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  • ragica@lemmy.mltoBicycling@lemmy.worldIs WD-40 a miracle product?
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    2 days ago

    Yes, it is sort of miraculous! And it may serve you well, as long as you’re careful with it. Many cyclists do not favour using it with bikes because it is not a very good long lasting lubricant and will interfere with better lubricants. Some are nervous about it particularly around greased bearings such as a bottom bracket, where it might get in there and compromise seals and good grease. That being said, it is a pretty great product for cleaning and short term lubing stuff in my opinion. Just got to be careful and aware of limitations. However, not sure it’s worth the size of a can for touring. Might depend on a bunch of factors such as type and location and duration of tour. As much as I personally like the stuff it would not be high on my priority list. But you do you! Have fun, however you decide.

















  • You seem to have descibed your port forwards backwards It is the router forwarding the ports to the gateway pi (and potentially other devices), not gateway pi and other devices forwarding to the router. The forwards to servers are incoming from the internet.

    (Theoretically you could have your pi physically between the router and the internet (modem) acting as a sort of pre-router, but this would be unusual. Perhaps you could describe your physical setup more clearly. What is physically/wirelessly connected to what, to the internet.)



  • Your freedom is in the (theoretical) ability run your own instance and communities on it if you disagree with or have been banned from other instances. And your instance can federate with whomever will allow it.

    Communities also want freedom – to be organized and run the way they want to be, and to be free from being hijacked or shit on uncontrollably by randos, bad actors, or even (defined by themselves) undesirables.

    It’s not perfect. But you sometimes have to consider a bigger picture than just your personal freedom, to make things a free as practically possible.