bikegremlin
bikegremlin
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- About Me:
- Relja Novović a.k.a. Bike Gremlin - https://www.bikegremlin.com/about/
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How much storage do you need? Must you use API? Hetzner Storage Box works nicely with Rclone and it is quite cheap. No fuss FTP upload and download if needed. Fixed monthly price no matter what.
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(Quote) This. It's a legendary site that was a role model and an inspiration for my own site(s). Now people ask AI or ask on Reddit for info/answers that AI scraped from there.
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(Quote) Folks are on social networks and "AI" - info sites (like sheldonbrown.com for bikes or anandtech for computers) are now just used for bot scraping and practically no one visits those anymore. Even if you want to, Google is making …
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(Quote) Ko-fi is also cool and does let you set recurring memberships too (along with one-time donations)! :) https://ko-fi.com/bikegremlin/tiers Patreon, on the other hand, will not let you set one-time donations and can even flag your account i…
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(Quote) Automated ads are still a lot more stable than support payments. Also, in a way, it is corporations and companies paying for it - as opposed to taking money from users. Lowest in-page ad density setting for AdSense, without any additional o…
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My thoughts aloud - no illusion that it's the wisest, just the best I can think of at the time of writing. (Quote) Yes, bikegremlin.net forum shows ads only to guests - no ads or even analytics tracking for logged in users. That covers some of the …
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Solomon's solution would be to look into that site, and if nothing else, see about a caching plugin like LiteSpeed with a compatible host. Cloudflare bot protection could also make a big difference in reducing server load. How much storage does the…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxi0ETwDvws
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(Quote) Haven't played with those for ages, but last time I did, "Ultimate Member" was all the rage and I love the pun. :)
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Countless people were (are still) praising EU & Germany with GDPR as a holy grail... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz1Jwyxd4tE
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(Quote) I've done the full circle - more than once. It takes time to find, configure and figure out an alternative CMS. It also takes time to update your articles - if that is what you do on occasions. In those terms, WP is still unmatched. You ca…
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Stick with Wordpress and fuggedaboutit.
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(Quote) It is done - apparently - Onlyoffice ends partnership with Nextcloud and accuses the Euro Office of being just repackaged Onlyoffice code: https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/03/partnership-with-nextcloud-suspended Edit, the Euro Office a…
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(Quote) That is the best date for firing people - and for launching new products. In case of any serious backlash, you can always sey you were joking. :)
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(Quote) I think you are just one of the many. :) I started with one of the EIG-owned alternatives that my friend got on some huge discount (3-year plan, yes LOL). (Quote) "On April 1st, one should not trust what they read on the Internet... …
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(Quote) True blue!
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(Quote) It is definitely not a friction fit but relies on proper preload (which gets increased as the crank arm is pushed up the axle's taper). Greasing bolt threds - correct, got that right. Regarding the axle greasing - how and why explained (my…
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(Quote) My point is that AI answers should be treated as "info from a no-name site listed on Google search" Example: For bike-related stuff, sheldonbrown.com and Park Tool Youtube channel are correct 99% of the time (they will even update…
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(Quote) In my experience, AI sucks for fact checking. Same goes for gathering info (googling, or as people call that today "researching" LOL). That is, if you ask it about stuff you a knowledgeable about, you will figure out when it is te…
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(Quote) The problem is how can you tell. That will keep getting more and more difficult as AI gets improved and humans get dumber. (Quote) That line is difficult to draw too. Even in my native, and as a profficient writer at that, it helps to have…
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AI is very confident when saying nonsense. The very first post is by a new member. Clearly AI-written. Is it worth taking the time to read and effort to figure out what nuisance AI got wrong enough to make one draw the wrong conclusions? Should …
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This got me thinking further about the case where Gox]s> @AnthonySmith said: (Quote) I am considering to somehow register/protect my sites as "a work of art from before the AI" since all the info will come from the AI from now on. :) …
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(Quote) Makes sense. That country doesn't let you buy beer until you are 21, but encourages you go to foreign countries and kill people at 18.
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Onlyoffice - because it is FOSS (without being crappy LOL) and, unlike Libreoffice, doesn't break MS Office documment layout (99% of the folks in Serbia are using MS Office so that's what I deal with). It also loads faster than Libreoffice on my com…