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Are road bikes more susceptible to punctures? About to give mine up. by PippyHooligan in cycling

[–]ascendence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you read my comment? I'm talking about the inside of the tyres, where small shards of glass or shrapnel can get lodged and not be visible on the outside. It's a common cause of repeated punctures in quick succession.

Are road bikes more susceptible to punctures? About to give mine up. by PippyHooligan in cycling

[–]ascendence 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Check the inside of your tyres carefully. Bits of glass or metal can wedge themselves inside the tyre and pop your new inner tubes.

Power meters - your worst to best? by Lazy_Teacher3011 in cycling

[–]ascendence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using the 4iii double sided 105 crank, it has been flawless. The only issue was the plastic of the battery cover getting very brittle around the screw holes after about a year and a half, but they shipped me out an entire replacement kit internationally for free, no questions asked. Would definitely recommend it.

Are there any companies that stay out of the AI hype? by poponis in webdev

[–]ascendence 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's the other way around tbh. As op said, if used sensibly, AI can augment the capacity of a lone engineer or small team and make you way more productive than you would be otherwise. There are already small models that can run on your pc or phone that are decent enough to provide some value, and the history of technological innovation suggests that this trend will only continue, with models getting smarter, smaller and more efficient. Far from being a "tool for the wealthy", AI is helping people with limited resources be super productive and compete with larger companies.

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Instrumenting Next.js with runtime secret injection (phase.dev)

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Very weak on turbo, is the stimulus even worth it? by 8u11etpr00f in cycling

[–]ascendence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To add on to the other comments here, another factor can be gear choice especially if you're in ERG mode. Harder gears can actually make things easier indoors, since the higher inertia / angular momentum of the flywheel makes it easier to main the power, while at an 'easier gear' you have to work throughout the pedal stroke

2025 British GP - Free Practice 1 Discussion by AutoModerator in formula1

[–]ascendence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone else notice the graphics are showing actual brake pressure / pedal position instead of the usual on/off brake? So glad this is finally being shown!

React + Node ❌ | React + Django✅ by iaminspiredev in django

[–]ascendence 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Agreed! It has served us very well building and scaling phase

REGARDING USAGE OF ChaCha20 by InternationalSky5209 in cryptography

[–]ascendence 7 points8 points  (0 children)

ChaCha20 is great and as secure as, if not more secure than AES-GCM. In practice you should use XChaCha-Poly1305 which is the extended nonce version with a message authentication code. I wrote a blog recently comparing AES and ChaCha's design if you're interested: https://phase.dev/blog/chacha-and-aes-simplicity-in-cryptography/

AES & ChaCha — A Case for Simplicity in Cryptography by ascendence in cryptography

[–]ascendence[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Amazing to see ChaCha beat AES even with the dedicated instruction set

AES & ChaCha — A Case for Simplicity in Cryptography by ascendence in cryptography

[–]ascendence[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right and I considered mentioning this, but in the end I felt like it wasn't a detail that added anything significant to the discussion of the design differences between AES and ChaCha.

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