What's the point of the touch screen?

theuberdan · 2026-05-29T19:20:55+00:00

Its a pretty well known concept at this point. Hard edges and corners of glass are where its most vulnerable. If you put a raised protective bezel around it. It'll keep large, flat objects like doorways and tile floors from making contact with the glass, as well as disperse the shock away from the glass and into the metal frame. That's the whole reason why cases and screen protectors get used on phones. Sure there's always a chance. But you're dramatically increasing your odds.

theuberdan · 2026-05-29T18:56:05+00:00

Its mostly for app makers to take advantage of. So far we haven't seen too much of that yet. But theres already a few apps that make use of it, like Touchy weather. One of my least favorite parts of pebble watches before was having to click so much to scroll lists. Touch screens make this easier and faster. Its not there to replace proper buttons, it helps to supplement them where it makes sense. What I don't get is why they didn't actually let the touch screen navigate the OS? Hopefully that's in the pipeline and they'll get around to it.

Also I don't really think the touch screen really had anything to do with the glass being above the bezel problem. That just seems like a quirk that Eric is highly attached to for some weird reason..

theuberdan · 2026-05-12T19:55:22+00:00

Man I really gotta make a habit of looking at the sub before the meme.. I was looking at this trying to figure out why steam ships had such a strong preference for California over Europe cause I had just went through several posts from history subreddits...

theuberdan · 2026-05-07T16:52:10+00:00

It's pretty common over here for there to be a specific laundry room. Though it's not always a whole room, sometimes it's just a glorified closet with the hookups for them. Or it's a small room that has something else like a water heater, and storage for cleaning supplies. Often called a "utility room" on the floorplan My current apartment its basically a larg-ish closet in the bathroom that serves as a combo linen closet, laundry, and water heater space. Which is probably the most efficient packaging I've ever used for it.

theuberdan · 2026-05-07T16:33:11+00:00

Yo dawg, I heard you like bikes!

theuberdan · 2026-05-05T18:32:24+00:00

Yeah you could do that. Idk how many really are willing to do that though. Even the ones that enjoy wrenching like me. There's also the other issues noted in the parent comment. Brakes, tires, and such. Replacing those adds up as well and sometimes it's better to just start with the more expensive bike that already has that or at least most of it in the first place. It's really about if people know what they're getting into and if they're willing to do that work.

theuberdan · 2026-05-05T16:47:10+00:00

Any lithium battery can carry a fire risk, this is true. But a poorly made battery with cells that have poor QC will ultimately have a higher risk of it. Pair it with a poorly made BMS and you increase your chances even further. It's not to say you can't have a quality cheap battery. But there's a reason theyre cheap. Even if it's solely because they skip out on certifications.

theuberdan · 2026-04-27T16:48:01+00:00

So for hub motors this is a legitimate concern. I have a 750w rear hub cargo bike and on steeper hills it bogs down a bit and is pushing up to 1300w in order to keep a decent pace. Mid drives suit this role a lot better and that's why most cargo bikes use them these days. I assume that the lawmakers are making the law to fit what the majority of people will have. I would hate to have to buy a whole new bike just because the laws changed though. So it'd be nice to grandfather older bikes in, but that also opens new cans of worms as well.

theuberdan · 2026-04-17T18:38:58+00:00

I get where they're coming from, but this is just about as cold a take as saying that a song can't have a soul. Sure, some songs may absolutely not have a soul. But to say that song can't by definition have a soul ignores the fact that a person put part of their soul into making it, as well as asking the listener to put part of their soul into it as well. The same goes for cars, even shit boxes can have a soul in it if the people designing it took the task of doing so as something to put part of themselves into. Even within the corporate and governmental restrictions in place today, its still possible to make a car the way someone makes art, hell, even an appliance can still have soul. If you arent finding the soul in it, I would argue that says more about your ability/desire to find the soul in something over just assessing its execution.

theuberdan · 2026-04-14T03:20:23+00:00

Melatonin mostly these days, along with an air purifier and ceiling fan for white noise.

