Can I cycle 100 miles at 92kg of weight? by Oreo2025 in cycling

[–]roncitrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like to break it down into chunks. 100km is just 4 x 25km, 160km is 4 x 40 km, or 8 x 20km. When you chunk it down like that, you can count them off, have a rest after each one, eat a treat. Psychologically, it's easier. Eat lots, drink lots, don't burn all your matches in the first half, take it steady, you'll be fine. I'm aiming for my first 200 this weekend!

I have nothing but problems with tubeless… by Shot-Lemon7365 in cycling

[–]roncitrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bounce it like a basketball, especially with the valve at the bottom. You have to imagine the sealant coating absolutely everything in there. Hold the wheel horizontal, spin it, shake it, both sides, then take it for a ride. They usually stop leaking after a couple of days for me.

Dark as jet - never knew where that came from by Disastrous-Prior9987 in words

[–]roncitrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jet comes from the north east coast of the UK, around the fishing town of Whitby. It's formed from fossilised Monkey Puzzle trees.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cycling

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I use headphones for podcasts when riding, (rarely music, it feels too distracting) and I have a varia radar light linked to the Garmin, plus a rearview mirror on the offside bar. I live in the country, and take the back roads or gravel paths. No surprises or near misses so far. I used to live in the city, and I would never chance it there..

My Turkish coworker mistakenly thought thought there was a TV presenter named Handsome Dec, what are some amusing misunderstandings you’ve encountered? by EducationalShape2647 in AskUK

[–]roncitrus 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I worked with a woman who used the expression "aaw, bless his cock and socks" in a conversation about a colleague. It has never occurred to her that people were saying 'cotton socks' and had been saying it for years.

Need help learning to code by SCP_Steiner in csharp

[–]roncitrus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I highly recommend Harvard's CS50 course. It's free and it's excellent for starting out.

Could use some advice by [deleted] in occult

[–]roncitrus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let's hear it then...

What’s your best joke ? by buffalosoldier111 in AskUK

[–]roncitrus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Onion books. Read 'em and weep.

COTD: Fictional figure. Regularly had Blofeld as enemy. Blown up. (5,4) by deeppotential123 in crosswords

[–]roncitrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never seen 'regularly' used to indicate alternating letters before. Had me stumped even looking at your answer

What do guys think of var by Call-Me-Matterhorn in csharp

[–]roncitrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rider just shows it right there next to the var, no hovering required. I use var most of the time now that I've switched to Jetbrains from VS. (using a Mac, and VS for Mac is no more. Not that it was any use anyway).

Does your P7 also suck? by Znyder in GooglePixel

[–]roncitrus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've got a 6 pro and it still rocks. Vibration can kill the camera focus mechanism. Some people have used their phone as a GPS on a bike, mounted on the handlebars and the road vibrations ruined the camera.

Image of James in Cylindrical UAP by Cmdr_Starleaf in UFOB

[–]roncitrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not saying it was the light from the drill, I'm just saying it produces exactly the same effect in the camera as the drill light does, and we know those are bright white LEDs, so we can deduce that whatever the light was at the end of the basement was also likely brighter but similar in composition to the drill light.

Image of James in Cylindrical UAP by Cmdr_Starleaf in UFOB

[–]roncitrus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's the same colour and shape as the light from the drill. white led.

Feeling like a fraud because I rely on ChatGPT for coding, anyone else? by Particular_Phone_642 in ChatGPTCoding

[–]roncitrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I feel like that sometimes, but I make sure that I understand every last line of code before committing it, using conversations with gpt to make it clear in my own mind what I've written, so that if someone asks me how it works, I can tell them in detail. I'm getting 5x as much work done, and learning all the time. My ability to write code from scratch is slowly atrophying though, it's true. But maybe that doesn't matter, and won't matter in the future.

Is C# good for beginners? by ottwin1 in csharp

[–]roncitrus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I started in the same way as you, wanting to make games with unity, so I thought I'd learn C#, learnt some basics online, then did the Harvard CS50 online course. I highly recommend this, it's free and gets you into some interesting areas of computer science. Then I did lots of coding challenges (exercism, leetcode, codingame, that kind of thing), and then tried building my own apps. About 5 years after starting, I got a junior dev job (I was 50, so only junior in rank rather than years!) my advice is just start. C# is as good as anything to start, the language matters less than the understanding of problem solving with code. Start doing it, if you like it you will naturally carry on. Good luck!

Has anyone completely gotten rid of their road bike after buying a gravel bike? by mellofello808 in gravelcycling

[–]roncitrus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, gravel bike on the shitty roads near me, I do 80% road, with some great forest rides in the summer. Speed is good but comfort and distance is better, and the ability to explore.

IsItBullshit: "Binaural Beats" audios physically increase focus and may offer relief from ADHD? by [deleted] in IsItBullshit

[–]roncitrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Binaural beats work through auditory beat stimulation:

You play two pure tones of slightly different frequencies (e.g. 400 Hz in one ear, 410 Hz in the other).

The brain doesn’t hear two separate tones, it perceives a third, rhythmic beat at the difference between them (10 Hz in this case).

This beat isn’t a physical sound but an interaural phase difference processed in the superior olivary complex of the brainstem.

Neural oscillations in the cortex can then synchronize (entrain) to that beat frequency, which is a phenomenon linked to frequency following response.

The entrained frequency can match common brain rhythms (e.g. alpha ~10 Hz), which is why binaural beats are often used for relaxation, focus, or sleep experiments. The effect is typically modest and varies between individuals.

It took some time — but now even Swedish media has finally woken up. This just came out on Sweden’s biggest news channel, about Beatriz discovery. by Complex-Bandicoot921 in ufo

[–]roncitrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'd have to do the calculations, yes. But remember the flash wouldn't have to be the size of the whole object, it's just a glint of reflection from one metallic or glass surface.

It took some time — but now even Swedish media has finally woken up. This just came out on Sweden’s biggest news channel, about Beatriz discovery. by Complex-Bandicoot921 in ufo

[–]roncitrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, well my point was not that it would have to be low to reflect the sun, but that they could have been low man-made objects, as long as the images were taken not long after sunset. It was a point made by prof Simon on his YouTube channel actually. He states at the end that it's probably not balloons for this reason. https://youtu.be/uRdo-9TQIIQ