Ask Lemmy Alpha71 • 5 days ago • 94%

I had gotten Youtube premium and enjoyed it. My subscription ran out and I find I have 90% use of it for free. I got it to listen to the app on my phone when I was out. However the app sucks ass. I would listen to one song and then the app would just crash. SO I never got to use it for the intended use. So which would you choose? Youtube or Spotify? and how is the Spotify app on the phone?

Ask Lemmy Alpha71 • 3 weeks ago • 91%

I was just thinking about this the other day. For example, I used to follow F1nn5ter. I liked his whole schtick. The *"Stop Making Me Dress Like A Girl Dammit!"* was fun in the beginning. A few times I contemplated sending a funny paid message, but never did. He has obviously gone through some major changes since then. And I'm happy he's figuring his shit out. Even has an amazing girlfriend. But I don't understand people who still send him 100 dollar dono's anymore. I mean His Only Fans is estimated to be pulling in 250K a month. He owns *two* houses and just recently purchased a Maybach (probably used, but still) He has come right out and said he only streams on twitch because he want's to, not because he needs to. So I'm just curious if any of you follow or donate any big streamer?

Ask Lemmy Alpha71 • 4 weeks ago • 95%

I usually buy the cheap (for us) 2.79 CAD bag of 1kg popping corn. the 850g Orville Redenbacher is 5.79. However, they were out of the cheap stuff so I was forced to get the ol' Orville's stuff. And I found it there were less kernels unpopped, the popcorn was fluffier and weirdly, it sounded louder too. (same stove, pot and everything) So my question is why is there such a quality difference? Is there a difference in how it's prepared before shipping? Anyone know?

I want to get another battery for my ebike but everything I've seen online ships from China and I'm worried about getting scammed/wrong product. The company I bought my bike from is in America and they won't ship batteries into Canada. My battery is a silverfish style with a 4 pin connector port, a canon head charger port and it's dimensions are 390mm X 75mm X 110 mm. It's 48v 15AH. Any help would be appreciated.

No Stupid Questions Alpha71 • 2 months ago • 93%

I'm 52. And in my entire adult life I've never made Jello. How about you?

[The Hitway BK6M.](https://ca.hitway.us/products/ca-bk6m-folding-ebike)The main reason was price. I got it for $999.00 CAD. It was also the quickest shipper from amazon arriving by this Friday. everyone else was minimum July 4 or longer. I was sorely tempted to get the Wildeway FW11S due to it's 32AH sized battery. but the battery weighs almost 20lbs by itself. I am going to be buying extra batteries for longer range, and the most I could carry would be 1 extra with the Wildeway. where for the same weight with the Hitway's battery I could get 3 extra. so I could carry 80AH's with me VS only 64AH with the Wildeway. I am looking forward to going out and riding. I have been stuck in this house for so long I'm going stir crazy. I will get back to you and let you folks know how it's going.

I am going to make my purchase this Wednesday. And a late addition to the fold is an electric scooter. Now why I am considering an electric scooter, is I live in Vancouver's downtown east side. It's basically where hopes and dreams go to die. so It's not the nicest neighborhood. and I am worried about theft. a scooter would be alot more easily secured. I could basically take it inside with me wherever I go. And it's alot easier to take it on transit. Plus the ones I'm looking at have a supposed range or 60+ Km's but even if I only got half that It would be good. The only downside is no swappable battery which you get with most e-bikes. So which would you choose? e-bike or scooter?

Doctor Who Alpha71 • 4 months ago • 86%

The first one, "Space Babies" was alright, but felt too childish. "The Devils Chord" didn't hit for me because they just didn't have the budget for really being able to explore a higher level being of such power. But Boom? Boom can be defeated by one simple question. "Where's the Sonic?" It's never addressed, the Doctor never asks Ruby to go get it from the TARDIS if he doesn't have it on him. And it's never even explained that if she could go and get it, it wouldn't effect the landmine. It's basic questions like this, that need to be answered in an episode like this. It would have taken a total of 4 sentences to cancel out the Sonic. But they never even mention it. That's just bad writing right there. Plus the Doctor's dialogue felt like it belonged more to Matt's Doctor than Ncuti's and DEAR GOD, Moffat cannot write children to save his life. I'm hoping the season gets better because they're 1.5 for three with me right now.

