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[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not really. KDE Connect does all sorts of things, file transfer being just one and really not in the same way. It also does notifications, media controls, remote control, ...

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago

And everything syncs with your desktop Firefox(es).

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Make sure to buy lights that follow German StVZO regulations if you're on the road. They're not necessarily expensive. they have controlled beams with a horizontal cutoff so they don't blind people, like motor vehicle lights.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago

If you are vegan playing mind games then bravo, this might be quite effective.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Are you claiming that solar panels have a positive co2 footprint?

Wait, are you claiming they don't? (assuming you mean a positive CO₂ footprint means net emission of CO₂).

Solar panels absolutely don't reduce CO₂. They make things worse more slowly, just as electric cars do, but they're still making things worse. They are most certainly not carbon neutral, let alone permanently capturing CO₂. They're an energy multiplier, which is less bad than using the energy without the multiplier, but it isn't a net positive.

Which I think is probably the crux of OPs point.

Edit: WTF, where are OP's messages? They weren't abusive from my memory, they were quite the opposite of climate-crisis-denying. They were perhaps hyperbolic and absolutist, but I from my memory of them there was no reason to remove them.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

I had an old waxed cotton bike poncho made by some hippies in Oregon or something that was great, but wore out and they're shut down their business. I bought a Cleverhood.

Gotta say, it's adequate, but not particularly good. The hand loops are crude and awkward. Inexplicably it's made out of breathable fabric, which is pointless in a poncho, as a core poncho upside is plentiful airflow underneath, plus you only wear it when it's actively raining at which point any breathable fabric ceases breathing. My shoulders get damp where they touch the cloth, and that didn't happen with my fully waterproof waxed cotton one.

I'm tempted to clean, fix, and rewax my old poncho as it did a better job, albeit it was heavier and more bulky.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago

Your imagination is not serving you well. Ponchos do catch the wind and are very much not aero, but they generally have loops or something for your hands to hold them in place, and are never long enough to go down to your wheels, that would be lethal.

Their biggest downsides is they don't protect your knees and below, and they flap around in the wind, and may obscure lights and cameras on your handlebars if you're not careful. They're also worthless unless you have full fenders/mudguards.

But they're great in warm weather because ventilation is excellent, even if they're made of cheap fully waterproof material. Indeed there's little point in making them out of breathable material because it'll only make a fractional improvement, and you generally only wear them when it's actively raining, and when it's wet, breathable material isn't breathable any more anyway.

They're also easy to put on and take off over clothes so for utilitarian/transportation use when you don't change clothes at either end they're extra convenient.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

Weird, your experience is the exact opposite of mine. I wear a poncho to avoid getting sweaty, which I can't avoid in a jacket no matter how breathable it is. The airflow under a poncho is great.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

Especially good in the summer. They allow you to stay very dry but also get great airflow. Feet and lower legs are unprotected, but wearing shorts in summer it's not much of an issue, and at worst you have to wear waterproof pants. Some long custom open backed gaiters would be ideal.

They aren't aero though. I wouldn't want to ride for tens of miles in one. Excellent for the daily commute though.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

Generally I've found water heaters pretty low temp, like 70-80C. I like 90+, and would boost it in the microwave to a boil and then add a splash of cold.

With aeropress or pour over and hand grinder it's easy to make a nice cup.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or they avoid the need for that solution by avoiding that problem in the first place?.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 month ago

I don't even now how anyone keeps track of them and finds the ones they want. And how can you possibly do that quicker than just going to the page afresh.

Part of working on a project for me is assembling links to important pages. It may be days, weeks or months later that I want to come back and there are the links. And of course, anything generically or regularly useful is just a bookmark as you say.

It really seems like people keep tabs open just to keep a list of useful pages. There are much easier and more effective ways to do that.

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