Biking is THE fucking best

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Bikes may still look roughly the same, but looks can be deceiving.

Source: How bicycles have changed in the last 25 years | Ars Technica

Linking to this as I look at my Trek 2018 FX2 I bought after my trusty Gary Fisher was stolen from my apartment building’s basement; by the looks of it one of the tenants is a motherfucking thief as signs have gone up about parts and bikes being stolen.

Oh right, back to the subject at hand… I remember bikes 25 years ago looked very different from what they look like now. Wondering what bikes are going to look 25 years from now.

Biked while listening to The River, by KT Tunstall. Makes it easier.

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Alright so tonight after work I decided I wanted a fancy drink because I’m looking at working 34 days straight an’ shit. So I went out after working at FOHjob. Hit up [fancy basement bar] and had a couple of fancy drinks and was feeling good but they have a 0100 bar close. Closed out my tab, then went up the block to [breakfast to beer] joint cos why not?

Big mistake.

I get there, sit down, and order a Tito’s and soda. Then strike a conversation with the gal next to me. She bides me to sit next to her, I oblige. Start drinking, she immediately wants to make out.

I’m all for making out but at least let me get yer bloody name, girl. She’s not that young, I’m thinking she’s in her 50s so she’s been around the block a few times. Yet here she is, hitting up a perfect stranger for some hot PDA.

So we make out until bar close (which at 0200 is okay-ish. I’m thinking MN should move to 0300).

During this entire exchange of salivary gland fluids I didn’t volunteer my name, nor did she. I got called adorable, cute, smart, intelligent, adorable (again) and what was it I did again? (server bitch at FOHjob). Every time I’d try to answer she’d try to shut me up with her lips.

I’m okay with that. I love making out. But I also like knowing who I am making out with. Kept trying to make conversation, to no avail; she would not have it. I close our tab (I paid for her drinks too, thankfully she hadn’t drunk that much) and start walking to her place, with frequent stops for warming up, as it were. She kept saying she lived three blocks from the bar and did not try to get an Uber right from the get go so I thought we were good.

We get to her place and then she says “I’m not comfortable with you.”

Wait, what?

I’m confused. You’re giving me all the signals but… fine, whatever. Yes, I am disappointed because I would like to touch someone and I would like to be touched. Fine. FINE. FINE.

So I bid her goodnight as she’s walking up the stairs to her door. Then she realizes she’s too drunk to find her keys, walks down the stairs and opens her garage. Last I saw of her was her smile as the garage door closed.

Well, okay. That was… disappointing, to say the least.

I made my way back to my bike, biked to my place and now here I am typing this up at three in the bloody morning as a lesson to myself to not trust any random women hitting me up at the bar:

Elle the Enabler
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@nullrend Your past self saved your future self. Smart.
3:05am · 11 Nov 2018 · Twitter for iPhone

Maybe she’s right. I just didn’t want to spend the night alone, is all.

Also, fuck you, Mozilla.

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Since Mozilla discontinued the ability of extensions to make modifications to the UI the customization ability of Firefox has gone to shit. Hence tricks like (this)[https://github.com/andreicristianpetcu/UserChrome-Tweaks] and (this)[https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx] that kick back to how you’d have to do it back in the Phoenix/Firebird days.

Fuck I’m old.

Anyway I’m using the following in userChrome.css to get:

  • Tabs under the navigation/address bar
  • Multi-row tabs. No more fucking scrolling side to side. Who came up with that? It’s bloody stupid.
  • A prettier look in general
  • Makes you feel like you’re using a real browser instead of a toy browser like Chrome.

Firefox menu, navigation, and tab bars

I grabbed a couple things from the links above and made the tab bar a bit narrower. but other than that no changes. If you need to learn how to make this all work visit (this link)[https://www.userchrome.org/what-is-userchrome-css.html].

