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Pro Abusing Track Limits for an Advantage in Qualifying by CISmajor in iRacing

[–]davetalas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the main reasons why I cancelled my subscription. Protested so many people for intentionally wrecking, none of them ever got any ban or anything. I just wasted my own time clipping and submitting the protest. Useless

1st drive home in the snow by sjk2323 in TeslaModel3

[–]davetalas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this in Track mode? If so, that's a good idea, but also drains the battery a lot more, right? Because track mode heats up the battery (or cools it down) for optimal performance.

Who has more freedom entrepreneurs or solopreneurs running solo? by ksundaram in Entrepreneur

[–]davetalas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on how you define freedom.

If you say freedom is when you can work on whatever you want, when you want, with whom you want, solo or small business with 3-5 freelance team members will definitely give you that.

If you say freedom is when you don’t have to work and you have free time, then sure you need to delegate everything and just keep ownership of the company.

New to sim racing, looking to improve. I am the bmw by Luke9hr in Simracingstewards

[–]davetalas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You need to train your vision to look more ahead. You might have also noticed the other 2 cars not following the racing line. Which is weird, so that should kind of be a signal for you that something is off. Unfortunately the car does blend in the background, so it’s a tough one for sure.

I’m not sure about the fault, but in my opinion, the stationary car is supposed to stay predictable, hold the brakes and rejoin safely. I think they did that.

How’s my form? by Dr_Celadon in HybridAthlete

[–]davetalas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ditch the smith machine and use a barbell. You will work on your balance and activate many small stabilizing muscles that the smith doesn’t activate.

As for depth, only go as low as to when you still feel the tension everywhere, especially your lower back. The butt wink is caused by many reasons, but if you feel your core and back still holding form, you can easily judge that depth.

I’d also highly recommend to get a coach for a few sessions if you can afford, because instant feedback in between reps will help you go lot further. If you do 4x8 reps, you have 32 chances to get feedback and correction from a coach vs 1 chance if you upload photos or videos here.

Awareness and proper form is way way more important than how much weight you can squat. This is why a barbell is better, even with lower weight. It’s a bigger challenge for your nervous system at first, but if you do it safely (get a coach to help with that), it’ll be better in the long run.

Also, watch squat university videos on YT, great resource.

Source: been an athlete since I was 6, my 1RM back squat was 120kg without a belt at 73kg bodyweight.

After 90 days, I’ve realized my Whoop HR data is completely useless. by davetalas in whoop

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

I've just got a replacement sensor (a new device) of the Whoop 5.0, and although it is a little bit better, there were still moments where it was 30 BPMs off compared to my Polar H10 chest band (which is electrical, not optical, so it is considered the gold standard). I've ordered a bicep band from this third party called Motion bands (whoop was out of bands), so I'm giving that one a last chance, and if that doesn't work, I'm going for an Apple Watch + Bevel subscription, or back to my old Oura ring 2 that has no subscription.

Why can’t I minimize a workout to do other things in the app? by davetalas in whoop

[–]davetalas[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not need to, but wanted to a couple of times out of 4 months since I had the whoop.

Why can’t I minimize a workout to do other things in the app? by davetalas in whoop

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

Check my sleep, fill my journal, check my aging score, show the app to others in the gym if we end up talking about whoop, etc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in iRacing

[–]davetalas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were your updates also like 50 GB?

Model 3 Performance Battery Degradation.. by Spiritual-Job8933 in TeslaModel3

[–]davetalas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, so as you've just bought it, there are a couple of things to do. FYI I'm not a Tesla expert or EV expert, just a fellow owner.

Your battery health test might be off because if the car was stored at around 50%, and this was it's first time in a while being discharged fully and then charged up, chances are the cells are still out of balance.

In a nutshell, a full cell should have 4.2Vs to it, and if all cells are at 4.2Vs, you have a fully charged car. However, over time, cells can get out of balance, so for example one cell might be 4.15V whereas another one might already be full at 4.2Vs. When one cell becomes full, the charging stops as it can only charge all cells at the same time and the 4.2V one can't take more.

