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A ’90% chance of theft’ causes insurer to cancel plans for one type of e-bike in c/micromobility@lemmy.world

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I'm also in portland. It's such a shithole right now. I stick to riding my euc around west of portland, and I always carry a gun nowadays.

We need more shelter space, shelter quality and security, and need to make all camping and loitering illegal and enforce it

Woah I might have to get that Wizard game in c/gamingcirclejerk@lemmy.world

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't this dead horse about 6 months out of season?

Why is the HP game trending again?

Woah I might have to get that Wizard game in c/gamingcirclejerk@lemmy.world

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I have terrible news for you about the shareholders of almost every company on earth. They're much worse but aren't famous and keep their mouths shut on twitter.

Trek launches its first throttle-controlled electric moped, fits two riders in c/micromobility@lemmy.world

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wtf that sounds awesome, any downside?

Trek launches its first throttle-controlled electric moped, fits two riders in c/micromobility@lemmy.world

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Btw what are sodium 18650s? A new safer version?

Trek launches its first throttle-controlled electric moped, fits two riders in c/micromobility@lemmy.world

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I mean you personally may be able to reuse them, but most people just throw their old escooter (or whatever) away when they get a new one, or at best resell it or donate it.

Image how cheap a new ebike could be if you only had to swap the batteries from your old one

Trek launches its first throttle-controlled electric moped, fits two riders in c/micromobility@lemmy.world

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

I've been hearing that my whole life and it hasn't actually improved much in the last 20. But yeah it would be great if you're right.

But smart BMS with easily user-replaceable batteries is tech we could use today. Furthermore you can buy packs like that off aliexpress right now.

Also, wanting to reuse batteries from an old device after upgrading will always be a problem.

Trek launches its first throttle-controlled electric moped, fits two riders in c/micromobility@lemmy.world

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

One thing that I forsee helping in the future is having 18650/21700 batteries be interchangeable like normal AA batteries are.

If devices had sufficiently smart BMS modules then we could stick any batteries into them without any added fire risk and they could simply alert us when one was bad and needed to be replaced. Also with regards to fire risk there are mitigations that should be standard (like what tesla does).

If there were no "batteries included" and they were easy to add it would cut the cost and the e-waste by a ton.

I like a good UX in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Supply and demand works the opposite of that. When there's a niche market then things always cost more. It's why my baddragon velocoraptor dildo cost me my second mortgage.

we live in a year in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah everything after 12.04 has pretty much worked for me no problem (on thinkpads). And nowadays I spend all my time on my steam deck.

In my view we've been in the linux golden age for years

[meme] True story from my neighborhood in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Your city has a forum?

I like a good UX in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] corm@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The lemmy user base is tiny compared to reddit, so the price is higher.

We also seem to be willing to pay it. Personally, I think it's worth it