I think the last paragraph in the article really gets at the point the best. That libertarianism has faded because libertarians—while mostly willing to challenge other forms of social hierarchy—never bother to challenge privatisation of property. The sort of internal inconsistency that causes ideologies to fail.

In what continuity were Orion and Megatron any more than friends? In the '84 cartoon Orion has a girlfriend named Ariel who becomes Elita-1 at the same time Orion becomes Prime. He doesn’t seem to have even met Megatron yet. And I’m not sure the original comics even cover Optimus before he was Prime.

Yes the weight is much lower

You’re right. It is crazy big, but I am crazy. I have a klr650.

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Absolutely. I’d expect to spend a little more on an EV but the current prices are insane.

Well that’s totally understandable. It starts to get to be a bit much for me around 400 miles. I bet it would be easier without so much vibration.

You’re right that reticulum is obscure, but so was meshtastic at some point. It’s up to us to change that. I’m already quite impressed by the programs developed for reticulum and more will come as more people get eyes on it. For the last part, I feel I have to mention that reticulum isn’t limited to just LoRa nor is it limited to just text chat. It can also travel over packet radio, IP/TCP, and I2P just to name a few. Right now it can do text, voice, and image sharing. But the coolest thing I think reticulum can do is serve markdown based web pages. All encrypted as a rule. I would really encourage everyone interested in this kind of tech to consider reticulum.

I feel the same way. I put a 10 gallon tank on my motorcycle so I could go far. My preference would be something that gets at least 300 miles per charge and doesn’t cost $40k.

Meshtastic is cool but I think people would be better served by Reticulum

A DIY EV motorcycle is absolutely the dream.

I’ve heard of some people feeling motion sick without the same feedback as an ICE vehicle. Could be helpful for them.