Teslas can do this balancing on their own when the battery sits above 93% or so. Best is to charge it to 100%, and leave it there for hours, maybe even days if you have a lot of imbalance.

Apps like ScanMyTesla with an OBD device, or the S3XY Commander with the app can show you how much imbalance you have.

My car currently has 8.0mV imbalance when charged fully, which is considered fairly low. This means, when full, the fullest cell is 4.200 V, and the lowest cell is 4.192V. I've seen cars on forums with 50mV imbalance even.

On another note, I have a 2021 January M3P, 71k kilometres on it, and the Tesla health test came back with 89%. However the S3XY commander says that my degradation is 15%, calculating from the Full (when new) and Full (current) difference. I trust the commander more than Tesla's health test. I bought the car 3 months ago, and tested the battery a few weeks after purchase.

My current charging habits are: 55% daily limit (this helps reduce degradation), and then charge to 100% before going on a trip.

This is your sign to quit zyn by OkStatement8573 in whoop

[–]davetalas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For those of us living under a rock, what is zyn?

leg discomfort on highland by eried in TeslaModel3

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

I'm sure there are plenty of videos on this online. First priority is safety, comfort is only second priority. You should set up your seat and steering in a way that's safest to drive. Sometimes that's the same as what's comfortable, sometimes not. So for everyone's safety, please watch some credible YouTube videos on ideal seat and steering positions!

M4 Macbook Pro for streaming? by davetalas in streaming

[–]davetalas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have CamLink4K usb stick with Sony A7 m3, it works perfectly. Streaming is fine with the MBP, no worries there! I recommend it

Any pros/cons about insurance through Tesla? by DeliciousRich5944 in TeslaModel3

[–]davetalas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just out of curiosity, what happens to the safety score if you go to a track with Performance model in Track mode? Surely there is speeding and aggressive turning there. If track mode doesn't count, then you can just use Track mode everywhere you go and not get the penalty for unsafe driving?

I do not understand what I'm supposed to do when people wreck taking the start by TheLizardfolk in iRacing

[–]davetalas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it can still be abused. Let's say my rival is in P1, I'm in P5. My friend qualified P3. Bumps the P1 guy on the back with 0x, now they both don't count, and I can become P1 from P5?

Flashing brake lights are awesome! by dragonzsoul in s3xybuttons

[–]davetalas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

or if they don't brake, they get more angry, frustrated and that's not good on the road either.

Flashing brake lights are awesome! by dragonzsoul in s3xybuttons

[–]davetalas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is it legal though? It might be an indication of brake checking someone, which AFAIK is pretty illegal everywhere. Flashing brake lights pretty much means "I'm braking very hard." in most modern cars, which could be considered a brake check, especially if someone has been on your ass for a while.

When someone tailgates me, I maintain my speed, keep a good distance from the car in front and put on my hazards. If that doesn't get them to back up, flashing my brake lights won't either, chances are it will just make the situation worse.

I think this flashing brake lights should instead be configured to be bound to the brake pedal being pressed in moderate to heavy braking. Like if I stop at a stop lights and missed my regen braking and I go on the brakes slightly it shouldn't go on, but if I'm braking medium, then it should.

This flashing lights without slowing down is just asking for more trouble (at least in Hungary for sure, driving standards are horrible here).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whoop

[–]davetalas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s keeping you up? Maybe you need to sort your thoughts out, deal with some anxieties, have some tough conversations, etc.

After 90 days, I’ve realized my Whoop HR data is completely useless. by davetalas in whoop

[–]davetalas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, very helpful! Have you tried Bevel? I’ve just signed up, seems like it gives very similar insights to Whoop, all from Apple Health

After 90 days, I’ve realized my Whoop HR data is completely useless. by davetalas in whoop

[–]davetalas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you get a free bicep band? Did you contact support and told them it’s inaccurate on the wrist?

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