If there's anywhere to point "blame" it would probably be the #GNOME team. So far as I can tell GNOME centers the time over the desktop window snap-to area.
This *does* make a certain kind of sense. I just can't understand why they would've chosen that behavior when the default GNOME experience is to have a single bar that runs the full width of the monitor. Why *not* center it to the container it's within? I have to assume there was a reason ...
I got a desk lamp that clips onto the top of my monitor and now I'm slowly being driven mad by the fact that the time is centered in #debian / #gnome, it's off-center in #ubuntu.
This appears to be intentional, caused by the Ubuntu Dock extension so that the time is centered over the window area but it breaks the visual hierarchy since the activities, time, and system indicators are all part of a single row that runs the full width of the screen. The dock is not a full-height column.
Bro has no shame about stealing my chair.
Okay #cycling mastodon - can anybody give me recommendations for a headlight/tail light combo that I can buy online? (edit: shipping to the US)
Things I'm looking for:
5+ hours running time in low power mode
USB-C fast charging would be nice bonus
Things I'm not looking for:
sonar/radar
head unit or app connectivity
Just don't recommend the Ascher combo that's popular on Amazon - that's specifically what I'm replacing.
Second rest stop, 15 miles to go. The slower pace of the group ride is nice. Getting "friendly advice" from the older people isn't.
"You can't pass when there's a car. That's dangerous for everyone."
No shit. I was passing AND THEN there was a car and nobody in the group would let me in.
"You can't pass on the right, it'll cause an accident."
Bro, we were riding side-by-side side into a left turn and you didn't keep your line on the exit.
Here a little early for the Ramapo Rally. I'll be doing the 50 mile route but more importantly I'm planning on joining the group ride instead of going it alone. Hopefully I'll be able to keep the pace (or at least catch up on the downhills).
(Rare selfie to show why I never take selfies. And a puppy that passed by while we're waiting for the start.)
The ride starts with a couple of short steep climbs and then this pain in the ass.
This is E. Palisades Ave in Englewood NJ and there's no safe place to stop at the bottom so here's downtown from the top of that first small rise.
Heading out for today's ride. It won't be an especially long one but it's gonna take all day thanks to the train schedule.
I thought people were being silly insisting that computers needed 32 GB of memory but honestly that's because I'm living blissfully unaware in #Linux land. This, on the other hand, is what my work laptop looks like with a grand total of FOUR applications open. (Not doing anything yet, just open.)
Note that because of integrated graphics, 16 GB becomes 14.7 GB right off the bat.
Big ride in #zwift today - first time up to the radio tower.
Mountain Mash -> Bonus Climb -> Oh Hill No Reverse
There are times I think it's an unrealistic and unreasonable notion that I could sit down and write a novel because it's just so long.
And then ...
Clearly the issue here is not the length, it's bringing anything in for a landing.
I put a feature request in @mozilla Connect. I think it's something that would be pretty easy to implement, but I think if I tried to contribute it would take me like a week to figure out how to fork and build Firefox and then another week to find where in the source code any of this lives.
If you'd also like this feature, I'd love some upvotes so that maybe somebody who's more knowledgeable about the #Firefox codebase could consider it.
When I got into cycling this summer there was a point when I figured I should set goals. There's lots of options to choose from - from max power or FTP or VO2Max or max speed or max distance.
My goal was more modest: I want to get up the hill.
Today I made it up the hill.
I even mostly made it up the hill from the Little Red Lighthouse. I didn't walk any part of it, but I had to put my foot down thanks to slipping on some wet leaves.
(for the curious, if you were going a much more reasonable 10 mph - which is still pretty okay for getting around in an urban environment - you only need to sustain 36 watts of output)
An hour thirty @notjustbikes on John Forester, the father of Effective Cycling? Sign me up.
I'm curious how people identify themselves in the Netherlands if they do both utility and sport cycling. That's where I'm at - I enjoy fast riding, but it's just not the right bike for grocery runs. (I have an upright beach cruiser with panniers for that with big fat tires and a cushy, springy seat.)
https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-this-is-why-cycling-is-dangerous-in-america
Oh right ... now I remember why I never set up @thunderbird to work with my email - Microsoft does everything in its own proprietary way. So I can get email up and running but only if I'm happy without my contacts or calendar.
You know maybe it's time for a change ... I just have to figure out if I can do forwarding away from Outlook without continuing to pay for it.
I always figured that as I learned Japanese thumbnails like this would make more sense - but now I know it's an arrow pointing at a shrine and a label that says "that shrine."
Sure is!
This is apparently what happens after a few years when you're overweight. Clearly I'm putting most of my weight on the back wheel. I wonder if I should replace the tires or just swap front and back.
(I mean, I should probably replace the tires since I'm sure whatever they package in with a cheap department store bike isn't exactly high quality.)
