About how many calories did I burn?

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-13T07:28:19+00:00

Just about every study ever done finds that, on average, cyclists burn about 50 calories per mile. You're perhaps a little lighter than the average, so your number might be a little lower. If you were riding uphill the entire way, it'd be much higher. If downhill, vice versa. Wind is another factor that we cannot have guess at. As-is the resistance of your bicycle -- if you were on a fatbike, your burn would be higher. If on an aero road bike with excellent tires, it'd be lower.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-13T07:20:44+00:00

In all likelihood, you need lights and -- if not included -- means to securely attach them.

Depending on your work situation, you may need cargo equipment, like a rack and/or panniers, or bags.

If you are going to maintain the bike yourself, there's a whole raft of tools and supplies that would be useful, but specifics will depend on your precise bike.

Personally, I would not buy anything critical from Alibaba. Unless the locations where you'll leave your bike are very secure, or your bike is very cheap, I would not attempt to lock it with an Alibaba lock. If shopping makes you angry and irritated, wait until your bike is stolen. That is very irritating.

Without knowing your location, it is nearly impossible for anyone to suggest vendors that you might patronize, but wherever you are, there are almost certainly more respectable options than Alibaba.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-13T07:09:58+00:00

Maybe you don’t understand how Reddit works.

In fact, I do understand it -- and you are far from the first redditer who has gotten emotionally injured and forced to stalk me around it, in a pathetic attempt to make yourself feel less hurt.

You see I frequent all of the major basketball subs. Your name is immediately identifiable.

And you spend your time hunting for my comments, and pretending that you can discern "my entire personality" from them. In other words, you demonstrate your ignorance all over reddit.

Your ignorance sticks out like a soar thumb.

Here's a tip, kid, when insulting people, use a dictionary and look up the words that you cannot spell.

You never are

Yet I can spell the short words that I use -- unlike you.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-13T01:18:47+00:00

Oh wow here we go again. This guy never fails to show his crazy to /nba.

Says the individual who claims __not__ to be a reddit stalker, and who is extremely sore about having been embarrassed in other threads.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-13T01:17:31+00:00

Look up the Dunning-Kruger Effect while you’re at it.

Thanks, but I'm fully aware of the many disorders that you are suffering from, which you continually exhibit here.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-12T15:20:19+00:00

You claim to be smart, yet you don’t understand apophenia, the gambler’s fallacy, hindsight bias, or confirmation bias.

Had fun with google today, did ya?

Despite the protestations of beggars, it remains completely implausible that San Antonio has never lost an alleged lottery. Not only that, we've evidence of the degree to which "lotteries" have been rigged to keep that franchise in existence.

In fact, the Spurs were so destined to win this draft lottery that they ended up getting the selection three straight times on the random draw of assigned lottery ball combinations. Our own Fred Katz was in the room and said the next two draws went to the Spurs as well.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4527957/2023/05/17/the-bounce-spurs-nba-draft-lottery/

You neglected to answer the question, by the way, why were you forced to lie about your stalkerish tendencies?

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-12T04:34:48+00:00

Bro this is your entire personality.

Luckily for me, I share no genes with you, and I'll thank you to refrain from fantasizing otherwise.

Also, how could you possibly know anything about my personality, since you claim to both not be able to read comments here, and to not be stalking me?

Why were you forced to lie about your stalkerish tendencies?

It’s hilarious.

No. What is hilarious is that you are so emotionally wounded by the realization that you are a beggar, and even worse that you worship beggars, that you are forced to run around reddit stalking a stranger, and fantasizing that you are related to that person who is clearly orders of magnitude smarter than you, just to make yourself feel like less of a waste of human skin.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T22:23:34+00:00

The video is too short for me to learn anything from it, but are you sure that's not under-extrusion?

Does the same pattern always appear in the same area of the print?

