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  1. 6 hours ago, Why_Me said:

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    And motorists park in the bike lane and pedestrians walk/jog in the bike line. We're all shit.

     My hypothesis is that cyclists get a disproportionate amount of shit because most people are motorists (at least in my corner of this god forsaken shit show) and most people are pedestrians. So people look at the group they are a part of and the shit they pull doesn't piss them off as much or stay with them. Cyclists, being the out-group, get more hate as a result since most people aren't cyclists. 

  2. On 2/17/2024 at 11:13 AM, wONKEyeYEs said:

    Does everybody stop riding in the Winter?

    Looks like we need the 2024 edition started.

    Well, gotta get goin'.

    Wind chill of -14C so it will be a double socks ride today.

     

    I stop usually sometime in September or October. I'm just not having fun if I'm too cold, so I usually hang up my bicycle gloves for the year once it gets below 10-15C consistently. Not to mention the days get so short that you barely have any daylight. I'll start up again probably in May. I actually just took my bike in to get cleaned and tuned up; also getting some cross top brake levers installed as well as a new stem. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a 120mm stem at a 35 degree angle?

  3. My adventures in mechanical keyboards continue! I think I need to lube my springs to get rid of some awful ping, but my switches are not hot swappable, which would mean that the traditional way would require desoldering (can't do myself). I put some acoustic foam in the back, and while it's helped, there's still noticeable ping.

     I came across this tutorial for lubing switches without desoldering. Would this lube the springs as well? I'm particularly interested in the "pull-stem" method as it seems cleaner, even though it takes more time. The spray method seems too messy.

    https://kineticlabs.com/blog/how-to-lube-switches-without-soldering
     

  4. Looking for: are there any online businesses that do custom keyboard soldering work? Looking to make my mechanical keyboard hot swappable so I can easily lube the springs.

     

    Context: After extensive research, I bought myself a Kinesis Freestyle Edge keyboard with Cherry MX Browns and the tenting accessory. I absolutely love the typing experience on this board, especially after using the Freestyle 2 for nearly ten years. (I did look at a tonne of other split tenting keyboards, but none of them had what I wanted) While I love the keyboard, it has awful ping that's driving me crazy. I've tried to find QMX-Clips as I've heard they can help, but can't find them in stock anywhere, and I keep getting an error on the Uniqey website when I try to order them. I've also ordered a piece of sorbothane acoustic foam to jam in there, so we'll see on Friday (when it's scheduled to be delivered) if that'll help. But, the switches aren't hot swappable. Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that I can't lube the springs without desoldering the switches. I've never soldered, don't own a soldering iron, and have some pretty bad tremor in my hands (medical issue), so I'm not keen on doing it myself; even if I had the equipment and knew how, I don't think my hands are steady enough (it's why I had to give up building Gundams). I'd like someone to hopefully do it for me. I am, of course, happy to pay for this; I don't expect anyone to do it for free.

    Are there any businesses or individuals with good reputations (ie, good work, not scams) that do this kind of thing?

  5. On 1/19/2024 at 8:46 AM, E-waste said:

    Your system clock is off.  I had the same issue recently.  Keep your PC plugged into power at all times to keep the CMOS battery from needing to drain itself, and consider using NTPd or similar to manage and maintain the system clock if this continues to be an issue.  There is also chrony, which when set to use rtcdrift file, will keep up with the clock drift since last reboot.  It's all commandline and takes a while to figure out, but avoids these small issues.  The archwiki has great example setups on chrony to use the rtcdrift file if you'd like te set it up.

    Hi,

     

     "sudo apt-get install ntp" did the trick. Thanks!

  6. I recently used the GUI upgrade tool to uptrade to Linux Mint 21.3 MATE. I'm getting an error when I refresh updates.

     

    "The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.

    Release file for http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy-security/InRelease is not valid yet (invalid for another 6h 10min 41s). Updates for this repository will not be applied."

     Any idea what's going on here or how to fix it?

