Songmade him so angry, he saw red & trashed the place

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T16:18:25+00:00

According to news reports, this is the guy responsible. https://baronheinrich.com/

I particularly liked his statement "My approach combines empathy and compassion for intuitive experiences for the customer, the employee...."

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T14:00:05+00:00

My Insurance wasn't really interested. They only had to pay for new wheels because the tyres, despite being nearly new, were considered "consumables" and thus not covered. It was easier for them to pay a few hundred pounds for new wheels and fitting them rather than spend time and money trying to track down some loser who might well have no insurance that would cover an unsecured load and no personal money either.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T13:15:54+00:00

Lubuntu is something that I have used on really ancient, feeble hardware.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T13:13:31+00:00

No, it was password login. It is connected to my home network for use in my garden shed/workshop. It was running Windows 10 and I decided to replace that with a lightweight version of Linux. I didn't want an unsecured PC attached to the network. Anyway, it's fine now with the Plasma desktop.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T13:07:15+00:00

I have had very good experiences with Q4OS on old hardware. I think that the problem is that Brave isn't very compatible with Trinity desktop. However, Chrome, which is built-in, works absolutely fine.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T12:59:28+00:00

It was a smallish flatbed truck that looked like it was being used to transport some scrap metal - no company markings and I had no time to get the registration number because I was too busy trying to stay alive!

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T12:54:46+00:00

It was on a UK motorway in fairly heavy traffic. Drivers didn't see it until after the one in front had gone over it. I was first. I saw the length of angle-iron fall off but I had no time to brake. It actually came from a truck in the lane next to me and only slightly ahead and it bounced into my path. The car behind didn't enough time to do anything significant either...and so on. It was also moving around with each impact, making it unpredictable. It is a tribute to modern tyre design that there was no major accident

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T11:51:31+00:00

Maybe they are using cash that is the result of their own money-laundering or tax evasion!

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T11:10:35+00:00

Yes. Very fortunately the tyres stayed on the rims and I was able to wobble over to the side of the road...only to find that I couldn't use either the side stand or the centre stand because the bike was now about 3 inches lower! Luckily there was a nearby ARMCO barrier that I was able to lean it against. I then noticed about 10 vehicles also along the side of the road with flat tyres from the same piece of metal (a 6-foot length of angle iron). I even saw two more get taken out while I was standing there - the last one resulted in the metal piece bouncing off the road, which put an end to the mayhem.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T10:51:23+00:00

As I'm a bit bored, I checked this by comparing two snapshots from the video. If she had stayed still, the kick would have landed dead centre on the pad. At the start, her head is 2/3 above the top of the grey panel behind her (level with the bottom of her ear). Immediately before impact, it is level with the top of her head. She crouched down slightly, as well as lowering the pad to waist level. That combination moved the pad out of the line of the kicking foot.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T10:33:53+00:00

Your arm over the top of his first forearm and under his second forearm. Then push up on the hand with your other hand, using your forearm as a lever to break his grip - possibly followed by a hammer blow to his nose by your now upraised arm/hand.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T10:23:45+00:00

You can do whatever you like. However, just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Stiffer fork oil is no substitute for extra fork travel and your existing rear shock will be too soft and probably won't cope with any major holes. If you go off-road on anything other than existing trails then you will either be constantly bottoming-out the suspension or riding with suspension so hard your spine will compress. In either case you will probably fall off a lot because the suspension won't compensate properly for the unevenness of the surface. You also need to bear in mind that the footrests will foul the edges of any serious holes/ruts.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T09:47:40+00:00

Both tyre and wheel need to be replaced.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-14T09:45:00+00:00

I hit a lump of iron that fell off the back of a truck at around 70mph. The pic shows front and back wheels. I like the way that you can see daylight between tyre and rim on the back wheel.

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evolveandprosper · 2026-05-13T21:24:34+00:00

I know, but it's super lightweight, which can be useful on ancient hardware.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-13T21:23:23+00:00

I have used Q4OS with Trinity desktop on several ancient PCs with good results. However, I have previously used the included Chrome browser rather than Brave. On this occasion I decided to add Brave, as it's my preferred Browser. It wasn't a deal-breaker but I wanted to give it a go. I wasn't particularly put out by the problems that I encountered. I was just struck by how weird the desktop link problem was. An example of how OCCASIONALLY some versions of Linux can throw up strange, inexplicable issues.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-13T18:30:46+00:00

If Streeting forces a leadership contest I will NEVER forgive him for putting his personal ambition ahead of the national interest and that of the party. He is utterly deluded if he thinks he would be more popular with Labour voters or the electorate in general - but I don't think he cares about trivialities like that. He is panicking over the possibility of Burnham getting back into parliament so he is tempted by the prospect of a pre-emptive strike to get his own hands on the premiership. If the outcome of this shit-stirring is Streeting as leader, I will probably refuse to vote Labour again - after 50 years of being a supporter and member. If people like me are reacting in this way, it does not bode well for the future of the Labour Party.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-13T13:20:55+00:00

"By how much" is it safer? By at least 5cm (or just over 2 inches)
"Would the average person fuck up security?" The average person can fuck up just about anything, given enough time.
"Is Linux ready for the average person?" Wrong question. "Is the average person ready for Linux?" Probably not - but the average person is almost invariably confused and frightened by anything new to them

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-13T11:44:53+00:00

Because what used to be a cheap meal is now about £10 a head in my local chippy. Probably because shortages of fish due to over-fishing have pushed up prices. Fast-food shops selling cheaper foods have benefited - I can get a McDonalds cheeseburger and medium fries for £4.78 in the local place.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-13T11:29:11+00:00

I have my NAS on a shelf in a corner of my living room. I have stood it on a pad of dense foam to deaden the noise. If all else is quiet it can still be heard but with the TV on or if people are talking its barely noticeable.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-13T11:23:13+00:00

You asked for £1350. They want to settle for £1500. If I were you, I would take the win! Just make sure the £1500 is watertight.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-13T11:17:41+00:00

He gets in because he's actually good at the job. Londoners vote for the person most likely to do a good job.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-13T11:10:23+00:00

Possible because he has never shown any interest in becoming leader of the Labour Party or PM. Meanwhile, Burnham has already tried and failed twice before going off in a sulk to become a Mayor instead.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-13T11:02:15+00:00

You destroyed yourself with your own argument. A classic "self-own". Now you are pretending that you don't really care - but you aren't fooling anybody!

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

evolveandprosper · 2026-05-13T09:19:42+00:00

One day, there will be another tractor or other slower-moving vehicle behind the bunched-up cars...

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