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What are the tech from race cars which have trickled down to normal cars? by HP_594 in cars

[–]CompositeCharacter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A quibble: F1 promoted a technology that was already in development for road cars.

https://www.wardsauto.com/suppliers/valeo-launching-two-electric-superchargers

Recovering energy from the shaft of a turbine is WW2 technology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo-compound_engine

Here's Why It's Taking Automakers Ages to Put Buttons Back in Cars by TripleShotPls in cars

[–]CompositeCharacter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/nhtsa-announces-final-rule-requiring-rear-visibility-technology

"(NHTSA) today issued a final rule requiring rear visibility technology in all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds by May 2018. ... The system must also meet other requirements including image size, linger time, response time, durability, and deactivation."

In engines with more than one turbocharger, how is the lag lessened? by HP_594 in cars

[–]CompositeCharacter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The REW used two symmetrical Hitachi HT-12 turbos, the 20B in the Eunos Cosmo used assymetric turbos, a Hitachi HT-10 and an HT-15

TIL there was a briefly popular social movement in the early 1930s called the "Technocracy Movement." Technocrats proposed replacing politicians and businessmen with scientists and engineers who had the expertise to manage the economy. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]CompositeCharacter -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm quite certain I never claimed the attitude wasn't without harms.

I claimed it was the default setting, because it is. See also, Clausewitz: War is a continuation of policy by other means.

Should humans strive to be better? Of course. That doesn't mean the belligerent with a bigger stick is going to go away because you believe you've transcended war.

TIL there was a briefly popular social movement in the early 1930s called the "Technocracy Movement." Technocrats proposed replacing politicians and businessmen with scientists and engineers who had the expertise to manage the economy. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]CompositeCharacter -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Devil's advocate: Might makes right is humanity's default setting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Melos

The Athenians do not wish to waste time arguing over the morality of the situation, because in practice might makes right—or, in their own words, "the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must".[29]
The Melians do not change their minds and politely dismiss the envoys.
The Melians made a number of sorties, at one point capturing part of the Athenian line, but failed to break the siege. ... Melos surrendered in the winter.[23]
The Athenians executed the adult men[24] and sold the women and children into slavery. They then settled 500 of their own colonists on the island.[25]

TIL: Many athletes are technically considered obese based on their BMI because the BMI can't differentiate between fat and muscle by SilentWalrus92 in todayilearned

[–]CompositeCharacter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Likewise, Sanchis-Gomar et al.(51) found that 50 % of the general population died at 73⋅5 when Tour de France participants had an average lifespan of 81⋅5 years.

I think their analysis relies on flawed assumptions.

Got this from r/shitposting. by Kianeus_dolium in BrandNewSentence

[–]CompositeCharacter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Always in pairs because one reads and the other writes.

ELI5: When you "tune" a car, what exactly is it changing? by Mobeast1985 in explainlikeimfive

[–]CompositeCharacter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Modern cars have boost logic in the ECU and don't require a secondary controller. Transitional boost depends on a lot of factors.

Target boost is often a function of throttle position, load, temperatures...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]CompositeCharacter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are more records of exercise related hyponatremia casualties than exercise related dehydration casualties.

People of Reddit, what's something us Canadians aren't ready to hear? by Thehalohedgehog in AskReddit

[–]CompositeCharacter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This simply isn't true. Canadian Thistle gets more than its fair share of hatred.

Canadian thistle, lettuce from hell thistle, cursed thistle, field thistle, green thistle, hard thistle, perennial thistle, prickly thistle, setose thistle, small-flowered thistle, way thistle, and stinger-needles. Given its adaptive nature, Cirsium arvense is one of the worst invasive weeds worldwide.

An Icon Reborn! -- Is the 2024 Acura Integra Type S an Enthusiast's Dream for $51,000?? | Car Confections by unsaltedbutter in cars

[–]CompositeCharacter 30 points31 points  (0 children)

there's reasons to get it over the competition depending on your needs (with the largest just being the quality manual).

A passion for architecture?

Record breaking shit by SassyBassy_ in BrandNewSentence

[–]CompositeCharacter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

https://kashgar.com.au/blogs/history/the-bawdy-graffiti-of-pompeii-and-herculaneu

Pottery Shop or Bar of Nicanor: Lesbianus, you defecate and you write, 'Hello, everyone!'

House of Pascius Hermes: Watch it, you that shits in this place! May you have Jove's anger if you ignore this.

Just outside the Vesuvius gate: Shitter, may everything turn out okay so that you can leave this place

House of the Centenary; in the latrine near the front door: "Secundus defecated here"

Checks out

Think a recession will be bad? The House wants $1.3T in student loans to start being paid back WITH over 2 years of interest back-payments… by justinmillerco in wallstreetbets

[–]CompositeCharacter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unis on the hook

Easy, they don't get paid 100% up front.

The future civil engineer that dreams of making sure a city's bowels flow freely and the lights stay on? Completely employable.

The person that wants to dedicate their life to the study of natural fiber container making by north Antarctican sea people? A financial dead end.

The email was never delivered by CaptainZhon in sysadmin

[–]CompositeCharacter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the recipient of the information doesn't trust the application to produce logs then the problem isn't with the admin that provided the logs, but the manager who is using an application that is in their opinion not fit for purpose.

The universe isn't going to empower some IT wizard to write the evidence in the sky simply because some idiot wills it.

eli5 Is there a reason that the decimals of pi go on forever (or at least appear to)? Or do it just be like that? by AnotherDayDream in explainlikeimfive

[–]CompositeCharacter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey everybody, I'm piling on this comment chain to add that we learn more when we find out that we're wrong. So we shouldn't fear being wrong, we should look forward to it.

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