The story Around 80kph, on my 17 year-old Honda Wave 125i (a fantastic, durable, and functional motorbike that can go up to 120 kph) we ran over a nail and the rear tire explosively decompressed. The rear wheel started to slide around, hitting the rear brake did nothing, as we didn't have any surface to ... Read more
Sometimes there is a confluence of innovations, both technological, and economic, which conspire to prompt a purchase. Now it is that time for me, concerning the 2024 BYD Dolphin Standard Range. Earliest view of the Dolphin (AE1) highlighting the tech Map of charging stations in Thailand Features of the BYD Dolphin Cheap at 569,900 THB ... Read more
Note see also Sandisk Clipham and Portable Music Players and Linux Because the Sandisk Clipjam appears to be no longer manufactured, the most approximate portable MP3 player (with clip, suitable for running/bicycling) is the Ruizu x52 mp3 player. It is about $25 USD on Lazada, sold by Ruizu itself, with good reliability ratings. The unnecessary ... Read more
Ingredients 30 g peanut butter 30 g sliced almonds 30 g sunflower seeds 30 g pumpkin seeds 30 g dried cranberries 200 g apple sauce 250 g rolled oats cinnamon nutmeg olive oil Procedure Heat oven to 150 c parchment paper in a pan add all dry ingredients, mix add wet ingredients, mix pour into ... Read more
Elon Musk has engaged in outright fraud The TSLA Twitter bots The Solar City acquisition The Solar City roof tile scam The self-driving car scam Elon Musk is bad for the environment Spaceflight emissions No plans for ... Tesla's ESG rating Toxic metal mining Elon Musk is bad for humanity
Update 30-09-24 Wow, turns out everyday induction cooktops are horrible to work with carbon steel. My guess is that gas is needed, or a much improved induction. Both of which I'm not really interested in. Therefore, for the standard frying pan, a non-stick option is a better result at this timee. Stainless (or non-stick) for ... Read more
Google is such a tool. Even with apps only mode they show full-screen background ads on top of everything. Without that mode, nearly every element on the screen pushes apps and content that is unwanted and unneeded. It is now impossible to remove this without changing Google TV / Android TV launchers. Thankfully, this is ... Read more
Codium aka VSCodium Alternative to the instrumented VSCode. Less tracking, same Open Source flavor. Another option is Pulsar, the resurrected Atom editor. Ignore Pulsar, vscodium is fine. Note that with Foam, Codium can provide some level of Obsidian-like functionality, though not nearly as extensive functionality and constrained to a desktop (no mobile apps). Installation Installation ... Read more
I use Obsidian which is a closed source application but focused on open data standards, and with a thriving community of extensions and use cases. The main competitors of Obsidian are Notion (closed source cloud service) and Logseq (open source). So, why Obsidian? Why Obsidian? Freemium model, including various ways to help fund the organization ... Read more
SDcards, especially MicroSD cards, can also be connected via USB, so those speeds are also important. Notes and For any USB interface, Type 3.2 when possible. and