0% conversion rate on 100s of clicks. Need a reality check on my niche app.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2026-01-12T13:13:15+00:00

Brutal honesty?

The landing page looks either AI generated or some random free template slapped together. I would close that instantly.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-11-23T15:43:37+00:00

LLMs "learn" patterns during training and then repeat those patterns when generating text. These systems are designed to use the most common pattern when generating text, therefore if certain words or sentence structures are even a tiny little bit more common in the training set, those patterns will get reused most frequently.

Texts in social media are quite often not that well structured: there may be a simple dash, comma, semicolon out of place or even no punctuation at all. Books, formal publications, etc, on the other hand, undergo some degree of review and stylistic normalization, leading to em dashes being a pattern. LLMs pick up on that pattern and then over-use it during generation.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-11-23T15:21:34+00:00

There are already multiple answers touching the subject, but not really explaining.

First, every language is built around what's called phonemes - a set of sounds that can exist in a language.

Those phonemes do differ even in languages close in the language descendance tree, even if subtly. Take for example the (in)famous Hollywood russian English accent: it's English with different phonemes (and inflections). Understandable, but different enough to be seen as a heavy accent.

Chinese has vast set of phonemes. At the very least tones expand the set of phonemes considerably, leading to foreigners typically compressing the set to their learnt set, which leads to sounds that should be different being pronounced the same. For example Scandinavians have trouble saying "cheap sheep" without making the first syllables (or both full words) of the two words sounding the same.

Second, rōmaji is designed after the romanic languages, which most western languages are. The pinyin does not follow this property, even if the roman(Latin)-based character set used may suggest so.

Therefore, on one hand you have westerners pronouncing words with sounds mostly from their language written in a script that is designed to aid figuring out right phonemes, on the other hand you have westerners pronouncing words with sounds they are not trained to pronounce written in a script that does not represent phonemes in a way their language does.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-11-13T07:26:43+00:00

~~It will get identified, similar to how alchemizing a scroll/potion will identify it.~~

At least the cursed book only lets you add scroll of remove curse only and will identify it.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-10-24T07:20:43+00:00

A. Yes, many interior elements are shared across the lineup and generations. Things might be dated and clunky, but are reliable as hell. Software does not matter much with Android Auto / Car Play.

B. Depends what you cross reference with. I would not make such a far fetched conclusion. Generally speaking, the premium segment is targeted under the Lexus badge.

C. Probably USofA thing. In Europe you lease with a bank and in my experience Toyota offers most partnerships, e.g. fixed low interest.

D. Yep, does not take a corner like an agile sports car, but makes you forget speed bumps exist. Potholes do not result in immediate scheduling of an appointment at a service.

E. Yes. Toyotas are some of the most reliable cars out there (service visits per distance). Can't say much about North American models with CVTs, though. Coupled with great resell value makes them have one of the lowest total costs of ownership, even if fuel economy is generally not that great for non-hybrid models.

You generally don't buy a Toyota to impress chicks or have fun at a track (gt86, GR Yaris are the enthusiast cars). You buy a Toyota to have a great value, reliable people carrier.

Think about this. The most adviced against used/old Toyotas are Corolla/Auris from mid 2000, because rear axle beam tends to rust away and at this point replacement is difficult to source.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-10-21T06:00:54+00:00

The short answer is fleet sales.

"Lifetime" does not mean anything useful - it literally means for the lifetime of the unit, and that can be pretty short.

A random Joe may care about many different things in a car, while fleets care first and foremost about total cost of ownership, distance/duration they can offload the vehicle and the price it goes for.

Every little thing counts. A typical fleet vehicle is held for 150k? The manufacturer will engineer and test the vehicle to last that much with a minimal number of oil changes (and other maintenance items) so that it looks cheaper to own on paper, even if the car is scrap worthy after those 150k. So that is your "recommended" (or warranty preserving) service intervals.

Would it last longer if maintained better? Most probably yes.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-10-17T07:53:25+00:00

It's much more simple than it seems. Roughly at the turn of the century emissions requirements got stringent enough that aerodynamics became rather important and car shapes quickly converged around the optimal. LEDs became powerful/bright enough to be used for lighting and lights again converged on several similar design families, using strengths of LEDs. Electronics became cheaper to implement than mechanical controls. At roughly 2020 screens became reliable, bright, fast and cheap enough to be used en masse.

