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  • If you don’t want to use Strava, perhaps this could be for you? I haven’t tried it myself, but it sounds interesting: https://github.com/joaovitoriasilva/endurain

    As for cycling computers, I’ve only used Garmin (Edge 840) and Wahoo (ELMNT Bolt 2), neither of which I’d really consider “hackable”, but with Garmin at least it is possible to create custom apps and data fields and if you connect it to a computer via USB I think you should be able to access the .fit files, courses and other files via MTP (this may also be possible with Wahoo, not sure). I think it actually exposes the entire file system. You can definitely create custom map themes by editing XML files for example which is not a feature Garmin advertises.

    Otherwise I would say the difference between Wahoo and Garmin is that Wahoo is simpler and less customisable, but it still does everything important and is cheaper. It’s much easier to set up and get going. Garmin is very customisable (and more expensive), but there are way more settings and menus to navigate and you can spend ages setting it up just right. You also get more fitness tracking features for free out of the box through Garmin Connect (though it’s worth noting they recently pissed everyone off by adding optional subscription features recently). For me Garmin Connect made Strava completely redundant, since I don’t care about the social features. The data is still hosted on Garmin servers though.

    And of course there are other brands too that I haven’t tried. Perhaps check out DC Rainmaker on Youtube. He has reviewed lots of devices by all the main brands.











  • Yeah, but if you look at the whole picture and not just specs, the hardware isn’t priced that badly. Like you said, a similar screen would only be found on high end devices and I would argue you can’t even get a trackpad that is as good as the one on a MacBook from any other manufacturer. You also get a pretty decent webcam and speakers and the aluminium chassis is exceptionally good too. If you don’t care about those things then I understand looking mainly at specs, but if you do these things add up to a really good user experience.

    Don’t get me wrong though. I don’t want to shill for Apple here. There are some things that are just obscenely expensive. The cost of RAM and storage upgrades is an insult. Or the Mac Pro wheels or basically anything “small” (adapters, the Apple cloth etc.).



  • imo macOS is better value than Windows. A Windows PC of similar quality to what Apple offers (built quality and specs) is not that much cheaper and with a Mac you get a ton of actually usable software included.

    Obviously FOSS still wins offering a ton of good software for free, lots of choice and the option to choose from hardware at any price point. But Windows is just bad unless you’re an enterprise user or gamer (and the latter is changing fast in Linux favour).



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    You’d be surprised how far you can travel on a bike. As long as you cycle within your ability/fitness level and eat enough you can basically cycle forever. I cycled 300km in one day last year and it wasn’t even that hard. I just made sure to eat enough carbs and stick to a sustainable pace. It took some determination, but it was not difficult physically. Humans are built for endurance.





  • This is the way. I blocked keywords relating to Trump, Musk and the far right extremist party in my own country the other day and while some stuff still gets through it has made Lemmy significantly more pleasant to browse.

    I can read about that stuff elsewhere if I really want to, but honestly I think we might not even be in this mess if the media didn’t amplify those voices every time they said or did something outrageous.

    I implemented the filters using the Voyager app, but I think most Lemmy clients have similar options. On desktop my instance offers Tesseract which also allows filtering by keywords.