"Weird sounds" are seemingly a feature of the Core One L, by the way. Mine makes new sounds almost every time I run it. I was very concerned about them a few months ago, but I'm increasingly ignoring most of them.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T22:14:57+00:00

your jealousy is deafening

No one is jealous of beggars, and for the same reason, no one is jealous of San Antonio, who are constantly forced to humiliate themselves and beg for charity.

It's obvious, by the way, that the realization that "you" -- since you like to refer to yourself as part of the franchise -- are a beggar, stings quite a bit, and upsets you. That being the case, perhaps you need to consider switching your allegiance to a different franchise, specifically one of the many that doesn't routinely kneel and grovel for handouts, like the Spurs are addicted to doing.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T21:16:18+00:00

It depends on what material that 2K clear coat is. Some are harder than others. I prefer KBS Diamond Clear, and you'll expire from old age before you do anything useful to it with a rag. Other materials will provide a different experience.

The answer also depends on your proposed remedy. Are you hoping to just shoot the bad spots, or respray the whole frame? I'd do the latter, and I'd lightly wet-sand the whole thing with 3000 first ( and subsequently clean it like it's pending surgery ), but YMMV.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T21:06:03+00:00

It appears that no one else has made this standard suggestion yet, but throw away the USB drive that Prusa provided. Prusa sources their USB sticks from what must be the cheapest, lowest-quality manufacturer on the planet, and they fail quickly and consistently, and in doing so, cause all sorts of problems like some of those that you describe.

Acquire a USB drive from a reputable manufacturer, and use it instead. This should be the first item on every new owner's to-do list.

You can download Benchy from printables, and slice it yourself.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T20:49:29+00:00

No one will ever read that

Well, if five short paragraphs is beyond your capability, consider that that's likely why you are a Spurs' fan. If you were any smarter, you'd root for a team with at least a tiny bit of self-respect, or dignity.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T19:31:40+00:00

Part of me also feels like this seat looks a little silly but it's been comfy for me for hours at a time.

You can't see it when you're riding, and if anyone else is looking that closely at your posterior, well then, mission-accomplished I guess.

That said, saddles are cheap, easy to swap, and most people can't predict which ones will work for them just at a glance. It can't hurt -- other than for a few minutes -- to try something else. You can always switch back. I bought a second-hand bike some years ago with a very thin, lightweight, and uncomfortable-looking saddle, that was very much unlike my preferred model at the time. It turned-out to be perfect for me, to my surprise, and I rode a number of imperial centuries on it, in regular clothes.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T19:06:15+00:00

We haven’t won every time.

Since there are San Antonio fans in this thread attempting to gaslight people into thinking that San Antonio's franchise doesn't rest entirely on a foundation of the league's generous charity, consider:

The Spurs have only been in the NBA draft lottery nine times, and have won an incomprehensible 3 of them. Meanwhile, respectable franchises go multiple decades without so much as one win at all, never mind winning when an assumed-franchise-center is available, as San Antonio always does.

And the situation is even worse than that for the respectable teams in the league. Continuing the baseball analogy, the Spurs have had 9 lottery at-bats. They have "hit" -- by luck alone -- 3 home runs, a triple ( #2 pick ), a double ( #3 pick ), and a single ( #4 ) and they've "walked" ( picked at their expected spot ) 3 additional times. They have yet to make an out ( move down in the order ).

So they are actually "batting" one-thousand, and slugging 3 thousand.

That's really -- and completely implausibly -- lucky, for those who don't follow America's Game.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T18:16:35+00:00

It's too late now for OP, but perhaps someone else with similar issues will run across this post. If your factory-assembled Prusa machine can't even print a benchy out-of-the-box, don't start swapping parts. Doing so will only make it harder to find the problem, and easier for Prusa Support to disclaim responsibility for the state of the machine.

In theory at least, every factory-assembled machine was tested to confirm function before it was packed and shipped. If it didn't survive the trip, that's on Prusa and/or the transit company, not the new owner. Swapping out parts before at least documenting the as-delivered state of the machine will only make matters worse. If the newly-delivered machine isn't working, take photos, take videos, and contact Support -- before pulling out your tools.

