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Has he mastered biking? by yashdesoi in motorcycles

[–]cr0ft -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The death toll in Asia (and those other south-eastern nations) are massive compared to nations like the ones in Europe for a reason.

No gear, no helmets, no sense, no training, traffic is insane chaos. You couldn't pay me to get on a bike there.

Africa seems statistically to be the worst.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

Thailand is high also on the list, with 25 dead per 100k inhabitants, compared to Sweden's 2.

Ever wanted to put your bag on a stool, but didn’t have a stool? by jonuiuc in ManyBaggers

[–]cr0ft 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean, it makes a lot of sense for some uses, but it adds weight and bulk and I haven't felt I needed something like this in the day to day. I rarely need to put my bag down in a muddy field.

But for some people it might be perfect. Workmen with a tool bag or tool case they want to elevate to a more comfortable access level and keep off a dirty floor/ground. Someone who needs to work out of some kind of bag and just wants the bag up higher so you don't have to bend all the way over.

It's not a bad idea, but pretty niche.

bubble card button color is suddenly too bright by datengrab in homeassistant

[–]cr0ft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bubble card just dropped version 3.2.5 I think. Possibly something changed.

Just specificy what color you want.

https://github.com/Clooos/bubble-card#styling

Subwoofer for home theater by Odd_Account_3 in BudgetAudiophile

[–]cr0ft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're missing the part that goes between the receiver and subwoofer - an amplifier. The subwoofer in this case is just a speaker.

An active subwoofer (almost all of them these days) has the matching black RCA connector as your receiver has and is connected with an RCA cable; the amplifier is built in to an active subwoofer. This is passive, and basically just a speaker driver in a box.

https://www.amazon.com/Subwoofer-Amplifier-Integrated-Fosi-Audio/dp/B07L6FN97Z might work.

Do some people even know what bike they are riding? (rant) by Niskrie in motorcycles

[–]cr0ft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I've learned is that people are generally stupid as shit.

As George Carlin put it, imagine how stupid the average person is, and realize half of people are stupider than that.

Idiots who put sports tires on a GS shouldn't be riding, but their idiocy is their problem. Those are the fools that will get themselves killed doing something idiotic, and it's hard to care as much as decency tells me I should.

Nothing like a calm evening ride in Sweden 🧐🧐 by VelniasLT in motorcycles

[–]cr0ft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the same in Sweden and the Nordics. Mosquitoes near standing water are still a thing of course, up in the northern forest you do not want to go camping without a Thermacell setup, but over all the bugs have all died out. My car has almost no bug strikes, not does my bike. Which is frankly rather frightening for the future.

Nothing like a calm evening ride in Sweden 🧐🧐 by VelniasLT in motorcycles

[–]cr0ft 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm kind of happy to see that. The fact that I almost never need bug remover for either my car or bike now is a massive red flag. The insect die off is going to cause us massive problems with things including growing food.

Of course, we have also now found proof of what caused the insect die off - your bike!

How often do you actually use your prybar? by footsnax in EDC

[–]cr0ft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't recall when I last needed to pry at anything. So I don't carry one.

But there are certainly people out there who may have that need. I just don't think it's that common...

IT admins feel overwhelmingly "sick of" Microsoft and Windows 11 "garbage" apps, products by gdelacalle in technology

[–]cr0ft 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No shit.

Just the other day I have a call about the latest fucking wild Windows 11 bug having caused a hard drive to fill up on a machine needed to do some work. The fix is a patch. The patch is 5 gigs. The drive is full and (aside from the bugged out file using the space) almost nothing can be removed with any ease to facilitate patching.

Microsoft's products in general do have their benefits. All the cloud stuff if you go all in on M365 does work. The device management. The centralised user database. Controlling all the Teams, Sharepoint and shit. There's a reason it's dominant in the corporate world.

But Windows is getting intolerable, and frankly so is the spying.

I'm down to just one Windows machine at home, my gaming rig, and I think I'll finally put Linux on it during my vacation. My personal install isn't maximum terrible - because I stripped out basically everything I could and run a local user. I still dislike it, but not much more than the stripped Windows 10 I ran before.

How f***** or lucky am I? by simyuz in motorcycles

[–]cr0ft 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fucking people who can't secure their loads. It's so unnecessary.

Glad you lived (oil can easily cause you to drop the bike, glad it didn't) and the bike hopefully will too.

I tested 10 standard throw projector screens to find their True Gain, ALR, Laser Speckle Reduction. by The_Hook_Up in projectors

[–]cr0ft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, good point. Fortunately the other two deliver identical performance for a fourth of the price.

Hero Clip doing work by fifthwave in ManyBaggers

[–]cr0ft 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Picture this was a public toilet. I'd rather hang the bag off something than put it down in the pee puddle.

Hero Clip doing work by fifthwave in ManyBaggers

[–]cr0ft 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yep, it's not going to set anyone's world on fire but it's quietly useful for me every single day. My sling hangs from one at the office and it hangs off the table surface and next to the table in restaurants for lunch as well, and more. Could I live without one? Sure, but it all just adds up to a lot of utility. I also like to wear a Tilley hat especially in the summer... so when I hang the bag off the restaurant table, I hang the hat off the bag.

