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Starting to have dangerous thoughts: lighter bike, power meter, electronic shifting, aero wheels 😅

Starting to have dangerous thoughts: lighter bike, power meter, electronic shifting, aero wheels 😅

Love how the google maps car entered a road it was not allowed into 😆

Love how the google maps car entered a road it was not allowed into 😆

More OSM nerdery, today I learned about: - cycleway=shoulder : can be used when a road has a "suitable" shoulders but no official...

More OSM nerdery, today I learned about:
- cycleway=shoulder : can be used when a road has a "suitable" shoulders but no official cycle lane.
- bicycle=use_sidepath : can be used to indicate that a separate parallel bike path should be used instead in countries with mandatory bike lanes.

Are there gpx mapping tools that allow me to indicate routes I want to avoid (and ideally save my preferences)? On bikerouter.de I can do a...

Are there gpx mapping tools that allow me to indicate routes I want to avoid (and ideally save my preferences)?
On bikerouter.de I can do a circular "no-go" zone… but that's not ideal…

I don't always remember which roads have too much traffic or crappy bike paths, I usually only find out when I'm there 😆

Nouvelle pépite sur Radio Nova: Les grands remplaçants.Ça fait 11 minutes que je regarde et 10 minutes que je rigole, ils envoient du...

Nouvelle pépite sur Radio Nova: Les grands remplaçants.
Ça fait 11 minutes que je regarde et 10 minutes que je rigole, ils envoient du lourd 😆
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18gG5_0q1vg

Never understood why we centralised electrical networks. Being both an electrician and a software developer I see doomsday all around me...

Never understood why we centralised electrical networks. Being both an electrician and a software developer I see doomsday all around me constantly. And of course it had to happen. And of course nothing will change because it is profitable to a few.

Suddenly leaders realise they should have been doing that for more than sentimental reasons, the most obvious ones being defense industry,...

Suddenly leaders realise they should have been doing that for more than sentimental reasons, the most obvious ones being defense industry, medical industry, energy, aeronautics, research,... The EU is extremely dependant on China, US and Russia for most of these things despite sanctions and other symbolic measures.

Who could have predicted that dealing with dictatorships and neoliberal states would have led to this... 🙃

There already are many "good" examples of protectionism, particularly in Europe. All regional products e.g. Parmesan cheese can...

There already are many "good" examples of protectionism, particularly in Europe.
All regional products e.g. Parmesan cheese can only be created a specific way in a specific area. You could economically do it cheaper and equally good anywhere else, but Italians and the EU chose to protect it.

The same is true for many more "sentimental" goods. So it's not like we are not doing it. We only chose to protect what we seem traditionally attached too.

Protectionism isn't a bad idea, most left leaning people these days have fallen to the neoliberal idea of every service & product...

Protectionism isn't a bad idea, most left leaning people these days have fallen to the neoliberal idea of every service & product available anywhere at lowest possible costs. Which is precisely what is destroying social nets, welfare, economies, and not to mention ecology.

However there are better ways like Bernie Sanders supports that aren't full-racist, and that are economically sound.

Too bad we have to witness an idiot doing idiotic things making everything worse.

Anybody working at Canonical in my network? I have applied to different roles, and it's some of the worst application forms I have...

Anybody working at Canonical in my network? I have applied to different roles, and it's some of the worst application forms I have encountered. It is lengthy, time consuming and very biased towards people that have finished specific degrees.
On the plus side I like the fact that you ask people not to use AI, because yea that's how most people should operate, but I'm sure you can't verify it, and people will use it.

All well-intended, but I believe it filters out people like me immediately.

My daughter is 2 today 🥰🥳🎂

My daughter is 2 today 🥰🥳🎂

The reasonable thing for Google and the Open Web is to turn over Chrome control to a fully independent foundation and to finance its...

The reasonable thing for Google and the Open Web is to turn over Chrome control to a fully independent foundation and to finance its development.
Everything else is a risk to themselves and to the Open Web.

Of course if you fill a 10L bucket and you needed 1L, that's wasteful too 😆

Of course if you fill a 10L bucket and you needed 1L, that's wasteful too 😆

I don't get why people like bike cleaner products packed as spray bottles. While it might seem convenient, you spray half the stuff on...

I don't get why people like bike cleaner products packed as spray bottles. While it might seem convenient, you spray half the stuff on the ground. Just seems wasteful in terms of both resources and money, also non-ecological even with "biodegradable" products.
And why is it so unnecessary difficult to find alternatives you can just use as liquid in a bucket.
Typical marketing/sales people making product decisions imo.

What I'll remember most from Amstel Gold Race was Alaphilippe. When he attacked on the super steep Gulperberg, the crowds in Valkenburg...

What I'll remember most from Amstel Gold Race was Alaphilippe. When he attacked on the super steep Gulperberg, the crowds in Valkenburg got super enthusiastic. There is a genuine love for this rider.

I hope he gained a bit of confidence for the remaining Ardennes classics. The typical Alaphilippe punch was beautiful to witness, he can probably do a top 10 if he uses his strengths in the right moments in LBL or Flèche Wallone.

Stop getting worse 😢

Stop getting worse 😢

Il commence à être un peu défoncé mon hoodie #parisweb 😬 Si je le lave je perds la partie imprimé, si je ne le lave pas...je ne peux...

Il commence à être un peu défoncé mon hoodie #parisweb 😬 Si je le lave je perds la partie imprimé, si je ne le lave pas...je ne peux plus le mettre 😄

Elite is apparently planning to roll out a firmware update for a lot of their smart trainers to allow running the Zwift Cog.Please make this...

Elite is apparently planning to roll out a firmware update for a lot of their smart trainers to allow running the Zwift Cog.
Please make this a reality. I'd love to use one of my old frames as a Zwift specific bike 😀

Me on OSM this morning. "Are you having breakfast?"

Me on OSM this morning.
"Are you having breakfast?"

Finally, sending idiots in space is a possibility! Too bad they haven't figured out the ejection yet.

Finally, sending idiots in space is a possibility! Too bad they haven't figured out the ejection yet.