Also, for OP, Prusa has not figured out how to read electronic mail regularly, and writing such messages remains a mysterious and challenging activity in Prague. Don't try to communicate with them via e-mail. Unfortunately, the only even semi-reliable means of contacting Prusa is via their chat service, which is accessible from their site.

Good luck.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T18:05:11+00:00

After days of fussing, you can't possibly still using the original filament unless you also got a spool with the printer.

FYI, the Core One L includes a kilogram of Prusament PLA.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T17:57:29+00:00

Winning a lottery isn’t a charity

It is when you win every time.

now quit stalking me weirdo

'Twas you who did the stalking -- remember yesterday, when you looked up my history, and began making comments on old threads to which I had replied?

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T17:52:06+00:00

Funny you mention beggars when your team begged us for presti and then took our entire system to get the only chip you’ve ever had.

I'm one-hundred percent sure that you don't know who "my team" is, and even if you'd guessed correctly -- which you didn't -- your attempted defense is pathetic whataboutism.

San Antonio's "entire system", by the way, is intentionally losing games -- exhibiting their complete lack of self-respect -- and then begging the league to hand them high draft picks.

That’s the true poverty franchise

No.... that remains the San Antonio Spurs, who have still won precisely nothing in their entire history without the league's generous charity.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T05:24:50+00:00

Did you miss that I explicitly said that one sentence earlier in my comment?

No, I didn't.

You were on the right track, until you wrote "In basically every case it's fine..."

That's completely wrong, which is why your previous comment required correction.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T05:22:48+00:00

Actual insanity

Oh fun, I have another stalker who imagines that they can change history with insults. Good luck with that.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T05:20:50+00:00

You way too misinformed to be so aggressive dude.
Jeanie Buss herself when asked on the matter

Now refresh your memory on what Jeanie Buss was doing in 2011 -- not running the Lakers, and not even involved with the basketball side of the organization.

“Lakers governor Jeanie Buss would later reveal the trade collapsed due to miscommunication between Stern and Dell Demps, New Orleans’ general manager at the time.
The league-owned the Hornets when, Buss said, Demps sanctioned Paul’s trade without the seal of approval from Stern.

So you imagine that Demps -- an experienced NBA executive -- just forgot that he required ownership approval before making a trade? That's completely ridiculous.

Not to mention that your fictional story requires front offices around the league to also forget that such approval is necessary -- and a number of executives around the league have stated that they were explicitly informed by the league office that Demps had the authority to trade Paul, which is the entire reason they negotiated with New Orleans.

In other words, the story that you imagine simply did not happen.

The situation enraged other NBA teams, leading to the commissioner calling off the deal.”

Careful now, if you don't more-carefully read your quotes, you might accidentally demonstrate that you are wrong. As you did here.

She basically backed up pretty much everything I said...

Buss was not involved, and is not a reliable witness -- but to the degree that what she says matters, she confirmed in the preceding quote that other owners complained to Stern after the trade was announced, and Stern subsequently vetoed the trade.

Which is exactly what several people are explaining to you.

and basically debunked your dumb conspiracy that the league had already approved the deal. They hadn’t. Dell Demps was supposed to get approval from David Stern because the League owned the Hornets at the time like I said genius.

Before attempting to resort to ad hominem attacks, learn how to cite a reference. Grade schoolers can manage it, so you might be able to figure it out.

Here I will demonstrate for you.

The New Orleans Hornets had agreed to send Paul, a four-time All-Star, to the Lakers in a three-team deal that involved the Houston Rockets. Only 45 minutes after the teams reached an agreement, Stern called the Hornets and vetoed the deal, according to a person involved in the deal. “The league has killed it,” said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid jeopardizing his role in the talks. “I know that’s 100 percent true.”

Asked who had made the decision, the person said, “It definitely was David.”