  7. I've never particularly liked IPS displays. Back in 2017 when I was looking for a monitor, I tried a bunch of IPS displays and returned them all. I ended up settling on a VA QLED panel. I found IPS to have really uneven lighting across the screen. That said, this was for a 34 inch ultrawide. I'm far less picky when it comes to laptop displays. The bigger the display, the more glaring any flaws or annoyances become.

  8. So I recently got myself a 49 inch Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 (the VA QLED version). It was $800 off on sale, so I decided to pull the trigger. I had a Samsung CJ791 34 inch VA QLED monitor and felt I could use more space. I had tried the C4RG90 VA QLED 49 inch, but I returned it; the 1800R curve just wasn't enough for such a massive display and it was weird looking at things in the corners. After this experience, I knew that no other 49 inch monitor was going to do it, especially as LG's 49 inch curved displays are usually even subtler than 1800R.

     The 1000R of the Neo G9 is perfect. Things in the corners don't look weird and the whole thing just feels right. The picture also looks amazing.

     The wider you go, the more aggressive a curve I recommend.

     Funnily enough, I bought the Neo G9 for productivity (ALL THE SPREADSHEETS!) rather than gaming, but I did have to buy a new GPU since my poor little RX6600 XT couldn't push anymore than 60hz on the desktop and 20fps in games, so I had to upgrade (went with the RX7800 XT and it seems to be a good pairing, given that the Neo G9 is almost pushing the same number of pixels as 16:9 4k)

     Anyway, just my two cents.

  9. I just picked up an RX7800XT literally today to go with my new monitor (5120x1440). In Warhammer 40k Darktide I'm getting 80-100fps on medium settings, which is what I was aiming for. Keep in mind that this is a 32:9 monitor, so it's almost standard 4k in total resolution. If you were using a 21:9 or 16:9 monitor, then you'd be in a great position for 1440 gaming. Given that the RX7900XT is about twice the price, I think it's decent value for money. I was using an RX6600XT with a 3440x1440 monitor and was getting about the same. It all depends on what quality settings you want to run and how many fps you're looking for.

  10. Just bought an Odyssey Neo G9 49 inch monitor. My poor 6600XT can't really drive it in games (no surprise there) and I'm trying to decide between:

    Gigabyte RX7800 XT OC $675 CAD

    XFX Speedster MERC319 RX6950 XT $800 CAD

     Looking to run games in medium/high at 100 FPS or higher. Not using ray tracing or FSR or anything like that. (Should I be running FSR?)

     Any recommendations? Is the RX6950 worth the extra $125 CAD?
     

  11. So I currently have a 34 inch ultrawide 21:9 inch monitor with a 1500R curve which I love, but I just wish it was a bit bigger (I could use a bit of extra screen space when working with multiple documents). I'm currently torn between

    Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 49inch: I tried another 49 inch with an 1800R curve, but found that degree of curve was insufficient; the Neo G9's 1000R curve would hopefully address that. But I'm wondering if 49 inches is too much space. It also doesn't give me any extra vertical space.

     

    And

    Something like the ROG Strix XG438Q: 43inch 16:9 monitor would add the extra horizontal space while also giving me additional vertical space, which is nice. My main concern here is whether the lack of a curve would result in poor viewing angles given the size.

     Any thoughts? Ideally, I'd love a 40 inch 21:9 monitor with a 1500R (or greater) curve, but so far I haven't found anything that fits that bill. I also kinda prefer VA panels due to better contrast ratios over IPS panels.

     Any recommendations? My use case is primarily productivity, but I also game, so a 100hz or greater refresh rate would be nice, but I don't need anything with crazy high framerates; my GPU can't produce those framerates anyway.

  12. Season's over. The snow is falling and winter has set in. 3,952km was my total for this year. I was kinda hoping to crack 4,000km, but I guess it was not to be. Still, it was a good season. As the crow flies, I did the equivalent of from UBC in Vancouver to the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, crossing 6 provinces.

     

     

    19 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

    Bit of off-topic to this thread, debating whether I should pick e-scooter etc. I can carry with me on bus for those days that I would choose not to cycle. Alternative is foldable e-cycle. More expensive for sure, so in that sense with scooter getting less use total, that might just be the way regardless.

    I've been thinking about getting a little e-scooter to get too and from the train instead of walking.

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