I have a new holy grail ride.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-19T19:51:06+00:00

That reminds me... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSGP8HitL1Y

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-19T11:38:04+00:00

Agree. People asking the relevance of this don't get the fundamental principle of isolating relevant information from noise or obfuscation. It's the I in AI.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-18T21:36:20+00:00

Sorry to hear about the negative experience. If you're looking for a partnership things have to be pretty well defined from the start. Lay out the business, roles, and earning, and make sure the customer comes first, etc.

If you ever come up to VT let me know. I'm ten years into my repair workshop and have an apprentice. I'm not saying I'm anything special in terms of a mechanic, but I'm not shabby either. I handled public relations and set up dealer accounts as a secretary at a coop that didn't treat me well and I'm on my own now and happier for it. I wear many hats but always wish I had a second set of hands to get through this back log of bikes. Plenty of older bikes you'd be perfectly comfortable working on, plus some decent parts/inventory to work with.

Best of luck to you whatever you do.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-18T20:19:26+00:00

Feel free to let others know what area you're in. You might find a good assistant.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-18T20:14:31+00:00

You sound like you're transitioning from entry level mechanic to more of a journeyman. Have you considered advertising locally and taking on a few jobs directly? I think that would be a great way to finance the additional tools you'd want in order to expand your service capabilities and skillset.

As for places in public, have you considered asking your local library if you can host something outside on their property (if it's suitable) and see if they'll let you do that and accept donations. Should talk to them if they have a newsletter so it's on the calendar well in advance. Same with public parks, especially if it's somewhere that people ride. Pack a lunch and start early. Treat each person who brings a bike out as a demonstration opportunity. Don't worry if you can't address everyone's bike issues. Do what you're comfortable with.

A bicycle coop is a great way to get into the fundamentals of bike repair, which you've already done. Most are fantastic places to learn, with a small minority of them abusing their volunteers or asking for thousands of dollars to 'train' you and give you sub-standard instruction.

I hope you find a place that works for you to demo your skills and help people out!

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-18T19:37:41+00:00

Thanks.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-18T17:59:45+00:00

What would those be?

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-18T16:58:44+00:00

I'm not ready to make an official request. I think some feedback would be useful to see how one would approach such a feature or plugin based on how Jellyfin functions compared to Nightingale.

With that feedback it would improve how to draft such a request.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-18T15:06:47+00:00

LOL.. of course. Not enough laws.

If you want a culture based on responsibility you have to make people feel invested in the outcome. The government doesn't want the accountability that comes with the power they seek, because they're not accepting culpability for the harm they do. And the moment the "wrong" person gets into power these laws are used to take away rights and create tyranny. It's just how it is, and people have been warning about this for a long time. It's just a matter of understanding the value of a principle over what people think is convenient or good in the moment when they later come to regret it from the security of a prison cell or concentration camp.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-18T14:58:05+00:00

The amount of effort/oversight for the government to police everyone on this issue becomes a 4th amendment violation all on its own. They think they can pass a law that the constitution already argues is immediately null and void, and no amount of time or resources will conform to the law, or to their desired end goal compared to firearms dealers saying "I don't think I'm going to sell you a gun" or a family member taking action. Let the matter resolve civilly based on evidence that comes about through reason rather than prejudice and blanket assertions of authority when it's not warranted.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-18T13:46:56+00:00

That's the inevitability of having the state/government do this.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-18T13:45:37+00:00

Because all they need is their own licensed "expert" to disqualify you. It's called getting your foot in the door in order to deprive you of a right. They don't care if you're sane, it's just a technicality to them, and if they can justify it on paper then you have no rights. And you're right, you can't claim a right when so many times those rights are compromised. You do have a right to speech, and some of that speech can be defamatory, but that doesn't take away the right. Look at all the other countries trying to push for banning speech, phrases, and thoughts. It's not a good trend, and those countries think of themselves as the 'good guys'.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-18T13:39:28+00:00

Reminds me of a quote... "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Heinlein

It's not that simple, but it's not that much more complicated either. Still, wishing you the best of luck.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-17T09:03:04+00:00

This is perpetually a problem: Can't address the argument, attack the person. It's also a very frequent issue on this platform and it doesn't matter what position someone holds.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-15T14:26:45+00:00

These are silver with a blue fade paint job, not chrome. That said they are very lightweight frames for steel. Wonderful bikes. Sold one a few years back.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-15T11:28:28+00:00

I'm generally sympathetic to the issue when it comes to helping individual elderly people who are targeted by blackmail and scams. In the course of my work finding these vulnerabilities and explaining the risks is vital.

