I wish each point had a footnote pointing to a study. Most of these sound pretty reasonable, but I wonder if any are simply thought to be beneficial with no actual positive effect.
An interesting observation, but I track my sleep with a Garmin smartwatch.
I do have to wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom (not 1 or two hours, but 10 minutes tops), and my heart rate hits the nighttime low right after going back to sleep; my "body battery" ramps up after that point, too.
Anecdotally, this seems like a good thing to be happening.
Cyclist dead after Yorkville collision with truck driver
Five months left for 2024, and Toronto has already broken their record for most cyclists killed in a single year.
This is shameful.
Cyclist dead after Yorkville collision with truck driver
Five months left for 2024, and Toronto has already broken their record for most cyclists killed in a single year.
This is shameful.
I use a blender and then run everything through a French press!
I don't have experience with an actually nut milk machine, but this method works for us.
Since we've always used unsweetened versions of nondairy milk, it's just water and almonds. Approx. 2tbls of almonds to a little over 1000ml of water.
The extra equipment simply makes it easier, but you don't really need any of it. Bread, pizza dough, pasta, muffins, cookies, tortillas, and anything else that's flour-based can be made without anything but a stove or oven.
I guess it depends on your priorities. For me, it was about saving money, even if that meant a small investment in extra kitchen stuff.
Yes, a blender, bread machine, pasta maker, pressure cooker, microwave, and coffee maker all take up space in my kitchen. But for me, it's totally worth it! They've paid for themselves many, many times over!
We bought a $99 bread machine a few years ago, as the price of bread at the store climbed. It takes a minute to assemble the ingredients, then you just walk away. 3 hours later, you have bread that puts store bought to shame, and all for less than $1 per 2lb loaf.
We also started using a pasta maker, which is just as easy to use. Fresh pasta for pennies, instead of $3 a pack.
In addition, we started making out own almond milk too... using fresh almonds and water. Compared to unsweetened store bought, we're saving over $40 a month on almond milk alone.
I'm tired of these companies... all of them... overpricing their products. Make whatever you can; fix whatever you can; reuse and repurpose as much as you can!
You should see how lively it gets when you've got a bunch of Terns around! LOL
They get pushed around by the morning doves, woodpeckers and sparrows.
I've got a birdfeeder with a camera and can confirm that Blue Jays are NOT the bullies 99% of the time!
It's like a joke by this point.
I ride on a stretch of road that has a bike lane that transitions (squeezes cyclists) onto a narrow road with no shoulder and poor quality surface. Even the sidewalk ends at this transition, forcing pedestrians onto the road.
This transition happens on an incline, so anyone on foot or bike will be going slower. Naturally, this seems to piss off drivers as if you've insulted their mother.
I always laugh, swear, and shake my head at the "share the road" sign at this section, as if it's been put there as a big FU to anyone not in a motor vehicle.
The municipalities that do this sort of thing really have no idea what cycling or walking alongside aggressive SUV drivers, who refuse to share the road, is like.
More police funding just means more arrests, not fewer crimes.
You can't blame police when our "justice system" (i.e. our courts) makes it a habit of releasing high-risk offenders.
Every time a violent offender is arrested nearby, I check to see what they were arrested for, and without fail it's multiple failure to comply with court order, and a half dozen breach of probation orders, etc.
And then they are released on a promise to appear... where they re-offend, because, why not?
Until judges are held partially responsible for any crimes committed by people who were released, things will never change.
And I can't imagine how much it costs taxpayers to arrest the same clowns over and over and over again.
but CCC now has more reliable auto tracking lists (just add to wishlist, it will auto sync and email any drops).
Well, I may give CCC another try. That feature would be HUGE for me.
And priced for the average human! Wow.
Damn, if I didn't need the fitness tracking support of my Garmin watch, I'd be all over that!
I held onto my Pebble for so long, wearing it from launch until about a year ago, where I got a Garmin Smartwatch.
So many things I loved about it, especially its simplicity and legendary battery life (at that time).
