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E-Bike Industry Blames Consumers For Fires In Effort To Undermine ‘Right To Repair’ Laws
  • Rad City support could not or would not explain how my battery might have stopped working, but would only say it was "not covered by warranty". They could also not explain what sort of causes of battery failure were covered by their warranty. It was pretty clear they just didn't want to cover the expense of honoring their warranty (the battery is probably one of the single most expensive parts on their bikes).

  • E-Bike Industry Blames Consumers For Fires In Effort To Undermine ‘Right To Repair’ Laws
  • On my RadCity 5 Plus, it was a 10 amp red mini-blade fuse. I had a "variety pack" in my car that I'd gotten at a local auto part store, but looked it up any way, just in case. This may be different on other models/batteries. Ironically, it did require a warranty voiding opening on the battery casing. :-)

  • E-Bike Industry Blames Consumers For Fires In Effort To Undermine ‘Right To Repair’ Laws
  • Almost got scammed by Rad Bikes this way. Battery mysteriously failed 10 months into their 1 year warranty. Rad Bikes accused me of sabotaging the battery and refused to honor their warranty, but "generously" offered me free shipping on a $300+ replacement battery. Turns out the off-the-rack fuse they use blew; identical down to the manufacturer to the ones used in cars. Replacement fuse was <20 cents and fixed the problem instantly.

  • ELI5: Quantum entanglement
  • Agreed, claiming to understand quantum theory is an excellent example of the Dunning-Kruger effect (which, in itself is kind of dubious in certain situations). Took my shot. Maybe someone will invoke Cunningham's Law and make my attempt better. ;-)

  • "The Secret of Mouse Guard"

    I unironically re-read Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH the other day for the first and only time since I was a young child. While the movie holds a larger mind-share in my head, unsurprisingly, the book has more nuance and depth. Honestly, it would make a good pre-history for a Mouse Guard like world after the collapse of human civilization (pick your apocalypse).

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    Seeking a Community

    Is there anything like /r/listentothis on lemmy.world or elsewhere in the federated lemmy-verse? I need to be exposed to music that I'd normally not find otherwise. :-)

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    Player Scheduling Tool for West Marchesque Campaign?

    I have roughly a twenty players in our extended group to pull from, and any time 4-6 are available, I'd like to run a single-session adventure in my campaign. We use Discord for general communicating between sessions, but juggling all the available/not-available messages is tedious (especially when they are subject to change), and Google Calendar isn't cutting it.

    Anyone know of a good tool, with low overhead to let each player mark available dates and times a few weeks in advance, so we can lock in our sessions? Ideally:

    • WordPress plugin or Discord bot (our campaign tools are in a self-hosted site). Not a deal breaker though.
    • Very easy to use. While I am, not all our players are technological adept or used to scheduling/meeting tech.
    • Allows dates and times
    • Allows each player to change their availability
    • Allows each player to add a few notes/comments
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