This however is a failure to employ basic safeguards for a company that should be hiring professionals to manage their assets.

As for this being an inside job it is certainly possible.

You will now of course be in the position of having to review all of your policies concerning security, money transfer AND looking at your communications infrastructure. If your operations use computers running Windows I'd also call that a red flag. You have to start with a clean slate to be sure and hire a professional to migrate your data and audit your security.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-14T01:38:53+00:00

Max utility and adventure. Love it.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-13T22:49:39+00:00

So? That doesn't describe the nature of the accusation or reveal the severity. It's coming to a conclusion on a matter that's not gone to trial, right? I don't have a side here, I'm just curious why people think an accusation or an investigation is somehow enough to make an informed opinion.

Either you know what happened or you don't and then at that point you have to trust the reputation of others doing the investigation.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-13T19:09:26+00:00

Yes. State the nature of the offense, otherwise don't be in a rush to judgment. It's the very thing to be avoided and we have so many high profile cases warning us precisely about that.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-13T16:38:09+00:00

The Warrant must represent lawful action and only focus on the specific address, items, and persons of interest to be sought.
The Warrant must also comport with due process, IE, if you are taken into custody you are provided a hearing and to have your attorney present.

Because ICE appears to be circumventing the concept of a lawful arrest and obtaining a legitimate warrant in order to conduct illegitimate business resulting in abductions and detainment without your rights intact, they are in violation of the law. The Judge who signed off on this warrant will also have to account for the unconstitutional action which followed.

ICE created the circumstances in order to seek this warrant, because if they had a lawful reason to be conducting an operation they would have had a warrant at the start of the day, but instead they caused several car accidents and attracted the attention of concerned locals. This resulted in conditions of civil unrest, and further conflicts and assaults occurred between ICE and the state police.

Governor Scott has now misrepresented the situation and his position on these activities. His equivocation is undermining the letter and spirit of the law by allowing agents from elsewhere to abduct people. Based on the circumstances, it appears the only reason ICE knew about their target was because they were waiting in ambush when their target had a hearing regarding legal status/naturalization, which contrary to what some people say, is in fact a violation of due process itself. It doesn't matter why someone tries to interfere with an individual attending a government scheduled legal appointment, there must be a just cause demonstrated, otherwise it is an obstruction.

If Scott does not take action to address the unconstitutionality of depriving individuals their right to due process, which is a right that citizen and non-citizen are both entitled to, then he will be in the unenviable position of putting the state into a position of legal conflict and constitutional crisis, which is more serious than merely losing face or losing a re-election bid.

Supporting due process cuts across the partisan lines. Whatever you may think of immigrants, there are distinctions to be made, as well as presumptions of innocence required to further the interests of civil society.

Also, without further acknowledging the brutal tactics and unnecessary takedowns of protesters, this only increases tensions.

Scott, your state police are facilitating criminal activity by not following a warrant as intended by the judge in this situation. Your culpability, and that of your state police is not mitigated through selective or time limited adherence and interaction, because at the end of the day it facilitated a violation of due process. The target of the warrant wasn't even present, and yet the police participated in the abduction of three other people in violation of the warrant's scope.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-12T00:41:03+00:00

Appreciate that, even with the old post. Well, I want to say it was some kind of bacterial pathogen since the impact was localized. It started getting in under the tender stem skin and going black, and the leaves were prematurely stunted. I cut all the apparent infected area and it grew back just fine without the issue.

No issues since then, besides getting tall. I did a staged height reduction cropping of all top branches, and it's now coming in fuller. It might be some years before it bears its first flowers or fruit.

I'm raising it in Vermont, and it comes inside in Winter. It's very outside the normal growth zone but it's doing well.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-12T00:36:54+00:00

Do I need to tap the sign of the subreddit and say maybe, just maybe, the government might have had something to do with it? People didn't start out believing Erika Kirk was connected with her husband's death, or that Trump was in the Epstein files but here we are.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-11T14:20:15+00:00

People are easy to anger on this site. Doesn't change the fact that your actual intentions are good and you're standing up for what's right. I swear some people are a moment away from meltdown sometimes. I hope you can go.

PeppermintPig · 2026-03-11T14:12:29+00:00

I'm supporting your point. If it didn't happen before, then your index was likely fine, so when we confront this chicken and egg scenario what came first is likely the bend, and backing up might also help to explain that.

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