Here’s the CSS code:


/* Firefox Quantum userChrome.css tweaks ************************************************/
/* Github: https://github.com/aris-t2/customcssforfx ************************************/
/****************************************************************************************/


:root {
  --colored_menubar_background_image: linear-gradient(#f9f9fa,#f9f9fa);
  --general_toolbar_color_toolbars: linear-gradient(#f9f9fa,#f9f9fa);
  --general_toolbar_color_navbar: linear-gradient(#f9f9fa,#f9f9fa);
  --tabs_toolbar_color_tabs_not_on_top: linear-gradient(#f9f9fa,#f9f9fa);
  --tabs_toolbar_border-tnot_normal_mode_size: 1px;
  --tabs_toolbar_border-tnot_normal_mode: var(--tabs-border-color);
  --classic_squared_tabs_tab_text_color: black;
  --classic_squared_tabs_new_tab_icon_color: black;
  --classic_squared_tabs_tab_text_shadow: transparent;
  --tab-min-height_tnot: 32px;
}

:root[uidensity=compact]  {
  --tab-min-height_tnot: 25px;
}

:root[uidensity=touch] {
  --tab-min-height_tnot: 40px;
}

/* tabs toolbar adjustment */
#main-window[tabsintitlebar] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar, 
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[uidensity=compact][tabsintitlebar] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[uidensity=compact][tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar,
#TabsToolbar {
  -moz-padding-start: 2px !important;
}

#main-window[tabsintitlebar] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar:-moz-lwtheme, 
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar:-moz-lwtheme,
#main-window[uidensity=compact][tabsintitlebar] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar:-moz-lwtheme,
#main-window[uidensity=compact][tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar:-moz-lwtheme,
#TabsToolbar:-moz-lwtheme,
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[uidensity=compact][tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[sizemode="maximized"] #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[tabsintitlebar]:not([style*='--lwt-header-image']):-moz-lwtheme #navigator-toolbox #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar, 
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"]:not([style*='--lwt-header-image']):-moz-lwtheme #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[uidensity=compact][tabsintitlebar]:not([style*='--lwt-header-image']):-moz-lwtheme #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[uidensity=compact][tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"]:not([style*='--lwt-header-image']):-moz-lwtheme #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[tabsintitlebar]:not([style*='--lwt-header-image']):-moz-lwtheme #TabsToolbar {
  -moz-padding-start: 0px !important;
}

#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="normal"]:not([sizemode="fullscreen"]) #TabsToolbar {
  margin-top: 0px !important;
}

#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="normal"][chromehidden~="menubar"] #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="normal"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive] + #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"][chromehidden~="menubar"] #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive] + #TabsToolbar {
  padding-top: 0px !important;
}

#main-window[tabsintitlebar] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"]:not([inactive="true"]) ~ #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[tabsintitlebar] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="false"] ~ #TabsToolbar{
  margin-top: 0px !important;
}

/* tab title in titlebar support */
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="normal"] #navigator-toolbox #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[uidensity=compact][tabsintitlebar][sizemode="normal"] #navigator-toolbox #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #navigator-toolbox #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[uidensity=compact][tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #navigator-toolbox #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="normal"] #navigator-toolbox #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[uidensity=compact][tabsintitlebar][sizemode="normal"] #navigator-toolbox #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #navigator-toolbox #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar,
#main-window[uidensity=compact][tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #navigator-toolbox #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #TabsToolbar{
  margin-top: 0px !important;
}

/* titlebar button support */
#main-window[tabsintitlebar] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #nav-bar{
  margin-top: 2px !important;
}

/* fix for application/hamburger button in titlebar */
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="fullscreen"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] ~ #nav-bar #PanelUI-button {
  visibility: collapse !important;
}

#main-window[inDOMFullscreen="true"] #TabsToolbar {
  opacity: 0 !important;
}

/* tab height */
#tabbrowser-tabs,
#tabbrowser-tabs > .tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox,
.tabbrowser-tabs[positionpinnedtabs] > .tabbrowser-tab[pinned] {
  min-height: var(--tab-min-height_tnot) !important;
}

