STV is a kind of ranked ballot voting system. In the US the term “ranked choice” usually refers to instant runoff voting which is similar to STV but uses a different mechanism for assigning votes so could produce different results. I’m not familiar enough with either to say which is better.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting

Nonvoters suck too.

Pixel 9 pro has a smaller model and it’s great.

I had two ford Tauruses and both were gems. However the Chevy Malibu Hatchback I had was garbage.

All the biking I’m not doing. If no one is home, my obligations are fewer so I should go for a bike ride.

Who you have sex with matters more than how you convinced them to.

Wheel truing and building is not as scary as it seems.

Who wants a g&t?

Let it be dirty. I wet lube, wipe, and let good enough be enough.

Did you click the SB article I linked? It was a joke that I used to point out diminishing returns of effort. I don’t want to spend the extra time and use the extra space for equipment and extra chains needed to wax my chain.

The 5 block test method on the site you linked does not seem valid as it would change based on the sequence of blocks. It could have been designed to favor a particular lubricant.

Define quickly? Is there data showing that waxed chains last X% longer? And what is the net present value of the time needed to maintain a waxed chain? I suspect it is cheaper to replace the chain slightly more often using “good enough” procedures than to obsess about it and spend more time doing a “better” procedure.

The only way to get it all is to go full Sheldon Brown: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html

Maybe I don’t do enough? I tried degreasing my chain in jars and with one of those chain cleaner things and saw no benefit but lots of extra work and mess.

Now I never degrease. Add lube to chain on the bike, several rotations to work it in, several rotations through a rag to clean it off. Takes three minutes and I do that monthly for the road bike, weekly for MTB, and after cleaning the bike. I never have to take the chain off until I replace it.

I use wet lube on the MTB and rock n roll extra dry on road bike.

There are books I started and did not finish that I do not remember. However, there a few that I finished but hated. The worst was:

Reverie - this was a lgbt book club thing in Libby. The protagonist was a whiny incapable teen that never redeemed themself. I kept thinking it would get better and it never did. Things resolved because magic, so poor/lazy writing.

You have 72 hours to hide in the dark. If they smell you, you die. If you make it, you win a million dollars.

Good thing I have 72 hour deodorant!

I thought libertarians were cool. Then I learned about the “fiscally conservative “ parts.

Doom had a great mod community, and Simpsons Doom was my favorite mod.

I’m not 50 something, but I got some of these games from a 50 something.

Sorry, I meant Red Alert.

Command & Conquer, Tie Fighter, Simpsons Doom, Quake, Portal, and DDR.

Warcraft 2 and Starcraft 1!