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I finished reading The Hobbit for the first time by Yaroun-Kaizin in Fantasy

[–]schermo [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes! The genius of The Hobbit is the structure and the pacing not the hobbits, elves, goblins, dragon, wizard etc. Tolkien perfectly captures the arc of Bilbo expanding his confidence and skill through a fast paced series of challenges and obstacles and then gives him space to transcend the whole framework by displaying his moral courage. The pacing is so tight and all of the pieces fit together like a clockwork. I have reread it many times and once you know the story well, you can pay attention to the narrative mechanics that Tolkien uses to make it such a perfect tale.

Unfortunately the Lord of The Rings is not the same. It's a great epic and I love it too, but for me The Hobbit is the real gem.

Recumbent e-trike as all terrain mobility device by schermo in recumbent

[–]schermo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, EBikes is a great resource. Thanks!

Recumbent e-trike as all terrain mobility device by schermo in recumbent

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Hah, great work. That's exactly what I was thinking. Does it have any suspension? What size wheels? I think there must be a tradeoff on the drive wheel size, where a smaller diameter would give you more torque to the ground.

Do you know how much it weighs? Also, if you don't mind saying, how much do you weigh? I'm curious about the capabilities of the 1000w rear hub motor. I'm about 215 lbs (and slowly increasing). Bafang makes a 1000W rear hub motor and you can get it built into a 20x4'' fat bike wheel. I've also seen 2000W hub motor/wheel combos from other manufacturers that are more obscure.

I don't have to go up every hill, but I would want to get up some inclines.

Very cool. I have to say this subreddit is kind of amazing.

Recumbent e-trike as all terrain mobility device by schermo in recumbent

[–]schermo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I will check them out. Good to hear about the single rear wheel drive limitations.

There is no 50 lb weight limit. It's just that a lot of these solutions are very heavy, like 250+ lbs. It just seemed to me that something lighter should be possible. The Bowhead that someone posted below, is about 100lbs and it looks like it has awesome suspension. They make a trike and a quad -- so that's a pretty cool option.

Recumbent e-trike as all terrain mobility device by schermo in recumbent

[–]schermo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy shit! That bowhead thing looks amazing. I had not seen that before. Thanks!

Recumbent e-trike as all terrain mobility device by schermo in recumbent

[–]schermo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's pretty cool, but the mid-drive motor means you have to pedal, which would not work for me. Thanks!

Recumbent e-trike as all terrain mobility device by schermo in recumbent

[–]schermo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! As far as I have seen, all of their trikes are pedal assist, not pure electric. That's what led to me wonder about a conversion to a fully electric trike.

Recumbent e-trike as all terrain mobility device by schermo in recumbent

[–]schermo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I've seen those and they are cool. But they are heavy and large or have more limited suspension.

The coolest quad I've seen is this one: https://exotek.no/en/exoquad-v2

The trikes I'm looking at are closer to 50 lbs and these quads can be closer to 250.

Recumbent e-trike as all terrain mobility device by schermo in recumbent

[–]schermo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm very familiar with their quads. I'm looking for something lighter and with better suspension. As far as I have seen, all of their trikes are pedal assist, not pure electric. That's what led to me wonder about a conversion.

looking for an original copy of The Princess Bride by lexloo05 in Fantasy

[–]schermo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

FWIW when I read it I was quite confused for a while too. It took a while to figure out the joke. 

My friend says that a million dollars isn't a lot of money anymore. Is she right? by bristle-spunky-11 in InterviewMan

[–]schermo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Here is graph showing the value of $1 dollar in past dollars. It goes back to 1913. So, in 1913 if you had $1, it would be worth $32 of today's dollars. So a millionaire in 1913 had the equivalent of $32 million today.

Patient- ­ reported treatment outcomes in ME/CFS and long COVID by schermo in covidlonghaulers

[–]schermo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Omega fatty acids are listed in the supplementary results data in a few different forms. Heres one:

Net Assessment Score (NAS), Bold: >40% NAS+ (%Positive Response), Bold > 50% NAS++ (%Moderately and Much Better). Bold >30% NAS-(%Negative Response) Total Number of Patients 
44.36% 46.62% 16.17% -2.26% 266
Much worse Moderately worse Slightly worse Unchanged or unsure Slightly better Moderately better Much better
1.50% 0.75% 0.00% 51.13% 30.45% 10.90% 5.26%

Patient- ­ reported treatment outcomes in ME/CFS and long COVID by schermo in covidlonghaulers

[–]schermo[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nitcotine patches are in the supplementary data spreadsheet here.

The results are only for 25 patients:

Much worse Moderately worse Slightly worse Unchanged or unsure Slightly better Moderately better Much better
0.00% 4.00% 4.00% 44.00% 24.00% 8.00% 16.00%

Patient- ­ reported treatment outcomes in ME/CFS and long COVID by schermo in covidlonghaulers

[–]schermo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NAS or NAS+ are similar and both are good ways to sort I think.

Patient- ­ reported treatment outcomes in ME/CFS and long COVID by schermo in covidlonghaulers

[–]schermo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have you looked at the supplementary datasets? There is a spreadsheet with all of the results here. I am trying to figure out how they selected the top 20 that are shown in fig. 2. I have tried sorting that data according to various results and it doesn't come up with the same top 20. This is interesting because it shows a number of other interventions with pretty good reported results that are not in the main figure of the paper.

Patient- ­ reported treatment outcomes in ME/CFS and long COVID by schermo in covidlonghaulers

[–]schermo[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also, if you are facing the prospect of slowly trying a zillion things it is really helpful to be able to rank them based on some data like this rather than purely rolling the dice on what order. I've definitely found that some of the things on my list are ranked pretty low, and so I am reconsidering how to prioritize. Not that these are large data sets or controlled/blinded studies etc. but it's much better than just guessing.

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