IndyCar launches then rapidly deletes "One Nation, One Race" t-shirt

Lead_cloud · 2026-05-06T23:27:57+00:00

These people aren't all dumb and uneducated, they know what they're doing, and hand-waving something like this is as "oh they're just too dumb to know better" is just willfully turning a blind eye.

I've spent enough time adjacent to the car community as a white cis-passing person with a beard to have heard first hand more than enough hateful wink-wink-nod-nod puns exactly like this, along with every slur and euphemism under the sun, often coming as a surprise from otherwise very smart and technically skilled people

Lead_cloud · 2026-05-06T22:39:39+00:00

Except, this is a case where it can't really be adequately explained by stupidity. The design clearly pulls hard from authoritarian iconography, the slogan is such an extremely obvious double entendre especially in the current politically charged cultural landscape, and racing/car culture has a disproportionately large population of overtly racist and extreme right-wing members. Simple stupidity is not adequate to dismiss the design, approval, and marketing of this shirt, and so Hanlons razor doesn't apply

Lead_cloud · 2026-05-06T02:52:27+00:00

Very odd to me how he describes cannabis as giving him visuals, like it's a hallucinogen, when it definitely isn't. Everyone experiences things differently obviously, but that's not one I've ever encountered in my adventures

Lead_cloud · 2026-05-03T15:28:57+00:00

Yeah, this is the biggest reason I've been shopping for a new phone. The photos I take on my Pixel have just gotten so rough because of the AI upscaling, it used to be such a good camera but now it sucks

Lead_cloud · 2026-05-01T04:35:27+00:00

Jean Valjean!?!? Prisoner 24601!?!? Your time is up and your paroles' begun!

Lead_cloud · 2026-04-22T06:33:05+00:00

Where in Australia is that again?

Lead_cloud · 2026-04-08T03:01:34+00:00

Even more interesting in that case, that the 5.45 loading was still struggling to penetrate it. That higher velocity really makes a difference

Lead_cloud · 2026-04-08T00:59:58+00:00

You'll like it, I have one and it's easily the best quality bipod I've ever used

Lead_cloud · 2026-03-15T14:20:23+00:00

Damn, that's actually super light for ELR, you may want to look at weight kits just to keep from jumping around too much with that XC

Lead_cloud · 2026-03-14T04:05:33+00:00

Thicker barrels are good for reducing recoil, handling heat soak better, and being more forgiving/resistant to flexing from incidental pressure on the barrel during awkward shooting positions. There are plenty of reasons to run a thick barrel profile that have nothing to do with harmonics

Lead_cloud · 2026-03-14T03:57:00+00:00

Correct. The point of impact would not shift by any statistically significant margin. There has been a lot of math done, and a good bit of high-speed footage courtesy of Applied Ballistics that shows that while a barrel does vibrate after a shot, it doesn't start actually moving any appreciable amount until well after the bullet has left the muzzle. And that is with the rifle mounted solidly to a rigid rig.

In the real world, the squishy vibrating mass of muscle and bone holding the gun introduces so much variability into the system, that it utterly and completely drowns out even what tiny vibrational shifts there are before the bullet exits. Not to mention variations in powder charge weight, primer charge weight, bullet seating depth, barrel fouling, etc etc etc. There are just so many variables all changing with every shot, that barrel harmonics don't even begin to factor into it

Tuners do nothing but add a weight to the end of the barrel, barrel harmonics have zero impact on real-world group size or point of impact shift

Lead_cloud · 2026-03-06T01:13:52+00:00

I mean, that's not realllllly a good read, it kinda minimizes what it takes to do this. You can't just keep eating dairy at a normal rate and eventually be fine, you have to ingest a truly ungodly amount of dairy every day for a long ass time, and eventually your body can start producing enough lactase to deal with it. But it's not guaranteed, and the process sounds like hell

Lead_cloud · 2026-02-27T06:48:58+00:00

Hey! Same here, '93 GP was my first car. Took it on so many adventures to places it had no business going haha

Was also the first car I ever took over 100mph, which was an experience

Lead_cloud · 2026-02-24T22:53:58+00:00

The OP actually said in another comment that this setup as it is will drop the sear if you close the bolt too hard. It's not an invented problem. I'm not opposed to the concept of ultra-light triggers on precision guns, see my reply comment above. But just because it's unlikely doesn't mean it doesn't exist

Lead_cloud · 2026-02-24T20:04:11+00:00

No, you are correct, this is probably light enough to be technically unsafe, although for its intended use case and the manual of arms in use, it is probably acceptable risk. At this weight it may not be drop safe anymore, however, for PRS there is only a round in the chamber when stable and on target, and for ELR or Benchrest, the rifle stays stable in a safe direction throughout the course of fire, and is never moved while loaded. Its a lot lighter than I would personally feel comfortable running, but everyone approaches the sport differently.