Well I've saved my pennies and I now finally have enough to get an Ebike. after HOURS of watching youtube videos, reviews, etc. I think I've narrowed my choice to these two options. 1) [KEQJSK Electric Bike 1000W Motor.](https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0B87LHNN8/?coliid=I35IJK3R09GCKU&colid=23EIYRBT01QAR&ref_=list_c_wl_gv_ov_lig_pi_dp&th=1) The things I like about it. It looks like a traditional bike. and it will fit on a bus' front bike rack. But it only comes with a 48v 15AH battery. But with the savings I would make up on this I could easily buy two extra batteries. And it's the lightest of the two. My other choice is 2) [Wallke H6 Pro.](https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CJFRJ34Q/?coliid=I39AYFRQST5QHS&colid=23EIYRBT01QAR&ref_=list_c_wl_gv_ov_lig_pi_dp&th=1) Now I'm a heavy guy. and this bike is designed for the heavier rider. Plus it comes with a 40v 40AH battery pack. And you can upgrade with an extra internal 20AH battery so you would end up with 60AH total. at HALF the cost of the other 60AH models, the Aniioke A8 Pro Max, and the Eahora Juliet. Plus I like the fact that it folds into a somewhat compact size. The downside to this model is you can't take it on buses, although I can take it on our local subway. But with the range this models provides I wouldn't need to take transit as much. Another downside is the weight. This thing is HEAVY. it comes in at 90lbs minus the battery. So those are my current choices. Which would you choose?

Games Alpha71 • 5 months ago • 96%

Apparently the Ubisoft servers are down so I cannot play SINGLE PLAYER Breakpoint. I don't even want to play the game online. I just enjoy running around in single player. Why they haven't dropped an offline patch yet?

Technology Alpha71 • 5 months ago • 79%

I was just watching a tiktok with a black girl going over how race is a social construct. This felt wrong to me so I decided to back check her facts. (she was right, BTW) Now I've been using Microsoft's Copilot which is baked into Bing right now. It's fairly robust and sure it has it's quirks but by and large it cuts out the middle man of having to find facts on your own and gives a breakdown of whatever your looking for followed by a list of sources it got it's information from. So I asked it a simple straightforward question: "I need a breakdown on the theory behind human race classifications" And it started to do so. quite well in fact. it started listing historical context behind the question and was just bringing up Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, who was a German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist. He is considered to be a main founder of zoology and anthropology as comparative, scientific disciplines. He has been called the "founder of racial classifications." But right in the middle of the breakdown on him all the previous information disappeared and said, I'm sorry I can't provide you with this information at this time. I pointed out that it was doing so and quite well. It said that no it did not provide any information on said subject and we should perhaps look at another subject. Now nothing i did could have fallen under some sort of racist context. i was looking for historical scientific information. But Bing in it's infinite wisdom felt the subject was too touchy and will not even broach the subject. When other's, be it corporations or people start to decide which information a person can and cannot access, is a damn slippery slope we better level out before AI starts to roll out en masse. PS. Google had no trouble giving me the information when i requested it. i just had to look up his name on my own.

Technology Alpha71 • 6 months ago • 34%

www.youtube.com

What do you guys think?

Electric Bikes Alpha71 • 7 months ago • 87%

wattwagons.com

Ladies and gentleman I give you the Watt Wagons Hound. this may look alot like an Aniioki or Eahora. But what makes this different is the fact that the battery can be hooked up directly to a public car charging station. Charge time is rumored to be *2-3 hours*. Which is a big difference of the 6-9 hours of the other mentioned brands. This is good because it means increased range for people who are serious about it. But it could be bad because think of the current line-ups you can have at charging station right now. I've heard of some wait times of up to an hour or more for people with cars. Now imagine throwing ebikes into the mix. I can see fights breaking out for sure. I think the future of ebikes is amazing. but we all have to put thought into the infrastructure *right now* to prevent headaches in the future.

Electric Bikes Alpha71 • 7 months ago • 71%

I live in Vancouver Canada so our prices are different from those in America and elsewhere. I am probably going to buy [this](https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0C997C19D/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A2WJFVA8KNCGZD&th=1). It the Ancheer sunshine and in canada I can get it and two half decent bike locks for less than 1000 CAD with taxes and everything all in. Now the bike I am currently lusting after is the [Eahora Romeo Pro](https://www.amazon.ca/eAhora-Pro%E3%80%90Upgraded-Electric-Suspension-Hydraulic/dp/B0CS9J7DPF/ref=sr_1_4?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JSYeOvuhecke_kAOQ17AJ1bSlP3OEB7zknT_ABLaiJZQxtZhsCKEnXh631JT0zZjrzRAiX81mcRaQHNwlBSznPLdDWXllBCTMn7iBZTMFrqnbSsd8SFlPNjRiqfyBvbtiKwKZgWqcNkTOgkXR2w9xmSZYO2aV3yfXYH2JvzAoc_zZQF7Ap4ycRnb-Ti1FhXrIwKUctroV8JmuZIuarNz5YuvXXc9Usm7lx_A4cnfHA2xsCzbQXoHPg9W5KhBzJge8fxV8Oz4YG3R8dmNT2jeTvK66RxQLRJ1m6Jnj2O6pEM.GUku3cimqGv9R7zw3Jq0SkXaCvC9G6Gv2Q-dBbD1e1g&dib_tag=se&keywords=eAhora&qid=1709411021&sr=8-4&th=1) which has a 1600w motor and a HUGE 48 to 52V 60aH Battery. This would cost me right now just under 3600 CAD. You get alot of bike for that price. But then you get listing like [this one](https://www.jvbike.com/moustache-lundi-273-terracotta.html) which is local to me. Your basically paying for the frame. and while they do have cheaper alternatives. The reason I chose that listing is it it roughly the same price as the romeo pro. and it has a basic 250w motor with a 600w peak and only a 10.2 ah battery. I understand this is a brick and mortar store which has larger costs involved in selling their stock. But at what point are you just throwing your money away? Now I understand that the Romeo pro is NOT for everyone. and something like the Lundi shown above would work perfectly fine for most people but you can find similar spec'd bikes on amazon for much cheaper. It seems to me the sweet spot for us Canadians anyways is 2k or under. You get fairly quality parts at that price point. Which is why I don't understand people selling ebikes locally for an average of around 4k CAD. Although I do understand that Vancouver is a city where the local population has a larger degree of disposable income than most places. I dunno. what are your thoughts on the subject?