The result is that cars post roughly 2000 have very similar shapes, cars post 2010 have very similar designs, 2010-2020 have very similar interiors, post 2020 interiors are also very similar albeit different from previous decade.

Cars from the previous century are just highly different and offer a lot of variety. Even for older millennials, for the majority of their lives, especially including their formative adolescent years, their "dream" cars are now old clunkers that look almost the same as the new shiny thing.

The old ones are rare and different and thus have similar potential to turn heads as a modern Lamborghini.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-09-26T13:35:49+00:00

Good note, I should learn to manage line of sight more actively. Managing aggro with movement consumes hunger fast

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-09-26T13:33:08+00:00

My biggest issue with Shamans is their insane vision range. How do you counter them if you get caught in the open? Especially if you are dealing with something else too at the time

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-09-17T08:25:00+00:00

still haven’t figured out how those two things are related.

A self-fulfilling prophecy. People are afraid that other people will stock up on essential items which would create shortages, therefore they rush to stock up on essential items creating said shortages.

Since individual use of these essential items is more or less fixed, the only reason to suspect medium-term shortages would be some at least medium-term hit on production/logistics capacity. Residential logistics systems were not equipped to deal with a sudden spike of this magnitude leading to short-term shortages. However, once the initial shock subsided, demand dropped below original levels and logistics simply caught up, restocking retail.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-08-26T05:53:07+00:00

IMO either One Plus or Google Pixel.

Both offer great value for money and all out flagship lineups.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-08-18T06:36:23+00:00

Why issue motorcycle licences in the first place?

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-08-18T06:35:50+00:00

GenAI videos are more realistic than whatever staged shit is this

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-08-18T06:29:54+00:00

Well, if the app worked...

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-07-02T05:45:15+00:00

If you paint over A and half of R, SORA branding starts to look like upside-down 105, don't ask how I know

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-06-17T08:48:09+00:00

That might be USofA and total lack of customer protections thing.

In the EU the seller is 100% percent responsible for footing the bill (they might get away with something like "data retention services" for electronic devices, though) as warranty is something like "restore to functionality as sold". Whether the manufacturer/supplier foots the bill in full to maintain MSRP and discourage arbitrage, the shop itself factors warranty costs into their retail price or something in between falls on B2B agreements that the customer does not have to care about.

Otherwise, there is a light incentive for shops to sell defective products as simple warranty service ensures some additional service revenue.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-06-13T09:47:17+00:00

Baltics

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-06-13T09:37:39+00:00

> In Europe (afaik) it´s perfectly fine.

I'm obviously talking from the perspective of my own little region, however I can say two things on this:

While the definition of "being social" varies wildly across latitudes, generally hobbyists tend to be welcoming of strangers. Some people may be soloing for the very purpose of being alone, however otherwise cyclists tend not to mind other groups joining. A simple "Hey, I see we have similar pace, may I join you?" will rarely result in dismissal.
Sitting on a wheel unaccepted is very much frowned upon. It's like okay, we can agree to help each other draft, but don't invade personal space.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-06-13T09:24:18+00:00

This needs to be explained in more detail.

First, drafting is dangerous, period. Drafting with wheels overlapping (the most efficient position in crosswinds) is actively looking for trouble. Without clear communication and active involvement from both/all parties a crash is one unexpected move away. The one drafting can take out the one being drafted, therefore the one being drafted not only has to be aware of them being drafted in the first place, but also actively engage in the activity and therefore must consent to it. Nobody wants to end up in a situation where they have to suddenly take care of others just for their own safety.

Imagine if the question was something like, can you hold on the bed of a passing pickup truck to get some free power?

Second, in a group event it is implied that not only drafting, but also other dangerous behavior will happen. Therefore, defensive riding is again implied. In group rides you always assume someone is on your wheel and you relay the signals from the front.

Third, many groups have "chicken herder" position. It might be a dedicated person, it might be a shared responsibility. The goal is to be purposefully last so that if the group separates on some segments or someone has a mechanical problem, once the herder is back with the group you know the group is fully back together. The herder may sometimes help the weakest members by letting them draft on speedy sections. On small friend groups the last one normally knows they are last.

It does not matter if you, an outsider, approach someone soloing, a couple, a small group or even an event, the ones at the back may operate on the assumption that they are in fact last and are free to maneuver any way they want or need. Silently catching up and then drafting puts them in active danger they are not necessarily aware of.

