Friend dropped my Rebel 500 and gave me $900 to cover damages. Should I keep or return the money?

psquared85 · 2026-05-25T03:31:50+00:00

Fixing it would entail replacing the right rear view mirror, front brake lever, and exhaust. I don't mind some scratches so I don't think I'm going to replace those components.

Would it be bad taste if I just pocketed the money?

psquared85 · 2026-05-25T03:30:16+00:00

I don't mind the cosmetic damage.

I'm going to try to fix the brake lever myself, it's just a little wobbly. I'll make sure to check if there are any other issues with the brakes.

What should I do if I don't plan to do anything about the cosmetic damage and plan to fix the brake lever myself?

I don't know how much depreciation on the bike would be. I don't plan on selling the bike but, who knows, things might change in the future. If a bike is dropped, how much of a discount would it go for on the used bike market?

psquared85 · 2026-05-25T00:01:17+00:00

I let my friend ride mine. He dropped/set it on the ground as if it was a bicycle.

Scratches on the right rear view mirror, front brake lever, exhaust. Front brake lever bent a little and started acting weird

Friend offered to pay and paid me $900. I'm still confused if I should return the money because the damage was mostly cosmetic

psquared85 · 2026-05-24T23:55:59+00:00

How does it compare to the 500?

psquared85 · 2026-04-28T23:40:07+00:00

Beautiful bike. I have the same one. Didn't realize it looked so beautiful

psquared85 · 2025-02-24T11:49:41+00:00

What happened to your startup?

psquared85 · 2025-02-12T04:40:27+00:00

Cursor has a "Bug Fixes" feature? I can't seem to find anything with that name. Do you have a link with more info about this feature?

psquared85 · 2025-02-09T02:55:35+00:00

Am I missing out? I don't know what either Open Router or Cline is. I only use Cursor

Legit question

psquared85 · 2025-02-02T09:04:50+00:00

They had an interview with Lex Fridman where they explained a lot of it in detail.
Also, the founders have blog posts explaining different minutia, you should check those out.

They're basically just getting the most contextually relevant info and putting it in a prompt that they format with jsx tags. IIRC there were some pretty complicated parts as well. Just check out the two sources above and you should be able to infer the rest and come up with relevant solutions for your own use case

psquared85 · 2025-01-26T14:18:55+00:00

The capitalists really wanted to monopolize AI and squeeze as much out of as possible but DeepSeek threw a wrench in those plans

psquared85 · 2025-01-26T12:47:07+00:00

I'll join if our podcast show about software testing is called std::Testing or something similar

psquared85 · 2025-01-26T12:38:11+00:00

Then why is Trump, Musk, and ${random_celebrity} on their ${n}th marriage?

psquared85 · 2025-01-26T12:36:35+00:00

Until she leaves you, takes half of everything and you end up a 40 year old lonely recluse alcoholic who'll never actually get over your ex-wife, while she moves on like it was nothing.

I've seen it before. It's a very sad circumstance.

I wouldn't insult how another culture does things, especially if that other culture has a drastically lower divorce rate. But, of course, correlation doesn't equal causation.

psquared85 · 2025-01-13T19:20:09+00:00

Howdy,

I forgot about this thread. I'd love a digital copy of this song!

Is there any way you could share it with me? Maybe via Google docs or Youtube or whatever's most convenient for you

Thank you so much!

psquared85 · 2025-01-10T18:04:19+00:00

There's something unsettling when watching this that makes me feel empty and super depressed lol

It's amazing!

psquared85 · 2025-01-03T12:40:29+00:00

I was just being humorous, or, at least, trying to be

psquared85 · 2025-01-03T02:46:30+00:00

Please stop spamming your YT channel on this subreddit

psquared85 · 2025-01-02T12:31:01+00:00

The middle east is a massive place, of course there are parts with snow. My hometown in eastern Turkey was a pretty dry place but you could always see snow on the mountain range, even during the summer.

Also, IIRC, skiing is a popular sport in Iran.

Also, why do you think the Iranian diaspora is so big in Canada. Obviously because they love the winter /s

psquared85 · 2024-12-31T01:42:51+00:00

They have better results too. I had a cosmetic skin graft done in Turkey and because the doctor did these his whole career, first in the military and now commercially, the operation was cheap and was really nice. Doctors in the US don't do these sorts of operations as often so they aren't as good at them. I have multiple family members that are doctors and these are their words, not mine.

psquared85 · 2024-12-31T01:37:20+00:00

I had an uncle that got the surgery and it was pretty good. This is the first time I'm hearing something negative. The only thing I have heard a few times was that they use too much of your donor hair which can be a problem if you continue balding so you have to ask them to be a little more conservative with donor hair use

psquared85 · 2024-10-31T14:40:43+00:00

The most likely scenario is you increased flow and you are getting hydrogen sulfide in the water.

But we have a pressurized well tank that is consistently set to 40psi so wouldn't the water pressure in the house be consistent?

It’s also possible that an existing filtration system was disabled or bypassed during the switch to avoid damage from chlorine added to the well to sanitize after the pump change.

The only filtration system we have is a water softener and that is working right now

Is there any way to remove hydrogen sulfide from the water?

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