ericbomb

joined 1 year ago
[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Honestly never paid attention to charging speed, never actually gotten the silly thing under 25%, and most of the time after riding it's still over 50%. So I just plug it in whenever I'm done with it and I know it'll be full when I get back.

not a super helpful answer.

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Glad to hear you were able to stay strong! I gave up on bikes and the like for awhile, and was in Nissan Leaf for a couple years. But a bit over a year ago I took the plunge and the money savings is just absurd. Even my life required $150 a month insurance, and repairs were always nasty, be it tires or that stupid AC that would have taken 2k to fix.

Uber also really is helpful as well, because once I had a large package I needed to take to the post office and I just grabbed an uber. Then another time I needed to take my cat to an emergency vet, so I called an uber pet.

Another time I found a great deal on a new looking sofa for $50, so I rented a truck. Was still WAY cheaper than buying the stupid thing new.

So having uber as a backup has really made life easier for me.

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Some folks seemed leery of finding a decent device for that price point, so wanted to throw it out in case anyone else came looking for a similar thing!

Crazy how cheap and high quality these things are. One recently came out that for 2k can go 50 MPH and has a nearly 50 mile range!

Absolutely absurd. You can register that and go anywhere but the freeway with it. If I ever have to no longer work from home I'll probably upgrade to a 25 mph one that can keep with the flow of traffic on residential streets more easily.

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh yeah like the video I linked the one that was craziest to me was this:

https://turboant.com/products/x7-max-folding-electric-scooter?sscid=71k8_gh05i&utm_source=shareasale&utm_medium=aff&utm_id=2033777&source=shareasale&nb_platform=shareasale

Around $400 it has 18 mile range, but has replaceable batteries so $100 and a back pack doubles the range.

I didn't need that much range and preferred the seat/basket combo. But just crazy.

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Me too! The variety is just amazing.

I remember 10 years ago I wanted to try and get around on an escooter, but the tech just wasn't there and the range on anything affordable was trash. Being able to go nearly 20 miles on a $400 dollar device is just crazy now.

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Probably would just get a long ethernet cable and hide it properly if it becomes relevant. But I doubt she'll ever play a game that relies heavily on internet, so she'll just need to deal with her slow download speeds!

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

That I am XD

If my mom was a better judge of character I wouldn't exist!

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Then there were games like Lion King or Yu Gi Oh forbidden memories which were designed to be stupid hard XD

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Another excuse to roast her about her terrible taste in men then!

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

True! Could slowly help upgrade her little pc if she keeps playing games.

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Uhh maybe I'll have her try Stardew Valley next....

Then again, I'm certain there are furry mods for Stardew valley as well. No where is safe from them.

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I mean I thought the use of instant mashed potatoes were pretty interesting! I made the black bean patties and they came out good, but I put them on a home made bun so it wasn't such a small meal. and I'll probably try the pie but with more veggies!

 

That kid would have gotten a million death threats and his house maybe burned down if in the real world if he came out with evidence to try and discredit someone's favorite dead celebrity.

 

The page was just made so not a lot of sign ups, but last year was a great success and I hope lots of people join this year!

https://itch.io/jam/games-for-blind-gamers-2

(I'm not an organizer, I just volunteer to help)

 

I grew up with $20 walmart blenders, and hated anything that required a blender.

Recently bought a ninja and there is no going back. I'll never use a crappy blender again.

Anything else like that?

 

At least in the US. Hopefully other countries do better.

 

So either a trait or idea someone has that others make fun of, that saves the day?

My example:

Mine is back in 7th grade there was going to be a chocolate fondue day. 5 kids volunteered to bring chocolate chips for the chocolate fountain, then everyone else just said what they would bring. Most people said like marshmallows, Graham crackers, pretzels, the like.

One kid said he's bringing chocolate bars. The teacher was confused and actively tried to discourage this idea. But the kid was insistent that dipping cold chocolate bars in a chocolate fountain was amazing. Some kids even made fun of him a bit, but the teacher moved on cause at the end of the day he could could bring what he wanted and it was all volunteer so can't be picky.

The day comes along and... most of the kids who were supposed to bring the chocolate chips for the chocolate fountain didn't. The fountain couldn't even start with how little chocolate showed up. I think only one person brought a bag, which was not enough at all for a class of 25.

Then comes in our Rudolph with a giant bag of fun sized hershy milk chocolate bars.

There was no clapping or anything dramatic, but as soon as he showed up the teacher pulled him aside and a few minutes later his chocolate bars had been melted in the teacher break room and chocolate fountain day was saved!

 

For me, crepes ain't worth the stress to make fresh. Just buy a little pack from store and focus on filling is my go to.

 

Musical improvers sing made up songs, in this case to a made up song called "Horsegirl" by Billie Eilish, then Deep Blue Ink animated this.

 

Deep blue ink animates shenanigans, in this case they animated a bit from a College Humoar/drop out show Make Some Noise.

 

Follow up from Karl Jobst basically just showing clips of what Jirad said in his apology, contrasted with clips from the past where he said the exact opposite.

One would hope this seals the deal and convinces everyone that Jirad did it on purpose, but we all know that's not the truth.

 

If you haven't seen Drawfee before, give it a try! I adore them. They are 4 professional artists that draw stupid things.

They used to be part of College Humor, but they became an independent channel when CH went bankrupt, and they are still going strong.

 

This is just one of my favorite videos on the internet, and I wish PE teachers were this smart and kind in elementary school. Because I remember everyone trying to do pull ups for the test and most people couldn't do any. But like... if they had taught us how to do intermediary ones and had us do them before the test we actually would have succeeded and learned the importance of building up to exercises.

Which I feel like would have been a much better education compared to having half the class fail to do a pull up.

 

So house bots function as the refs in battle bots. They are used to separate stuck bots so a fight can continue and the like. Each team also gets one "unstuck" from the house bot per fight, where if they get stuck on the edge of the arena but are functional they can have the house bot come give them a push to keep the fight going.

They weigh WAY more than the little bots they are reffing for, so the little bots shouldn't be able to do any damage to the house bots or interfere with them.

Kevin disagrees.

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