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"In the absence of that sorely-needed action, the Office of Gun Violence Prevention along with the rest of my Administration will continue to do everything it can…”

Isn’t that basically admitting that this new department can’t do anything and just posturing?

Or am I missing something?

Edit: In retrospect, the biggest value this department might have is having it be under Republican leadership down the line. An entire department explicitly against gun violence may cause some in-fighting about reasonable measures… as opposed to the current status quo.

That is of course assuming the entire department doesn’t just get tossed and establishes itself as having some teeth.

You’re not wrong, but in my anecdotal experience, I’m biking a lot more with my e-bike than I was with my regular bike. I’ve got some awful and long hills that I just wouldn’t bother with otherwise.

Also, I think it’s a misconception that e-bikes function as electric motorcycles.

E-bikes set a minimum speed. If you’re pedaling and fall below that threshold, the motor will kick in and offer support. But that’s the thing, you have to be pedaling. If you don’t then you’re going to lose velocity and stop.

To be fair, you can use the electric throttle to run without pedaling, but that kills the battery quick without pedaling easing the load.

The article is weird…

Fat tires are off-road tiers. If the bike isn’t primarily being used there then that shouldn’t be a consideration. Thinner tires are more efficient on flat surfaces.

The battery and motor specs are important—if you’re dealing with long distances and steep hills. I don’t know why the author is just skimming over that.

I’ve personally burned through no less than 3 bread machines, and I heavily used mine. (It’s the paddle. It’s always the paddle that dies.)

I find it’s significantly cheaper to pick them up at your local thrift store. They’re quite common and cheap there.

I think 2 and 3 are the same link

Does Lemmy have a concept of a moderator queue? It could strike a happy balance between the bot overwhelming the community and having a diversity of content.

It wasn’t specifically posted here. It was posted to Electrek, and we’re reading it here in a hacky RSS format.

It’s also why we get redundant posts, as the same story is echoed on the other Ev themed news sites.

Q’s involvement is from the computer game Star Trek: Borg. It’s a fun, if mostly linear, Choose Your Own Adventure type game shot on the Voyager set.

I liked the little look into the lower decks of the Orions, especially the plagiarism line; but the mysterious ship is getting less mysterious in the not-so-fun way.

Boimler and Rutherford are absolute dweebs. It was different having such a low stakes B-Plot. I feel like their story was missing a little something though. Still good fun.

Really enjoyed the A-Plot. Tendi does such a great job balancing being sunshine and rainbows and underworld assassin. I’m a little surprised her ride home wasn’t stolen/stripped for parts.

It was weird seeing T’Lyn, not just admit, but volunteer that she was friends with Mariner and Tendi. I don’t think we’ve ever seen a Vulcan do that. I mean, sure Spock and Tuvok have admitted they were friends with their respective captains, but only ever in some form of private non-sexual intimacy. But, as established, T’Lyn is a rebel, so it somehow fits her really well.

In general, I’m indifferent to the cyber truck’s Nintendo 64 design…

But in the application of a police vehicle… I don’t think the unfriendly angles will do anything to repair the damaged reputation of the keepers of the peace. The opposite in fact.

Except that isn’t guaranteed. Unless I’ve got 7.5K+ in taxes I’m not getting a $7.5K federal discount. And even if I did, I still have to front that $40K bill until taxes hit.

If you have money, then 40K is nothing. If you don’t then it’s untenable.

I mean, I get the point you’re making, but 40K, even if it is the industry average, is yikes money.

Tesla specifically isn’t unaffordable.

Cars in general are unaffordable.