the random thought thread
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Bushings are not bearings. Proper fork service requires you to inspect them and your stanchions. Disassembly may be required.
I had one AC/DC album in my collection. While listening to a cut yesterday, it became apparent that the lyrics were describing rape. AC/DC is no longer in my collection.
Hmmm, I have some weird search history now but I assume it was- Let Me Put My Love Into You?
They aren't the nicest of lyrics.
Dance With the Devil by Immortal Technique is a tough listen, it's a well told story but still a very tough listen.
The above song is just a story but it doesn't sound that way.
EDIT- If anyone is somewhat sensitive probably don't listen to Dance With The Devil, hadn't heard it for a while but it still messes with my head,
There are so many reaction videos to it on YT now.
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Yes, that was the cut.
My current phone and my last phone both have 5Ah batteries but the current one lasts a touch over half the battery life of the previous one.
Even on the most hardcore battery saving mode it doesn't come close to the previous one with no power saving stuff turned on. Guess a faster chip and an AMOLED screen uses way more power........?
Even on the most hardcore battery saving mode it doesn't come close to the previous one with no power saving stuff turned on. Guess a faster chip and an AMOLED screen uses way more power........?
AMOLED screens *should* waste less battery. I'd blame the shorter battery life on the scheduler/governor/throttling settings of the newer phone. Mind I ask what brands/models are we talking about?
16 hours of a dh a day? Hard core.During the past two years, I spent 2/3rds of my vacation days downhilling.
Two out of three.
Could also be bloatware or some malicious software installed consuming resources.
My work and personal laptops have the same processor, the work one overheats just sitting idle because the corporate core load is both bloatware and malicious.
It has been crap since new and runs almost pure Android, I have seen a few reports of people saying the same, I think it can use ~8% overnight with no use.
You're not as scared of me as I am terrified of you. Pretty sure of that...
I'm constantly amazed, though I probably shouldn't be, that we live in a day when a vast sum of human knowledge is easily accessible with a few swipes, yet people will doggedly defend their (often misguided) opinions.
I just do not like when folks smoke cigarettes on my fire escape. Excuse me.Paranoia, it's the american way.
I think this is an important idea. The societal rate of change is causing a section of the population to flip out. They can’t deal, and are increasingly using more and more ridiculous ‘excuses’/mental coping mechanisms/lies to ‘check out’ of the consequences of the things that are happening and their actions. It’s a new type of Future Shock. ‘Going retarded’.
I don't understand how the show 'Suits" ran for so many seasons, it is boring as shit.
Also, fuck people that walk on timber floors in high heels!
Also, fuck people that walk on timber floors in high heels!
Ignorance has become a choice. And you are right, a not so insignificant portion of the population has made this choice and shut their minds to the prospect of change. Why is this? Hubris? The idea that to fail means one is a failure? That the society is evolving at such a pace that we deny in order to preserve that little slice of what we "know"?
That, to me, is one of the more disturbing consequences of this "fake news" nonsense. When we all accept the same set of facts but reach different conclusions it's one thing. But we find ourselves with the mass adoption of an alternate reality to support ideas that people believe for no reason other than they want to believe them and justify their obtuseness.
Maybe it's always been this way and the internet has just given a bullhorn to these pockets of lunacy, allowing them to reach out and find the other loons.
And to think this rant all started because my MIL keeps insisting we should feed our baby warmed milk, despite there being absolutely no evidence from any reputable or accredited body that this has any impact on anything. Yet her experience raising a single child gives her the expertise to proffer this as if it were fact. When confronted with the former she retreats to the latter, without taking a moment to consider that her single data point may not be representative of any greater trend beyond that single data point. Our child drinks cold milk because she likes cold milk.
Also, please reconsider using the word retard. It is insulting to those with intellectual disabilities. That and even if it weren't, they don't deserve to be lumped in with intellectually ignorant imbeciles we are actually talking about.
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But which reality is the real one?
My forks have sleeve bearings.
I've recently read a few books that touch upon this subject, in particular the chapter "discovery of ignorance" in the book Sapiens. A very good read.
All Forks have Sleeve Bearings. A traditional bearing and a sleeve bearing are not infinite. Subject to wear and need to checked and replaced now and then. You get my point surely...
Haha, no I didn't get your point.
After a few rides my Mezzer has a bit of a fore/aft clunk from bushing movement, warranty won't happen as I bought them from a shady online bike shop.
Which shady online bike shop?
Shady is possibly a touch harsh but they were selling stuff that was normally OEM only and don't seem to offer any repair services for Manitou forks, they sell them but there is no official reseller in Aus.
Seems Covid has cleared them out of some seriously oddball frames-
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When the giant ball of ancient earwax comes out of the ear, all sounds become loud, even ones own voice.
It is very good to know the difference between bolognese sauce, and bologna sauce.
I'm not sure if the tag on the Random Picture Thread is supposed to read- An album cover, or- Anal bum cover.
At the voting polls today, for the mid-term elections. Looking forward to 14 hours of supervision.
Not the best way to spend a spring Sunday, but the law is the law.
Not the best way to spend a spring Sunday, but the law is the law.
Didn't see that reply, had a HTC U20 5G with a 5AH battery and an IPS display, now I have an ASUS Zenfone 8 Flip, same capacity battery but faster processor and an AMOLED display.
I bought the HTC because it looked like it was going to be the last out of their Taiwanese factory, I hope it is because it sucked and got one firmware update in nine months.
You don't realize how many unnecessary doorbells are in commercials/shows/movies until you have a dog.
Barking dogs bouncing around surround sound channels really messes with a dogs head.