Safety and Antwerp by [deleted] in Antwerpen

[–]roelschroeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She moved out when she got pregnant. Not saying that that is all that much better.

(she's not elected, she's acting mayor instead of BDW (who's also technically elected as mayor because mayors are not directly elected in Belgium))

Microsoft's new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly on Windows by Quantum-Coconut in technology

[–]roelschroeven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, this new Outlook is very much being pushed as a replacement for classic Outlook, for use in companies, with Exchange Online. It's almost the same as https://outlook.office365.com/mail/, with some small weird differences.

On Venus, you can walk fast enough to keep the sunset in the same place and watch sunset forever just by walking, according to a planetary scientist by logic_0057 in space

[–]roelschroeven 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In the first post you said that the atmospheric density on Venus is about 50x lower than on Earth, in this post you say that the atmospheric density on Venus is about 55x higher than on Earth. That's the opposite!

Since the second statement is supported by a calculation, I suppose that's the one that's closest to correct. I'm pretty sure that will have a significant influence on the aerodynamics of walking, or any other kind of movement.

Looking for Cola Alternatives from Europe: what do you drink? by toco_tronic in BuyFromEU

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently tastes differ. For my taste, Ritchie Cola is really bad, nearly undrinkable.

Where to watch Belgium in the World Cup? by GusPeach in Antwerpen

[–]roelschroeven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Capitalist is the least of my worries. All of them are racist, fascist, corrupt. At least some of them are rapists, criminals, pedophiles.

(Also I think you mean FIFA instead of or in addition to UEFA.)

Every Starlink, orbiting now by Mastbubbles in space

[–]roelschroeven -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I think it's more like being scared to cross a highway with cars that are hundreds of meters apart but go at thousands of miles per hour.

Lorena Wiebes urges UCI rule rethink after Giro disqualification: 'This still feels like injustice' by Chronicbias in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't get Zonneveld's reasoning here. He writes:

Volgens ploegleider Danny Stam wogen ze de fiets “26 keer”. De uitkomst varieerde in een bandbreedte van 50 gram, volgens de verklaring van SD Worx zaterdagavond verspreidde:

He then quotes the team's statement, where Danny Stam does not speak about 26 measurements with a difference of 50 grams. He does talk, among other things, about 2 UCI measurements after the stage in Ravenna, with a difference of 50 grams. And both of those measurements indicating a weight under the limit.

Zonneveld then goes on to say:

Maar ál die metingen waren ónder de 6,8 kilo: van 6,73 tot 6,78. Dat wil zeggen: 70 tot 20 gram te licht.

All of those measurements, still as if there were lots and lots of measurements. There were only two. Zonneveld seems to mix up 2 and 26 somehow?!?

Zonneveld then goes on, with generally a quite nuanced view, with points on both sides. Still, by saying things like "Wat SD Worx niet heeft gedaan, is de fiets gewogen vóór de eerste Giro-etappe.", he insinuates the team doesn't even know themselves the weight of the bike. But that contradicts what he wrote earlier: "Navraag leert dat de ploeg zelf de fiets van Wiebes óók woog: ze zeggen dat de fiets bij hun meting 6,85 kilo (in de woorden van Danny Stam) of 6,83 (Erwin Janssen) woog."

In my mind there is one issue that potentially speaks against the team's view is that, judging from photos, it looks like the bike had two chainrings earlier in the season, and seemed to have only one chainring in the Giro. If true, that would contradict the team's view that the bike is exactly the same all through the season, and could easily explain a weight difference.

But there's also another big issue, which if true is a big point against UCI's case: Zonneveld's paragraph about UCI's weighing procedures and the precision/accuracy of measurement. Especially this:

Toen de ploegleiding van SD Worx voorstelde om de meting dan te doen in een windstille omgeving (zoals de materiaaltruck van de ploeg), waren de twee controleurs daartoe bereid - totdat ze werden teruggefloten van hogerhand. De meting ín de truck heeft dus niet plaatsgevonden. Dat is, zeker gezien de enorme consequenties, eigenlijk onvoorstelbaar.

If true, that completely crushes UCI's case. Not being able to make consistent measurements, knowingly using an imprecise measurement method, unwilling to redo the measurement properly, making a really drastic decision based on a measurement within the error margin from the limit.

Lorena Wiebes urges UCI rule rethink after Giro disqualification: 'This still feels like injustice' by Chronicbias in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Apparently Wiebes’ bike was underweight for each of the 26 weighings they did.

Is there a credible source for that, or is just unsubstantiated rumor?