Some people don't miss a day of work in 27 years, specifically to avoid those milestones and their family. Who's to say this guy hasn't been playing the long game? LOL
I never liked CCC for some reason, not sure if it was the UI or what. Been rocking Keepa for many years without any trouble. I set price notifications for items that I can wait for, but usually check price history for everything else.
I'm actually glad that the Amazon wishlist also tells you that an item is now priced lower than when it was added to the wishlist. It makes it a little easier to identify price drops.
Of course. And since enforcement is basically non-existent, it doesn't matter how illegal it is!
How does one actually enable Full Page Copy? I don't see any specific options to enable it in the preserved formats, and I tested two captures, and none had captured the page in HTML.
Using it via docker, if that makes a difference. Confirmed that v2.6 is being used.
Keepa
This one browser extension has likely saved me thousands over the years. Since most of my purchases can wait, I'm often scoring the true lowest price for an item when I do have to buy something.
In the last 5 years, Amazon (for me) has had lower food prices than nearly all local grocery stores for certain items. The "trick' is to park those items in a wishlist and set a notification for when the price drops to a level you are willing to pay (via browser add-on), then you can really save a lot.
But for most items, it's a gamble to assume you are getting the lowest price, even when they are on sale. But then again, I think most stores play the same games, so consumers are always on the losing end no matter where they shop.
I think most stores do this. But with Amazon, you can at least use a browser plugin to actually know when you're getting a good deal.
That said, if I could avoid Amazon, I likely would.
I think many companies will put sales on overpriced items to make it seem like a deal, but it's hard to catch the ones who inflate the prices just before a sale happens (which brings the sale price down to the regular price). The latter is a bigger problem, IMO.
Artificial price increase so that you can post “discounts” on Prime Day
Amazon Prime Days ran on July 16th and 17th (at least here, in Canada).
This price jump happened a day before and ended two days later, but this item was "on sale" during those two Prime Days.
I've been seeing this scam far too often, especially with food items. Why isn't this illegal yet?
To those using Tube Archivist, does it often freeze for you too?
I'll start by saying that I really love Tube Archivist. It works flawlessly in doing what it does (archiving YouTube videos), and the UI and UX are great.
However, no matter what browser I use (Edge, FF, Opera, Samsung mobile, FF mobile, etc...), I run into issues where the video will play, but the interface freezes... I can't do anything on the screen until I refresh.
I don't have it set to any strange codecs, so videos are in vp9. But I also tried a few different codecs to see if the quality/size could be better optimized, and had the same issues with freezing UI then.
If I run the videos through Jellyfin, they work fine. It's only through the TA web interface where things lock up.
Is this normal? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get this working better?
Checking chain wear when waxing chains.
So, I joined the world of waxed chains. So far, it's life changing. Quiet to the point that your think I'm running a belt drive, but more importantly, super clean and component preserving.
But, I was thinking earlier, if wax fills in the gaps between the parts the wear, how would you actually get a true chain wear measurement?
I've never heard of someone stripping the wax off to check for wear, and that would get incredibility wasteful to do it often.
Zero friction Cycling doesnt mention anything special in regards to checking a waxed chain.
So, would I go about checking the chain, waxed and all, and assume the numbers are pin point accurate?
Quick follow up re: my post "Advice wanted: Best/safest route between Pickering and Scarborough?"
Hey guys, just a quick update regarding my question: https://lemmy.ca/post/22882437
I did end up successfully riding from Oshawa to Vaughan and back over the weekend, using Finch as the bridge between Pickering and Scarborough.
For the most part, I'm really happy with my route choice. The total trip was just over 162 km, and some highlights included:
- The trans-Canada trail along Duffins Creek in Pickering was amazing.
- There's a long-ass hill on Old Finch, just west of the zoo, that almost killed me on the way back (my folding bike is NOT geared at all for climbing, and I burned off any glycogen reserves by that point).
- The Finch hydro corridor was nice... taking McNicoll before and after was not. Poor roads and aggressive drivers.
- The Duncan Creek trail is also stunning. I'd 100% do this trail again if I'm in the area.
