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#confusion

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I have a couple of friends who believe that riding a road bike--regardless of handlebar setup, size, fit, etc.--is much more difficult than riding an MTB/ATB (i.e., mountain bike), because it is harder to balance. Maybe I've just been riding bikes too long, but... no?

Body position makes a big difference in balancing (e.g., the muscle habits to balance in a bent-over "racer" position are different from a more upright position), and skinny/hard road tires can cause difficulties with irregularities in the road surface. Bike geometry and fit matter, as well, though both of these friends ride MTBs with geometry not totally dissimilar to road bikes and which put them in a very similar body position. The wheel sizes aren't wildly different, either.

Balancing itself--the issue these friends are convinced is the problem--doesn't seem to be about the tire size; it's about steering (with some baseline velocity). Am I confused about this? I'm not an Excellent Cyclist (i.e., I've never done trials riding or racing), but I've been cycling here and there for a few decades. Maybe I've just adjusted or something? I get on a road bike and it's pretty much the same balancing difficulty as a mountain bike. Am I wrong about this? Are my perceptions altered from all the years of casual bike use?

#bicycle#cycling#confusion
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Marcel Waldvogel

@nicolegoebel @Fischblog
Klar, das Context Window ist da auch ein Limit. Aber meiner Erfahrung nach passiert das schon weit vor diesem Limit, wenn viele Themen und Abhängigkeiten/Entscheidungen mit dabei sind.

Wahrscheinlich ähnliche Gründe wie die aktuellen "Katzen-KI-Konfusionen" bzw. das, was @nohillside letzten Herbst beschrieben und getestet hatte.

(Ja, Sprache spielt wahrscheinlich auch noch leicht rein.)
#LLM #Confusion
dnip.ch/2024/10/29/wie-gut-ver

Wie gut verstehen LLMs die Welt?
Das Netz ist politisch · Wie gut verstehen LLMs die Welt? - Das Netz ist politischIrgendwann in der Primarschule, typischerweise ab der vierten Klasse, kommt man zum ersten Mal mit Sätzchen-Rechnungen in Kontakt. Für die einen ist das ein
Wen

I do wonder whether Starmer, Reeves and McFadden have even bothered to trying to read the room. Cuts before considered review and reform (hey they have had long enough in opposition to consider what needs to be done - see works both ways) can only be timetabled because it allows them to claim ignorance of the consequences of their actions. And maybe a few backbenchers are growing spines, unlikely as it seems.

theguardian.com/politics/2025/

The Guardian · No 10 set to offer concessions to welfare rebelsBy Jessica Elgot
#PIP#Maladministration#Labour
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STOPDISINFORMATION

@ProPublica Empresas con conexiones políticas se benefician de las exenciones arancelarias de #Trump en medio del #secretismo y la #confusión — La falta de #transparencia del gobierno sobre las exenciones arancelarias ha preocupado a los expertos, ya que algunas empresas podrían estar obteniendo beneficios limitados a puerta cerrada. "Podría ser #corrupción, pero también podría ser incompetencia", declaró un lobista

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Estelle Platini

The German state has bound its own re-birth into the “realm of civilized nations” through a particular protective relationship with the figure of the Jew, where (always Jewish) Israelis are a prime embodiment of Jewish life.

"As long as the figure of the Jew remains a medium through which German post-unification identity is articulated and experienced, the performance of Jewish collective difference and political agency will be exclusively relegated to the State of Israel. The figure of the Palestinian, as well as Palestinians’ political subjecthood and demands for equality will, in turn, be addressed as either an annoyance to be ignored or a threat to be criminalized—rather than as a crucial prism through which the multiple layers of legitimatized moral violence in Germany have to be recognized."

Hannah Tzuberi & Nahed Samour in 2022: contendingmodernities.nd.edu/t

Contending Modernities · The German State and the Creation of Un/Desired Communities | Contending ModernitiesThe birth of a morally “improved” German collective necessitates the memory of the Holocaust to remain in vivid proximity, but also requires a sense of perpetual vulnerability of Jews in the present and future.
#taboo#fetishism#sacred
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