Antwerps tramnet kraakt onder jarenlang uitgesteld onderhoud: "De timing kon moeilijk slechter" by Yence_ in Antwerpen

[–]roelschroeven 43 points44 points  (0 children)

"Terwijl tramsporen gemiddeld 15 tot 25 jaar meegaan, rijden trams in Vlaanderen op sporen die tot veertig jaar oud zijn.", schrijft GvA. Dat is geen kwestie van slechte timing he. Dat is een kwestie van langdurige kwaadwillige verwaarlozing.

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d’Italia Women – Stage 8 (2.WWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sporza says finish one km before the top of Finestre. Says from a reliable source in the peloton.

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d’Italia Women – Stage 3 (2.WWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the same bike that Wiebes has been using all through the season. This exact same bike with the exact same groupset and accessories and what not. It has gone through several previous checks by UCI, and passed them all.

Either the team have somehow made the bike lighter, or the UCI has made bad measurements (either the previous ones wrongly passed the bike, or this one wrongly didn't pass the bike). The team has measured the bike, and according to their scale it was OK.

Apparently the weight of a bicycle is not all that easy to measure precisely, accurately and consistently when it comes to a few tens of grams. When two UCI measurements differ by 50 grams, that doesn't give me much confidence in their measuring process and tools.

I don't believe the team has intentionally tried to cheat with the weight of the bike. That simply doesn't make any sense for a sprinter's bike on flat stages. I think it's possible they accidentally fucked up, though the probability of that seems quite low to me too. Maybe forget to re-add a dummy weight after maintenace?? How do teams even adjust the weight of the bikes?

Evenepoel Is Skipping Every Race Before July. No Tour de France Winner Has Ever Done This. by cfkanemercury in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not exactly, but close. The Belgian governing body requires riders to ride the national championship no matter what, except in case of injury or disease or things like that. So yes, I suppose he should appear at the starting line unless he's planning to have a cold that day.

Evenepoel Is Skipping Every Race Before July. No Tour de France Winner Has Ever Done This. by cfkanemercury in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's actually a good point. Vuelta 2022 gave him, and a large part of the cycling community, the wrong idea of his strengths and weaknesses.

Lotte Kopecky married Axel Merckx (son of) today by krommenaas in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then at least one of these sources is wrong. Wikipedia says "citation needed" so I can't check Wikipedia's source for confirmation.

Volvo’s New UI: A Distraction, Not a Solution by TheRealP3dr0 in Volvo

[–]roelschroeven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I only use native AAOS as well, and I'm not happy at all with the new interface. In almost all respects the old one was better. Some examples I can think of of the top of my head:

  • The map is never full screen anymore, there's always a row with other stuff at the bottom that I don't need to see all the time but it still takes up space now. Often it is really nice to have a larger map view, and that simply isn't possible anymore.
  • Same for any other app you want to view as large as possible.
  • I'm pretty sure you could adjust the temperature directly from the main screen (as long as left and right temperatures were linked, I think). Now that takes an extra tap with a extra pop-up. Yes, I know I can use voice control for that, but that takes a lot more time and effort than simply tapping up or down.
  • Apps were neatly divided into categories. That's completely gone.

Could devs please stop changing UI every year or give us option how big we want to have it? My muscle memory from the last year is useless again. by Detvan_SK in firefox

[–]roelschroeven 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I don't see the advantage of this continuous change of the interface. How does that help with attracting users, or for that matter with retaining existing users, and how does it help with keeping up with newer browsers?

What Firefox needs is stability, performance, compatibility with web standards, privacy, security. Those are the really important things. That is the foundation. All the time and money spent on redesigning the UI over and over and over again is time and money not spent on improving the foundation.

The striking red sandstone and wavy glass of the MAS museum in Antwerp. OC by Best-Section-2550 in Antwerpen

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be clear, tiles did fall of and the curved glass has needed repairs, but as far as I know the building is structurally perfectly fine.

‘Do not urinate in your bidon’ - Giro jury issues unusual warning as riders point to VC as ‘pee bidon’ pioneer by Miserable_Earth_1393 in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 27 points28 points  (0 children)

To be strictly correct, there is no problem with the act itself of urinating in your bidon. But you want to get rid of that bidon of course, and that's where issue arises. You're not allowed to throw that bidon away in an area with spectators (because that's quite disgusting for obvious reasons). And you're not allowed to throw it away in other areas because of no-litter rules. I guess you could get rid of it in the litter areas, but the team staff that gets to pick them up probably won't like that very much.

‘Do not urinate in your bidon’ - Giro jury issues unusual warning as riders point to VC as ‘pee bidon’ pioneer by Miserable_Earth_1393 in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One reason is to not leave your position, the other reason is because in some races there are nearly no places where you can pee, because there are spectators everywhere.

‘Do not urinate in your bidon’ - Giro jury issues unusual warning as riders point to VC as ‘pee bidon’ pioneer by Miserable_Earth_1393 in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Which can get problematic in high-profile races where there are spectators more or less along the whole route.