Kevin B
Kevin Bkeraba
2026-03-03

@ronanmcd

And check out IrishCycle.com !

irishcycle.com/
@irishcycle

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-03-03

@shane

Your complaint was that they were riding 30 mph in the bicycling lane, not that they weren't registered or didn't have insurance, which e-bikes aren't required to have.

It sounds to me like you don't have a clear idea of what you don't like about it and, as a result, want to apply rules that you don't apply to cars - a double standard.

I'm out...

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-03-02

@shane

Should they seize your car when you go 10mph over the limit?

Maybe the answer is "yes", but please don't tell me "yes" in one case but not the other.

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-03-02

@IncredibleLaser @markstos

I'm not certain what you're asking, so I'll answer both questions.

The alternative to numbers is navigation keys - arrows, home, end, page up and down - and insert and delete. You can do everything on a wider cluster in a tighter, closer space. For example, you can select text, cut it, move the cursor and paste it without moving your hand.

I've used it this way for 30 years. I can only assume others do as well since NumLock still exists (on every other OS).

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-03-02

@markstos

still doesn't support NumLock, despite many Chromebooks having keypads. Fun!

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-03-02

@Marius11

"Well, when 2 bikes love each other very very much..."

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-03-01

@kolev

I don't know who claimed otherwise, but rollerballs can be very smooth, especially compared to a possibly unaligned and unsmoothed nib.

Their disadvantage is that they typically can't be re-filled, and the ball wears out in any case.

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-03-01

Setting a reminder for the 26th to pay a bill due on the 2nd does no good in a month with 28 days.

Looking at you,

(If that was too subtle, know that I would like to set the reminder for the 2nd *minus a week*.)

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-03-01

@rvaughnmd

Is it really fair to let the human have a bicycle and not the salmon and the horse?

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-02-26

@SciPolTech @ozeng @emory

I don't mean to knock Reticulum, but isn't it less about radio and more about hash-based routing? That is, it works over anything?

In the 90's (?), there was a thing like it called 'FreeNet'. Rather than becoming a shining example of resilience and free speech (or because of it!) it devolved to just the worst kinds of porn.

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-02-26

@akahn @Hareguizer

I refill cartridges - even Pilot ones - because stock ink is boring.

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-02-26

@LovesTha @roland @Anibyl

oh dear, and here I am riding a Trek 5200 from 1999 with over 40k miles on it. What ever shall I do?

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-02-25

Between 1982 and 2010 (when I switched to ChromeOS full-time), not once did my keyboard's 10-key stop working. Not on MS-DOS, not on Windows, not on FreeBSD, not on Linux.

But since then:
- NumLock *still* doesn't work on ChromeOS
- The Delete key doesn't work on Linux .
- The arrow keys don't work on Linux Studio.

What the heck? Are keyboards suddenly great mysteries for you, Google?

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-02-25

@ai6yr

I wonder if they need to separate the red into red and orange (or just add a 5). Moorpark just north of the freeway is a 3 lane freeway unto itself, with cars regularly trying to share a lane with me, despite having 2 other lanes to use. Sunday morning!

But Hodencamp to Wilbur is not so bad.

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-02-24

@petejohanson

Unfortunately, I don't have any specific brand or model to recommend, but walking around a large mall should produce a few candidates. I suspect that you want:
- magnetic resistance, not friction or a fan
- a controller with a handful of "programs" so that he doesn't have to keep track of his speed and it will beep at it him if too slow

A Schwinn 130 /looks/ reasonable? The 230 is recumbent.

I tried to go _super_ cheap and it just broke.

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-02-23

@Hareguizer @akahn

I just picked up one of those "Skrip-sert" school pens from the LA pen show, the semi-hooded variety. It seems like a perfectly respectable pen to me. I'd rather spend $5 on it than a Preppy.

Kevin B boosted:
Nighttime on Still Watersnosw@mastodon.world
2026-02-23

Welcome to the second part of my reflection on canal-life. Is life afloat good for mental well-being? What is the 'seventh word'? Who is the secateur-wielding culprit vandalising the towpath? Possibly, at least one of these questions will be answered!

#Podcast #mentalhealth #narrowboat #lifeafloat #mentalwellness #boatlife

noswpod.com/seventh-word/

Standing beside a tree on the bank of the canal. The ground is thick with leaf litter. A few spring-green, new-growth shoots begin to push up into the daylight. The trees wait patiently as the canal slowly moves past.
Kevin Bkeraba
2026-02-20

@briankrebs

Funny how the significance of the decision means more for me.

Kevin Bkeraba
2026-02-20
Kevin Bkeraba
2026-02-18

@seven_708

There are surely people who wouldn't cycle under any circumstances, perhaps due to distance or weather, but yes, it appears most (or a lot of) people would do it if they weren't terrified the whole time.

If everyone could switch on the same day, it might stick. That's why we have Bike to Work days and Knock out the Refinery For a Day planning sessions.

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