/* toolbar order (start) ************************************/
#print-preview-toolbar,
#printedit-toolbar,
#titlebar {
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 0 !important;
}
#navigator-toolbox #toolbar-menubar {
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 1 !important;
}
/* navigation toolbar */
#navigator-toolbox #nav-bar {
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 2 !important;
}
/* bookmarks toolbar */
#navigator-toolbox #PersonalToolbar {
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 3 !important;
}
/* 3rd party toolbars */
#navigator-toolbox toolbar {
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 10 !important;
}
/* tabs toolbar */
#navigator-toolbox #TabsToolbar {
  -moz-box-ordinal-group: 100 !important;
}
/* toolbar order (end) **************************************/

/* toolbar colors */
#main-window:not([tabsintitlebar]) #toolbar-menubar:not(:-moz-lwtheme) {
  background-image: var(--colored_menubar_background_image) !important;
  border: 0px !important;
  margin-bottom: -1px !important;
}

#nav-bar:not(:-moz-lwtheme) {
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  background: var(--general_toolbar_color_navbar, inherit) !important;
}

toolbar:not(#TabsToolbar):not(#toolbar-menubar):not(#nav-bar):not(:-moz-lwtheme) {
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  background: var(--general_toolbar_color_toolbars, inherit) !important;
}
#TabsToolbar:not(:-moz-lwtheme){
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  background-image: var(--tabs_toolbar_color_tabs_not_on_top) !important;
}

/* remove color overlay for lw-themes */
#main-window[style*='--lwt-header-image'] :-moz-any(#nav-bar,#PersonalToolbar,#TabsToolbar):-moz-lwtheme{
  background: unset !important;
}

/* adjust compact themes background color */
#main-window:not([style*='--lwt-header-image']) #TabsToolbar:-moz-lwtheme {
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  background-image: linear-gradient(var(--toolbar-bgcolor),var(--toolbar-bgcolor)) !important;
}

#main-window:not(:-moz-lwtheme) #TabsToolbar :-moz-any(.tabs-newtab-button,.scrollbutton-up,.scrollbutton-down),
#main-window:not(:-moz-lwtheme) #TabsToolbar > toolbarbutton,
#main-window:not([style*='--lwt-header-image']):-moz-lwtheme:-moz-lwtheme-darktext #TabsToolbar :-moz-any(.tabs-newtab-button,.scrollbutton-up,.scrollbutton-down),
#main-window:not([style*='--lwt-header-image']):-moz-lwtheme:-moz-lwtheme-darktext #TabsToolbar > toolbarbutton {
  fill: var(--classic_squared_tabs_new_tab_icon_color) !important;
  color: var(--classic_squared_tabs_new_tab_icon_color) !important;
}

/* toolbar borders */
#main-window #navigator-toolbox::after {
  opacity: 0 !important;
}

#TabsToolbar{
  margin-bottom: 0px !important;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #5f7181 !important;
}

#main-window[sizemode="normal"] #navigator-toolbox :-moz-any(#nav-bar,#PersonalToolbar,#TabsToolbar) {
  border-left: var(--tabs_toolbar_border-tnot_normal_mode_size) solid var(--tabs_toolbar_border-tnot_normal_mode) !important;
  border-right: var(--tabs_toolbar_border-tnot_normal_mode_size) solid var(--tabs_toolbar_border-tnot_normal_mode) !important;
  background-clip: padding-box !important;
}

#main-window[sizemode="maximized"] #navigator-toolbox :-moz-any(#nav-bar,#PersonalToolbar,#TabsToolbar) {
  border-left: 0px !important;
  border-right: 0px !important;
}

#main-window[style*='--lwt-header-image'][sizemode="normal"] #navigator-toolbox :-moz-any(#nav-bar,#PersonalToolbar,#TabsToolbar):-moz-lwtheme,
#main-window[style*='--lwt-header-image'][sizemode="maximized"] #navigator-toolbox :-moz-any(#nav-bar,#PersonalToolbar,#TabsToolbar):-moz-lwtheme {
  border-top: 0px !important;
  border-left: 0px !important;
  border-right: 0px !important;
}

#main-window:not([style*='--lwt-header-image']):-moz-lwtheme-brighttext #TabsToolbar:-moz-lwtheme {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #323234 !important;
}

#main-window:not([style*='--lwt-header-image']):-moz-lwtheme:-moz-lwtheme-brighttext #TabsToolbar:-moz-lwtheme {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #323234 !important;
}

