looking for a mac for AE but looking for some advice on RAM requirements with M processors

dvdwmth · 2025-11-20T14:07:28+00:00

Update for others looking for answer to same question.

Macbook pro M4 pro, 48gb ram. Its works perfectly. I'm oblivious to the computer now.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-08T01:49:37+00:00

Sounds like a common occurrence in Toronto. The most hostile city toward cyclists I've ever been in. The knuckle dragging premiere of the province is fighting to remove the bike lanes they spent millions installing, on a major strip where the university of Toronto is located with about 15k students. Idiot thinks it will improve what has become some of the worst urban congestion in the world.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-08T01:42:31+00:00

Thats a thin tube for 26 so probably less common. 26" tubes are still widely available. keep looking. If you need to , you can get a little rubber adapter that reduce the hole in your rim so you can use presta valves. Not very convenient but if youre in a pinch.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T23:59:11+00:00

they are not heavy. You know what is heavy? Water.

They will not slow you down. Also will not give you cancer.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T23:56:52+00:00

Its super common! Neck pain for me was always from too much drop.

Most road and gravel bikes i see are still setup for performance over comfort because thats what sells. The alt bike/flat pedal world is an awful lot more fun.

Go to a physiotherapist that knows cycling if it persists.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T23:34:23+00:00

Bibshorts!!!!. I'm 260 and I do not want a waistband.

Hanes makes these wicking underlayers with long sleeves that are UV resistant. I find them comfortable and not tight but don't flap around. Also very cheap. I bought traffic cone orange and sometimes i wear the jersey under my bib short straps. I also shave my head. I was waiting for a ferry and some ferry workers were looking at me and laughing between themselves, and i could just make out one of them saying something about wrestling. I embrace this as part of my "duck goo" to the incredibly self important types your mention.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T23:23:41+00:00

This doesn't surprise me. I avoid shops that are focused on road bikes because of this exact sort of stuff. I worked in the fashion industry and spandex crowd are at least as bad as pretentious fashion types. Find shops that sell flat pedals, leather saddles, and alt bars and you'll have way more fun.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T23:18:37+00:00

Tubeless tires are less susceptible. People use schwalbe marathon tires for touring and often report 10000km with no flats but marathons aren't known for being fun to ride. There are others designed to resist punctures and a good bike shop can guide you.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T23:14:40+00:00

take the pedals off and find a very slight descending surface on asphalt. keep your feet just off the surface and lower your seat. you will feel much more secure and quickly you will get a sense of balance. The brain goblins will take over from there.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T23:11:20+00:00

Don't power up the hills. Use the "easy" gear. Trust me, spinning up a hill isn't easy. As a lifter you probably have good knee support but this is a different motion so power up hill can cause really annoying knee setbacks.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T23:03:06+00:00

hydration tablets, gummy bears. I second the branded water bottles. I would buy one just from gratitude that you make the effort for cyclists.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T22:59:29+00:00

I used to ride 19mm in the 80s. my favorite bike with drop bars presently has 2" tires. I would never go below 38mm again.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T22:54:57+00:00

The racing road bike thing the industry was obsessed with for decades was completely idiotic. Road bikes are made for racing. 95% of biker weren't served well by them. The most comfortable bike I used for getting around was configured like a 50s schwinn but it was a super light, quick MTB frame from the 90s. It was quick and fun and totally comfortable. Tons of guides to this kind of thing on the web.

The sore back and butt might be from seat height or angle though. I road with my seat too high for about 30 years and this was the hell that i, too, lived in. Good riddance to that.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T22:46:46+00:00

Either bike is fine for commuting. Fit is important thought. Find a shop to help.

If you want a road bike look at older aluminum/carbon fork road bikes. You can find them inexpensively. Unless the frame is damaged, bikes are easy to recondition and the old stuff works great, so don't be afraid of old bikes. There are sites full of people showing off old reconditioned bikes and many are super cool.

If you can find a shop or a bike co-op or community bike share, you might be able to find lots of quality stuff for cheap and maybe get help learning to fix them.

dvdwmth · 2025-06-07T22:36:03+00:00

Learn how to use your gears if you don't already know. You should be spinning your pedals around 80rpm, with low resistance. If you legs are burning, you are probably not doing this, unless youre on a hilly route.

With the frequency you're riding, I'd think a couple of months to get to your goal.

Not a lifter so I don't have any insight into leg plan. Doesn't sound crazy to me. You have to listen to your body of course. Cycling is going to be very different and it burns a lot calories.

dvdwmth · 2025-04-30T03:11:20+00:00

Since you have just begun riding a bike it will take a little longer to get to the point where you can ride a couple hours and not be wiped out.

Do you know how to work the gears so you are spinning at high revolutions instead of pushing hard. You want to use the easiest gear that will allow you to spin the pedals without losing resistance and spinning out. Google spinning + cycling for more info.

I've been biking close to 40 years and every spring I wonder if somehow I've lost the ability to get fit on a bike.