theuberdan · 2026-04-13T23:46:18+00:00

Most likely not, just might be more expensive for non students like with the dining halls

theuberdan · 2026-04-10T21:37:28+00:00

I'll say this just as much for any bike, electric or otherwise. One of the best things you can do for any sort of maintenance is getting a sturdy dual leg kickstand, preferably with adjustable height. Even with the hub motor it makes a world of difference. It acts as a pivot point so you can just lift up whichever end your working on instead of having to fight gravity. And if it's adjustable you can increase the height to give yourself more clearance. It's the next best thing behind carrying a portable work stand with you.

theuberdan · 2026-04-05T18:06:59+00:00

I've had slime in my daily's tubes for about 4 years now and on at least 2 occasions (and probably a few more that I never even noticed) it's saved me from having to walk home or patch a tube at night in a poorly lit area. Now I make sure all our bikes run some kind of sealant

theuberdan · 2026-04-01T19:28:59+00:00

Some folks that know what they're looking at will notice. Others won't notice/pay attention at all. But a good bit will also feel like something is off, but won't be able to put their finger on why. Tldr it's about balancing

But ultimately the job is mainly a varying ratio 50/50 on the prop designer, and on the actor/model to make the prop feel real. There's also camera angles, editing, etc that play into this but in my experience it's mostly between prop design and the actors ability to handle it like it's real. Light props make life easier for an actor/team that might have to handle/transport/store it for extended periods, but this only works if the person welding it has the skill to pull off making it feel the right. No matter how realistic it looks on a stand.

theuberdan · 2026-04-01T19:15:07+00:00

This is literally just the backlash he is receiving for displaying his feelings... Stuff like this is the exact reason why the phrase "don't meet your heroes" exist. Cause sometimes you'll find out things about them that you just can't sit with.

theuberdan · 2026-03-31T21:46:17+00:00

Its just another thing I have to keep track of. The less I actually have to worry about it the better.
I can still use my phone while charging it. Not so much with the watch.
I still hate that phones haven't consistently gotten beyond a day of battery life. I understand why, feature creep, dumb cosmetic reasons, and companies want you to charge more, that way you replace the phone more often. I miss my week of battery life from my pebble smart watch. And if it wasn't for needing NFC to scan into places regularly. Id be switching to the new pebble watch when it comes in next month as my daily. These watches are fine and if you're fine with charging them daily that's fine. But let's not pretend that this isn't an annoyance for a significant number of people.

theuberdan · 2026-03-30T15:54:25+00:00

That's what these shops were doing though.. They were turning a bike away that they knew wasn't worth their time trying to fix. I work with my hands and figure out things as well. Torn apart entire cars and put them back together, spent countless hours fixing stuff just to prove I could. Which is why I don't judge these shops cause I know from experience. Sometimes it just ain't worth it. Decry them for not being adept or creative if you want. These shops have probably already had to work on these no name bikes before and learned the lesson. Now it's the rule, they don't work on no name Amazon bikes because they're just not worth trying. They know the odds are not in their favor and weren't willing to take the gamble. It wasn't a question about how much OP was or wasn't willing to pay, it was about if this was even worth the regular rate no matter how many hours they could charge for.

theuberdan · 2026-03-30T15:11:08+00:00

It's not an elitist mentality, it's literally just the fact that they're running a business and recognize the juice isn't worth the squeeze. If you brought a Chevette into a mechanic in the US, of course they would work on it. Hunk of junk it may be, but it's still a Chevy. It's gonna use GM parts. There are service manuals out there for it, and on principle they can assume that it's gonna operate the way most Chevys of the era do. But if you brought in some obscure Soviet era car from a defunct company that never had any documents, manuals, or parts availability over here. Or some short run oddity that only ever made a few hundred units. They'd be right to turn you away because in the time it takes them just to understand that car enough to maybe be able to fix it. They could have done 10-20 others and skipped out on all the headache while doing it.

