sauron wrote on Oct 1, 2023, 14:39:
We here in Mordor suggest a more... direct... course of action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04clpd7h0b0

agreed

1badmf wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 22:24:
can't believe some punk kid cut down that beautiful tree. honestly i wish the judge would forgo jail time in lieu of some beefy scotsman punching him in the face. as stupid as tiktok culture is today, i bet he live streamed that shit for views.

We here in Mordor suggest a more... direct... course of action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04clpd7h0b0

jdreyer wrote on Oct 1, 2023, 04:05:

Mr. Tact wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 22:43:

1badmf wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 22:24:
can't believe some punk kid cut down that beautiful tree.

Yeah, as I said in another topic I am waiting to hear the motive but I am guessing it will only annoy me more than the act itself.

Would it be bad if I thought a fitting punishment would be to amputate his feet at the ankle? Let the punishment fit the crime!

While I agree with the sentiment somewhat, it is a 16 year old. I don't know about you but when I look back at my life I didn't really stop doing things I now consider "truly stupid" until I was approaching 25. Of course, none of the things I did were close to being criminal, just stupid. Additionally, until we know all the circumstances it is hard to say. For instance, if he had been threatened with violence if he didn't do it. I'm not saying that happened, just saying we need the full story.

Mr. Tact wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 22:43:

1badmf wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 22:24:
can't believe some punk kid cut down that beautiful tree.

Yeah, as I said in another topic I am waiting to hear the motive but I am guessing it will only annoy me more than the act itself.

Would it be bad if I thought a fitting punishment would be to amputate his feet at the ankle? Let the punishment fit the crime!

1badmf wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 22:24:
can't believe some punk kid cut down that beautiful tree.

Yeah, as I said in another topic I am waiting to hear the motive but I am guessing it will only annoy me more than the act itself.

can't believe some punk kid cut down that beautiful tree. honestly i wish the judge would forgo jail time in lieu of some beefy scotsman punching him in the face. as stupid as tiktok culture is today, i bet he live streamed that shit for views.

SWEET
Here's the screentest of Dave Letterman's "Airplane Audition" https://youtu.be/TbNmr97ghKQ?si=RcPCBrPLy0dEj1ep

Here the one you really want to watch. More technical description. https://youtu.be/SYLAi4jwXcs?si=gE9uNWjoogiPZjzL
Those hot dogs are moving slow, so he basically throws one at the blade at the 4 minute mark.

Similar to this guys sawstop accident. https://youtu.be/1wJQn_UGAKY?si=N0SBw_L3IzxOW65d
7 minute mark for the cut (hamburger warning with stitches)

Mr. Tact wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 19:48:

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 18:07:
The SawStop patent is fixing to expire. https://youtu.be/O21kWNyewTg it's so cool.

I would like to see a video on how that works.

how it works
https://youtu.be/j1ANn1CTAxQ?si=GqTeFthr-maqgUYX

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 18:07:
The SawStop patent is fixing to expire. https://youtu.be/O21kWNyewTg it's so cool.

I would like to see a video on how that works.

Patent's get discussed here. The SawStop patent is fixing to expire. https://youtu.be/O21kWNyewTg it's so cool.

"Real Lawyer Reacts to SawStop's Patent Myths" https://youtu.be/EZ6yGis38R4?si=qp_HxrWAy7Q9uoLj

Hate to see historic things destroyed. I kinda feel like some dead Romans somewhere are having a good chuckle though. Still mad at them though. They could have at least protected their tech a little better so we didn't have to spend a thousand years re-inventing the toilet... sigh.

I still have the game box containing the misprinted orange manual.

I got the new COVID booster yesterday. I've had a slight headache all day, but ibuprofen takes care of it when it comes back. Other than that, I'm only feeling a mild crappyness. I don't know if they've done something with the new vaccine or if it's because I got a different brand this time. All of my previous shots were Pfizer, this one was Moderna. With the previous boosters, my reaction got worse with each one, but it only lasted about 8 hours and then I was fine. The last one I got was the bivalent shot and I woke up with fever, and I had a couple of bouts of nausea where I had to mad dash to the bathroom, but I never threw up.

I was going to ask if it would be worth trying the Moderna shot to see if I reacted better to it, but that was the only thing they had anyway. My arm also is hardly sore at all. I've gotten all of the COVID shots in my left arm, and the previous shots made my arm really sore. This time it's only a little tinder if I touch or bump it.

Mr. Tact wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 13:47:

FloodAnxiety wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 13:03:
I am extremely biased on this topic, owning multiple wheels and having a combined mileage of over 22k across my boards (I think this puts me somewhere in the top 20-30 riders world wide for mileage).

