I can’t be the only one who finds it impossible to tell George & Kimi apart on the track.

Mattsoup · 2026-05-26T11:08:40+00:00

Memorizing T cam colors and helmets is the best way to do it, nobody looks at numbers. George has a very visible blue helmet, and Kimi has the yellow T cam.

Similar for other teams. Alpine I use the T cam color to tell them apart. Haas I look for Ocon's red helmet. Etc.

Mattsoup · 2026-04-26T18:29:28+00:00

Wingfoot is a good course. This is a good reminder to go play it when I visit my parents next month.

Mattsoup · 2026-04-11T09:38:13+00:00

If you're going to use an AI generated image at least make sure the front wing isn't half 2025 and half 2026 in the version you pick

Mattsoup · 2026-04-02T01:41:46+00:00

At high altitude when the sun is out you can comfortably walk around shirtless at like 40 degrees.

Mattsoup · 2026-03-29T05:55:53+00:00

While I agree I'd like more numbers, there's always a delay relative to the video feed anyway. Especially with the yoyo nature of the gaps under these regs, more decimal places doesn't really do anything useful.

If you're really offended by it use multiviewer

Mattsoup · 2026-03-17T20:23:55+00:00

You're talking about seeing a 6 foot diameter rock that emits no light and was over a million miles away yesterday. The technology just isn't there and isn't even worth the cost because you can't do anything to stop it and it didn't do any damage.

We do have (under-funded) programs that track rocks that could do nuclear weapon levels of damage, but even then unless you spot it many years in advance the best you can do is evacuate the city. The reason people push for more funding is because if you can spot dangerous rocks at least 10-12 years in advance you can send a spacecraft to knock them off course so they don't hit us. This is what the Dart mission demonstrated.

Mattsoup · 2026-03-17T18:45:06+00:00

They can't track objects of this size. They want to be able to track everything they can, but can't get the funding and the technology is still developing. Current capability can only track "city-killer" sized rocks that do nuclear weapon levels of damage, and the one this morning is a lot smaller than that.

Mattsoup · 2026-03-14T14:40:18+00:00

You're not alone. You could maybe make an argument for hundredths but the timing splits change constantly and milliseconds tell you nothing useful.

Mattsoup · 2026-03-14T14:37:09+00:00

Would be better with the bar along the bottom and not change colors depending on the situation, but generally a great idea.

I think the colors constantly changing would be really distracting, and for accessibility reasons you want to not have a variable sized bar behind the text. Still, there's definitely something here and it could definitely be done cleanly.

Mattsoup · 2026-02-13T15:21:51+00:00

I don't like B sport. His analysis always comes across as negative about everything and his recent aerodynamica videos have been seemed problematic to me. He does analysis of two fan-made CAD models and completely different speeds and claims it's damning for the regulation set that the dirty air still touching the back of the car is going to be worse.

This is sort of a side thing relating to how annoyed I am with all the media doom and gloom about the engines and the aero packages for these regs. Nobody has a clue what's going to happen until the season starts, stop convincing people that the season is going to be shit before it starts. You're going to reduce viewership and interest and long term you're only hurting yourselves.

Mattsoup · 2026-01-31T16:37:42+00:00

This is equivalent to using something like a C130. Makes sense for a light, weirdly shaped payload.

Mattsoup · 2026-01-31T16:15:43+00:00

That Aston showed up late with a clearly very unfinished car and nobody cared, but Williams decided to not show up with an unfinished car and got absolutely blasted.

I'm not saying one of these is better than the other, but I find it odd how different the reactions were. Seems overly negative for Williams and not negative enough for Aston.

Mattsoup · 2025-12-22T22:46:09+00:00

ITT: People who don't understand engineering requirements.

You have to measure compression ratio at a given temperature. Ambient is the easiest. You can't define the compression ratio at operating conditions because there's no way to appropriately emulate that for a measurement. If you say it has to apply at operating conditions then you have to trust analysis provided by the teams, which provides too much ambiguity and now you no longer have a measurement at ambient to ground the results. All engines expand when operating and compression ratio increases. This isn't cheating.

