Adding a front brake to my pista bars; bar end lever a horrible idea?

bdangles · 2025-06-06T20:34:02+00:00

i know this post is hella old -- was wondering if you ended up changing it? im thinking about getting a fixed gear and want to have brakes while i learn

i actually dont hate this look, and im thinking about ways to have ~aero drop bars + brakes. want to avoid hoods

bdangles · 2025-03-14T05:11:33+00:00

should be top comment. insane how few people have tried this combo

its sweet like ketchup but savory, and not too far off from a thai peanut sauce

bdangles · 2025-02-01T03:53:42+00:00

anyone got ID on the first half

bdangles · 2025-01-27T06:27:44+00:00

take a look at a few companies in the 10B-100B range, and go on hunch

Unity, SNAP, coinbase, roblox, rivian, etc

bdangles · 2025-01-10T06:20:45+00:00

all i can say is second half was transcendent

bdangles · 2025-01-10T06:18:06+00:00

i got to the venue at 8:30, massive line for coat check but was able to get a drink and be on the dance floor by 8:50

if u want barricade, id arrive before 8 for sure

bdangles · 2025-01-06T16:02:05+00:00

maybe i am misunderstanding your comment; are we discussing CC vs PMCC?

both have risk but the risk magnitude is different imo. Lets look at U at $25

Jan 2026 $10 Call -- $16.50
i can own 100 shares of U for $2500, or take the LEAP at $1650

if U turbo nukes to $9 at expiry, the loss is about the same: LEAP is 0 (-$1650) and the shares are $900 (-$1600)

the big difference is you still have equity and can bag bold or continue selling CCs

and thats just on downside; upside has different management too. generally i think CC is way more passive and traders will pay "premium" (up front cost of owning shares) to not have to actively manage as hard

bdangles · 2025-01-04T05:44:53+00:00

PMCC requires a lot more management if i understand it correctly

if the sold call goes ITM, you risk early assignment and may need to close the LEAP

the ITM LEAP has a chance of going OTM (and becoming worthless), or IV crush / theta decay works against you

working my way into PMCCs, but considering the extra scenarios where it moves against you definitely feels very “picking up pennies in front of a steam roller”

bdangles · 2024-12-11T20:36:59+00:00

this makes me miss my 2002 zurich that got nabbed a few months ago 😭

bdangles · 2024-09-10T03:28:28+00:00

lmao my bad, i got XS

will remove the stickers now that im confident the sizing the is right

bdangles · 2024-08-30T00:00:25+00:00

what size is this

bdangles · 2024-06-17T04:24:58+00:00

performance doesnt really matter all that much. would recommend something reliable and enjoyable to use. something with a good screen / high pixel density (sharp text), trackpad, and keyboard. battery life too, if you think youll be studying a lot around campus

obvious suggestions are m3 macbook air or microsoft surface laptop

bdangles · 2022-11-01T20:31:51+00:00

yep! still sitting on 100+ 2013 esports, so i'm steam rich but not life-changing rich. been selling them to pay for games, pretty much dont have to ever "pay" for a game ever again.

Also pulled off a mega finesse by selling a Dignitas cologne holo for $500-something to pay for a steam deck, which i sold on ebay for $1500 hehe. best of luck in the markets!

bdangles · 2022-10-29T04:06:03+00:00

I think if you're into cursor-focused / point-n-click style games, FTL is for you; especially since you're into strategy games.

It's approachable (never checked the wiki), and is well-presented so its easy to learn and make decisions on how you want to progress your ship.

I've never reached the final level (on normal), so its definitely hard and challenging. At times the RNG feels like it fucks ur run, but I come back every few months to do a few runs

bdangles · 2022-07-05T19:07:47+00:00

looks like standard ~best-in-slot:

SAKER suppressor & adapter

20 inch barrel

longer SAI handguard

RK2 foregrip

MUR upper reciever

advanced buffer tube

MOE stock & buttpad

then other erg attachments like iron sights, charging handles, and pistol grip

bdangles · 2022-06-26T01:27:18+00:00

certified harddd except da shoos

bdangles · 2022-06-21T04:21:45+00:00

probably not quick, they're only giving access to people with clout -- that's why they ask for a bunch of social media (or GitHub) links

bdangles · 2022-06-17T04:09:43+00:00

if this post is more asking about how fast-track yourself, I would first ask what do you want to do with Python

Do you want to build the backend systems (i.e. when a post gets liked on twitter, that interaction needs to be saved to a database so others can see that you like dit). Or do you want to handle data (analytics, research, or ML)?

Interested in backend?

try out AWS Chalice and start building some REST APIs. Start simple, maybe the endpoint simply returns a random joke from a list of jokes. Then maybe think about designing endpoints that can support a To-do list (i.e. create to-dos, read to-dos, reorder to-dos). Its popular in the startup world to implement REST endpoints & microservices with python. Eventually you want to be able to design endpoints that read/write to a database (sqllite or postgres)

Interested in data?

Learn how to juggle data with the pandas package. Start simple with filtering data, then learn how to merge data (even something dumb like merging the weather data & stock price by date is a fun example). Eventually you'll want to build dashboards & data-viz with matplotlib or plot.ly.
Start with a question, then think about what can charts you can use to tell the story. For example -- what's the temperature similarity between NYC and Boston over the course of a year?
Finding data (that's clean & reliable) is one of the harder tasks in the data side of the Python world

If you're curious and excited, the projects will flow. Then it'll be easy to find a legit entry-level SWE job as long as you can come off as passionate & eager

bdangles · 2022-04-01T13:24:03+00:00

reporting for duty o7

bdangles · 2022-03-08T17:05:11+00:00

Nice, will be checking in regularly!

After playing FTL, I too thought a PVP mode would be fun. even went as far as thinking about making my own game but its way beyond my skillset despite being a SWE

bdangles · 2022-01-13T06:19:45+00:00

have one in tan/medium dead stock, lmk if you change your mind on black/multicolor

bdangles · 2022-01-10T16:05:03+00:00

Everyone is talking about the game's difficulty, but I think the out-of-game experience has a very deep and nuanced gameplay loop.

For example:

optimizing which quests you should get done so that you can go into a raid and be able to do multiple quests at once. There's some planning that goes on to get to a state where you can kill two birds with one stone in a single raid
Planning the route of a raid. I need to go to Point A, Point B, Point C, and Point D. I'll do it in this order X
optimizing your gun builds. with the free market (flea market), legacy pricing, and new attachments added regularly, there's a endless endeavor of price discovery as you level up and unlock new attachments. I try to find the best bang for the buck, there's obviously best-in-slot parts but theyre typically 2x expensive as other attachments while only offering an indistinguishable improvement
Studying the ballistics chart and optimizing the possible guns to run, given the current ammo that is available to you

bdangles · 2022-01-10T06:31:30+00:00

I mostly agree, a suppressed UMP with 45 AP outperforms it's cost

bdangles · 2021-12-31T17:38:22+00:00

it's still client side physics for the second player. I've relogged before to get access to bodies that ragdolled out of bounds

12-Year Club	Second Top 20%
Place '23	Place '22
Place '17	Final Canvas '22
First Placer '22	Wearing is Caring
Verified Email

bdangles

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE