@balloonfu-sen@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz I have gone years without seeing an unpaved road here. Even on remote, rural areas, lots of roads are paved as well. Roads are fairly clean here too, though I have to admit that Japan excels at that, amongst other things.
@bender@twtxt.net So road conditions really play a role too. Since most Japanese roads are paved with asphalt, Also, the roads are clean. bicycles with tubes are mainstream for cushioning.
@balloonfu-sen@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz many reasons, all of which make sense. Same reason why automobiles today do not have an inner tube either. Now, about bicycles:
Tubeless bicycle tires drastically reduce punctures because internal liquid sealant instantly plugs small holes while you ride. Eliminating the inner tube also removes the risk of “pinch flats,” allowing you to safely run much lower tire pressures. This lower pressure provides superior traction and a noticeably smoother ride on rough surfaces. Finally, without an inner tube rubbing against the tire casing, rolling resistance drops, making your pedaling more efficient.
Bottom line, smoother ride, better traction, less flats.
今日 twtxt で知った事。アメリカでは自転車のダイヤにチューブがないのが当たり前なんですって！
@bender@twtxt.net Oh my! Japanese bicycles also have tubes. Is it due to differences in road conditions?
Of course, Marco will never read my reply, I am afraid, because his is, yet-another, one way feed.
@GabesArcade@gabesarcade.com Glad you like what we’ve nuilt up here over many years 🥰
@bender@twtxt.net yeahhh!!!!!!!!!
@marcorocco@roccodrom.de that’s interesting. Not the act itself, nor that you did it for your wife (it is the least you could do, right?). I find it interesting because in the US you can’t find bicycles with inner tubes. The tyre is it, nothing else. Yep, just the tyre.
@kiwu@twtxt.net awesome, that’s what I like to hear! One more day, and it gets even better: weekend!
it’s a great day today!
After work, I changed the inner tube on the rear wheel of my wife’s bike.
@bender@twtxt.net I agree. The community size has been really nice and has honestly made me optimistic about the state of the internet. I lot of the sites I used to enjoy visting have become ensh*tified and it was a breath of fresh air to find a part of the web where that feels almost impossible.
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@prologic@twtxt.net I’m glad you like it. :-)
And I meant “its simplicity”. Autocorrect is going to get me in troubles one of these days. LOL.
@GabesArcade@gabesarcade.com hey, thanks Gabe! One of the things I like the most about twtxt is the community size. We are relatively small. Twtxt users tend to “know” each other better than on the other, much bigger communities. I believe that’s good. Glad to have you around!
Of course, it’s simplicity is part of its strength too!
@bender@twtxt.net I bet that’s true!
@movq@www.uninformativ.de tell me about it! I try to enjoy the time I have available, regardless of being working time, or not. I admit it is quite hard!
Oh, crap! It’s only Thursday! I thought we had Friday already … nnnnooooooo, not another day. 😭
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org next time I will ask someone to take a pic of me before, and after. You will know hell when you see it!
@aelaraji@aelaraji.com oh, I totally understand. I also ran it too. I am running twtd as well. So, yeah, eating @prologic@twtxt.net dog food, foh sureh! 🤪
Thursday, July 9, 2026
One week microblogging with twtxt and I love it. The community is great. It’s truly decentralized and future-proof. It’s simple and easy to just start posting. I’ve pretty much replaced my rss feeds with twtxt follows. I’ve discovered a true hidden gem of the independent web and I can’t go back to microblogging any other way. To everyone contributing to the twtxt ecosystem, thank you! Y’all are doing awesome work.
One week microblogging with twtxt and I love it. The community is great. It’s truly decentralized and future-proof. It’s simple and easy to just start posting. I’ve pretty much replaced my rss feeds with twtxt follows. I’ve discovered a true hidden gem of the independent web and I can’t go back to microblogging any other way. To everyone contributing to the twtxt ecosystem, thank you! Y’all are doing awesome work.
@bender@twtxt.net Nice job! Without the comparison of the after photo, the grass doesn’t look all that tall before. :-D But there sure was one or the other centimeter chopped off.
@movq@www.uninformativ.de What a desaster.
@bender@twtxt.net THX for the explanation.
@movq@www.uninformativ.de hehehehe, I wouldn’t get paid enough to try again. I am “tech support” for wife’s, and that’s already a pain. It is also all I can take (well, I am kind of forced into it 😂).
@movq@www.uninformativ.de yup, yup! Our neighbours spent their $50-60K to build their swimming pools. Our community (73 houses) has 52 pools. Our house is one of the few that doesn’t. They are expensive things, not just to build them, but their maintenance. Ain’t nobody got money for that!
@bender@twtxt.net Ha, I remember these from our trip to Florida ~30 years ago:
https://movq.de/v/481950c023/pool.webp
(Yep, it was a rainy day. 😂)
Heh, that’s a cute story: https://www.osnews.com/story/145459/you-paid-me-a-long-time-linux-user-to-use-windows-11-exclusively-for-a-month-heres-how-it-went/
@itsericwoodward@itsericwoodward.com good catch! I don’t think that was possibly done by twtxt.app, so the issue I had open on it on @aelaraji@aelaraji.com’s behalf is being closed. Thanks!
@prologic@twtxt.net yes, that pretty much how the rest of the world do it. Not here, my friend. We are “special”. 😂
@bender@twtxt.net LoL down under we just pull a cover over the water at ground level. no famcy ass structure 🤣
@arne@uplegger.eu hahahahaha! They are swimming pool covers, also called lanais. They are to keep leaves, and any other debris, and any wild animals, out of the swimming pool. A swimming pool enclosure, pretty much.
@itsericwoodward@itsericwoodward.com And sometimes …
https://movq.de/v/e25c13546d/i-ate-the-bear.jpg
(It’s an older meme but it checks out.)
Auf LinkedIn erzählt mir gerade jemand: "Dein sauberer Code kostet dich jetzt bares Geld."Die grandiose Idee: Tests weglassen, Team reduzieren, QA weg … alles Overhead> Es gilt: Weniger Code = weniger Tokens = weniger Kosten.> Beweis: fertiges Produkt, 2 Wochenenden, ~40 % meines Claude-Limits.Das sind Leute, die jetzt Software und Services bauen, die wir nutzen sollen und die wahrscheinlich schon genutzt werden. Gruselig.
@bender@twtxt.net @background: Do all your neighbours have huge aviaries at the back of their houses!? Are they all bird lovers or just trying to protect against the environment?
In music, just because you play FAST doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re GOOD. Yet a lot of classical, jazz, and even pop musicians seem to operate under this assumption, as well as their audiences.
No I am not interested in listening to your podcast.
@itsericwoodward@itsericwoodward.com what the hell!!? I have no idea how that happened. 😆 Thank you!
I hadn’t really planned on spending the evening fighting with RegEx…
I guess sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you.
@aelaraji@aelaraji.com Greetings!
It looks like that post is dated for 2027:
https://itsericwoodward.com/images/59b6fc28.png
I can see it in your twtxt.txt file that way as well:
