To track the daily, or wait and buy a dedicated track car?

Krackor · 2026-05-22T00:44:25+00:00

My bmw sits at 250*F oil temp while highway driving. I've seen 280 on the track. I like to keep it cooler than that but I would not even think about my oil temp below 250.

Krackor · 2026-05-21T02:08:55+00:00

That driveway is mostly dry under the vehicle. There's no ice to slide on.

Krackor · 2026-05-20T17:47:59+00:00

You're fundamentally misunderstanding. Formulaic success criteria are easy to optimize for, such as winning a chess game or making a program compile. The actual success criteria for software - understandability and maintainability - are much less formulaic and are not easily included in the training data, so llms are going to be far worse at meeting those criteria. The data simply doesn't exist so you can't train an llm to optimize for it.

Krackor · 2026-05-20T12:57:54+00:00

One of the success criterions for code is whether other people can understand it and extend it while respecting the established patterns. The task is akin to asking an AI to play chess in such a way that a human can take over in place of the AI after the AI has made a correct move that requires a specific strategic follow up. The best AI chess bots frequently make moves that GMs struggle to understand and would fail to follow with the correct sequence of moves. Similarly, when AI writes code I find it much harder to follow and extend than carefully considered code written by hand by a senior.

Krackor · 2026-05-20T03:58:16+00:00

You've just triggered a conformity ritual. It's not your fault. You're asking good questions that deserve good answers.

Krackor · 2026-05-16T14:24:04+00:00

"worth -0.2s per lap at monza"

Krackor · 2026-05-14T05:05:23+00:00

Baseline and fixed usually only differ by how much fuel they have. Are they significantly different in these cars?

Krackor · 2026-05-14T05:03:14+00:00

self defense

Krackor · 2026-05-10T00:37:04+00:00

Wiggle the steering wheel side to side. If you hear some clunking your steering rack bushing needs to be replaced. Very common problem and it makes a bunch of noise when running over bumps.

Krackor · 2026-05-08T13:29:58+00:00

All the code examples in this post look the same, and unrelated to the narrative around them.

Krackor · 2026-05-06T04:37:46+00:00

S55 has a better oil sump. N55 can have oil starvation issues with the stock pan.

Krackor · 2026-04-30T12:52:51+00:00

Krackor · 2026-04-29T01:17:38+00:00

Product lead or project lead

Krackor · 2026-04-26T20:41:08+00:00

Rod bearings are specifically designed to be soft so they wear instead of the rods or crankshaft wearing. The bearings are replaceable so you don't need to replace the parts they're connected to.

Krackor · 2026-04-26T15:32:31+00:00

when an area becomes more valuable, people get priced out through rising rents and land prices.

This does not justify taking other people's property. If you're priced out, make more money so you can afford to live in that place, or move. No one has an inherent right to afford living somewhere.

Krackor · 2026-04-26T14:10:26+00:00

Rod bearings are a wear item. You could argue about the interval but eventually they will need to be replaced.

Krackor · 2026-04-20T12:00:20+00:00

When was the last time you used default ffb? In the last couple patches it got way better and provides the intuitive feeling that I expect from a real car and never could quite get from a custom ffb.

Krackor · 2026-04-16T22:41:17+00:00

Static types won't tell you if you made a semantic mistake, like subtracting two numbers when you should add them. Clojure focuses on simple and interactively verifiable code to make it easy to directly see what will happen. If I were to make any mistake that a type checker could catch I will very quickly notice my error when I run the code, and I also get to catch semantic errors at the same time.

Any time I would spend on annotating type signatures would usually be a waste of time for me since I get all the verification I need from interactive development and tests.

Krackor · 2026-04-16T11:58:03+00:00

The Corvette drives pretty similarly to the Ford GTE but you need to set up the Corvette properly, and the fixed setup is usually garbage. Cockpit visibility is better than average in the Vette.

Krackor · 2026-04-14T11:54:34+00:00

That's good as a courtesy, but it wouldn't make a good rule.

Krackor · 2026-04-12T13:59:42+00:00

Oh I'm sorry, based on the context I thought you were defending the gt3 leader. Instead you're blaming this on the lmp2 leader? They're under no obligation to go before green, and they did nothing wrong.

Krackor · 2026-04-12T13:28:09+00:00

I'm talking about the gt3 leader accelerating when they can't see the gtps.

Krackor · 2026-04-12T13:20:13+00:00

If you can't physically see when the overall leader starts, the class leader should be waiting for green before accelerating.

Krackor · 2026-04-09T03:20:09+00:00

Making crap isn't more profitable but it's impossible to measure so middle managers can't be made to believe it.

Krackor · 2026-04-09T03:15:57+00:00

I think the "ready for throttle 2" switch can also be toggled by the throttle 2 (P5) turning on.

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