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TheFeatureCreature

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  • Skoda steps in to the battle between bike bells and headphones

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  • I've been tempted to get one of those handlebar-mounted car horns for use when cars cut me off or nearly run me over.

    I have a bell on my bike but I actually don't use it that much. I don't often encounter situations where I need to pass a person that is occupying the width of a trail and if I do then usually a "Passing on your left/right!" will suffice.

  • Is Riding an E-Bike Good for Your Health? New Study Reveals Surprising Benefits - Iowa Park Leader

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  • I have an ebike. My ebike trips are several hours long and cover 20-40km of travel going all over the city and beyond. I have seen incredible sights, been cool places, seen wild animals, had the wind in my hair while I listen to the birds, etc. My health and fitness have both improved noticeably and I feel better and sleep better. My mental health has improved and I feel more alive and creative.

    If I didn't have my bike I'd just walk around my neighbourhood for 20 minutes and get bored then go home and sit around.

  • US intelligence says Chinese satellite imagery of bases is helping Iran

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  • Breaking news: Iran's allies help them against an invading force.

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  • Hello. Am atheist and don't celebrate Christmas. It's just another day to me.

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    RESULTS: Fedecan 2025 Instance Census

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  • I love my cherry shrimp.

  • Your display contains no yellow pixels - yet it displays the color yellow just fine

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  • A 16 year old niche display tech that has seen next to no use is not the epic zinger gotcha you think it is.

    If I were to cover every single niche display tech that wasn't strictly RGB then I'd be writing a damn novel. Nearly every device that people interact with will be RGB. That is the common standard.

  • Microsoft wants Edge to automatically open by default every time you turn on your Windows 11 PC

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  • They only care about their shareholders and investors. They haven't given a shit about their customers in a long long time.

  • Your display contains no yellow pixels - yet it displays the color yellow just fine

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  • No, that is incorrect. Modern displays have subpixels of red, green, and blue and they are only ever producing various brightness levels of those exact colours. In the case of an OLED or LED displays, they would be perfectly monochromatic colours. The colours do not combine as coloured paint would to produce a new colour. That isn't how they work nor how you view them. We are looking directly at the subpixels and they are activating your rods and cones directly.

    Yellow does not exist when a monitor displays a yellow colour. Your brain thinks it does because its red and green cells are being activated. This is also how you can see the colour magenta despite your monitor display red and blue, colours which are on the opposite ends of the visible spectrum. Magenta never exists during the process of displaying magenta on a screen, it only does in your brain.

  • Your display contains no yellow pixels - yet it displays the color yellow just fine

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  • Technically it doesn’t display yellow at all. In fact, yellow never exists during the entire process. It displays red and green and that activates the red and green cells in your eyes and makes your brain think it saw yellow.

  • ‘Not looking real good:’ B.C. has highest average gas price in Canada

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  • $2.16/L last I saw a station near me.

  • Why greens are weak in Canada while strong in many European countries?

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  • A myriad of reasons, but one that often gets overlooked is that the Canada and the US use a first-past-the-post electoral system which is not used in Europe. Canada does not use proportional representation on a federal and (mostly, with exceptions) provincial level so our politics, like the US, trends towards a two party majority system where niche parties and politicians get shoved aside.

    In the majority of federal riding in Canada, voting for the green party would be a waste of a vote and would result you getting zero political representation that you want. You might as well roll up your ballot sheet and smoke it instead. This results in people voting strategically to prevent certain outcomes instead of voting for what they actually want.

    IMO it is the biggest failing of our political system and is going to send us down the exact same road the US is going down right now. We are already on the brink of losing the NDP entirely our federal green party is barely even a shadow in the corner.

  • Is Kagi Worth It?

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  • Just a disclaimer about Ecosia: Due the fact they source their search results from Bing and Google, as per their agreement with them they do share some of your information with Google and Microslop. If privacy is a concern or if you just want to avoid those companies then I would give Ecosia a miss.

  • Israel Rules Out Ground Troops in Any U.S. Operation in Iran, Media Reports

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  • They don't need to. The US is doing all the work for them.

  • (3D) Lost History

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  • Thank you!

  • (3D) Lost History

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  • Very true. It's the one thing I enjoy less than UV mapping and unwrapping.

  • [Audio] Canadian Judge sanctioned and blocked out of online banking and online booking systems for investigating atrocities in Afghanistan and US Troops

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  • This is why moving away from US services is a matter of critical national security.

  • Russia took satellite images of U.S. air base in days before Iranian attack, Ukraine's Zelenskyy says

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  • While the US was bombing school children, one one of the first things Iran did was strike US radar and early-warning systems. Now they have hit at the US' equipment for facilitating long-range bombing and aerial supply movement. These were highly strategic and intelligent strikes that instantly pulled the rug out from under the US military.

    Iran has been preparing for this moment for decades and they have a huge geological advantage as well. The loss of US life and equipment is going to be enormous. No shit Russia is helping Iran while Iran works to destroy one of Russia's biggest foes.

  • Villager allegedly aims speeding Mercedes at bicyclists on her street - Villages-News.com

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  • aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

    Impressed she's actually getting properly charged.

    But I'm ready to be disappointed when she gets like 40 minutes of community service or something like that. Time and time again the law has shown that attempted murder is fine as long as you do it behind the wheel.

  • Exclusive: China's top chipmaker has supplied chipmaking tech to Iran military, US officials say

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  • Yeah, sorry. I don't buy into the fear-mongering about Iran. It's not Iran's military and nuclear capacity that concerns me, it's America's. The USA is the one that is undertaking pointless illegal wars, partaking in and/or enabling genocide in multiple countries, repeatedly threatening its (former) allies with war and annexation, illegally kidnapping nation leaders, and throwing people in concentration camps including foreign nationals and tourists.

    It should not surprise a single person that any country is taking steps to protect their sovereignty and territory from hyper-aggressive American imperialism. Especially a country like Iran that has genocidal Israel not far from their doors.