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#EducateMePlease Last Saturday I got a new #battery for Big Bike ⚪️🚲⚡️. The old 10Ah 🔋 is 5 years old.

Turns out the battery casing can hold up to 15Ah (newer type of 🔋, bigger cells). So I had them put 15Ah in -- the old cells they took out and put in a bag to serve as backup.

I'm a little concerned because the display shows the Voltage constantly going up and down by a tenth, e.g. from 53.1 to 53.2 to 53.1 to 53.0 etc. Even when parked.

Is that normal? #eBike shop guy says it is. 😕

#bikes

A little uncomplicated #tech question:

USB flash drive connected to a hub that is connected to a laptop. Flash drive gets quite hot while plugged in whether or not actively used. Which one is the problem? I'm guessing it's the hub. Yes? Is it safe to keep using the hub (or the flash drive)?

The hub is decent, not well known.
The flash drive is a little Sandisk dual USB stick.
The computer is a MacBook M1, if it matters.
#EducateMePlease 🤓

@ruari
I have a very basic/silly question.
#EducateMePlease

Are #TapToPay #wearables usable at any* terminal where you can tap-to-pay with a card? Should be, right?

When I'm out riding 🚲 I normally don't carry my credit card. If wearables are a sure thing and like using a card then I think I might just get one. Many places I frequent have tap-to-pay. But I've only seen it done with cards. I haven't seen/noticed anyone* here 🇵🇭 paying with wearables. Maybe #banks here don't allow it yet? 🤔

#EducateMePlease #cars

We have this 27-year old Corolla. It runs fine. The paint is missing some layers in some parts. And the whatchamacallit rubber strips on the window are coming off.

I think rust might kill the car way before it's engine is ready to keel over. 😶 I'm hoping the car will last a few more years. I don't care much for appearances. One major advantage of an old car is that [bad] people won't take interest in it. To me that's priceless. 👌

Is it worth having the exterior fixed?

Well, my techie masto neighbors, it's that time again...
#EducateMePlease
#fakeOS? (see captions)

I bought this cheap non branded #i15 mini #phone online to use on my bike. It claimed to have Android 14. But in checking for updates I see that it's actually Android 8. Not a big deal for a cheap phone, but then... If in the About view it shows 14, this isn't a solid OS. It's been tampered? The icons were wrong too.

If I don't use bank and email apps on it, what's the worst that can happen? 😳

is it possible to get an alert for when an molecular entity shows up in the literature (patent or otherwise), as one can with an article or author? #database #citationalert #scifinder #webofscience #academicchat #chemistry #chemiverse #proflife #EducateMePlease #science

On Friday I did something I normally wouldn't do. I knee-jerk clicked a link in an email. #OnlyHuman 😖

It took me to what looked like a website's plain text error page.

I panicked. Asked Copilot what to do since it's sitting there in my browser, then turned off my 💻's #wifi.

I Slacked my bosses 📱. 1 replied saying probably nothing bad happened and if I wanted to be sure I could reset my MacBook to start all fresh.

Advice? Suggestions?
#EducateMePlease 😶
#security #NotATechie

#EducateMePlease 🤓 When a #powerbank 🔋 is advertised as having overcharge, overcurrent, overvoltage or overload protection*...

Is that just referring to when you're charging the powerbank, or is it also referring to when the powerbank is charging a device?

Is it safe to use a fast charging (e.g. 20W~) powerbank to charge any* gadget?

Wondering if it's okay to use any* powerbank to charge the #battery in my #Fujifilm #camera (the battery can be charged in the camera via the USB C port). 🫣

How do you get through your work day? #EducateMePlease

My kind of #work requires me to be present* and react* to things that come up from co-workers and bosses.

I feel unproductive. I can do better, I just can't quite get there. I'm so scattered-brained. Not necessarily a bad* thing. I think of it as a feature of me just being me, not a flaw. 🤪

I've read on #TimeBlocking #DayTheming #TaskBatching #PomodoroTechnique. Trouble with implementation. Can't quite make them fit for me. 😕

Any advice?

#EducateMePlease about #LiteSpeedCache.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-litespeed-cache-flaw-to-create-wordpress-admins/

Is this something that's built into every* #WordPress installation? Could my WP site be affected?

I've been getting quite a number of attempted* #logins by losers with no honor or higher purpose and with nothing better to do with their sad lives.

