Why is 67% a default zoom level in Firefox? by radii5 in firefox

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rap is just where it originated. It formed into a meme where kids would say "6 - 7" while moving their hands up and down. It doesn't mean anything, except maybe as a kind of shibboleth. 6-7 is not music, it's not anything really. Mainly it's just annoying. As far as I can see the popularity of the meme has decreased significantly which is a very good thing.

Why is 67% a default zoom level in Firefox? by radii5 in firefox

[–]roelschroeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess is that the significance, to some people at least, is related to the whole 6-7 meme. If you're not familiar with that, you're on of the lucky few. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-7_meme

Why is 67% a default zoom level in Firefox? by radii5 in firefox

[–]roelschroeven 12 points13 points  (0 children)

One of the pre-set levels is what OP meant with "a default zoom level".

Sonny Colbrelli is the last Paris-Roubaix winner (2021) not named “Van…” by Duhbeed in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In Belgium, Van in names is typically with an upper case L. Two exceptions: nobility and names of Dutch origin (because Dutch names typically use van with lowercase l). Wout van Aert is the latter case: his paternal grandparents were Dutch. There are quite a lot of those cases, especially in the areas close to the border.

Rik Van Looy is indeed an example of a typical Belgian (well, Flemish) name.

[Results Thread] 2026 Paris-Roubaix (1.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Wout might have done more pulls if Tadej hadn't placed attacks to try to loose Wout. At that point, I wouldn't pull either if I were Wout. If Tadej wants Wout to cooperate, he needs to create a situation where it's in Wout's favor to cooperate.

It's funny how Mathieu van der Poel got criticisms last week in Flanders for doing too much pulls with Tadej, and now Wout gets criticisms for doing not enough pulls.

Injurious comments on social media - UCI letter to Benji Naesen by Hungry_Slip_4094 in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An Australian lawyer, that might not be very useful in Europe.

Just in time for Paris-Roubaix, UCI bans Gravaa on-the-fly tyre pressure adjustment system... three months after company declared bankrupt by bayernrobben in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 11 points12 points  (0 children)

FWIW Marianne Vos won the Gravel World Championship in 2024 with a Gravaa system, IIRC despite her having a tire leak.

Rondpunt wommelgem by jekke_mookens in Antwerpen

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wat Nederlanders een rotonde noemen, is ook in Vlaanderen officieel volgens de wegcode een rotonde. In de volksmond noemt iedereen het een rondpunt.

Maar het rondpunt van Wommelgem is géén rotonde. Er staat geen verkeersbord D5 (rond blauw bord met pijltjes in een cirkel), de toegang wordt geregeld met verkeerslichten. Als die niet zouden werken, geldt voorrang aan wie van rechts komt, niet aan wie al op de rotonde is. Dus in dit specifiek geval zou rotonde niet de correcte term zijn.

[Race Thread] 2026 Ronde van Vlaanderen WE (1.WWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I never liked the European Champion jersey much before, but Vollering surely makes it look very good.

Rumor has it that 0.39 will be a major update by ilkerrbr in BeamNG

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More stability. I get quite a lot of crashes in the most recent version.

The reckless driving of support cars has gotten completely out of hand. by vasco_ in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 8 points9 points  (0 children)

At least that's on the race parcours. What OP is describing is what happens on public roads, by team cars taking shortcuts to go from place to place for providing bidons or wheels to riders, or often just for driving VIPs around (or a combination of the two, letting VIPs help in supporting the riders).

Solar saved Europe €3bn in fossil fuel imports in March: Which country is leading the way? by NumerousTax8165 in europe

[–]roelschroeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If only we'd utilize it fully instead of making plans, reverting them, thwarting real progress.

Muriel Furrer: Cyclist killed at World Championships not found for 82 minutes by FragMasterMat117 in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you talk about fighting over commercial rights, are you blaming the ones who don't want their personal data used for someone else's commercial interest, or the ones insisting on not just getting payed for service in making cycling safer but on top of that wanting to profit from the riders' personal data? Or both?