- The cycling infrastructure in Vaughan was great... until it's not. There's a section of road along HWY 7 West of Centre St and east of the 400 that's just downright terrible. Where there is no bike lane, the roads are garbage and traffic is fast and aggressive. Where there is a separated bike lane, it was COVERED in rocks, metal, plastic, wire, and pretty much everything else you can imagine; the road, FYI, looked as if it was cleaned using a toothbrush. The raised cycling lanes west of the 400 were really, really nice.
Overall, a really great ride. I'm not sure if I'll attempt the same ride using Taunton/Steeles at some point, since aggressive motorists going far in excess of 80 km/h just doesn't sound like fun.
As a side note, my Varia radar clocked one guy going 126km/h...
Anyone know what's going on with the cycleOSM layer (June 2024)?
I'm seeing fake roads everywhere, and the map looks like a spider's web.
It's like this on every website that displays the cycleOSM layer: the official cycleOSM site, Openstreetmap, brouter, etc.
Advice wanted: Best/safest route between Pickering and Markham?
Hey guys, hopefully this isn't too far out of the city to offer suggestions, but here's my problem:
I'm planning a ride from East Oshawa to central Vaughan.
I'd like to keep the route safe, but don't want to detour so far out-of-the-way, so a 4h one-way trip becomes a 7-hour one, since I'll still need to come back on the same day.
I'll obviously need to avoid the waterfront trail, as it's quite out of my way. So, my options are either taking HWY 7 or Taunton/Steeles.
Google street view shows me some pros and cons to both, but they also lead to totally different parts of Markham, and some cycling infrastructure there seems either disconnected or forces me to take some rather busy roads.
Has anyone taken HWY 7 or Taunton/Steeles between Pickering and Markham by bike? Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
EDIT: Finch Ave. looks to be another option.
Where do I get an adapter for this oddly sized pedal thread?
The photo was from a site that no longer seems to be up. The pedal on the right, measuring at 15.7mm is the same size that the pedal on my indoor spin bike uses and I want to use standard 9/16 threaded pedals instead.
Has anyone come across this size??? Do adapters exist to step up standard 9/16 to 15.7mm?
Polyester bee?
Context:
This guy landed on my shoulder and just walked around for a few minutes.
Southern Ontario Around 2:30pm in bright sun; 24 Celsius.
(S)he was loaded with pollen and the bands on their abdomen were white.
From a list of possible bees in Ontario, I have narrowed it down to the polyester bee, but if anyone can confirm, I'd appreciate it.
It's been pretty depressing seeing fewer pollinators around year after year, so this guy really made my day!
Some websites are nearly impossible to use in FF due to slow performance
This has been bothering me long enough that I figured I'd check to see if anyone else is having the same issue, and more importantly, if there's a fix.
Some websites, like Google Earth or various weather radar sites get so slow that they are unusable in Firefox.
When I load the same sites in Edge, it's blazing fast, as I'd expect.
Even Librewolf chugs on these sites.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS: First, thanks for all the input, guys.
I wanted to say that I've tried a fresh FF profile, and the same slowness happens in Google Earth.
I also confirmed that hardware acceleration is enabled.
This problem isn't on all websites. For example, playing www.slowroads.io actually gives a higher framerate on FF than it does on Edge. So it seems to be that certain websites just suck ass.
Some of you have said that Google Earth on FF works perfectly fine... on linux. At least it seems not to be a FF problem. LOL
EDIT: Opera browser is just as smooth as Edge with G Earth.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION?? Ok, so even though I was able to confirm that hardware acceleration was enabled, and the GPU was active while using FF, and the about:support showed that webrender was enabled, I noticed that on about:config the gfx.webrender.all setting was set to false.
So, I enabled it, and tried again. Google Earth seems much smoother (not as good as edge, but better than before), and Tube Archivist no longer seems to freeze while a video is being played.
Could this be the reason for my issues? If so, why was this option set to false by default?
Shots fired at residence in Ajax, Whitby, and Oshawa in the same week.
What on earth is going on?
