[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 points 21 minutes ago

And they wonder why their market share is decreasing.

The only major browser that actually seems to care about their users is Vivaldi, sadly.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Genuinely shocking and disgusting. What is Microsoft's problem with people just trying to live their lives? They absolutely need a class action lawsuit over this. I'm so glad I just switched to Ubuntu as my default and now really don't want to give this sh*thole company another cent.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Thank you so much for your help! I don't have many tools and I don't have a garage, but I can certainly attempt an oil change or more basic things. I still want to leave the hard stuff to a shop. But does this mean I'm really gonna pay this much every 12k miles?

Also the service manual you are sharing says speed triple, not street triple.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

Because Netanyahu and Hamas are secretly allies.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Unfortunately, I've already had an electrical issue, as the positive battery terminal connection is rusted. But I was able to get it working again.

My real worry now is the service cost. Currently the bike has 23.9k miles and the dealers in my area want $1700 for the 24k service. That's literally 5x what I thought it would cost based on other Internet searches. Unfortunately, this bike was already a bit of a stretch, so I simply can't afford that.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I know for most triples, they fire evenly at 240 degrees of crank rotation. The cylinders should have perfect primary balance in the same way that three-phase alternating current is balanced (please correct me if I'm wrong on this). The secondary balance will be off, but this is relatively minor. Overall, I believe triples have better overall balance than twins, but less than fours.

For a better source, check out this FortNine video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOTz0Ol8fLA

Edit: The above video says triples are very imbalanced, maybe I'm quite wrong here.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

I'm curious, why?

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

The headlights are a weird point of controversy. I personally don't have much of an opinion on them, I just like high revving triples. More unique with a wider powerband than an inline-4.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

I know I'm replying to my own post here, but I found a discrepancy in the user manual. Should I fuel it with 87 or 89 AKI gas?

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It's been a good 3500 miles with the GZ250, but I've been itching for more power and better cornering potential. Also, I somehow spent $1000 in maintenance in 10 months for a "beginner" bike. So, I sold my GZ250 to buy this crazy motorcycle. I always wanted a high-revving inline-3 engine, and this bike was a good deal.

What a difference it is! I went from being slower than 99% of cars on the road to faster than 99% of cars on the road. That and the difference in ergonomics make it feel like my first time riding again because I feel like a noob again.

It pulls so crazy hard in lower gears that I don't think I've ever gave it full throttle below 4th gear, and it sounds amazing doing so. And whenever I take a corner, I consistently underestimate just how much I can lean, so I go almost unsatisfyingly slow, and the bike seems to say, "c'mon, chicken. Believe in me. You could've gone way faster than that." I hope to do a track day to remedy this mismatch between me and my motorcycle.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 40 points 5 days ago

My dealbreakers:

  1. No proper file management on iPhones.

  2. No sideloading allowed on iPhones.

  3. No playing back local music files without doing the cumbersome syncing through iTunes on iPhones.

  4. No headphone jack, no MicroSD slot, huge storage markups on iPhones.

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This is the #1 reason why I don't buy Apple anymore. But if there was an easy private way, I'd be open to getting Apple products again.

I simply want to transfer files from my PC to my iPad without any companies collecting info about the files, such as legally acquired mp3 files that dumb corporations will think are pirated.

What are the ways to do this?

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I've seen many instances of some software having DRM that significantly degrades the performance of the software, or worse, the performance of the entire OS due to heavy background tasks. Prime examples include Denuvo and all those Adobe background processes. Why can't they just simply use the TPM or the other 5 security chips embedded into the CPU so that they don't bloat the system?

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip to c/micromobility@lemmy.world

YouTube link

This might be a bit different than what usually gets posted here but I found this on Nebula and its perhaps my favorite video I've seen on the platform yet. You can also watch it on YouTube (strangely YT didn't suggest it to me despite it being right up my alley).

I absolutely love this idea of trying to do long distance riding with little e-bikes and e-scooters, or basically anything on 2 (or just 1???) wheels.

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I think of myself as technically inclined. I have installed Linux multiple times and have basic command line knowledge, and I've programmed in many languages, with the most experience making a static website game using HTML/CSS/JS.

Additionally, I own the superspruce.org domain (my registrar is Dynadot), but I don't really know how to wield the power of owning a domain. I also have some spare computers to be used for hosting, a 2009 laptop running Lubuntu and a 3900X+32GB RAM desktop other running KDE Neon, but I'm also open to experimenting with cloud hosting too (I know, sacrilege here).

However, I don't know much about the TCP/IP protocol or other networking protocols. I'm happy to learn, but the curve would need to start gently.

I would want to try hosting my websites, and also a personal non-federated Lemmy instance to serve as a archivable forum for my games. Even if it's not very useful, it's great experience.

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Not sure if this is the right community for this, but I see plenty of electric motorcycle stuff here, so I'll bite. Message me if this is the wrong place for this content.

Anyways, really? AI? On a motorcycle? Isn't the entire point of motorcycles feeling the freedom of manipulating your machine to do what you ask of it? Without any AI and data selling nonsense? Please don't let this be the direction of motorcycling.

AI is powerful has a place in many areas. Just keep it out of motorcycles, a hobby defined by skill, freedom, and most importantly, fun.

Give us electric motorcycles whose tech adds to the experience, not tries to turn it into a IoT data harvesting device, please.

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If you could have any three production motorcycles, with any budget, what would you pick?

I'll go first:

  1. Yamaha R1 (Sport riding and trackdays, also crossplane sound)
  2. Triumph Tiger 900 GT (touring and adventure riding with an actually manageable seat height)
  3. Honda Grom (for just hooning around for when I want a small light bike)
[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 92 points 6 months ago

Remember, the reason I ditched Reddit wasn't the ads per se, it was the constant data selling, and the official app just getting worse and worse with unwanted "features" pushed on everyone. They kept getting greedier and greedier so when they disabled 3rd party apps I ditched Reddit.

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submitted 6 months ago by SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I'm not sure if this is the best community to post in, but I just bought a used computer and slotted in an RX480 as the GPU. I installed KDE Neon 5.27 on it, and it worked flawlessly for 2 days.

Then, even though it was working earlier today, it slept and then would not wake up. So I turned off the power and turned it back on again, and was greeted with this error screen:

The only prior error message I'd gotten from the system was when I tried to install wine for one application, it told me some packages weren't up to date, without a way to fix it. I can enter the BIOS just fine.

What is going on? How do I fix this?

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 136 points 7 months ago

Copyright is far too long and should only last at most 20 years.

Actually, George Washington would agree with me if he was still alive. He and the other founding fathers created the notion of copyright, which was to last 14 years. Then big corporations changed the laws in their favor.

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