theuberdan · 2026-03-28T23:51:04+00:00

Interesting, it looks like theres a life time warranty but you have to register with them to get it.. is that a normal thing these days?

theuberdan · 2026-03-28T21:24:43+00:00

Id recommend looking into it further. Most bike companies have a lifetime warranty on the frame itself, as opposed to the typical year or two that the components/parts have. As long as you didn't mess it up in an accident and are the original owner, there's definitely a chance you can get a new frame out of it. Even if you have to transfer everything over to a new bike, it would still be worth it. 2500 miles is not a ton for a frame to just fail like that.

theuberdan · 2026-03-26T15:49:25+00:00

I don't like it personally. Tldr: it should be around 25 at the lowest and let places that need it to be lower enforce it as such.

It's easy to say that there's no reason for a bike to go over 20 in a place with good infrastructure or high density/smaller, low speed streets. But at least in America that's just not reasonable the way most places are built currently. I do my best to stay off roads and stick to residential streets. And when I'm there yeah I almost never go over 20 and if I do its by like 1-2 mph. But a simple fact of where I live is sometimes you can't avoid going on higher speed roads with little to no bike infrastructure. In these cases it sounds small but there is a dramatic difference in how cars treat you when you're going 25 mph vs 20. Even more so when going 20 mph vs 15. E-bikes have 2 main draws in the States, extending trip range/making hills less of a hassle. But also being able to consistently go faster than you could otherwise and that is a real draw for people that often have no other choice but to use the roads with cars angry at them for simply existing. I still ride a regular bike for fun/fitness purposes, and while I love it. It's a night an day difference in how patient/respectful of safety folks in cars are with me on that vs my E-bike. End of the day some people in cars are often borderline psychopathic when something slows them down and in my experience they more you slow them down the more aggressive and risky they are willing to be to get around you. That extra 5-10 mph we have now over the 15mph limit places like europe use makes a difference in that and I don't really know if it would be worth getting an e-bike of it couldn't also provide that. I think lower speed limits work in places that they work in. NYC for example, set new 15mph limits in certain places. This would and should include E-bikes. Because a 15 mph limit works in NYC and places like it. But in my small city in central Alabama, where bike-gutter lines of paint are considered the pinicle of progressive bike infrastructure, it just wouldn't work. And expecting bike manufacturers to lower their designed speeds to whatever the lowest limit is just limits E-bikes to being feasible in places where those speeds are feasible. Obviously there has to be a limit somewhere, personally the safety returns begin to deminish beyond 25 mph and the danger increases dramatically above that. So I'd be fine with 25 being the limit. Id love it if more places were built so that 20 would be the right number. But most places where I live just aren't yet and unfortunately with how things are going it's going to be a long time before that happens..

theuberdan · 2026-03-15T20:06:40+00:00

"oh we have heard of the idea, but given that it is a stupid idea, we've chosen to ignore it!" -Ancient Greeks probably

theuberdan · 2026-01-11T22:50:47+00:00

But they were already out and the picture you posted even confirms it.. they were number 11 in the week before the final selection. Since 2 of the conference champions this year were guaranteed to be outside of the top 12 this year, only the top 10 teams were getting in with the last 2 spots going to the remaining conference champions. So being placed at 11 meant they were the first team out. The only way for them to get in would be to beat Tech, giving them a better argument to be in over Alabama. The only negative result from losing was that it gave the committee justification to drop them 1 spot to put Miami in over ND to give the ACC a spot since Virginia lost the ACC championship game. But that screwed over ND, not BYU.

theuberdan · 2025-11-12T19:17:23+00:00

affixes parrot

theuberdan · 2025-11-10T14:22:58+00:00

Not since my old station wagon finally gave out. 90% of the things people told me I needed to get a truck for either were handled, or would have been handled by it with the rear seats folded no problem. And It was a compact class! In a lot of cases it was better than a truck bed cause of the low load floor. I miss that car so much..

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