krelvar

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What's the law around indicating in this scenario? in c/[email protected]
[–] krelvar 2 points 3 hours ago

Seems fairly straightforward. The car is ahead of the motorcycle, so the bike should give way. Of course, he won't, and he's in the car's blind spot, so he'll get angry and break the car's passenger side mirror in passing. The car driver having no clue, will get angry in turn, and swerve into the biker, and they'll both crash. The car behind them will catch the whole thing on dashcam and post it on Facebook, asking, "who's at fault here?"

People will blame the guy on the bicycle.

Lots of errors trying to install - bad memory in c/[email protected]
[–] krelvar 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Right, that's what I would expect as well. Bios is updated to current and default reset. Memtest failures were after that - downloaded the full current v11 package from memtest86

Edit and no OC. 5800X, Asus b550m-a (WiFi) board. G.skill ram.

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Lots of errors trying to install - bad memory (self.linuxmint)
 

I have been trying to get mint to install correctly on my system for the last couple days. After much messing around, trying different drives (new flash drive, new nvme) and stuff, I finally ran memtest and I'm getting lots of errors on both sticks, tested individually. It's 2x16 ddr4 3600; I lowered it to 1600 and still get lots of errors, ordered a new pair.

Here's my question - I have win10 on a separate drive. It boots fine and doesn't seem to have an issue with the ram at all. Is Linux more sensitive to memory problems?

What the Fuck happened with Gen X? in c/[email protected]
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Switched to Mint, couple questions (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 4 days ago by krelvar to c/linux_gaming
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I've made the jump to Mint for my gaming PC. I work primarily on Ubuntu systems (cli, no gui) so it was a pretty simple choice. I installed GE proton, which fixed the lobby audio bug in phasmophobia, is there any reason I shouldn't just use that version of proton for all steam games?

One other question, evolution looks pretty solid for mail, any reason I should look elsewhere?

The days of superfast SUPER73 e-bikes are over... sort of in c/micromobility
[–] krelvar 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same exact argument for pot vs booze. Both legal or both not. And I 100% agree with you. On the roads, under 16 is a no-no. Speeding is a no-no. Enforce that and leave the rest of us alone.

Not that in a million years do I see "leave us alone" as an actual possibility.

8 Cosmic Horror Novels That Will Chill You To Your Core in c/[email protected]
[–] krelvar 3 points 1 week ago

https://share.libbyapp.com/title/2140116

Area X by Jeff Vandermeer fits well

To kick off 2025, fast-food chains revamp menus to court cost-conscious consumers in c/business
[–] krelvar 0 points 1 week ago

And I bet they're offsetting the costs by including less rat in the food

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Heated gloves, any recommendations? (self.bicycling)
submitted 1 week ago by krelvar to c/bicycling
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I'm thinking about picking up a pair of heated gloves; more specifically, heated glove liners. I'd prefer something a little thinner but durable enough to use without gloves over the top of them.

Any recommendations, brands or features to look for? I think some of them have elements up and down each finger, that's what I want, rather than something that just sits on the back of the hand.

Amazon is of course full of highly rated options but we all know what their ratings are worth.

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E-bike makers push speed-reduction updates after California’s stricter new laws (electrek.co)
submitted 1 week ago by krelvar to c/micromobility
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"If you asked most owners of these e-bikes about which they’d give up if they had to, they’d probably tell you “take my 21-28 mph speed but leave me my throttle”."

This seems like a bad take. Do most people really only ride on the throttle?

I'll keep my higher speed and lose the throttle, thanks. How about a non-stupid firmware update that locks to 20 if a throttle is connected, and unlocks to 28 if there isn't one?

'Not safe or legal' - Cops continue crackdown on Sur Ron style electric bikes in c/micromobility
[–] krelvar 2 points 2 weeks ago

https://electricdirtbikes.net/what-is-a-sur-ron/

Take a look at this. The bike doesn't have pedals. But the phrase "mountain bike" is on that page nine times.

Also this. "Some riders are increasing the speed of their Sur Rons to over 80MPH."

Not an ebike. An emotorcycle.

'Not safe or legal' - Cops continue crackdown on Sur Ron style electric bikes in c/micromobility
[–] krelvar 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Because then they can sell them online in a shady way with no licensing or registration required. There's a lot of incentive to call them bicycles, which they most definitely are not

Starting today, California is coming for your e-bike throttles in c/[email protected]
[–] krelvar 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The average street legal motorcycle is something like 500lbs. That's a lot more mass than most e-bikes, the heaviest of which are perhaps in the 100lbs range and most are less. It's fair to argue an ebike that can go 40mph is really a motorcycle and I'd agree with that, but most e-bikes aren't that close to a motorcycle in my opinion.

That said, I agree that some enforced regulations are going to happen so hopefully they'll be reasonable about it.

Now he's the **Weirdus Maximus** [Elon Musk] in c/political_weirdos
[–] krelvar 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, he's this child

Human Civilization at critical junction:authoritarian collapse or superabundance in c/[email protected]
What was the last book that you read? in c/[email protected]
[–] krelvar 3 points 3 weeks ago

Last was Revenge of the Tipping Point, current is Moonwalking with Einstein. Interesting so far.

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Road Rage Is Getting Worse. Here's What To Do About It (youtu.be)
submitted 1 month ago by krelvar to c/micromobility
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Interesting video. Doesn't really get into the second half of their title very much but covers the problem pretty well. People in general are just more angry now. Politics, finances, health care (!!!), climate change, etc etc etc.

From a cyclist's perspective (my own) the fix would be MUCH more protected infrastructure. That only addresses the immediate, physical issue tho - and it would 100% be seen as at the expense of other stressed road users. It does nothing to address the collective mental brokenness we seem to all be sharing.

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1944 Brogan Doodlebug (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by krelvar to c/micromobility
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It turns out cyclists actually should roll through stop signs. Here’s why (electrek.co)
submitted 4 months ago by krelvar to c/micromobility
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I do not live in an Idaho stop state, but I do it regularly.

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In first ever documented case, Talaria electric dirt bike goes up in flames in US (self.micromobility)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by krelvar to c/micromobility
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https://electrek.co/2024/09/07/in-first-ever-documented-case-talaria-electric-dirt-bike-goes-up-in-flames-in-us/

TL;DR - shitty battery goes FWOOOF

"Hicks explained that Talaria normally only uses a well-respected battery maker known as Greenway Batteries. ... However, due to a “clerical error made by the Talaria team,” some Talaria MX5 electric motorbikes that were shipped to the US included a battery produced by another supplier known as Scud."

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