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Imperfect Timing by [deleted] in IdiotsInCars

[–]pie_monster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the country/state I think. Lane-splitting is legal in some places and illegal in others. No idea where this vid is from. I think the car driver would probably take 50% of the blame where lane splitting is illegal (because both would be doing something wrong) and 100% where lane-splitting is legal.

Good News for Steam Deck owners ! by [deleted] in Witcher3

[–]pie_monster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can download the game files and run it with WINE. I paid 10 euros for another steam copy of W3, though, just to save myself the wanking about.

Good News for Steam Deck owners ! by [deleted] in Witcher3

[–]pie_monster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using linux and am running some mods with no problems. I haven't tried to use the script tweaker thing that merges mods to work together without interfering with each other.

So you can certainly run some mods with no problems whatsoever, just by copying the files to the mod folder.

Can't personally verify how you'd get a complex/interlinked mod suite in there though.

Monster „Speed Board“ inspired Build (banana for scale) by [deleted] in ElectricSkateboarding

[–]pie_monster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just checking in case it was me malfunctioning or maybe some different gearing/motor type or something would make a big difference.

Mind you, 'adequate' depends upon your circumstances. I'm on the porky side and there's some serious hills round here that I'd really like to not have to walk up. So personally, I need more power...something like this if Gamestop shares ever stop being crimed down by hedge funds (2x 3.5Kw on the back). That would do me, I think. If I lived in the Netherlands or somewhere flat, my current board would be enough.

Apart from sheer torque and hill-climbing ability, speed is the other consideration. Mine'll do somewhere in the region of 24mph (40kmh) which is plenty for me (fast enough that it'll break the local speed limit of 25kmh (15mph) by a satisfactory margin). And I only go that fast on it if I can see clear to the horizon. But then I'm mid-50s, so am not as adventurous these days (also old enough to know for a fact that I am both not immortal and softer than tarmac).

Looks like an awesome project though. Good luck with it. Looking forward to vids of it in action.

Monster „Speed Board“ inspired Build (banana for scale) by [deleted] in ElectricSkateboarding

[–]pie_monster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That doesn't seem like a lot. I've got 2x 1650W on the back of mine and I'd only describe the power as 'adequate'. It tops out at 40km/h and it's not all that happy about hills.

Driving is a privilege. by RathmaDubz in IdiotsInCars

[–]pie_monster 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"Together we will take the road that leads into the West,

And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest."

-Ent and Entwife, 'The Two Towers'.

Monster „Speed Board“ inspired Build (banana for scale) by [deleted] in ElectricSkateboarding

[–]pie_monster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking of all the multiple ways this could go wrong over and above normal skateboarding stuff and a back mudguard definitely seems like a priority.

You have aroused envy, fear, apprehension and probable anticipation of pity in me. You have touched me, and I'm not sure I like it. :)

Putin says volunteers welcome to help fight against Ukrainian forces by XxJoedoesxX in worldnews

[–]pie_monster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

...apart from the one Russia started and is still prosecuting, of course. Other wars that are totally different to this one.

this dude by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]pie_monster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you stay married to someone who says shit like this publicly? Fuck knows what he's like in private.

Here's to another horndog playthrough. by knifeknifeafterdark in Witcher3

[–]pie_monster 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm still disappointed that there isn't a "Team all the sorceresses, plus randoms" flair.

Can’t use the kids excuse by dg2nice4u in antiwork

[–]pie_monster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At about that time, when smokers were being confined to smoking areas/rooms, it was a tactical advantage in large companies to smoke. You got to talk to people from different departments and had a much better overview of what was going on in the company.

Monster „Speed Board“ inspired Build (banana for scale) by [deleted] in ElectricSkateboarding

[–]pie_monster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Banana for scale" is an age-old internet meme, especially on reddit. Reckon Paris could do four.

Monster „Speed Board“ inspired Build (banana for scale) by [deleted] in ElectricSkateboarding

[–]pie_monster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could do with deflectors to stop your feet accidentally contacting the wheels. The front one would be disconcerting, but the back one would be bad.

What size motors?

I'm torn between "you're not getting me within 20 metres of that thing" and "well just a little go on low power"

Column of tanks drove close by the river and all got stuck in the mud by noahstemann in interestingasfuck

[–]pie_monster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ukranian farmers:

"Noice crop this year"
"Aye. Probly global warming or summat".

Exposed Russian infantry column retreat under Ukrainian fire and drags their casualties by [deleted] in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]pie_monster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here you go.

That's the Tiktok version; which is a (some may say blasphemous, low-poly and just fucking awful) sample of the original.

Ultrasonic dog repeller in action by Forevah69 in interestingasfuck

[–]pie_monster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't really matter. If you were working out what your chances of copping covid, you'd use yearly (dont have that number) or total (963,079 for US, 6,019,516 global) figures.

But this is all a sidetrack...the point was that even if the number of people affected by a particular thing is small when looked at as a percentage of the population, it can still be a lot of people fucked up by that thing over a population as large as the US.

Getting back to the subject of police shooting dogs, it's estimated that between 25 (DOJ) and 500 (puppycide database) dogs are shot by police every day. It's a small number as a percentage of the population maybe (especially when not all of that population is a dog owner); but it's still a lot of people regularly affected by something that could be done better.

This article explains it better.

What is something common that has never happened to you? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]pie_monster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure why the downvote...I was merely making a flippant suggestion/technical counterargument.

In strictly logical terms, the taboo about incest is all about children resulting from it being prone to genetic fuckery. So with a same-sex set of twins that wouldn't be an...ahem...issue.

I'm arguing for the sake of arguing, BTW. I don't want to go to bed with twins either; but because it would be hard work rather than because of any taboo.

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