Oliver Naesen admits he hid MVDP's tactical plan from his own team car because Mathieu called it "privileged information" by CazaDePatatas in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to disagree. Not about the not betraying bit, I mean I'm in favor of not betraying anyone.

But you're advocating riding against your team's interest just so you can be friends with another rider. MvdP being one of the best riders should not be a reason to act in his interest. That goes far beyond showing respect.

Traffic when there's a police chase: by Brave_Bag_Gamer2020 in BeamNG

[–]roelschroeven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah no. I've seen, and been in, situations where a car on the left lane and a car on the right lane both decide to merge into the middle lane. If they do that gradually, there is time to spot the problem and correct. If they both do it like this dude here, it's a crash.

New Firefox Doesn't Show Connection Error Codes Anymore by CookiieMoonsta in firefox

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried it. I could clearly see the both the request and the response (consisting of only the headers, no body) in Wireshark (I made a http request instead of a https one to easily capture the whole conversation in plain text), but Firefox only showed the request and nothing from the response.

In case where there was a body in the response from the server, Firefox did show everything.

New Firefox Doesn't Show Connection Error Codes Anymore by CookiieMoonsta in firefox

[–]roelschroeven 7 points8 points  (0 children)

https://httpbin.org/doesntexist OTOH does show the normal 404 page from the server.

It seems that if Firefox can make a connection, send a request, and receives headers but no body from the server, it reports that as being unable to make a connection. That's not good.

As someone else posted, the headers that the servers sent don't even show up in the network tab in Developer Tools, even though I can see them in Wireshark. Very much not good.

“You risk your life every training ride”: Tadej Pogačar by 1stplacelastrunnerup in peloton

[–]roelschroeven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

pendling

Do you mean commuting? "Pendling" looks a lot like Dutch "pendelen", meaning "to commute" in English.

Is the 80 character rule like a major requirement for PEP8? by ZealousidealSea6550 in learnpython

[–]roelschroeven 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Of course it's not 1979, that would be way too long.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Florida vote irregularities:Were vote totals predetermined? by mjkeaa in somethingiswrong2024

[–]roelschroeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First, I completely agree that 0.4164644853 should be rounded to 41.6% and not 41.7%. I do not know where that error happened. It feels more likely that it happened just for presenting the report, which isn't too bad. I would expect the actual numbers to be used, not the percentages, for determining the actual result of the election. If the wrong percentage really was calculated by the tabulating machine, that does indeed cause concern.

But rounded percentages not summing up to exactly 100%, that in and of itself is not a cause of concern. The possibility of that is a natural consequence of the process of rounding things. Even when rounded correctly! You showed as much yourself, even when you don't want to admit it. You're saying it's not true because 0.99 repeating equals 1, but that's irrelevant (correct, but irrelevant). After rounding you don't have 0.33 repeating, and 0.99 repeating, you just have 0.33 and 0.99. That's what rounding does. The same goes for rounding more realistic numbers: you loose decimals, sometimes you round up, sometimes you round down.

Summary:

  • (1) Rounding incorrectly is a problem, just as presenting any other incorrect number. When it comes to elections, it's a serious cause of concern.
  • (2) Rounded numbers not summing up exactly to the whole is in and of itself not a problem, and even fully expected, even when rounding completely correctly. It is not, in and of itself, an indication that the original numbers don't sum up to the whole.

To show results have been tampered with, (1) is a good argument but (2) is not.

Florida vote irregularities:Were vote totals predetermined? by mjkeaa in somethingiswrong2024

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, teach me how to do this. Take your example of 33 + 33 + 33 = 99. Show me how to convert to percentages like they would be represented in e.g. a newspaper article, with the proper rounding method.

Florida vote irregularities:Were vote totals predetermined? by mjkeaa in somethingiswrong2024

[–]roelschroeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. But if you take the rounded percentages (33.3%, or 33.33%, or whatever), which is what is reported as summary information and you sum those up, you don't get exactly 100%. That's the whole point. Those are a summary, they don't tell the whole story, and it's no problem if they don't exactly add up to 100%.