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Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

I converted my mountain bike to an ebike and I’m having a blast with it! I just moved to Oakland and there’s pretty good bike infrastructure here, so I can use the bike for transportation even for relatively large distances. I’ve been using it to get groceries, run to the bike shop, and see friends. For the nerds, I added a Bafang BBSHD mid drive motor and EM3EV 52v 20.5AH pack to my Norco Fluid HT bike. I added a rear rack with Ortlieb panniers. It’s a rock solid bike and thanks to the high power of the BBSHD the bike accelerates quickly and easily reaches 30MPH/50KPH. This means I can keep up with the flow of traffic on most surface streets and don’t have to worry about cars zipping past me - I’m usually tracking behind the car in front of me so there’s nowhere for an approaching car to go. I have a full face downhill mountain biking helmet and a smart helmet brake light from my good friends company called Brakefree that lights up when I slow down. The gear and the speed of the bike leave me feeling safe enough. And it’s a blast! Earlier this week I rode the bike 8 miles through the city to a park up in the hills. It’s fast to get there and feels very different than sitting in a big energy guzzling car. And once I got to the park I just kept rolling right on to some trails. What a wonderful feeling! I’m more convinced than ever of the power of micro mobility in cities. We need more protected bike infrastructure. When we think of cities we often imagine roads as a given. But we’re deciding which infrastructure to lay down and maintain - and we don’t have to make it all so focused on automobiles.

EDIT: I want to emphasize one point which might interest people. As I said the speed helps me feel safe as I move with the flow of traffic. I run my bike at 1500 watts. This is twice the legal limit of 750 watts, but this isn’t well enforced. In the UK, the legal limit is just 250 watts. I think policy makers assume that a smaller number is safer, but I’m not convinced this is true. While higher speed means more risk of high speed collisions, lower speed means more risk of being hit from behind. It’s worth looking at raising the legal power limits, and whether this would increase safety for bike riders. I think it might.

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by hunf »

seibelj wrote: post #27
weakfish wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would _love_ any semblance of evidence that the current order is in any form socialist

Depends on your world view. I give ~40% of my income to a decrepit government where I have no say how it’s spent. My city pays $25,000 USD per public school student and the results have not only been atrocious for decades but are declining year after year. Government jobs require college credentials… colleges whose accreditation are approved by the government, in some circular fashion of reciprocal approval. Our medi…

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Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by bobnamob »

seibelj wrote: post #27
weakfish wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would _love_ any semblance of evidence that the current order is in any form socialist

Depends on your world view. I give ~40% of my income to a decrepit government where I have no say how it’s spent. My city pays $25,000 USD per public school student and the results have not only been atrocious for decades but are declining year after year. Government jobs require college credentials… colleges whose accreditation are approved by the government, in some circular fashion of reciprocal approval. Our medi…

How much have you travelled? From my experiences there are plenty of nations/states that make higher taxation work for the people.

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by geuis »

Hola from San Francisco. My niece just turned 13 and really wants a model of the demogorgon from Stranger Things. I've been 3D printing for a few years and found a pretty nice little diorama I hope she'll like. I started working on the stl files and will be organizing and editing them to be printable. Then I'm hoping I will have time in the next few weeks to post-process the parts and paint everything in time for Christmas.

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by TobyTheDog123 »

Hi from Nashua, New Hampshire!

I'm finally ditching the Javascript/Typescript ecosystem and giving a Flutter/Dart (client-side) & Swift (server-side using SwiftWASM on Cloudflare Workers / Fastly C@E) stack a try.

I'm doing this experiment with a project I've been working on to build a connections/communities app that has a few tricks up its sleeve to try to solve the problems of online dating (Tinder/Bumble/Hinge).

I'm also experimenting with a project that's a mix between podcasting and replying to other people.

Very interested in alternate/niche takes on social networking (very different from "alt social networks")

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by leohonexus »

Hello from Hong Kong, I’m a researcher working on speech to facial mesh models that’s language-agnostic. Currently it’s a comfy Sunday afternoon and I’m at my desk downloading a huge dataset. Feel free to reach out in the comments, I have lots of free time while waiting for it to download. Good day to everyone!

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by throwaway290 »

seibelj wrote: post #27
weakfish wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would _love_ any semblance of evidence that the current order is in any form socialist

Depends on your world view. I give ~40% of my income to a decrepit government where I have no say how it’s spent. My city pays $25,000 USD per public school student and the results have not only been atrocious for decades but are declining year after year. Government jobs require college credentials… colleges whose accreditation are approved by the government, in some circular fashion of reciprocal approval. Our medi…

Did you consider that perhaps having students from less wealthy and educated families enroll would cause "declining results"? The best way to ensure perfect scores is to exclude underperforming kids from families where parents didn't go to university and/or have to choose between soap and bread at the supermarket instead of educating their child.

I'm still genuinely amused every time I see a Westerner living in a democratic country claim their government is dysfunctional, lying, stealing and bad. First, compared to what country? Second, can't you elect a different government? If enough people agree with you they would vote for it, and if not enough agree then perhaps you are in a minority. If unlike many people on this planet you have a mechanism for peaceful replacement of power it seems strange to call for a revolution.

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