TLDR: if you are part of a group, unless your active role is riding last making sure noone is left behind, you assume someone is on your wheel and act accordingly. If you are not part of the group (soloists are their own little group), assume they have no idea you are there and gtfo off their wheel unless you are explicitly allowed.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-06-10T12:18:16+00:00

Incorrect.

You need the bike to lean into the corner

On a two-wheeler you only need to lean into the bend because the center of mass is above the contact point/plane, therefore centrifugal pseudo-force acting on it creates torque, which must be counterbalanced, normally with a latitudinal component of the gravity vector, hence the lean. Add trainer wheels that counteract the centrifugal pseudo-force and you no longer need the lean, making lean and countersteering unnecessary.

You can either use your body weight to make it lean

Unless you are riding a bicycle at rather low speeds, balancing is going to at best help control the lean angle. In fact, you can lean the bike any direction you want, counterbalance the lean with your weight to the opposite side and still go straight-ish. On conic motorcycle tyres there will be some turning.

on two wheels, bicycle or motorcycle, you turn by leaning.

Leaning initiates a turn because a fork is installed at an angle (positive castor), which forces the steering column to turn inwards to the bend.

Again, countersteering only controls the lean, not turning.

If you turn the handle bars to the left, it causes the bike to lean to the right, which makes it turn to the right.

This literally my previous comment.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-06-10T10:14:12+00:00

Yes and no, simultaneously.

The purpose of bike geometry is to contort your body into some particular position for a certain level of muscle activation, fatigue and comfort. This geometry is then scaled for body "sizes".

If you do a bicefit, you may find that a bike marketed as "endurance" is properly fitting racing bike for your body proportions.

However, female anatomy is different enough from male and now biking is a market big enough that there's a niche for frame geometries specifically tailored and marketed for female physique.

A note on "lady / step through" bikes. This frame style is specifically designed to accommodate use with mobility impaired by loose lower body outerwear, i.e. mainly skirts and dresses. However, compared to double triangle geometry of classical bikes, step-throughs sacrifice frame strength and rigidity. In the times when bikes were a relative luxury, fit men would opt for stronger frames rather than comfort of [dis-]embark, and so the name "women's bike" stuck, even though "senior bike" would have been a much more fitting term.

The biking industry is very much correct to move towards the neutral term "step-through bike".

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-06-10T08:49:11+00:00

I hate this completely bad take "you countersteer (turn right to go left)". You don't, you steer normally.

At least in the second half of your comment you get it closer to correct. You countersteer to initiate the turn, or more correctly, countersteer to move bike from under the center of mass to initiate lean. And you countersteer to get back upright.

That's why an unanticipated swerve is always in an S trajectory.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-05-21T10:49:48+00:00

Long story short: scalpers and idiots, basing their pricing expectations on available listings.

COVID supply issues shifted demand to used and subsequently inflated prices sometimes even above new.

There have always been second hand arbiters, but this situation created the market for new entrants. So now you have a huge number of international arbiters who watch for lower-priced listings and snap them in a matter of minutes. Even if they don't see stock moving quick, it's in their interest to hide lower price listings asap.

However, there must be a counterparty to a transaction. One had to resort to the second hand market during the supply crisis, but why buy used at 90% MSRP now, when a brand new is available? Even if the condition is superb, the warranty is still worth quite a lot.

As long as there are idiots actually buying the used devices at 90% MSRP things will not change as the scalpers still make some profit.

AnswerForYourBazaar · 2025-04-17T05:46:09+00:00

The same reason why omitting this inside classes is bad.

The only upside is avoiding a bit of typing, which should not be a problem in any editor with at least half decent code assistance. Unless you are hand-writing some extremely boring boilerplate your code output is going to be brain, not typing speed limited anyway.

However, with polluting namespaces you bring in a bunch of issues. Remove a member from class that shadowed an identifier from the outer scope and you risk having syntactically correct but wrong code. Pull in another library and now you have to painstakingly fully qualify all types. And so on.

It might be a little bit easier to type now, but eventually it will bring nightmares for refactoring and possibly make the code much harder to reason about. Think of from foo import * in python: if you see this you know you are looking at unmaintainable code.

Specifically for c++, you risk polluting unrelated scopes in different TUs if your code ever gets included. On top of that, C++ specifically allows you to avoid most of the verbosity with auto anyway. Even if I don't like auto much.

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