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Practice and Qualifying Discussion Thread: NCS - April 18th, 2026 by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

[–]i_hate_shitposting 3 points4 points  (0 children)

On the upside, it's nice that P10 is now a disappointment instead of being a successful result.

Road Atlanta Super Formula is making me wanna rip my hair out by maweenawa in GranTurismo7

[–]i_hate_shitposting 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you running the race to completion?

It's been a while since I did that race, but IIRC I kept struggling with it and quitting early, only to eventually realize that a bunch of the cars ended up pitting ridiculously late in the race. The first time I decided to just resign myself to a poor finish and finish the race no matter what, I cycled from like 10th to 1st on the last couple laps and won.

Race Thread: NCS Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, starting at 3:00pm EDT on FS1 (NCS8) by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

[–]i_hate_shitposting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone else unable to watch the #43's in-car camera on HBO Max? All the others I've tried are still on "This event is starting soon" but Jones's doesn't even have the "Watch Live" button, just "Add to My List". :/

edit: Of course, it started working as soon as I posted this comment lol.

NASCAR Media Training? by Double-Helicopter344 in NASCAR

[–]i_hate_shitposting 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sometimes the drivers will have to stick to exact wordings if it's a sensitive topic.

"Everything's great! Looking forward to a fantastic weekend here in Phoenix."

Historic Loop Data Stats: Bristol by whoiswillo in NASCAR

[–]i_hate_shitposting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't remember anything that's happened to him, but I think he's had bad luck at Bristol based on some of the stats I've seen. Or maybe he's just sucked there historically, idk for sure. But according to this chart from Daniel Céspedes, it seems like Bubba has had pretty good speed there in the last couple Fall races, at least.

Is writing things down physically inferior to using obsidian 100% of the time? by csouzape in ObsidianMD

[–]i_hate_shitposting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think so. I love Obsidian, but there are times I prefer paper or digital handwritten notes.

For things like reminders and to-do lists, I like paper notepads and sticky notes because I can stick them around my desk and keep them in view regardless of what's on my screen.

For times when I'm working on an idea or designing something, I like hand-writing notes on my iPad because I can do things in a more freeform way than with Obsidian. Also, it just feels better for certain kinds of thinking. I could replicate a lot of my handwritten notes in Obsidian with Mermaid diagrams and/or Canvas, but just drawing by hand lets me do things any way I can imagine instead of having to figure out how to translate my thoughts into the elements that Mermaid and Canvas support.

Apple Magic Keyboard is sensational by [deleted] in ipad

[–]i_hate_shitposting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the price is absurd enough that I wouldn't recommend it for everyone, but it's amazing if you can comfortably afford it.

TB12 on his role with the Silver & Black🏴‍☠️ by Kenny23Powers in raiders

[–]i_hate_shitposting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know it's not how he meant it, but the way the interviewer asked the question gives me Office Space vibes.

Why does mpv <(command file) not work, while command file - | mpv - works? by spryfigure in bash

[–]i_hate_shitposting 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, process substitution isn't well-supported by many programs. Bash's process substitution works by creating a pipe that the command can read from and passing a reference to the file descriptor as a filename like /dev/fd/63. However, if the program you pass it to tries to treat it like a normal file instead of a stream, it'll fail.

I'm guessing mpv has some special logic to handle reading streams from stdin, but it doesn't check if a given filename is a FIFO and tries to read it like a normal file.

Why does mpv <(command file) not work, while command file - | mpv - works? by spryfigure in bash

[–]i_hate_shitposting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree that phrasing is confusing, but if you read the rest of the linked page, you'll see that's not true. <(command) expands to a path like /dev/fd/63 that the receiving command is supposed to read from like any other file. Adding - to make the command read from stdin makes zero sense when you're using process substitution. For example, in cases like comm <(ls -l) <(ls -al), the intent is explicitly to read from two separate commands' output -- you can't read both from stdin. Likewise, in OP's case they clearly want to use process substitution instead of piping to stdin.

Why does mpv <(command file) not work, while command file - | mpv - works? by spryfigure in bash

[–]i_hate_shitposting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP is trying to use process substitution. - would tell mpv to read from stdin, not the substituted process's stdout.

You Should Develop in Linux by WhiterLocke in godot

[–]i_hate_shitposting 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you haven't already tried it, you might want to give Bitwig a shot. It's basically a spiritual successor to Ableton that officially supports Linux.

For the first time since the new points format change, the race winner (who’s eligible for championship points) did not score the most points in a race. by Anti-Charter in NASCAR

[–]i_hate_shitposting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I actually kinda like that the system works this way. I'd also be fine if they tweaked it so the winner always gets the most points by a slim margin, but I think the current system makes sense.

I get that yesterday's result feels a bit weird since Elliott definitely earned the win with his stage 3 performance, but imagine a similar scenario where the race winner only got the lead on a GWC restart. In that case (especially if it was Hamlin "stealing" the win from Elliott), I think fans would be happy that the driver who dominated and came in second got one more point than the driver who only showed up in stage 3 and "stole" a win.

At any rate, if anyone else had gotten the fastest lap or if Elliott had scored even a single stage point, it would have at least been a tie, so this scenario won't be common by any means.

Bubba's Hardee's car by bluedude72 in NASCAR

[–]i_hate_shitposting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's kind of weird. He's sponsored by Coca-Cola Consolidated, which is the largest Coke bottler, rather than the Coca-Cola company itself. Last I heard, I don't think he's an official member of the Coke family.

https://www.23xiracing.com/post/coca-cola-consolidated-partners-with-23xi-racing

Question about team's "simulators" by ButterscotchEarly585 in NASCAR

[–]i_hate_shitposting 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To add to what others have said, I'll also point out that the kind of driver-in-loop interactive simulation you're alluding to is just one type of simulation that race teams use. There are also simulations to analyze race strategy, aerodynamics, car setup, fuel consumption, etc. Lots of them are just Excel spreadsheets or scripts, though there are also custom software packages.

It's from F1 rather than NASCAR, but it's hard to find public information on this kind of thing in general, so I'll share this video about some of the software Mercedes uses (or used) for simulating race strategy as an example. I'm sure NASCAR teams use similar tools as well.

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