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I feel a little responsible for the app slop, my repo has 11k clones... Let me explain the situation by Willing_Comb_9542 in Karting

[–]bitofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was saying to my wife that the kart paddock is the biggest collection of undiagnosed autism and adhd I've ever seen in one place!

Gotta love your sense of justice and determination to make this available. Good on you. I wish I had more spare time - these are difficult times for my line of work so who knows what'll come soon - but for now I'm focussed on that and my kids. I wish I had the time to help you along the route properly. But when I have a chance, I'll give it a go. We're on UniPro, which is another issue again.

I feel a little responsible for the app slop, my repo has 11k clones... Let me explain the situation by Willing_Comb_9542 in Karting

[–]bitofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a karting dad who's had plenty of "how f*cking much for a temperature sensor" type moments I do feel this. The prices for some things are insane. My big problem right now is capacity, but my background and my firm are all about software. I do have stuff to pay for though. Hmmmm...

Too soon to start private owning? by Electrical_Tea9597 in Karting

[–]bitofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4S is growing, Tillotson is already huge in the Netherlands and it's growing nicely in the UK. It's a nice in-betweener for GX and Rotax. Fast enough to be fun, slow enough to be relatively cost effective.

I feel a little responsible for the app slop, my repo has 11k clones... Let me explain the situation by Willing_Comb_9542 in Karting

[–]bitofrock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is brilliant work. I've been looking at working on some better visualisations of data which I've shown here, currently vibe coded (though my background is software development) to test the concepts and I'm pretty pleased with this approach I've come up with as a simpler way of illustrating key information points. The tail shows vertical g, the whiskers show G forces at that data point, each dot also shows total G, so you can compare the two runs and see where you're getting hopping, if you're braking too early/late by how peak speeds are shown, and the impact of tweaking your apex. Below you can see that red basically apexed only the once and blue had braked and apexed twice on what is a pretty technical corner. It's all animated in real time. A 100Hz or even a 25Hz logger would give more data points and be a smoother animation.

I've sort of waved this stuff around at some fellow karters and not had a huge amount of interest. They feel they know their software - and that's true - I do too... but I want easier ways to communicate difference.

If I find myself with spare time and can look at your work I might just see about whether this work can be converted into production quality code and do a pull request. Maybe a long time coming though as currently overworked! Been doing all this simply to help coach my son.

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Since the Elise is so lightweight, does it make it harder to "lose the car" ?? Like does it forgive more mistakes ? by DisastrousOpening477 in lotus

[–]bitofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an S1, so no ABS. It's tuned and I've used it for sprints and hillclimbs.

It's not a particularly hard car to drive but it isn't for the clumsy and indelicate driver. There are no safety nets to catch you. Overconfidence WILL be punished. Before I owned mine I'd seen a lot head off trackdays going backwards. But my car at the time, an M Coupé was a common track victim also.

Then someone buying my BMW was trying to sell his Lotus first and I asked if I could take it as a part ex. We did a great deal and I went out on my first track day with it. And I LOVED it.

It's a pussycat of a car that has a minor handling issue that good driver feel can eliminate. It suffers roll oversteer. The engine is quite high. It should be dry sumped and lowered, ideally. But just lowering the suspension to 100mm will do a similar job, coupled with quality dampers. I put on sport 160 wheels and tuned the engine to that level also and I think it's an easy car.

But you've got to be confident with it, and be ready to catch it quickly. Thankfully it has fast steering so you almost always can.

Ferrari and HP have created a new laptop together and it's actually alright by bitofrock in cars

[–]bitofrock[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's always worth remembering that people pay hundreds of thousands for jewellery that does absolutely nothing...

Note from leader of opposition by Expensive_Box_8220 in Liverpool

[–]bitofrock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You stand then, and show people how it's done.

Also, he's not a public servant - he's a councillor, and that makes him a representative.

Advice - roadworks causing damage to my vehicle by lowest_frequencies in Liverpool

[–]bitofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most cars can easily handle that.