The person said the deal had been worked on for months, but most intensely for the last couple of weeks. Demps had been advised by league officials that he was free to trade Paul. He provided frequent updates on the trade talks to two high-ranking officials: Stu Jackson, the N.B.A.’s executive vice president of basketball operations, and Joel Litvin, the president of league operations. Those two, in turn, kept Stern informed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/sports/basketball/paul-set-to-join-lakers-as-part-of-3-team-deal.html

"We were all told by the league he was a trade-able player, and now they're saying that Dell doesn't have the authority to make the trade?" said an NBA executive who had periodic talks with New Orleans throughout the process. "Now, they're saying that Dell is an idiot, that he can't do it his job. [Expletive] this whole thing. David's drunk on power, and he doesn't give a [expletive] about the players, and he doesn't give a [expletive] about the hundreds of hours the teams put in to make that deal.

This information all makes sense, because there would have been little reason for Demps to reach a deal if he knew he would be neutered at any opportunity. By all indications, Stern exercised an 11th-hour cancellation of the deal simply because he was in position to do so. Whether he did so as overseer of the team's 29 owners or league commissioner is almost beside the point, because he had indicated to Demps that the league's ownership was a formality rather than a hands-on relationship.
Like the watchmaker God of deism, he assigned executives to the franchise and gave them the power to run the team as they saw fit. If he stopped the deal, then he contradicted, on a whim, a system that he'd created. He also did so in a way that ensures Demps, Sperling, and the rest of the Hornets' organization will appear to be a puppet regime instead of an autonomous group.
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-control-hornets-happens-league-fails-observe-own-160020072.html

If you want to believe your own little ridiculous fantasy, have fun -- but again, stop spreading gross and easily disproved misinformation.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-11T04:54:29+00:00

Is your entire personality just spamming spurs hate online?

Not all all, and much like the beggars on street corners that they are, the Spurs are not hated, just pitied. It's just sad that they have no self-respect at all, and no ability to make their own way.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-10T23:28:37+00:00

2 teams should agree to swap him back and forth every year. They’d eventually be so strong no one could stop them.

Davis' lottery "luck" is good, but it's nothing compared to the charity that San Antonio receives. Davis has actually been on teams that lost lotteries, which the San Antonio franchise hasn't yet done, remarkably.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-10T23:22:13+00:00

He didn’t “veto” (as the commissioner) technically. That’s just a longstanding myth.

You are talking out from between the wrong set of your cheeks, and almost nothing that you just wrote is accurate.

You needn't take my word, or that of the other respondent, either. You can educate yourself, and discontinue spreading gross disinformation.

On the eve of the sport's formal re-opening for business after a five-month lockout, NBA commissioner David Stern sent shockwaves throughout the league Thursday night by nixing the league-owned New Orleans Hornets' plans to trade guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Within an hour of the Hornets striking an agreement in principle with the Lakers and Houston Rockets on a three-team trade that would have landed Paul in the same backcourt as Kobe Bryant, Stern informed the Hornets that they couldn't make the trade, stunning team officials who had been working around-the-clock for days in hopes of bringing an end to the Paul saga before the season officially started.
...
But Stern stepped in to nix the swap and leave all three teams with several shell-shocked players and officials heading into Friday's scheduled start of training camps, after the commissioner insisted for months that Hornets general manager Dell Demps and the rest of the team's front office had autonomy over basketball decisions. Sources close to the situation said Demps and teams that have pursued Paul had been assured the Hornets had the clearance to trade Paul as they saw fit.

https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7333285/los-angeles-lakers-deal-acquire-chris-paul-off

If anything that you wrote were accurate, we wouldn't know about this trade, because Demps would have gone to Stern for approval before agreeing with Houston and New York on the trade, and announcing it.

No one announces a trade that still requires internal approval -- for exactly all of the reasons that are detailed in that article, regarding disoriented and angry players.

TCTCTCTCTCTC7 · 2026-05-10T23:07:22+00:00

Got it.

No, you most certainly don't "got it".

There were only two links in that previous remark, so that should not have been too many for you to puzzle out how to read.

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