- May 17th and 18th in Ajax, at the same house (https://www.drps.ca/news/shots-fired-at-residence-in-ajax-1/)
- May 19th in Whitby (https://www.drps.ca/news/shots-fired-at-residence-in-whitby/)
- May 20th in Oshawa (https://www.drps.ca/news/no-injuries-after-shots-were-fired-at-a-home-in-oshawa/)
Nearly all of these happening in the middle of the night, with police finding shell casings, but no victims or suspects.
"Investigators are continuing to look into if any shootings this weekend are connected."
Anyone use "Da Brim" on their helmet?
Now that summer is almost here, I'm looking for better ways to protect myself from the sun. I generally dislike sunscreen, but I do wear it while riding.
The helmet visor "Da Brim" (website) caught my attention. Since I wear a huge-ass sombrero-style hat when I'm off the bike, I'm fine with the way Da Brim looks.
For context, some of my summer rides might have me in 8-10+ hours of sun, which isn't good, even with sunscreen on. If Da Brim can make the experience more tolerable, I'm in!
I'm curious to hear from anyone who has one, and what their experience has been.
Almost time to replace my chainrings. A few questions.
Context: My 90s MTB still has its original Shimano chainring (crankarms say Alivo). The cassette was replaced several months ago, as was the chain and bottom bracket. No wear on the chain right now.
The derailleurs are Alivio, and probably the original ones from the mid-90s. I don't have any reason or intention to replace those, although, I do have a Deore LX on my decommissioned 90s MTB that I could likely drop in, but I digress. LOL
I guess two questions:
- What would I need to provide to my LBS as far as measurements to get me a replacement? I understand that I'll likely need another BB and maybe(?) a chain, but I plan to stick with the same gearing.
- Ideally, I'd want to find a 3x chainring where I can replace the crank arms and individual chain rings when needed. Will this be easy to find, considering the age and group set?
Thanks in advance.
Tube archivist + Jellyfin. Anyone have luck getting thumbnails and titles working?
I've tried a few jellyfin plugins that are supposed to sync metadata and thumbnails from tube archivist, but it's just not working right.
I can see some thumbnails, but then the titles are just random gibberish. Or the titles somewhat work, but no thumbnails.
Any secret I'm missing?
Both are running in docker containers on a synology nas.
Calls on DOT Secretary Buttigieg to stand with motorcyclists to prevent further loss of life PICKERINGTON, Ohio (April 26, 2024) — In the wake of the most recent tragedy involving a fatal collision between a Tesla vehicle in autopilot mode and a motorcyclist in Washington state, the American Motorcy...
> PICKERINGTON, Ohio (April 26, 2024) — In the wake of the most recent tragedy involving a fatal collision between a Tesla vehicle in autopilot mode and a motorcyclist in Washington state, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) once again urges the Department of Transportation (DOT) to strengthen Automated Driving System (ADS) regulations.
> “Many autonomous vehicles on the road today have not been proven to detect all other road users in all situations before they have been allowed to be used on the road,” Dingman added. “Motorcyclists should not be used as guinea pigs for autonomous vehicle manufacturers. The continued allowance of untested autonomous vehicles on our nation’s roadways is unacceptable. The time for action is now!”
To add to that, you should see how these "accident avoidance systems" plow through dummies during tests. You'd have to have been paid off to allow these vehicles on public roads!
Any way to update the software in Raspian without updating the OS?
So, I've had a Raspberry Pi 4 sitting brand new in a box for a few years, and decided to install BirdNetPi on it yesterday.
It's working like a champ, but because BirdNetPi needed a legacy version of Raspian, it's got old software on it.
Is there any way to update the software (i.e. RealVNC) without updating the OS? There is no built-in software updater, and I seem to very easily break Linux every time I make an attempt to use it. LOL
Are there any privacy-friendly (including offline) AI detectors?
I can see far too many privacy issues with copy and pasting text into a website, and/or registering an account which will keep a history of the text checked.
Are there any services available that are noted for being private?
For context, I'm using uBlacklist to manually block website that use AI generated content.
Vlad Zotov, father of three, died after being hit by a car on Bayview Avenue on Monday morning.
This happened earlier this week (April 8th). A ghost bike procession is being held on April 15th.