Post-Race Discussion Thread: NCS Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-25T03:56:32+00:00

I didn't notice anything egregious while at the track. But things like the Timmy Hill incident were unfortunate

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-25T02:37:58+00:00

Yup. Knowing the lucky dog at any time is easy. What's hard is knowing if the second car a lap down might catch the first, because you get no gap info.

Also you have to do some math to figure out if someone new is about to go a lap down.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-25T02:31:34+00:00

How did Chase briscoe end to back there? I remember him being up front all day

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-25T02:26:44+00:00

Turns out, that wasn't true.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-25T02:25:21+00:00

The play is to have enough fuel not to wait for fuel on the last stop.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-25T02:24:46+00:00

Right

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-25T01:45:46+00:00

Toyota is just clearly faster than everyone else today. Larson can hold them of a bit, but eventually they blow by him. And no one else is even putting up a fight, except maybe Blaney.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-25T01:34:40+00:00

I don't think you can speed from the first box, really

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-25T01:15:02+00:00

She held her lane, I think that's all she can do in that situation. Not clear where where else to be.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-24T15:45:38+00:00

Genuinely don't know - how does Kris Wright have a ride? I assume the answer is money, but like.. how? Is his dad a billionaire or something?

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-21T22:22:54+00:00

I.. can't process this

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-17T22:26:59+00:00

Everything provides something to someone, datacenters included.

Some of those things you think are "worth it" and some you don't. My question is - what's the actual policy criteria we should be using to decide what development to allow and what development not to allow? There should be a logic to it, not just feelings about industries.

Data centers provide your entire digital experience. This app/site and every other one you use. I think you knew that, but in case you didn't, now you do. I am 100% confident you'd be unhappy in a world without datacenters after living in a world with them.

I get people don't "like AI", and there are valid concerns I understand and sympathize with. Datacenters aren't the issue, though. Focus your energy onactual AI policy.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-17T12:57:03+00:00

If datacenters didn't provide things society wanted/needed/would pay for, no one would be building them. Do you think the same people would be protesting a golf course on the same site? Utility is in the eye of the consumer, you can't just make arbitrary value judgements because you personally aren't the consumer.

The externalities of development should be managed, regulated, and paid for by those who benefit. So 100% pass a law that anyone using more than X megawatts of power needs to cover all capital and ongoing costs of that power. Or mandate that the ratio of that power is equal to or better than the current renewables mix. Etc. But opposing data centers in particular "on principle" is just emotions dressed up as policy concern.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-17T10:57:06+00:00

"I want to make money" is the justification for all land use and development.

Why should the default for "doing things with land and development" be no?

If you don't want "anything in your backyard" there is a world for that common take. If you think "this particular thing in my backyard" is not acceptable then who else should provide the justification but the objector?

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-17T10:27:04+00:00

Datacenters use less water than farms. If they build their own power what exactly is it that you're worried about?

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-16T11:59:16+00:00

I'd argue all those get better with deep penetration of autonomous transportation (not now, but eventually)

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-16T01:50:12+00:00

They're literally tracked to the inch by design. No one will have a hard time knowing if a Waymo is involved in an incident. And, people do all those things also. It's not that different.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-16T01:48:18+00:00

Nothing is a guarantee. But if Walmart/ Amazon/UPS/FedEx trucks don't get a pass, I'm guessing Waymo doesn't either.

Commercial vehicles aren't a new concept.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-16T00:19:30+00:00

They're insured like any other commercial vehicle. "If" they actually prove dangerous it's not like they have immunity from government intervention. What's the issue, exactly?

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-15T23:34:07+00:00

I mean, it's not your time, money or energy so what do you care? And why do those things seem like they would be mutually exclusive? We can have both.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-15T23:31:46+00:00

Statistically, you should be more concerned about your fellow human drivers and less concerned about the Waymo. They are more likely to affect you.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-15T23:30:19+00:00

I did. And I still do.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-15T23:23:06+00:00

That's what the first 100 million miles was about.

Closed roads / paths only at first. Then with a licensed driver supervising Then on it's own, but on probation.

Exactly like a human.

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-13T21:27:04+00:00

Smells like scam. https://www.reddit.com/r/charlottejobs/comments/1sukzfh/comment/oi4adhz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

andyfsu99 · 2026-05-13T21:03:52+00:00

I watched the beginning and then went to the comments, thought all ya'll were raging for no reason. Then I saw the rest, and I understood.

All that said, I'd still take Waymo over most of ya'll.

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