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unquestionably. i'm not sure when we all decided to be hush-hush about people doing ethically dubious work.

i'm allowed to judge you based on who you take money from.

> I don’t blame people at Fox News for bending the knee and taking that Saudi money

i do, and i judge people who take money to push harmful things. i don't see why this is bad.

why though? are they just using it as a proxy for "is 'gitremote' working today?"

"citizen" is pretty well defined in every country i've ever been in.

yes, but those epo-esque drugs aren't exactly trivial to use these days. the testing process makes the doping process much more difficult for drugs that have these direct performance benefits.

recovery help is where it's at these days i expect, in most sports.

have you seen the physiques and workloads that nba/nhl/mlb players are dealing with these days? these athletes have more incentive than cyclists to dope ($$$), and the testing in those sports is a joke.

there are obvious performance benefits for traditional endurance sports, but the testing infrastructure is pretty robust and the financial incentives are much less than those big team sports. it's harder to dope (and get away with it) and the financial pressure is less.

it's a safe bet that your big money sports (not cycling) have a lot more doping than cycling. the issue is that you can't report what you don't know.

* cycling is a mix of moderate money and lots of drug testing. there are significant incentives to dope, but it's fairly hard to do these days since there is a lot of testing.

* big money sports (in the us especially - nfl, mlb, nba) are the jokes of the testing world. they rarely test and often inform their athletes when a test is coming. the big money basically assures that the incentive to dope is also big. but you'll never get caught if the testing process is a joke, so there is nothing to report.

why does it matter? but to answer: literally near any bordering country.

working with llms as part of my day job and i wouldn't fault them one bit. the errors and reliability issues are not overblown.

i think the problem isn't the phone number, but the special hardware/vendor lock in that is required for it. if you travel a lot or live in a country where it is just easy to cross borders as a part of life, it quickly becomes obvious that being tethered to a regional provider for your phone number is a problem.

you end up paying ridiculous roaming fees to keep your number active in the other country, or you lose any ability for people to contact you by phone. it's incredibly frustrating when voip is so close, but not the 100% solution. couple that with providers still charging ridiculous fees to call numbers in other countries and it gets even worse.

Why wouldn't it keep nasal passages moist? If I wear a mask very long, the environment under it becomes a relative sauna.

> Sales person claimed (falsely) that the more pro the hub the louder.

What's false about it? Pros tend to ride wheels with loud hubs. It's kind of a known thing.

Yes they all very sell expensive bikes. They also sell less expensive bikes.

At a quick glance for road bikes: * Canyon starts at $1899 * Specialized starts at $1200 * Trek starts at $999

If you want a more upright hybrid, they can be found at lower prices.

> I bought a "brand name bike" just like 6 years ago for $900 and thought I was going way out of a normal budget.

I'm curious what you got for $900. I doubt the current iteration of that $900 bike is now being sold for many thousands.

This is honestly some rather bizarre proof of him being an engineer. It reads like fan letter that uses tweets as the sole evidence. This quote is gold:

> One of the core takeaways I got from him about himself was that he was an engineer more than anything else (career wise), and I agree with that.

I don't really care if he's a "real" engineer or not, but this actually makes me think he likely isn't if that's as good as it gets.

> We should instead spend time uniting people in opposition. Stay where you are and fight.

That is definitely one approach, and one I'm hoping to see through. But simultaneously you have to acknowledge that there could come a point where it's time to jump ship. That point is going to be different for everyone. Recent events have pushed some past that point. That doesn't seem hard to grasp.

> It's mind-blowing that people won't engage in trying to actually do something, even something as simple as helping a campaign, or donating money...

Have you been paying attention? People in this country have been more engaged over the last few years than at any point in my lifetime, and at this point the ship is still sinking.

Every time there is a school shooting, there is outrage and no change. Proud boys terrorize another fucking library event, and there aren't even reports of a single arrest. Women's rights being slaughtered and we get to hear how we need to vote. Another hearing laying out the obvious coup attempt on Jan 6th, and no action taken but another news headline.

This is just a snippet of the last ~30 days. 1 short month. I don't argue that it's my country. My country just looks like a real shithole lately.

> but instead they're like "well I'm going to just give up and spend all this time and effort moving to some other country where I also won't uphold any civic responsibility".

This is such a weird take. Consider employment. You can join a startup, work your ass off, cross your fingers, and hope for that big payday. High risk, high reward. Alternatively, you can join a mature company, collect a comfortable paycheck and moderately help to steer the bigger ship.

Right now, the US is looking like that startup. You can work your ass off, and it may give you a great payoff in the form of opportunity. But it's looking increasingly like it's going to fail. Alternatively, you can move somewhere that has all the big stuff in order, and you get to work on the small stuff that still has effect while not worrying as much about whether you're one injury away from bankruptcy.

Who knows? Maybe if we vote harder it'll turn around. At this point, I'm inclined to believe it's cultural. We barely voted out an insurrectionist. 48% of the country voted to keep that in play. This country is full of people who are actively encouraging someone to overthrow our government. 48%.