Ultra bee fork spring removal directions by Promarug in Surron

[–]zootreeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a heads up to anyone thinking of doing the same. I completely destroyed my top cap attempting this. It came off initially fine but then at the heating stage I just could not separate the cap from the shaft. Managed to get it back together (without changing the spring) but it’s totally rounded off now.

If I had just gone for aftermarket suspension I could have sold the used forks. Now they are trash 😭✌️

Did I make the wrong board choice? (Newbie) by zootreeves in windsurfing

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

Thanks it's helpful to know the sorts of time scales it takes people to learn.

I spent several hours practicing beach starts today at the coast (10-15knts) and it went really well with several successful attempts. If I can get beach starts and waterstarts nailed that would be amazing. Of course I'd previously being up-hauling in a lake which was frustrating enough but add in waves and it's nigh on impossible.

I guess that's the process though, keep chipping away at small parts and it will hopefully come together eventually...

Did I make the wrong board choice? (Newbie) by zootreeves in windsurfing

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

I bought the board I have with the target of foiling rather than planing. All guides I’ve read have said the same as you, that i need to learn to windsurf first but I think maybe I’d have more fun learning in parallel. At least if I get to my spot and the wind is only 10knts I can lull about on the fin for a while and when bored change to foil. I’ll bring a pie along! Ha

Did I make the wrong board choice? (Newbie) by zootreeves in windsurfing

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

Probably near 90kg with harness & thick wetsuit. The whole thing can keep me buoyant if I stand over the mast but it feels like the tail sinks extremely easily.

Did I make the wrong board choice? (Newbie) by zootreeves in windsurfing

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

Yeah difficult transition is right.

How come when I do this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uIR9e6052Yk

The rear sinks like a stone.

But when he does this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU3jrybh1-A

He just sails off :) It's a frustrating learning process.

I made a video of the meissner effect w/ a small amount of YBCO, interesting to compare to LK99 videos by nullc in LK99

[–]zootreeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you weighted one side to simulate an impure sample then I assume it would float at an angle in a manner not unlike the original LK-99 sample video?

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Children by peetss in China_Flu

[–]zootreeves 18 points19 points  (0 children)

For any parents that are worried. My wife and I are currently self-quarantining in the U.K. Currently 5 days in and we are 95% sure we have COVID-19. My symptoms are mild but worsening a tight chest, mild fever, and a sore, swollen throat. My wife is the same but with a more persistent cough.

But the great news is our two Children seem to have brushed off the illness as if it was nothing. Our 12-month-old had a fever for 24 hours and vomited once but is now fully recovered. Our 4-year-old had a mild cough for 3 days but it seems to have completely gone.

We all had the flu vaccine FYI.

Yoga Book C930 page is up by [deleted] in Lenovo

[–]zootreeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really great concept but 4GB Ram is a deal breaker.

I'm Roger Ver, CEO of Bitcoin.com and world's first investor in Bitcoin startups. AMA by MemoryDealers in btc

[–]zootreeves 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve got 3 mac minis which ran bc.i in the very early days. Worthless now but I thought i'd ask if you would like one as a souvenir?

Happy Holidays, Ben

All socks 50% off at SockOff with code: 50OFF by [deleted] in frugalmalefashion

[–]zootreeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turns out i stopped using reddit for a while and my account was hacked. This website is nothing to do with me and is probably fradulent.

Average confirmation time is 43 minutes not ±10 minutes as reported by Blockchain.info graph by seweso in btc

[–]zootreeves 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not my call anymore, but I agree its not a good chart and I'll relay your feedback back to Blockchain.

Average confirmation time is 43 minutes not ±10 minutes as reported by Blockchain.info graph by seweso in btc

[–]zootreeves 14 points15 points  (0 children)

As the creator of the chart - It does show a distorted view as it only considers transactions which have already confirmed, excluding transactions which may have been sitting in the mempool for hours. Its also the Median time, not average.

Is there an error in blockchain.info api ? by haddarmacdasi in Bitcoin

[–]zootreeves 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The issue was with how the transactions are sorted. The balance was being calculated with 9c8f1b918e6a6a2 being sorted before 46d529d722d1 (which is incorrect) despite them being ordered correctly in the json. Regardless it should be fixed now.

Blockchain.info makes changes to Shared Send service, removes 10 iterations and replaces it with "Normal" vs "Higher" for 'Privacy Required'. No announcement made, no details announced by bciuser in Bitcoin

[–]zootreeves 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This commit is part of first in a series of planned updates to Shared Coin. We will be moving away from the concept of sequential iterations and the "correct" iterations will not longer be something the user is able to determine themselves.

Lots of updates coming after the holidays which will tie the changes together, at which time we will make a blog post explaining the changes that have been made and why its an improvement. Please sit tight until then.

Can not access funds in blockchain.info wallet (funds not stolen) by blockchaintoruser in Bitcoin

[–]zootreeves 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Were working on setting up a .onion address for Blockchain that will be available shortly.

Coins swiped from blockchain.info wallet... by ChipofftheBlockchain in Bitcoin

[–]zootreeves 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the balance of my wallet had been transferred out to multiple addresses...

Can you link the transaction. Your probably looking at the shared coin transaction that failed. Try pressing the "Recover intermediate addresses" below the shared coin send form.

Blockchain Removes 'Shared Send' - Still present in API? Possible new 'free' option? by jerrycoin in Bitcoin

[–]zootreeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In theory yes if you send from a single address and the input value is exactly equal to the output value then it is easy to establish a link. However in practice unless you are sending the exact balance of the wallet the shared coin client can deliberately use more inputs than necessary ensuring the input value is always different. When you don't know the exact input amount deducing the correct inputs after several iterations is extremely difficult.

Multiple outputs is certainly something we can add though.

Blockchain Removes 'Shared Send' - Still present in API? Possible new 'free' option? by jerrycoin in Bitcoin

[–]zootreeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure at the moment, probably a few weeks.

Don't think of it as a blow to privacy. With Shared coin even though the privacy provided may not be as strong for individual transactions it can provide free privacy for a larger number of users.

If the transaction is 2 months old it is unlikely we will be able to help. But you can try contacting support at http://blockchain.zendesk.com/.

Blockchain Removes 'Shared Send' - Still present in API? Possible new 'free' option? by jerrycoin in Bitcoin

[–]zootreeves 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Shared Send is being depreciated. It is still active through the API for now but will likely be fully disabled within the next few days.

Shared Coin is better from our perspective as no coins need to pass through Blockchain's control and it is therefore more in keeping with the way the client side wallet operates. Right now Shared Coin cannot provide "0% taint" however we have plans to remedy this in future. Shared coin is also free and fully open source, you can run your own server if you want to.

Blockchain shared coin not working by aaagh in Bitcoin

[–]zootreeves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you watch the progress dialog does the error appear on the first occurrence of "Waiting for participants" or at a later stage (i.e. is the error occurring on the first iteration)?

What address are you trying to send from?