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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • That’s a very general statement. Considering each and every bike will have a different history, and different wear and tear. Then there is also the issue of the skill of the rider. That can make a huge difference too.

    And with every new bike I ride I always test the brakes first. I practice emergency stops regularly.

    To OP, Congrats om the nice bike. It’s a great machine and I hope you will have a lot of fun with it.




  • I feel like the best wood workers are the ones that know how to do creative problem solving well.

    Like, they make just as much mistakes as anyone else, they just know how to solve them better and quicker. I really love video’s where the wood worker makes a mistake, admits to it and shows how it is solved. Keith Johnson woodworking is one that comes to mind.

    So forget about your silly mistake. Laugh, and think of how you are going to fix it. It is a shop jig, so simply joining it back together in a strong way seems fine to me.

    And thanks for the laugh, this would be something I would do too…


  • I do agree that quality control should catch things, but we are all human and we don’t catch a 100%. So if quality control is flooded with too much things to catch, the chance of one slipping by increases.

    Also, a lot of FOSS is based on volenteers, do we just ask those people to put in more hours? Who is responsible anyways if something makes it through and actually causes damage to something or someone?

    I find the decision quite reasonable. You at least filter out the party most likely to pull something shady. We should still be very careful, but it takes away some the work.







  • I am quite tall, and I currently drive a Yamaha Tracer 900 from 2018. It’s not a naked, the naked version would be the MT09 which is pretty high value as well.

    Be sure to test one from 2018 or later though, the earlier versions did not have the injection figured out properly, and the throttle was choppy because of that. Very on/off. Later versions are much better. The Tracer 900 and the MT09 use the same engine, so that is nice.

    The SV650 really is a nice bike and it handles well. It’s one of those bikes I can recommend anyone. Even experienced riders can have a lot of fun with it. Because it is light and agile it corners really well.


  • This is what I took lessons on, not the 2024 one, but the same model. It really is a nice starter bike, light, agile and also forgiving. If I remember correctly it had a support system that helped with driving away without stalling.

    It was also controllable. There is enough power there, but you could easily drive it slower, where some bikes, especially the higher power ones will accelerate very fast if you twist the throttle too much.

    To be fair, if you are just driving on the roads, you don’t really need more power. More power is fun though.

    In the end I am to tall for a 650 cc bike, so I ended up on a bigger bike. But I will always like this model.





  • I understand why you ask this question, but really the fastest way to learn is to decide what you want the computer to do and start looking for that.

    One thing will lead to another and you’ll learn lots of things that way, while you’re immediately using it.

    Tutorials and courses can work, but usually it works best if you use whatever you are learning.

    So come up with an idea for a program, and start building. There will be mistakes, anger, frustration and cursing involved, but you will learn a lot.

    First at the lower level, and later on you will probably start wondering how to structure it all. And then you’ll learn about that too.

    My point? Just dive in, fall on your face a couple of times and you’ll learn a lot in a short time.



  • It’s actually a classic programmer move to start over again. I’ve read the book “Clean Code” and it talks about a little bit.

    Appereantly it would not be the first time that the new start turns into the same mess as the old codebase it’s supposed to replace. While starting over can be tempting, refactoring is in my opinion better.

    If you refactor a lot, you start thinking the same way about the new code you write. So any new code you write will probably be better and you’ll be cleaning up the old code too. If you know you have to clean up the mess anyways, better do it right the first time …

    However it is not hard to imagine that some programming languages simply get too old and the application has to be rewritten in a new language to ensure continuity. So I think that happens sometimes.


  • There’s so many distro’s to choose from that can all be productive.

    If the question is this short, my answer is too: Go try at least 10 and then come back to tell us what you liked and what not.

    Without any further information it’s like going into a forest and asking people to point out a tree. Unless you look for some specific tree all will do…

    Edit: Fat fingers