Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by tomger on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:37PM
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Meanwhile if you have a Peloton™ bike at home, you’re probably looking at the _least_ energy efficient locomotion.
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Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by gavanm on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:55AM
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I'll admit that I'm not a fan of that trademark having being granted. It's a common term in the industry / sector that they operate in.
It would be like an internet company trademarking Browser, or a car company called Engine.
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by Vinnl on Thursday September 08, 2022 @03:07AM
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> It would be like an internet company trademarking Browser
I guess talking about browser chrome isn't what it used to be anymore.
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by smcl on Thursday September 08, 2022 @04:28AM
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We recently had a spate of tech companies named after common programming terms - "Buffer" and such. Seemed a bit vague and low-effort for my liking.
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by unnouinceput on Thursday September 08, 2022 @06:44AM
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Or a operating system that has square stuff that resemble windows to be called Windows, yes?
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by mrguyorama on Thursday September 08, 2022 @12:07PM
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To be fair, how often were discussions about windows talking about anything to do with computers BEFORE microsoft made Windows?
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by yencabulator on Friday September 09, 2022 @01:19PM
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Plenty. For example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DESQview
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by wyldfire on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:39PM
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I was thinking of the brand name when I read the headline. I didn't know it referred to something real.
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by xattt on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:47PM
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I had to double check it wasn’t an Onion article.
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by godelski on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:13AM
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I was confused and googled it and the first page was the brand until I added "what is a" to the search. Sometimes the model is over fit.
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by executesorder66 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @09:51AM
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Peloton™ bikes are not real, apparently.
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by 29athrowaway on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @09:08PM
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It gets you from A to A in 0 seconds
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by leshenka on Thursday September 08, 2022 @12:01AM
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Uh oh, undefined speed. Not something I would pay for.
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by bell-cot on Thursday September 08, 2022 @05:32AM
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Fortunately, Heisenberg uncertainty in your position (A) rules out the 0/0 case...
/s
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by gwbas1c on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @11:30PM
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Yeah, I googled "peloton" and "peloton bike" and didn't get a definition of peloton that aligned with what the article was talking about.
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by fomine3 on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:48PM
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ArithmeticException is thrown
Re:Riding in a peloton is the most energy efficient locomoti...
by quickthrower2 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @12:52AM
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Depends how you are measuring efficiency really. If the goal is to get exercise it is pretty efficient. More efficient than using a chairlift to ski :-). And about the same as a bike race that is a circuit.