That’s really odd, I’d expect to see a lot more degradation over two years. What was the capacity at the beginning?

I think at best there’s evidence for a correlation between productivity and wages and even that correlation has largely disappeared since the 80s. If you’re looking for causation, I’m afraid that without union representation, wage increases come before productivity gains and it’s not difficult to see why. If your labour cost increases, your profit margin decreases. If you can’t decrease wages, you have to get more product out of the same labour. You can do that by investing in more or better tooling, equipment, training, automation. That is productivity increase.

In a union environment, the union can force higher wages when there’s increase in profits as a result of productivity gains. Which then drives further productivity increases as the owner tries to get their margins higher again. Which drives the kind of feedback loop which creates the tight productivity-wage correlation we’ve observed in the post-depression period till the 80s. You probably know what happened after that.

I don’t understand the visibility and warning argument. There are speed limit signs prior to the cameras. That’s the warning and visibility. You go over, you pay. You have been warned and informed. Drive with 40 in a 50 zone, or 70 in an 80 zone, etc. It’s what most of my family does. That’s the point - slowing people down.

Of course I’m aware that speed limits aren’t the best way to regulate traffic speed, I’m just working in the current context where that’s the infrastructure we have.

Excuse me but… how did you put a suspension post on that? The pics show a single continuous, long seat post. The suspension posts I’m aware of aren’t that long. Did you do some tube-in-a-tube expletive?

Thanks for all the info!

Yeah, bombing Iran has nothing to do whatsoever with human rights. It’s all about Israel’s interest and whoever else shares it. If we cared about human rights and couped governments for that, we’d be all up in the Gulf’s ass, Israel’s (because of Gaza, West Bank), among others. Even if that was the goal, history informs us that the chances of a government that’s better for human rights is less likely than a worse one. Some Zionist acquaintances took a week of glorifying Israel’s “victory” in Iran, before turning around to shit on Gulf countries and China for their human rights abuses. I’m so done with this shit…

the salute focus on the 1991-95 ethnic war in Croatia, in which he fought using the American firearm, after the country declared independence from the former Yugoslavia.

Ah the old reliable anti-communist gotta fascist rule.

This can’t possibly play well over the long run. Israel is already getting isolated as a peace destabilizer. Given the rightward trends in Israel, combined with having these bombers, the likelihood of them restraining themselves from pulling the trigger isn’t too high. I guess we’ll see if the Qatari jet worked its magic.

That’s pretty horrific. The working population is important to maintaining Ukraine’s ability to fight. It probably factors in Russia’s intent to finish the war instead of agreeing to a ceasefire.

Aren’t most US elections FPTP? If so, during the election he’ll split the right vote which boosts Democratic/other candidate’s chances. If they get a few senators elected with Democrats getting fewer than a majority, then for sure the plan would work as you described it.

Twas probably a close second.

Sent you something in addition to the recurring to help with that repaying. ☺️

Build quality to your opinion?

What’s the country of origin on it?

Thanks for the info! The current model seems to come with 38c tires. I saw there’s very little variety in the 451 diameter and most are 28c. I’m thinking that if I end up needing wider tires and there’s nothing available, I could replace the wheelset with 406. Since it’s using disc brakes that should work fine. I was considering converting the front of a Link D8 to disc but it seems like 20" disc forks are much harder to find than 406 disc wheels. Have you looked into a front rack? Is it Taiwan-made or PRC-made? Have you fit fenders on it? Can it roll folded without the special rack for rolling?

My XT is quiet with original pads on a Mavic rim, currently operating at the rear of another bike, but I think Rim Wrangler (Avid) is better. Those pads have always been fire no matter the brake or rim.

As for disc, ironically the metal pads from Shimano are silent for me while the mixed/resin howled.

That’s not good because they should be a major speed bump on the road to fascism.

Yes, DS is an indexer. I recall looking at some wiki for a provider. I’m using Frugal news for provider.

The US has been the biggest long term enemy to the working populations of the world since the end of the WWII, including its own. Throw a pin on the map, and you’re likely to hit a place that’s been affected by a war started or fought by the US, or a place where the US has had a hand in destroying worker power in order to for American business to extract resources and labour for cheap, or a sanctioned place where working people are made to suffer in order to overthrow their government, or a combination thereof.

If this information is true and the Chinese officials weren’t bullshitting, then leaking this doesn’t sound like a good move on the European official end.