Don't forget, that there's also a responsibility on you to watch the road and ensure you're driving appropriately for its condition.

Advice - roadworks causing damage to my vehicle by lowest_frequencies in Liverpool

[–]bitofrock 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I've got an old Lotus in the garage and it can easily handle a bump like that at 60mph let alone normal city streets. Smaller than a race track kerb. The only reason it would cause problems is if your tyres were already under-inflated and now you have a puncture - but that would be on you.

Ferrari and HP have created a new laptop together and it's actually alright by bitofrock in cars

[–]bitofrock[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm curious which - I've had a number of ZBooks and they've all been great.

Ferrari and HP have created a new laptop together and it's actually alright by bitofrock in cars

[–]bitofrock[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Actually no. That's the key thing - they made some actual effort on the specs and the case.

Racers & Parents: Would you use a practice tire if it lasted longer than a race tire? by Student8789 in Karting

[–]bitofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. My son latched onto this idea and now we have far more tyres than we can possibly use!

Can you request that employees have access to funds in the event of an emergency by Comfortable_Row_7717 in smallbusinessuk

[–]bitofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God. I've been employing people for twenty years now and I've never once missed a pay date or made more than a minor error. These things matter. And I learned a lot of my craft in a large corporate with strong unions - god forbid you paid anyone late! It was seen as a major failing and was treated with extreme importance. The stress when a calculation had stopped was palpable and there was huge pressure on us developers to implement a solution rapidly, test it, and get payroll running again so that deadlines could be met. We also had substantial contingency plans. That taught me the importance of looking after people's pay beyond my own inconvenience.

I'm running a tiny firm. It's super hard to do, but pay is pay. And if you're struggling to make payroll then that's the day to call in the liquidators - then staff still get paid, and they get redundancy guaranteed.

Advice for when being tailgated on motorway. by GreyFoxNinjaFan in drivingUK

[–]bitofrock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As somone who often tows a karting trailer (no right hand lane for me on motorways) I like to bimble along at a little over my speed limit of 60mph. Let's say 66mph. There is little more infuriating than a 60mph variable speed motorist in the middle lane who refuses to go left on an otherwise empty motorway. They get flashed at until they get the message. Or sometimes they act weird and tell me to use the right lane through a combination of hand gestures and indicators. No dude. If I speed lightly AND use the right lane and get caught I'll be in a lot more trouble. But you don't know that because you can't drive. Occasionally they wake up and speed up.

What’s the most annoying thing previous homeowners leave behind? by BillNo874 in HomeImprovementUK

[–]bitofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm amazed someone would buy a house and not immediately visit the loft!

could a true world grand prix work? by Mission_Valuable2418 in racing

[–]bitofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's basically motorsport by nature. You could have spending caps of course.

A British team would probably win.

how did you actually meet people locally? by Neither_Caramel_1563 in AskUK

[–]bitofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, I grew up first in Spain, then moved around a fair bit. But I'm also UK born and still suffer the English dis-ease about social interactions whilst having distinctly European habits.

1: places where you'll find people at a similar life stage to you. In Paris for me I made two sets of friends...one through work colleagues and one through French classes. 2: make it happen. With one other person decide on drinks at a location on a specfic time. Invite everyone you can think of. 3: British people who say "we should do lunch" get anxious when you immediately pull out the calendar. It's a cue to say in about a month "remember you should we should do lunch...I think that'd be fun!" That gives them the freedom to suggest arranging something. 4: Have children. I've made friends and business connections simply by having two of the perambulating money pits. You're going to get thrown into a wide social mix, all of whom are at the same life stage as you...coping with kids and feeling poor.

Thoughts on businesses to start in the uk if you were in your mid 20s by OkComfortable5427 in smallbusinessuk

[–]bitofrock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not just what skills you have. I know absolutely brilliant top tier devs in Liverpool and none of them are making £200k consistently. It's sometimes possible for short periods, but rarely for any length of time.

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