#main-window:not([sizemode="fullscreen"])[tabsintitlebar] #TabsToolbar{
  -moz-margin-end: 0px !important;
}

#main-window[tabsintitlebar] #TabsToolbar .titlebar-placeholder{
  visibility: collapse !important;
}

#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="normal"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] {
  margin-top: 21px !important;
}
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] {
  margin-top: 20px !important;
}

#tabbrowser-tabs .tab-drop-indicator {
  margin-bottom: 0px !important;
}

#PersonalToolbar:-moz-lwtheme,
#nav-bar:-moz-lwtheme {
  background-image: none !important;
  box-shadow: none !important;
  border-top: none !important;
  border-bottom: none !important;
}

/* remove tab fog */
#TabsToolbar:not(:-moz-lwtheme),
#TabsToolbar:not(:-moz-lwtheme)::before,
#TabsToolbar:not(:-moz-lwtheme)::after {
  box-shadow: unset !important;
}

/* remove 'dragging tab' margin/padding nonsense */
#TabsToolbar[movingtab] {
  padding-bottom: unset !important;
}

#TabsToolbar[movingtab] > .tabbrowser-tabs {
  padding-bottom: unset !important;
  margin-bottom: unset !important;
}

#TabsToolbar[movingtab] + #nav-bar {
  margin-top: unset !important;
}

/* scroll buttons */
#TabsToolbar:not(:-moz-lwtheme) #alltabs-button,
#TabsToolbar:not(:-moz-lwtheme) .tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox > .scrollbutton-up,
#TabsToolbar:not(:-moz-lwtheme) .tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox > .scrollbutton-down {
  fill: black !important;
}

/* Fx58+ titlebar placeholders */
#TabsToolbar .titlebar-placeholder[type="pre-tabs"],
#TabsToolbar .titlebar-placeholder[type="post-tabs"]{
  display: none !important;
}

@media (-moz-os-version: windows-win10) {
    #main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="normal"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] {
      margin-top: 30px !important;
    }
    #main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"] #toolbar-menubar[autohide="true"][inactive="true"] {
      margin-top: 30px !important;
    }
}

@media (-moz-windows-classic) {

    /* tweaks for Windows Classic theme */
    #nav-bar:not(:-moz-lwtheme),
    #PersonalToolbar:not(:-moz-lwtheme),
    #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar])  #TabsToolbar:not(:-moz-lwtheme) {
      border-left: unset !important;
      border-right: unset !important;
      background: unset !important;
    }

    #main-window[sizemode="normal"] #navigator-toolbox :-moz-any(#nav-bar,#PersonalToolbar,#TabsToolbar) {
      border-left: 0px !important;
      border-right: 0px !important;
    }

    #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar]) #toolbar-menubar:not(:-moz-lwtheme) {
      background: unset !important;
      box-shadow: unset !important;
      border-bottom: unset !important;
    }

    #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar]):not(:-moz-lwtheme) #navigator-toolbox,
    #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar]):not(:-moz-lwtheme) #nav-bar,
    #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar]):not(:-moz-lwtheme) #navigator-toolbox::before,
    #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar]):not(:-moz-lwtheme) #nav-bar::before,
    #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar]):not(:-moz-lwtheme) #navigator-toolbox::after,
    #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar]):not(:-moz-lwtheme) #nav-bar::after {
      background: unset !important;
      box-shadow: unset !important;
      border: unset !important;
      border-image: unset !important;
    }

    #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar]) toolbar:not(#TabsToolbar):not(#toolbar-menubar):not(#nav-bar):not(:-moz-lwtheme) {
      background: unset !important;
    }

}

/* tab text colors */
#TabsToolbar:not(:-moz-lwtheme) .tabbrowser-tab {
  color: var(--classic_squared_tabs_tab_text_color) !important;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px var(--classic_squared_tabs_tab_text_shadow) !important;
}

/* fix Windows 7s default tab background (remove dark purple bg color)*/
@media (-moz-os-version: windows-win7) {
  @media (-moz-windows-default-theme) {
    .tabbrowser-tab:not([selected]):not(:hover):not(:-moz-lwtheme) {
      background-color: #e3e4e6 !important;
    }
    .tabbrowser-tab:not([selected]):hover:not(:-moz-lwtheme) {
      background-color: #cccdcf !important;
    }

