[-] regul@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

I order mine online, yeah.

[-] regul@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago

Have you tried switching to a single-blade safety razor?

[-] regul@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago

This will happen regardless.

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[-] regul@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

A little noticeable. But I don't think it's egregious. Possibly balanced out by being able to maintain the perfect ratio and cadence.

[-] regul@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago

trying to discern the criteria used here and I got nothin

[-] regul@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

I'm an internally-geared hub kind of guy because I hate doing maintenance and keeping shit clean. My most recent ride had a 5-speed Sturmey-Archer hub with a built-in drum brake, which was good. The drum brake was amazing, but the gears less so. They were always kinda finnicky, but they finally gave out a few months back and I lost everything but first. For a minute I was considering trying to rebuild the hub myself, but it seems like a lot of work, and I might not even be able to replace the parts anyway. Besides (I told myself) I bought this bike for $140 mostly as a "let's see how often bikes get stolen here" test, to which the answer has been "basically never if they're locked up".

So I went and spent $600 on one of these used from a guy who seemed to be transitioning to all e-bikes, which made sense considering his house was on a massive hill. This bike has a NuVinci/Enviolo continuously-variable transmission which is absolutely wild. Essentially endless gear ratios, and that plus the belt drive mean it's quiet as hell. The only issue is that it has kinda cheapo hydraulic disc brakes that don't let you adjust the bite point, but custom fenders, built-in dynamo lights, it's a pretty nice machine.

Also I had to get new tires for the e-bike I use when my wife and I are going places together (she rides on the back) and the tires I got are called "Carless Whisper" which I think is pretty funny.

[-] regul@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

Burnout Paradise, while a great game, doesn't even have Crash Mode, which was one of the best parts of the original Burnouts.

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The invention of the "study" as a pressure release valve for activism was truly a masterstroke.

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Biden reversing course to final-days-of-Trump-presidency policy making it open season on endangered keystone species gray wolves.

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Fun anecdote from the article about a previous merger one of these companies did:

Washington seeks to avoid the situation it found itself in a decade ago, when Albertsons bought the Safeway chain. To satisfy regulators concerned about that deal's potential impact on supermarket competition and consumers, Albertsons sold 146 stores to Haggen, a small grocery chain based in Bellingham, Washington.

But Haggen struggled with the expansion. Within six months, it had closed 127 stores — including 14 in Washington — and laid off thousands of workers. Haggen sold its remaining stores to Albertsons in 2016. Now, 10 Haggen stores in Washington are on the list to be sold if the merger happens.

Look at the math on that little offer they did to make the merger more palatable. lmao

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You've heard about the beautiful boaters, but have you heard about the beautiful fliers?

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Y'all discarded them for something I don't remember, but anyway, good for them!

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I knew it wasn't going to happen, because libs refuse to ever do anything good, but I figured it would be Adams, not Hochul.

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It was a cute movie. Not sure why it's bombing.

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Context: Trump's lawyers are in front of the Supreme Court arguing that presidents cannot be prosecuted for any crimes they commit while in office.

Who knows how the Calvinball refs will decide this one, but if they go Trump's way, Biden has literally no excuse not to assassinate his political rivals.

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Wild.

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submitted 9 months ago by regul@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net

Apparently this is all the rage in Germany (and China) where you can buy a kit at the supermarket for 500-600EUR and then you simply hang the solar panels over your balcony and plug them in to a wall outlet to reduce your net usage.

I was trying to do research on why we don't have this in the US and it doesn't seem like there are any particularly good reasons for it other than sclerotic response to "new" technology.

Seems like an incredibly cool idea to make apartment dwelling even more sustainable.

non-archive link: https://www.dw.com/en/mini-plug-in-solar-panels-are-they-worth-it/a-66240262

[-] regul@hexbear.net 98 points 1 year ago

gotta be the first sitting senator to publicly refer to a penis as a hog

[-] regul@hexbear.net 97 points 1 year ago

>no-foolin for-reals handjob

>over the pants rubbin

Y'all that's not even a handy to a seventh grader.

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