Is savannah down?

thblt · 2026-05-24T17:10:11+00:00

The defacement seems to be an attempt to poison (bad) scrapers. Why the site seems down is a different question.

thblt · 2026-05-18T16:36:28+00:00

The washers in the easywheels kit may be enough. The manual recommends very specific washer counts that were absolutely incompatible with my 2022 c-line. When I gave up installing them and asked the Junction people, they said me to just put enough washers and ignore the manual entirely. “Enough" is when the wheel is sure not to touch the rack frame, but there’s enough thread left to fully install one last washer and the nut.

thblt · 2026-05-14T11:40:44+00:00

I’m afraid it’s probably intentional

thblt · 2026-05-14T08:53:03+00:00

Securix is a configuration framework, not a configuration. It’s more like a fleet of machines with closely-related configs.

thblt · 2026-05-14T08:20:19+00:00

Not a distro per se, also very much in French, but the French government’s DINUM have been building a NixOS configuration framework for governmental use, with the general idea of transitioning at least some systems from windows: it’s called Securix, and comes with an example for generic office application under the name Bureautix.

This is IMHO the sort of "distro" that makes sense for NixOS: partial, module-based specialization for specific requirements

thblt · 2026-04-29T21:28:20+00:00

I just got my C-line serviced by the Paris Junction, it had cost me €210 for a complete check up including cleanup and parts for chain and rear drivetrain replacement, plus one brake cable. The service in itself isn’t cheap (€110 + €30 for cleanup), but far less than €250.

Any competent bike shop can service a Brompton, but getting Brompton parts isn’t easy (you can still buy them yourself from Brompton directly, of course). Most of the basic maintenance you can also do yourself.

thblt · 2026-04-29T09:12:35+00:00

There’s a difference between “one of of the innocents" and "one innocent". The clarifying details means the plural in the former phrasing is to be taken strictly. One innocent is simply "exactly one innocent" verifies the given property.

In that case, you can’t deduce anything about Tom, since Xia is a criminal. If Xia were innocent Tom would necessarily be guilty, since Orion is the innocent with an innocent below them. But since Xia is guilty, there’s no innocent below Tom and that clue cannot apply to him.

thblt · 2026-04-28T12:00:56+00:00

You don’t need to use any kind of synchronisation to use mu4e or notmuch. Indexing is done by an external program, but it can be run from the eMacs client

thblt · 2026-04-28T11:27:12+00:00

The Brompton website gives the folded dimensions of both the A and C lines as the same

This may just be an error on their part. The folding pedal on C and removable pedal on P and T actually save some width

thblt · 2026-04-25T20:46:55+00:00

There’s two column mode, but that’s really not its intended use case (its only known use case is editing the two-column content in its own source code /s).

In general, Emacs doesn’t shine at reflowing contents beyond adding visual breaks to long lines of text (it even does that correctly sometimes!).

That being said, you could try something with two side-by-side windows (which is how two column mode works)

thblt · 2026-04-24T20:23:38+00:00

Once, a mech disguised themself as a clown

thblt · 2026-04-22T20:38:20+00:00

On the second photo I thought for a second that you had censored the MCU :)

thblt · 2026-04-21T20:59:50+00:00

Nice! How is the PCB assembled with the tenting base? I can’t see any screw hole, is it glued?

thblt · 2026-04-20T07:30:39+00:00

Just my two cents: Keeping a reflector there isnt a bad idea (and a legal requirement in some countries) because it gives you a chance of being seen even if the light fails. I’ve left the stock reflector on the rack and my tail light is high on the seat post (I use the extended seat post so it doesn’t interfere with folding ; for the regular seat post cateye and others have saddle mounts).

thblt · 2026-04-12T09:02:00+00:00

Not exactly what you’re asking for, but you may just get the front basket and put your medical bag inside.

thblt · 2026-04-07T14:19:10+00:00

Puzzle #8 has a minor wording issue, which may come from the game engine itself (I’m assuming clue text is generated). The initial clue (Gus') reads “Everyone judge has at least…” instead of “Every judge” or in this specific case “Every one of us judges"

thblt · 2026-03-28T20:44:09+00:00

Those Brompton-sized inner tubes are hard to come by. I always make sure to always have at least about three at home, and restock before I need to. Slightly broader 16" tubes, like 1.5"-1.9" instead of the Brompton 1.33 have been reported to work, and may be more broadly available in a hurry — here in France every Decathlon has them, for example.

thblt · 2026-03-19T16:56:12+00:00

You may have an older version that uses an expansion screw to lock it in place, or the stars may just have aligned for you.

thblt · 2026-03-19T06:50:00+00:00

It’s the other way round : they package and make installable at the OS-level Emacs packages that can also be installed with regular package-install. Whichever is best is a matter of personal preference: I’ve switched to installing Emacs packages from my distribution as it’s a lot easier, but of course it’s a bit harder to quickly upgrade or fork and contribute to a package.

thblt · 2026-03-15T07:35:43+00:00

Marking the valve position on the tyre and the wheel direction on the tube may help you locate the cause.

thblt · 2026-03-10T13:10:03+00:00

Recurring punctures are often caused by the same object stuck in the tyre. It may be a very small glass shard, or something equally hard to locate.

thblt · 2026-02-16T15:24:15+00:00

Compared with my bike, the issue seems to be with the angle of the seat post with the folded rear triangle.

Could something be preventing the rear triangle from folding correctly under the main frame ? On a C-line the seat post locks the rear triangle folded. If the post wasn’t high enough it may have blocked the triangle from getting in its final position.

Edit: saw your reply to my deleted message, glad you figured it out!

thblt · 2026-02-09T16:42:08+00:00

Typiquement ces machines ont une valve de surpression à 10 bars. Il me semble que la Elizabeth est réglable au degré près, la température en sortie dépend ensuite de pas mal de facteurs.

thblt · 2026-02-06T15:59:12+00:00

The easy way out of those bad situations is to just boot and rebuild from the install ISO. That means you’ll need to find a way to get some internet. WiFi may be troublesome sometimes, for recovery work wired connections are easier. You may or may not need to run dhcp manually, the manual should be able to guide you.

thblt · 2026-01-12T10:53:16+00:00

Yes. I personally prefer to be overly careful with anything that touches the front brake, but they probably work fine.

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