  }
}

/* Firefox Quantum userChrome.css tweaks ************************************************/
/* Github: https://github.com/aris-t2/customcssforfx ************************************/
/****************************************************************************************/


/****************************************************************************************/
/* multirow / multiple tab lines - modified for CustomCSSforFx **************************/
/* all credits go to the original author: ***********************************************/
/* https://www.reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS/comments/7dclp7/multirow_tabs_in_ff57/ ***********/
/****************************************************************************************/


:root {
  --tabs-lines: 3; /* 3 rows, increase for more */
  --tab_min_width_mlt: 120px;
  --tab_max_width_mlt: 200px;
  --tab-min-height_mlt: var(--tab-min-height,25px); /* set own value here, if used without configuration files */
}

.tabbrowser-tab[fadein]:not([pinned]) {
  flex-grow: 1;
  min-width: var(--tab_min_width_mlt) !important;
  max-width: var(--tab_max_width_mlt) !important;
}

.tabbrowser-tab,.tab-background {
  min-height: var(--tab-min-height_mlt);
}

.tabs-newtab-button {
  vertical-align: bottom !important;
  height: var(--tab-min-height_mlt);
  margin-bottom: -1px !important;
}

.tab-stack {
  width: 100%;
}

/* fix tab position */
#tabbrowser-tabs,
#tabbrowser-tabs > .tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox {
  min-height: var(--tab-min-height_mlt) !important;
}
:root[uidensity=touch] .tabbrowser-tab:not([pinned]) .tab-content .close-icon {
  padding-top: 0px !important;
  padding-bottom: 0px !important;
}
/**/

#tabbrowser-tabs .scrollbox-innerbox {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  overflow-x: collapse !important;
  overflow-y: auto !important;
  min-height: var(--tab-min-height_mlt);
  max-height: calc( var(--tabs-lines) * var(--tab-min-height_mlt) ) !important;
}

#tabbrowser-tabs .arrowscrollbox-scrollbox {
  overflow-x: collapse;
  overflow: visible; 
  display: block;
}

#tabbrowser-tabs .scrollbutton-up,
#tabbrowser-tabs .scrollbutton-down,
#TabsToolbar #alltabs-button,
.tabbrowser-tab:not([fadein]){
  display: none;
}

#main-window[tabsintitlebar] #tabbrowser-tabs {
  -moz-window-dragging: no-drag !important;
}

.tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox > .arrowscrollbox-overflow-start-indicator:not([collapsed]),
.tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox > .arrowscrollbox-overflow-end-indicator:not([collapsed]) {
  opacity: 0 !important;
}

#tabbrowser-tabs * {
  overflow-x: none !important;
}

#main-window[customizing] #tabbrowser-tabs .scrollbox-innerbox {
  display: block !important;
}

#tabbrowser-tabs .scrollbox-innerbox {
  -moz-padding-end: 4px !important;
}

#TabsToolbar[currentset^="tabbrowser-tabs,new-tab-button"] #tabbrowser-tabs .scrollbox-innerbox {
  -moz-padding-end: 0px !important;
}

/* remove crap set by Firefox 58+ */
.tabbrowser-tab::after,
.tabbrowser-tab::before {
  border-left: unset !important;
  border-image: unset !important;
  border-image-slice: unset !important;
  border: 0 !important;
}

#TabsToolbar .titlebar-placeholder[type="pre-tabs"],
#TabsToolbar .titlebar-placeholder[type="post-tabs"]{
  opacity: 0 !important;
}

Goddamnit, Amazon

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Source: Gordon’s Notes: Amazon reviews now unreliable – negative reviews filtered (Anker example)

I thought I was running into isolated issues as I rarely have to give negative reviews but knowing there is systemic bias in the reviews available makes all of those reviews useless to me. I’ll probably end up having to make use of the return policy much more often now.

Where else might we see this? It makes shopping online that much harder knowing the website you’re shopping at is actively fucking with your perception of it.