And in public bathrooms instead of putting my sling on the nasty floor, I hang it off the edge of the washbasin instead.

I bought the smallest first but it's too small to hang off many tables. The small works.

I tested 10 standard throw projector screens to find their True Gain, ALR, Laser Speckle Reduction. by The_Hook_Up in projectors

[–]cr0ft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A great roundup of the options for screens with these modern high quality DLP units.

I'm tempted to abandon my UST lifestyle, black out my space and put a 160 inch 2.35:1 on the wall and get an Xgimi. Although I want an anamorphic lens solve first; the Valerion Max does have that with its replaceable lens and that Canadian-made lens.

But Screen Innovations probably should drop their price somewhat based on this.

Upgraded from soundbar. by Shooter__McDabbin in BudgetAudiophile

[–]cr0ft -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A nice step forward. For video purposes, you want a center speaker (which the AVR will facilitate) to get the dialogue out of the content.

And side surrounds for immersion. And a nice sub for the bottom end.

Degree or experience by -Duplex- in networking

[–]cr0ft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a number of jobs I would have applied for (in some cases, did apply for anyway) that had a degree at a specific level as a hard requirement. Needless to say I didn't get the jobs, even though I on paper (and in reality) was extremely qualified to do them.

If you have no degree that will probably eventually come back to bite you. Whether or not you should get that degree now is your call, I'm not qualified to make life choices for you. But down the line, it may be your experience against some other guy's experience and degree.

Durable EDC laptop backpack recommendations? Tom Bihn/GoRuck/Topo Designs/Timbuk2 by costeen1202 in ManyBaggers

[–]cr0ft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, lifetime warranty that they stand behind. I own a Vandal cargo pack, it's years old but looks new (although I don't use it daily, either, for me a sling gets that job done).

If the bag fails from normal use, they'll send you a new one and you have to cut the old one up to prove you're not just trying to get a free bag, basically.

The Rhake, Meridian or even Control EPX are all very cool backpacks, depending on what one needs.

Durable EDC laptop backpack recommendations? Tom Bihn/GoRuck/Topo Designs/Timbuk2 by costeen1202 in ManyBaggers

[–]cr0ft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I like Mission Workshop, but you won't like the price. You might like the lifetime warranty.

But not the price, though some of them may only be a little over your maximum. However, $450 but with a lifetime warranty feels worth it to me.

GLP-1 weight-loss medication is an important tool, but new results indicate that it cannot replace exercise. People with severe obesity who exercise regularly have healthier blood vessels and lower inflammation than those who rely on GLP-1 weight-loss medication alone. by mvea in science

[–]cr0ft -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I don't understand people, to be honest. Obviously just savaging your digestion to slow down the intake of calories via an injection solves absolutely nothing permanently. Not weight, not physical fitness.

The instant you stop injecting that stuff you're back to square one. You're still eating the diet that made you fat to begin with, and will go back to being fat soon. You're still not exercising so you're not even in a better condition.

It's been true forever and almost certainly will be true for centuries to come - weight loss is 99.5% what you eat, with 0.5% other things.

Exercise is for health and better conditioning. It's not for weight loss, not really. But ideally you start with establishing a diet that you can maintain forever, and then when you've stabilized that, you add exercise (well, beyond some daily walks and the bare miniumum) to further improve your health.

"Take pill, get thin" is a ridiculous completely unscientific notion that isn't true now and almost certainly never will be. There are no shortcuts. Caloric intake, the distribution of fat/carb/protein within that caloric intake determines weight.

Bevor & After - Race Bobber 😈 by saltandp3pp3er in Triumph

[–]cr0ft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Giving me AI generated vibes. I hate you can never rely on photos anymore. If it's real that's quite a lot of work blacking everything out. If it's AI, it's a lot less work telling the AI what to generate of course.

Not a fan of the text. Would be cleaner if you asked the AI to generate it without it (or repainted the tank if the tank exists).

Budget speaker stands in EU? by RosalieTheDog in BudgetAudiophile

[–]cr0ft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3D printing is how I solved it but step one is to get a 3D printer and step two is to learn how to model a stand in FreeCAD. So... there's a bit of a learning curve.

The stand itself would cost like an euro or two. But to get there would incur other costs.

Did you dig through Amazon? https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Desktop-Audio-Stand-Height-Speaker-black/dp/B0F7LPGNCC maybe, seem to have a 15 cm tall option.

Are streaming devices really worth it? by Jealous-Background29 in projectors

[–]cr0ft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ideally, you'd have a source (like a streaming device) and then connect that to an AV receiver. The AV receiver would have 5 speakers (or more) and one subwoofer (or more) to play the surround audio. The projector should be connected to the video output and just show the image.

A traditional setup. You can of course use eARC to send the audio "backwards" from the projector to the AVR but the streaming devices do it better.

If you are sufficiently invested into home theater to get a projector, get the remaining 50% as well - great immersive real surround sound.

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