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WMaking commented on 134.5 kg Concrete Bike [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=Yqgn-... · Posted by u/zdw
wildmanx · 3 years ago
> a concrete helmet is literally worse than useless.

Is it? It would still absorb energy upon impact. Which, in contrast to popular belief about bike helmets, is its main function. Yes, ordinary bike helmets will also just break. But in doing so, they absorb energy which then won't be absorbed by your skull.

There is no point in a perfectly stiff helmet. It would just transfer the energy right through and you'd crash your skull into the helmet, which doesn't help.

WMaking · 3 years ago
It may not be as much of a factor at bicycle speeds, but I've read that heavy helmets can dramatically increase whiplash in things like motorsport. The increased mass on your head means higher forces trying to rip it off. Obviously the other benefits of real helmets outweigh that issue, but I'd imagine a concrete helmet with very poor shock absorption and very high mass would not fair so well.
WMaking commented on Handpicked No-Signup Tools   nosignup.tools/... · Posted by u/scastiel
Retr0id · 3 years ago
Add https://8mb.video/ to the list - it does exactly what it says on the tin (and while it doesn't explicitly mention it, its broader purpose is to compress videos down to Discord's file size limit)
WMaking · 3 years ago
Thank you! I've spent far too much time in HandBrake when I could've been using this. You have improved my life

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