Consider me impressed. 22k miles? I might have put over 10K miles on my various bicycles over the years, if so, not by much. I'm not going to bother looking up annual bicycling deaths, but I'm guessing it more than 5. Then again, there are a lot more people riding bicycles. Do you have any kind of idea how fast you are going typically when you ride it? Personally, I have no horse in the race so I don't really care. People do all kinds of crazy, possibly deadly, things on a regular basis -- sometimes to get views, sometimes just because they want to. *shrug* If they are not taking proper precautions it is just evolution in action.

Pushback starts at 15-16mph under normal situations (the board surges to handle bumps at lower speed, and surging and pushback are basically the same thing) and so the normal comfortable thing to do is to kind of carve into and out of push back vertically (forward backwards I mean) while you do your normal horizontal carving. So I'll normally be hovering around 14-17 mph, maybe slightly slower if I am on a trail instead of smooth asphalt.

As for Adam Savage's video: he still rides I believe. His early video and tour of the factory is what helped get me into it. Adam's video is extra silly because he should have known better riding without a helmet and in such muddy conditions. Mud is the same thing as ice to a OneWheel, and you can't balance on it... normal humans can't balance on it.

This comment may land better here than due to this community's history with first person shooters. Riding a OneWheel is a lot like a first person shooter. After your first 100 miles you will be surprised at how fast you picked it up. After 1000 miles you will feel really confident in your abilities. It becomes a lot like walking, where you just go and you don't think about the mechanics of how you are positioning your legs and feet. With both of your hands free, and with the ability to float across asphalt at 15mph, you have nothing obstructing your view, and it feels like you are doom guy running around at doom guy speeds. I imagine the electric unicycles offer a similar feel, though I can't imagine carving on one of those being anywhere near as enjoyable as carving on a OneWheel. If you are fan of First Person Shooters, and the carving of snowboarding/surfing, then OneWheel is not something that should be skipped out on. Super intuitive to learn, only takes practice.

OneWheel is not the board everyone though. For people who crave speed or have the inability to control themselves, or for people like marty mcfly where all it takes is someone calling for you to set a high speed without a helmet or else you are a chicken to get you to do crazy things, then this isn't the sport for them, maybe snowboarding or surfing though?

FloodAnxiety wrote on Sep 30, 2023, 13:03:
I am extremely biased on this topic, owning multiple wheels and having a combined mileage of over 22k across my boards (I think this puts me somewhere in the top 20-30 riders world wide for mileage).

Consider me impressed. 22k miles? I might have put over 10K miles on my various bicycles over the years, if so, not by much. I'm not going to bother looking up annual bicycling deaths, but I'm guessing it more than 5. Then again, there are a lot more people riding bicycles. Do you have any kind of idea how fast you are going typically when you ride it? Personally, I have no horse in the race so I don't really care. People do all kinds of crazy, possibly deadly, things on a regular basis -- sometimes to get views, sometimes just because they want to. *shrug* If they are not taking proper precautions it is just evolution in action.

One wheel
https://twitter.com/donttrythis/status/1205621915877961729
I’ll pass

Re: A Revelation About Trees Is Messing With Climate Calculations

"sesquiterpenes". I wonder what this terpene profile tastes like.

Re: Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths.

Not the most accurate headline, but close enough. I am extremely biased on this topic, owning multiple wheels and having a combined mileage of over 22k across my boards (I think this puts me somewhere in the top 20-30 riders world wide for mileage). I ride a lot, and every day.

This is an "optional recall", though I wouldn't even call it a recall, since there is no refund... and just a small turn in credit of like $100 or something. They are NOT stopping the sale of this product. You can still buy them, and they are still the most fun vehicle ever created imho.

While 5 deaths on them is tragic... there are more snowboarding deaths every year, but CPSC isn't in charge of regulating that sport.

The great irony of all of this is that the haptic buzz that CPSC got Future Motion implement will likely lead to an increase in more dangerous riding styles. Previously, when the rider approached the limit, they would feel push back, and that push back would intensify until the board reached the limit and nose dived. The rider has just that one signal, so they can respect it, and slow down, or ignore it, and risk their life. Now.. after these changes, riders will get MORE notifications at MORE dangerous levels. Max speed is not longer "when I feel push back, I must slow down", now it will become "I should slow down when I feel the first buzz". So before riders would float around the push back point, and now they are likely going to float around the first buzz point. The end result is faster and more dangerous cruising speeds. Look, there are a lot of riders who want to safely ride the board as fast as possible, and a second signal coming from the board at a higher speed enables riders to more safely ride at higher speeds, BUT THEY WILL STILL BE RIDING AT A HIGHER SPEED NOW.

I'm only worried that after spending so much time on the board that I will also inadvertently become one of those riders that will now cruise at a higher more dangerous speed, because I know I can get away with it... and sometimes you just need to go a little faster. XD

More about Raina and Ruxxa https://iheartdogs.com/update-raina-canine-companion-of-ruuxa-the-cheetah-passes-away/