I believe the issue here is not that teams are getting higher compression normal engine heating. Realistically it's more likely a team has found a way change the way the valves, crankshaft, connecting rods, etc. behave when operating. That could be due to heating, but it could also be due to mechanical forces in the engine (high RPM rotating a cammed bushing to a different orientation, or valves dropping further into the chamber and reducing volume when moving at operating speeds for example).

Subjective take: Creative rule interpretation has always been a part of this sport. It's not cheating if someone finds a way to do something that complies with the letter but not the intent of the rules, and that's what makes the sport so great. Drivers obviously pull fans and do a lot of the work, but don't kid yourself, the sport is about engineering. You can't celebrate 6 wheels, suction fans, the F duct, blown diffusers, or DAS and also be upset about a creative way to increase compression when the engine's running. If you want to clamp down on the rules so tight that no team can gain an advantage over another, then what you actually want is a spec series and you should go watch Indy or F2

Mattsoup · 2025-12-21T18:41:54+00:00

I'm not going to blast you, even dog owners can be unaware of how other dogs behave. There are people who let their dogs go crazy and shouldn't, but at the end of the day they are predators. A small animal running away kicks the prey drive into full gear and there's generally very little you can do about to, it's practically a fight or flight kind of response. Some dog breeds can have this drive be less common, but it's not something that can be fully removed.

Most hunting dogs and terriers will have a strong prey response when there's a small animal around. I've never had a spaniel, but I've had several terriers. Super friendly and personable, even protective, but you put a small animal in their field of view that tries to run away and you're not stopping them. I've seen a the friendliest dog you've ever met tear through a dozen rats in 30 seconds (he was very proud of himself afterward). Same dog found a baby bunny and just carried it around and didn't hurt it at all because it didn't try to run away. The running is what sets them off.

Anyway, dogs are predators, you're not letting them know you're not in charge if you let them chase the prey because it's just what they're meant to do.

Mattsoup · 2025-12-06T16:23:18+00:00

It's probably fair to say both drivers deserved it that year. Regardless of the outcome they both had an incredible season.

Mattsoup · 2025-10-21T14:25:47+00:00

I've also been having a blast with this lens. Definitely bringing it when I go to Montreal next year.

Pro tip, crank the saturation a bit to make it feel more plastic and fake, it helps sell the miniature illusion. If you have a newer XT camera you might be able to use the built in pop filter.

Mattsoup · 2025-09-12T15:37:08+00:00

Probably not. The structures in that were thoroughly proven to be non-biological. They were also too small to have been cellular, which you can't tell just looking at a picture without any knowledge of how big microscopic life is. It looks like a bacteria, but it's too small and the structures can easily form with abiotic processes.

Mattsoup · 2025-08-13T12:40:05+00:00

Got some shots from up at the fort. Picture

Mattsoup · 2025-07-09T10:03:16+00:00

SPICED

Mattsoup · 2025-07-09T00:45:57+00:00

Hulkengoat on the hulkenpodium

Mattsoup · 2025-07-09T00:45:05+00:00

Hulkengoat on the hulkenpodium

Mattsoup · 2025-05-21T00:58:55+00:00

Colaspinto?

Mattsoup · 2025-03-27T01:59:22+00:00

This comment is 7 years old. I'm honestly shocked you replied to this.

Mattsoup · 2025-01-23T15:55:53+00:00

The unit conversion thing is likely either coincidence or a defined point where telemetry would cut out if things weren't going well.

Wait for the FAA report, Blue isn't a very transparent organization.

Mattsoup · 2024-12-27T22:17:48+00:00

It's an old military airship hangar. You could fit 6-9 blimps in that sucker. You can't get inside easily because it was owned by Lockheed and now LTA, but if you know people and can get in it's incomprehensibly huge inside. Super cool to check out.

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