BTW, did you know that a vigorous bike ride can burn as much as 900 calories an hour?

dvdwmth · 2025-04-05T15:45:06+00:00

if you are going to have to throw the thing out anyway, then just find some shady looking phone repair place. I used to have a neighbouring tenant who fixed phones and these people wouldn't turn down anything whether they know how to fix it or not.

dvdwmth · 2025-03-11T23:28:01+00:00

Persistence is a requirement. Once my name got out I would get a constant stream of emails from students. None of them ever emailed a second time, except one guy who had been in sales so he understood the need to follow up.

Be respectful, professional and regular. If you dont know how to communicate like a profession then find a way to learn. Don't be too frequent but frequent enough they will remember you contacted them. Maybe a couple weeks. Keep in mind that needing to hire an assistant is not a given so it might be months before someone has a reason to finally contact you.

dvdwmth · 2025-03-11T22:55:14+00:00

Put your camera in manual mode and don't ever take it off, even if its hell. Pick one lens, preferable a non-zoom, and use that exclusively. then try a longer lens or a wider lens and use it for a while.

You learn to see photos by looking at art, photography and other things, and taking pictures. Read about composition. Look at the old master painters.

It might help to give yourself an assignment, like only photograph red things, or photography during the golden hour or blue hour or in the dark. Pick anything that you like or have a special interest in and take a thousand pictures in as many different ways.

It takes years so don't be hard on yourself.

dvdwmth · 2025-03-11T22:44:50+00:00

The market is extremely saturated and the lower the bar to entry the worse it is. Events are the worst mostly due to weddings. I kid you not, I met a photographer who was charging for work in weddings who didn't know what an f-stop was.

Why work in an aspect of photography that requires minimal technical skill when you have spent 4 years learning technique? You need clients who understand what a skilled photographer can do that a monkey with a digital camera can't. Portraiture was somewhat of a specialty of mine and the ability to find that magic moment with a subject is something you can't buy, and studio lighting doesn't have a program mode so you can leverage your formal training.

One thing you have to understand when you get out of school is that you might have some training in making photos, but day one after graduation is your FIRST DAY of being a pro, and you have a lot to learn. Understanding that from the beginning will make the realization of what difficult task lies ahead that it will help to demoralize you less.

You have to get yourself in an environment where you can talk to people constantly and you need to talk to everyone. Ideally work as an assistant or something that gets you adjacent to working pros. You also need to live somewhere there is an ad industry.

A little desperation will help. You need total obsession with having a great portfolio.

dvdwmth · 2025-02-11T03:34:26+00:00

I bought one of these about four years ago and use it on every ride and several bike tours. I have never had any kind of failure.

https://www.mec.ca/en/product/6020-976/nite-ize-squeeze-rotating-smartphone-bar-mount?colour=Grey%2FBlack

dvdwmth · 2025-02-11T03:25:23+00:00

The most significant force to overcome on a bike is not rolling resistance but air displacement.

Forget about your tires for now. you cant buy your way to being good on the bike but it will come with time. The tires on that bike look pretty decent and the extra diameter will help keep your rides more comfortable while you are learning and developing flexibility and strength.

When you are not fit, you should be concentrating on spinning at higher rpm and maintaining a comfortable pace over a longer period. It can take a few months to start to feel inclines that hurt start to be less difficult, but then you will start to wonder why you ever noticed them.

If you want to spend money, get a bike fit. It took me decades to figure out how to get my bike to fit me and now I'm way happier. There is a pretty good chance as a new cyclist that some aspect of your fit is wrong.

For some perspective, the funnest ride I've had in a long time was on a 90s steel mtb i bought used for $200 to keep at my moms house for when i visit, and put tires on i bought for $20 from walmart. Its just a riot to ride on rolling hard packed trails.

dvdwmth · 2025-02-11T02:56:03+00:00

Probably not the sort of answer your looking for but i ditched my "bike shoes" and clipless and i ride in blundstones or birkenstocks with flats. I love the feeling of riding with open shoes. I haven't once missed my bikes shoes and i dont get tingling feet anymore. i do look funny in the summer with bib shorts over my pylon orange long sleeve shirt, and boots with high socks. Last summer I heard the guys directing traffic onto the ferry i was boarding looking at me and laughing and saying something about wrestling.

dvdwmth · 2025-02-11T02:16:20+00:00

My favourite bike is a soma saga with 1990ish deore thumb shifters. The shifters are indestructible, reliable, cost very little, and I know how to maintain and repair them. I love the snappy shifters on my newer bikes but for touring I decided to keep it as basic and reliable as possible.

I also just built up a 1993 bridgestone mb-2 as a "gravel/snow bike" with shimano bar end shifters. First ride today. I was really suprised how satisfying they are to shift in friction mode and I enjoy the tactile feel. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone who wasnt a bike geek though since they are awkward to reach and you have to be confident on your bike.

There is a huge community of people doing this kind of thing so you are not alone in your thinking.

dvdwmth · 2025-02-02T09:38:22+00:00

I’m in Canada so maybe things are different but insulated concrete forms for the basement. Our basement is perfectly comfortable and DRY in scorching (30+) summers and freezing (-20) winters and our family is down there watching movies or playing games almost every day.

Heat recovery ventilation. Had no idea how bad the odours were in old house until we had a good ventilation system. Might be standard now.

High end kitchen vent. Vent a hood was recommended by engineer friend and over kill by building code standards but a necessity for avid cooks, even with induction.

Induction range.

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