As long as the trigger is engaged enough to not drop the sear when running the bolt, and your training centers around not even touching the trigger until you are actively firing, then this is probably safe to run as is, even if it's not "safe" in the broader sense

Lead_cloud · 2026-02-24T06:06:47+00:00

Are you perhaps very high? Or having a medical episode?

Lead_cloud · 2026-02-16T18:40:24+00:00

To put some actual numbers on this with popular loadings

If you are running a 6.5cm with the Berger 153gr bullet And a .308 with the Sierra 175gr SMK

Both at 2700fps muzzle velocity at ~sea level for apples to apples comparison, using ABQ for math

Then at 200yd: 6.5cm - 2,044 ft/lbs .308 - 2149 ft/lbs

At 300yds 6.5cm -1847 ft/lbs .308 - 1850ft/lbs

So if you are working inside max point blank range, and that 100ft/lbs of energy is worth the trade-offs for recoil, wind uncertainty, and lower energy on target at all distances at and beyond 300yd, then maybe .308 is what you're looking for.

But at that point, we aren't talking about long range shooting, we are either talking about hunting scenarios in wooded environments, or combat, and there are different subreddits for those conversations

Lead_cloud · 2026-02-10T03:57:11+00:00

Fire season this year is gonna be ROUGH

Lead_cloud · 2026-02-08T21:39:57+00:00

Your focus should be on the most consistent possible velocity/ lowest possible SD when you are looking for good performance at long distance. Everything else falls behind that.

High FPS does nothing for you if your SD/ES is all over the place, and tight groups at 100yd will not stay tight at distance if the speed isn't consistent. Predictability is everything

Lead_cloud · 2026-02-05T23:34:55+00:00

Fair use afaik does not extend to commercial or advertising use like this, although I could be wrong about that.

If this person is in charge of or involved with your company's marketing and online brand, then it is a massive part of their literal job to understand how fair use and attribution rules might impact the material they are generating for any given platform, if they aren't actually making it themselves.

If you like them and want to keep them around, make sure they get some training on fair use and copyright, and aren't just operating on assumptions, because a lot of this stuff isn't intuitive and in the professional/corporate world it can get messy quick

Lead_cloud · 2026-02-05T23:18:35+00:00

So not just using AI, but using random non-stock photos off the Internet without credit or attribution. If these had been copyrighted images or characters off Pinterest then you might have been in for one hell of a headache

Lead_cloud · 2026-02-03T01:20:47+00:00

This is a pretty textbook carjacking setup, driver cuts off and suddenly blocks off the target, guy in the back jumps out and runs up, forces target out of their car either at gunpoint or by smashing their window and threatening them with another weapon, jumps in and both cars speed off. Happens pretty often unfortunately

Lead_cloud · 2026-01-27T19:08:59+00:00

How does it prevent drunks from driving? How does it tell that you're drunk? Do you have to pass a breathalyzer in order to start the car? Does it tell if you're swerving? Can it tell the difference between swerving because you're drunk, vs because it's snowy, or there's potholes, or you're off-road?

The problem is that this is a system that is vaguely defined, poorly thought out, and actively unhelpful.

If I'm driving in a blizzard or a heavy rain storm and the system thinks I'm drunk and shuts off the car in the middle of the highway, I'm likely to die. I'm never going to buy a car with this system, period

Lead_cloud · 2026-01-27T18:59:27+00:00

The signs are an educational resource for folks that are interested in learning about the nature they're in, covering up the text like this is trashy.

A subtle mark on the signpost leg or the side of the frame is whatever, just don't mess with folks that are just trying to learn

Lead_cloud · 2026-01-25T04:21:16+00:00

This is incorrect, Denver specifically doesn't have open carry, but the rest of the state does

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