete with their friends, not j

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