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minus-squareforestbeasts@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 days agoNo, what you’re doing is tying people’s speed to what their specific body can produce rather than what is safe. Those are two very different things.
minus-squareParagone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoNot what I meant: I’m tying power to the power that the bicyclist can naturally produce. I’m tying speed to licensing-level, because crash-energy goes up with the square of the speed. Physically-weak? THEN small-motor. Linebacker? THEN huge-motor. Speeds are tied to licensing. I’m not tying speed to body-force, I’m tying it to licensing-level/competence-carefulness. Don’t know how I fucked-up the communication so bad, but sorry. _ /\ _
minus-squareforestbeasts@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoOkay, but you’re still talking like tying power to people’s body energy output is a good thing. Speed, power, whatever, limiting our machine capability just because our body is limited (preventing working around disability) is an asshole move.
No, what you’re doing is tying people’s speed to what their specific body can produce rather than what is safe. Those are two very different things.
Not what I meant:
I’m tying power to the power that the bicyclist can naturally produce.
I’m tying speed to licensing-level, because crash-energy goes up with the square of the speed.
Physically-weak? THEN small-motor.
Linebacker? THEN huge-motor.
Speeds are tied to licensing.
I’m not tying speed to body-force, I’m tying it to licensing-level/competence-carefulness.
Don’t know how I fucked-up the communication so bad, but sorry.
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Okay, but you’re still talking like tying power to people’s body energy output is a good thing. Speed, power, whatever, limiting our machine capability just because our body is limited (preventing working around disability) is an asshole move.