Yeah. If you took a Double Cross and tweaked the geometry to fit 26x2.0 tires and an 80mm suspension fork, that would be the Groove. I built mine into a featherweight XC bike. It was tons of fun on the local trails.

Oh yeah, that’s a pretty bike.

I miss my Soma Groove hardtail. Never should have sold it.

That was glorious!

If you have not yet come to the conclusion that Pete Hegseth is a dangerous and disgusting pile of dung, go listen to the recent Behind the Bastards podcast episode about him.

It depends what you are selling. It has to be an item valuable enough to make the shipping hassle and seller’s fees worthwhile. Search for the thing you want to sell, and then hit the Completed Listings filter. That will show you what it has been selling for. I generally do not bother selling anything that will go for less than $30 or so.

I use eBay to buy/sell used bicycle parts and miscellaneous outdoor gear. Also sometimes used clothing if it’s niche or higher-end. Getting screwed by other users is very rare in my experience.

Craigslist is still sometimes useful, though it isn’t active like it used to be. It’s best for things you just want gone: post them in the free section and leave them out on the curb.

Miranda rights (and your legal rights in general) should be recited by cops, reviewed annually in schools, and drilled into people at every opportunity. If you find yourself in cuffs, or even just approached by a cop on the street for a seemingly casual discussion, you may not be clear-headed and that stuff needs to be burned into your subconscious.

Speaking of which, it’s Friday. Time for the weekly review (NSFW, language).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6tfEZI54Jg

The change was spotted by users on Lemmy, an open-source aggregation platform and forum.

Way to go everyone! We got noticed! And for something good this time!

https://lemmy.world/post/34021862

Fuck Musk and all, but “collapsed” seems a bit overstated. Their loyalty rate is no longer remarkably high but is still above-average according to the article.

Tesla’s customer loyalty peaked in June 2024, when 73% of Tesla-owning households in the market for a new car bought another Tesla,
…
The rate bottomed out at 49.9% last March, just below the industry average,
…
Tesla’s U.S. loyalty rate has since ticked back up to 57.4% in May, the most recent month the S&P data is available, putting it back above the industry average and about the same as Toyota (7203.T), but behind Chevrolet (GM.N), and Ford (F.N).

Very, very rough numbers:
A recreational cyclist might average 150 Watts for 20-30 minutes.
A world tour pro cyclist would average 300-400 Watts over a few hours.

And then account for the inefficiency of the generator they are spinning.

Your average person could power a laptop, but not for very long. The battery in the laptop would help manage the inevitable spikes and dips in power output, since people are not consistent engines.

I don’t understand what the “Two Hands” sign by the customers crotch is trying to convey.

Sister Bear: You’re hit! You’re bleeding, man.

Brother Bear: I ain’t got time to bleed.

Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin told WMTW-TV that use of E-Verify “does not absolve employers of their legal duty” to verify legal employment status.

“The Old Orchard Beach Police Department’s reckless reliance on E-Verify to justify arming an illegal alien, Jon Luke Evans, violates federal law, and does not absolve them of their failure to conduct basic background checks to verify legal status,” McLaughlin told the station.

So E-Verify is less than worthless. It provides no assurances, and running an individual through the tool could presumably bring them to ICE’s attention.

I started with basic goals:

• Make enough money that I don’t have to worry about money. Not like “annual tropical vacations” kind of money, but “if my car is stolen tomorrow I can buy a new one without having to worry about covering other expenses” money.

• Do work that is creative and technical.

• Do work that somehow benefits society.

When I got to university I pulled up the list of majors and started highlighting ones that sounded interesting and would likely fit those goals. I ended up going into engineering. And after bouncing around in industry, for a few years, I found a niche that fits me well.

I’ll third.

And speaking of Friday, it’s time for the weekly reminder! (CW: swearing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6tfEZI54Jg

Depending on the field, later in your career you can often skip the spreadsheets and get away with just saying, “That looks close enough,.” If you have enough seniority people will assume you know what you’re talking about.

It’s referencing the move Poltergeist.

For boxing specifically, it is absolutely part of the fighters’ marketing strategies.

For sports in general, trash talking during a game is “real.” Extended beefs that get major media coverage might be intentionally played up for publicity.

Oh, how could I miss Louisiana? It’s the place with the highest incarceration rate in the world.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/2021.html