Tehdastehdas

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[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

When it's cold enough, or just raining freezing cold water, biking hurts.

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

As a long time vaper, I never get any withdrawal symptoms after quitting - quite the opposite: the first week is still tolerable, but then the depression comes back and never leaves in 9 months of abstinence.

Antidepressant and Anxiolytic Effects of Medicinal Cannabis Use in an Observational Trial

Results: Medicinal cannabis use was associated with lower self-reported depression, but not anxiety, at baseline. Medicinal cannabis users also reported superior sleep, quality of life, and less pain on average. Initiation of medicinal cannabis during the follow-up period was associated with significantly decreased anxiety and depressive symptoms, an effect that was not observed in Controls that never initiated cannabis use.

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If they invested ~1 million in manufacturability design, it'd be about half the price, but investors usually don't dare because decades-old lawfare attacks by the fossil fuel industry are still in effect in many countries.
https://xfwnofqagsnmdxuf.quora.com/Lawfare-against-tiny-cars-velomobiles

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

The ability to pedal enables exercise and gives you accurate longitudinal position control for parking. A servo generator as a forward-backward interface complicates nothing compared to a car-like interface. If it doesn't have that now, it will because it's an old invention and the natural solution for all pedal-electrics to evolve to.

Fairing in velomobiles reduces wind resistance a lot compared to unfaired recumbent trikes of the same size. I believe this with doors on has the same drag as a regular bicyclist. Doesn't even matter because electricity is cheap. Rain coat can't stop the weather from hurting my face.

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Worked for a notorious backstabber, got stabbed in the back. Is this the right time for victim blaming?

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's barely evil. Consider the destruction of OkCupid as an attack against its liberal-skewed user base:
https://lemmy.world/post/24108120

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Does this make possible federated supply-demand matching, like dating, jobs, and any kind of marketplace?

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 22 points 1 week ago

Just a credible threat.

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Before a tankie comes in propagandising the 1992 consensus that says "there is one China, our China", by which China means PRC (People's Republic of China) and Taiwan's ruling party KMT meant RoC (Republic of China), let me add some detail:

After effectively losing the Chinese civil war in 1949 by retreating to Taiwan, RoC martial law era ruling party KMT first threatened to retake China until 1991, and then diluted the plan into “reunification” and cosied up with China. Last time KMT said "one China" was in the 1992 consensus, at the end of martial law. Taiwanese people never agreed with KMT’s hubris or sucking-up, which shows in voting results since the martial law ended.

Now Taiwan is stuck with the official stance of "one China" because China’s (PRC) Anti-secession law of 2005 promises war if Taiwan changes its name from the old “Republic of China” (since 1911 in China, since 1945 on Taiwan) to “Republic of Taiwan”. They missed a chance to become officially Taiwan the country. Most parties in Taiwan support "status quo", "don't rock the boat".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Taiwan#Current_political_issues

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Another victim of lawfare. If you design a crappy three-wheeler, you voluntarily step into the lawfare trap set by fossil fuel industry to sabotage you. The correct solution is for the velomobile industry to attack the unjust laws and make four-wheelers be treated the same as three-wheelers.

https://xfwnofqagsnmdxuf.quora.com/Lawfare-against-tiny-cars-velomobiles

Trikes are only good for saving pennies at the cost of driveability and usability - they should not be incentivised by law. They are slow and teetery around curves, unless very low centre of gravity over the two-wheeled axle. Four-wheelers are more stable and can have a cargo space or a back seat between the rear wheels.

HP Velotechnik Scorpion

https://www.quora.com/When-a-3-wheeled-car-is-being-designed-how-will-it-be-calculated-if-the-car-will-topple-How-will-the-maximum-turning-speed-and-radius-for-safe-turning-be-found-out/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen

[–] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Not only on how wide, but how much weight is on the two-wheel axle.

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