Electric Bikes Alpha71 • 7 months ago • 94%

My situation is a little bit different from most people. I caught COVID in 2020 and it messed me up good. Got both my heart AND my lungs. I'm now on disability and no longer have my drivers license. (I let it lapse since I can't afford a car any more.) An E-bike would be my main method of transportation. So for me Range is king. it is the be all and end all for me personally. Plus, where I live (Vancouver) the law is an ebike can only go at a max speed of 24 kmh. Which is fine for me since I'm not in a hurry. Plus at my age (52) I'm pretty sure any accident at a higher speed would kill me.😂 So here's my dilemma. I want to build a bike that can do 150 Km's on throttle only. now I could go out and buy something like the Eahora Romeo Pro, but where I live it would come out to 4k CAD with taxes and delivery all in. Or I could build an ebike from scratch. I'm sure it would be cheaper. but it would take longer. I was thinking of getting a cheap amazon 48v 500w bike and build off of that. I was thinking of going with a Bafang BBSHD, two 48v 30ah batteries and a geared hub like the Shimao Alfine 8-speed internal geared bicycle Hub. One of the other problems is my local transit is very bike friendly so to increase range I could use to local transit system to get close to where I want to go and then use the bike as end of destination travel. But the bike can only weigh as much as 50lbs. any heavier and they won't allow it on the front bus rack. So I am torn. do any of you have any recommendations or suggestions?

Technology Alpha71 • 7 months ago • 70%

And if not... WHY HAS NO ONE MADE IT YET!!!?

Technology Alpha71 • 7 months ago • 95%

Although there are some in development. But would you be interested in something like this?

I had a 6600XT before this and i just wasn't happy with performance of the card. I had memory crashes constantly. I was worried that Arma 3 may not run properly because it is an older game. But my worries were unfounded. The moment I started it up and hopped in game, the performance was buttery smooth. ZERO skipping and tearing. and with all the graphics cranked to the max I still got pretty good performance. if I wanted smooth framerate however i did have to crank the ani aliasing down from 16 to 8. But other than that, everything was set to ultra nightmare performance. And it ate it up. The card I bought was the ASRock Phantom Gaming Arc A770 16GB. I got it for 399 CDN. (294.86 US Dollar) And its a solid over built card. Even when playing Cyberpunk 2077 the card rarely went above 60 degrees. So from me it's a solid recommendation.

COVID messed me up. screwed up my heart and lungs. So I'm considering making my own device. Could be an e-bike (would be the easiest) a scooter (either push or mobility, probably an amalgamation of both.) I'm 330 lbs. and want to make something that can have ideally 150km range. (it will probably be much, much less) I was thinking of making a dual motor sitting electric scooter. and using a huge lifepo battery. Like 300AH huge. Hence the need for a custom frame and using 2 1000W scooter hub motors. OR Going with a 2000W electric motor drive chain sitting scooter. Same battery set-up The electrical parts are fairly cheap, I would just have to find a metal fabricator to make the frame. I would also like to have the battery be removable so I could swap out batteries on the fly to either extend range or so I wouldn't have to wait for the battery to charge. Thoughts, suggestion opinions?

Doctor Who Alpha71 • 9 months ago • 94%

The UNIT set and the Galvanic laser gun to me anyways, looks like sets and set dressing. It's didn't look real world to me. I mean, say what you will about Jodie's run, but the set design was top notch.

Steam Deck Alpha71 • 10 months ago • 83%

I have a quest 2, but when I look for steam link in steam, it just says to download the app from your favourite app store. There is no download link. I can't seem to find it online anywhere.