So far I don't notice any weird signs of actual intrusion... But maybe I'm just too clueless to notice. 🧐 #NotATechie #websites #blogs

So I just upgraded to hydraulic* brakes and discovered that when I squeeze on the front brake there's this sound. #bikes #bicycles #eBikes #MTB #eMTB

If I squeeze just lightly it's fine, no noise. The rear brake doesn't make any noise at all.

I messaged the shop and they think it's because the pads are new and say that it'll eventually go away.

I've only ever used mechanical* disc brakes before so I have no idea. 🤷‍♀️ #EducateMePlease

#NotATechie #EducateMePlease
Is there a limit to how many extension displays* a #computer can have?

Right now I got a #MacBook M1 connected to an external monitor via HDMI (via a hub). 💻🖥️

I'd like to add another. 🖥️

The hub's HDMI port is already taken by the current monitor. 🖥️ It still has a VGA, USB-C and USB ports. Saw some modestly-sized external monitor online 🏪 that will supposedly connect via USB.

Before I buy, any reason or chance that hub USB ports would not work with a 3rd display?

@mpmilestogo @maique
Woh 😲 What is this #PikaPods thingy?

Help me understand...

Does it basically work like #webhosting except that it's per #app? Like only #WordPress and no other installations?

I still haven't fixed my #website. 😅 So I haven't done any posting there for a couple of years now. Maybe this pika thing suits me better. 🤔

But will I still be able to use my #domain with an #email service?

#NotATechie #EducateMePlease

#EducateMePlease
#clueless #bicycles #eMTB
#Shimano 3x7 shifters

I have the TX50 and I don't like it. 😐

Pushing the button on the right 7x to go higher is fine but pushing the stiff lever back to go to a lower number is no fun. Not easy with my hand issues. ☹️ The left 3x is lever-controlled too and I hardly mess with it for the same reason, so I just keep to the middle.

Are these shifters applicable to any #MTB? Is there anything about #bikes that make some unsuitable for certain types?

@martijn
Ooooh... So pretty! Me likey! 😃

But, I'm curious, is the #monstera happy to see light all day? ☀️💡

I've heard [some] #plants require times in darkness in order to live better (e.g. flowering plants bloom better when they get enough break from the sun). Kinda like us people needing #sleep.

#EducateMePlease 🤓

Wow. 😳 In less than an hour, the droopy #Celosia got all perky after watering. 😃👍

The orange one seems much* thirstier than the crimson one. It gets really* droopy. 🤷‍♀️ Been needing to water it every 2 days.

I find the difference in behavior strange since, except for the color of the flowers, they look like the exact same variety. To me, anyway. #clueless #YellowThumbs #plants #EducateMePlease #CityGardening #ApartmentLiving

If you must* #snack, which of the following would be the best (or least unhealthy):
- junk food like a big bag of chips like Lays or Ruffles 🥔
- sponge/chiffon #cake with icing 🍰
- #sansrival 🧈
- #Pinoy #rice-based snacks a.k.a. #kakanin (e.g. sapin-sapin, suman, bibingka) 🍚🥥

I'm guessing it's not the bag of chips. 🤪

Please do add some commentary.
#EducateMePlease #food #health

@chronohh Ich muss Fragen, was ist das? Habs in der timeline gesehen und ich hab null Ahnung! #EducateMePlease

Just noticed today that my #MTB #bike's fork is getting rusty. It's only a year old. ☹️

I guess that's what I get for not giving my bike a wipedown after each ride... even after a ride in the rain.

So how do you guys decide when it's time to replace your fork?

I think it's not too big a deal. I'll take it to the bike shop for some cleaning and see what they'll say about the rusty bits. 🤔
#EducateMePlease #bicycles #bikes #eBikes #eMTB @bikes @mastobikes @fedibikes

Hey, people 👋🤓 Anybody know if this self-watering setup is suitable for ALL* types of #plants, including those that don't require daily watering -- like #sansevieria, #pothos, #JadePlant, #MoneyPlant?

#EducateMePlease #clueless #YellowThumbs #indoorplants #IndoorGardening @plants

#EducateMePlease #clueless #electricity
How important is it to ground* a refrigerator? Instructions say to attach the green wire to something like a water pipe.

Weeeell... The space for the fridge is right next to the sink. But still the wire isn't long enough [to connect to anything]. ☹️

What is the better*/preferred* way to #share short #videos (up to 30 seconds) on #Mastodon?

#NotATechie #EducateMePlease