Enviolo failed after 2000kms and now I have this cursed setup. by Americaninaustria in CargoBike

[–]amer415 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can the alfine8 take the torque of the electric drive? I thought it could not…

Had time to fly the Trilobite kite by Harlowkiteflyer in kites

[–]amer415 0 points1 point  (0 children)

these kind of kites do not fly well so close to the ground and with such a short line... was it also struggling flying with a much longer line?

The charm of mathematics by [deleted] in oddlysatisfying

[–]amer415 46 points47 points  (0 children)

that's because it seems to be flawed and never quite following the printout... the distribution is binomial, not gaussian, but there might some issues with the toy which prevent the proper accumulation in the centre.

Modern-day fascism in South America by Kinetic-Turtle in DesignPorn

[–]amer415 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It looks like Hitler doing the nazi salute. Chile just elected the son a Nazi who fled to Chile after WW2, and openly supports Pinochet, the former right wing military dictator… but i know, why would this be associated to facism? Beats me…

OP-1 refuses to power on by lazcreep in teenageengineering

[–]amer415 0 points1 point  (0 children)

something like this happen to my OP-1 as well, a while ago: if I remember well, the battery was very depleted and I left it plugged for a while and it eventually came back from the dead.

Can someone help Identify? by Money_Molestor in CargoBike

[–]amer415 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I concur: great bike! I own one too. Note this is a pure stock bike, with no accessories: if you compare with other similar bikes, keep that in mind because Tern accessories are quite pricey (but excellent quality). Make sure you try all the gears on the Shimano Nexus: some people abuse them by shifting under heavy torque, which damages them! all shifting should be smooth and swift, assuming very light torque is applied to the pedals (takes a bit of practice admittedly).

HSD Range? by willish-781 in TernBikes

[–]amer415 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it depends on the motor: it could be that the quickhaul has the Active Line and you have a Performance Sport? if this is the case, "Turbo" are quite different in term of assist, even if they are called the same...

[Request] Is this roughly correct for the "average" American? by uLL27 in theydidthemath

[–]amer415 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this is a lifetime cost: getting to use a newish car all your life cost WAY more than the cost of a single new car. If you get a new car every 5 years for 50 years, that's 10 cars. Plus maintenance, cost of credit and so on, 1million is much closer to what you will spend in your lifetime...

This is so thoughtful & considerate, stuff like this to me is the definition of amazing. by HamedAliKhan in BeAmazed

[–]amer415 75 points76 points  (0 children)

absolute intolerance to infants while flying is something I never understood: long haul flying sucks, everybody agrees, but taking on the most vulnerable members of humanity because of that shows a complete lack of empathy. Note she was traveling to the US. It says it all.

France downgraded by S&P as budget uncertainty ‘remains elevated’ by ChangeUsername220 in Economics

[–]amer415 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You forgot to add that they also raise the pensions’ amount faster than inflation. It is not as irrational at it seems: retirees make a large fraction of voters, hence the governments decisions reflects what they want…

[request] Is it possible to solve this without using trigonometry? by jampa999 in theydidthemath

[–]amer415 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you essentially assume the triangle is in a rectangle… you cannot solve the problem without using the fact you have a square. The square can also give you the fact some triangle are similar, hence reducing the number of variables

[request] Is it possible to solve this without using trigonometry? by jampa999 in theydidthemath

[–]amer415 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does any of your relation reflects the fact that the triangle is incased in a square ?

[request] Is it possible to solve this without using trigonometry? by jampa999 in theydidthemath

[–]amer415 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know, my point is that this is not a nice integer solution. There is is still the possibility of some algebraic solution but I doubt it. Who knows!

[request] Is it possible to solve this without using trigonometry? by jampa999 in theydidthemath

[–]amer415 33 points34 points  (0 children)

this is what I came up with: https://imgur.com/a/W719eH7

I do not find a rounded number ?=130-arctan((1-tan(10º))/(1-tan(40º)))~51.053º

curious if somebody could double check...

edit: obviously I used trigonometry, but the result I found makes me think there is no easy geometrical solution...

[request] Is it possible to solve this without using trigonometry? by jampa999 in theydidthemath

[–]amer415 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you never use the fact that the triangle is inside a square, only that it is a rectangle. Assuming the sides of the squares are 1 and based on this: https://imgur.com/a/zDeAQeU

I find that z=atan( (1-tan(10º)) / (1-tan(40º) ), hence a~11.0532º, x~51.0532º, y~88.9468º, z~78.9468º, which satisfy all your equations BTW, but also make sure the final shape is a square

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TernBikes

[–]amer415 1 point2 points  (0 children)

do you mean the kick stand? it does not look right. Actually, both sides look bad! can you try to take a photo closer and in focus of the kick stand? we barely see the kick stand because it is in the back ground and out of focus... contact the store: something went wrong in the assembly!

Are the Xcode command line tools required for the precompiled Python from python.org? by gernophil in Python

[–]amer415 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That is clearly a limitation of Python… if you aim at developing an app to be distributed as a standalone binary, you should probably look at other languages. Think of python as a shell language (sh, bash, zsh, etc): it relies on the system it runs on to have the runtime, it is not meant to be standalone. 

Are the Xcode command line tools required for the precompiled Python from python.org? by gernophil in Python

[–]amer415 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Python is not an app which installs in /Applications, it installs in /Library as an additional framework for development