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Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner. The technique causes the rear slip angle to exceed the front slip angle to such an extent that often the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn (e.g. car is turning left, wheels are pointed right or vice versa, also known as opposite lock or counter-steering). Drifting is traditionally done by clutch kicking (where the clutch is rapidly disengaged and re-engaged with the intention of upsetting the grip of the rear wheels), then intentionally oversteering and countersteering. This sense of drift is not to be confused with the four-wheel drift, a classic cornering technique established in Grand Prix and sports car racing
1/19 gross taste and awful texture. The only reason they get a 1 rather than a 0 is because it's entertaining to watch them grow 5x their size in the microwave
Shrinking was surprisingly good. Funny characters. For me it was a little strange to see Harrison Ford “Indiana Jones” as an old man, but he was pretty funny as a crusty old man.
All these AI things are just specialized tools. Sentience would indicate putting a bunch of the separate tools together, including many that haven't been created.
ChatGPT's main strength is in generating decent-sounding prose. Seems like more of an improved human-machine interface than anything.
Wish this Noah Smith post was unlocked but it does a pretty good job focusing on it as a tool like any other machine.
3 day weekend in Seattle. seems like a long flight from NYC just for family birthday dinner, but in the end it is probably worth it. younger one is turning 16 and wanted to have sushi dinner w/ their older sister. so that is nice, especially given all the mental health stuff they have been going thru.
we were originally going to spend a week of vacation out there between Seattle and Portland.
'Nothing to suggest' new Pac-12 media rights deal is near with 15 months left on current contract... [note: the writer, Dennis Dodd, has an axe to grind with regard to the Pac-12]
Baseball is back in Oakland! Hopefully, we’ll have many more years to say that. But for now, let’s not worry about that. It’s time to watch and talk baseball!
As if the immense pressure of being the Opening Night starter wasn’t enough, Kyle Muller had to go into tonight’s performance knowing he’s a rookie who essentially got the assignment by default. But the odds don’t stop stacking there. Two of the first three batters he had to face are arguably the first and second best players in the world: Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. The big lefty didn’t let the pressure get to him though; he came out like a 10-year vet and made those greats look like the rookies.
Went to the game last night and it was the first time in a long time I’ve seen a win on opening night. Highlights include the home crowd booing Ohtani and Trout, and the guy who turned the trash can around after some poor unfortunate drunk girl puked in and on it while I waited in line for helmet nachos. (And then some guy inadvertently rubbed up against it getting the spillover puke on the back of his jacket)
The pitch clock is the best thing that's happened to baseball since the advent of Cracker Jacks. That said, that efficiency combined with my nightmarish experience with concessions at the Coliseum last night, ultimately cost me about 4 innings of the game.
Concessions stations on the lower and upper level concourses were all open for business as far as I could tell. That wasn't the problem this time. All of them were slammed. I used the app to pick something up on the upper concourse. The line was longer for the app pick-ups than it was for the point-of-sale orders at that particular station for some reason. When I finally got to the front of the line after about 25 minutes, they had already burned through all of the chicken and I then had to wait for another 25 minutes for my order.
Right up to the middle of the 8th, the game moved at a pretty good clip. I think we were just over 2 hrs at that point. We missed about 3 innings waiting in line for food. The line at the beer market in sec 130 wrapped around itself and eventually merged those waiting to select beer and those waiting to buy their beer. Absolute clusterfuck.
And at the stand with the helmet nachos, there were only two registers opened at one point and when we finally ordered, I could only see 3 people on the kitchen working.
LOS ANGELES — In a Dodgers lineup that featured two rookies and three newcomers to the roster, it was a familiar face that led the way. Catcher Will Smith had three hits and drove in four runs in an 8-2 win over the Diamondbacks on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium.
Smith doubled in the first inning against Arizona starter Zac Gallen, who struck out the other three hitters in the frame. After rookie James Outman worked a walk after falling behind Gallen 0-2 in the third inning, Miguel Rojas doubled, and Smith singled them both home to tie the score at two apiece.
After Mookie Betts walked and Freddie Freeman singled to open the fifth, Smith singled home the go-ahead run. Free agent signees J.D. Martinez and David Peralta followed with RBI singles in a three-run frame.
Enjoy it Giants fans…today will be the closest they will be to 1st place all season.
Lifelong fan since I was 7 during the Johnny Lemaster days…not sure how anyone can be anything other than thoroughly disgusted by the Opening Day lineup Farhan Zaidi put on the field yesterday at Yankee Stadium. The 5th most valuable franchise in the game, and THAT’S the best you got? Boo. Farhan Zaidi is awful.
I briefly considered doing the whole bit. Writing 500 unfunny words expanding on the unfunny headline that you all know is an unfunny joke.
You know, a paragraph about how the San Francisco Giants looked listless in their 5-0 loss to the New York Yankees, but who cares, it’s Spring Training. How it’s odd that the Giants used Logan Webb in a tune-up game instead of saving him for Opening Day. How maybe Thursday’s lineup will offer us some insight into how the Giants will field their real lineup on Saturday.
But reality, while cruel, is perversely funnier than a B-level writer masquerading as a D-level comedian who’s already out of ideas with 161 games remaining.
I'm a pretty big car enthusiast and enjoy a huge range of topics from engineering/maintenance/restoration to a number of racing disciplines, but I just can't get into drifting. It does nothing for me. I appreciate the technical skill needed to perform it, but I don't find it entertaining.
Something I would love to learn. No 1's old GF's brother did this. He built up an old 240SX into a drift mobile and was trying to make a living doing it. Not sure how good he actually got.
A giant, empty parking lot on a snowy day could be a great place to learn. It will be a little harder with an AWD car rather than a RWD car, but it should still be feasible in snowy conditions. At the very least, she can learn some of the basics: throttle-on drifts, throttle-off drifts, how to shift weight weight forward to lighten the rear to let the back end break loose, how to recover from losing traction at the front or rear of the car. It would be a great lesson on how the car behaves when it loses traction.
I'm thinking of looking for a car handling course where they put you in certain situations so that you learn how to get out of them. I think I can use my Miata at some of them.
I don't think she can really do it. I know that on No 1's STI he can change the center diff to go mostly in the back, but I don't know of the WRX has that option.
Peeps: love 'em or hate 'em?
1/19 gross taste and awful texture. The only reason they get a 1 rather than a 0 is because it's entertaining to watch them grow 5x their size in the microwave
Indifferent. Much better choices when it comes to sugar intake. More fun to mess with than eat.
The Peeps Pepsi is surprisingly good, though, and comes in a mini can. I'd choose this over actual Peeps.
I liked them as a kid, but I can't remember the last time I had one. In terms of Easter candy nothing compares to the traditional Cadbury Egg IMHO
Say what?
He said "PEEPS: LOVE 'EM OR HATE 'EM?"
mostly hate.
it seems strange that they are so popular given that 99/100 people hate them!
0/19. Gross.
Hate 'em
DBD AV Club
Also, watched Ted Lasso last night, I though it was quite good, both enjoyable, but meaningful.
But Leeds didn't win
Quite like Shrinking - funny and more.
Shrinking was surprisingly good. Funny characters. For me it was a little strange to see Harrison Ford “Indiana Jones” as an old man, but he was pretty funny as a crusty old man.
Yeah, guardian gave it a bad review, but I liked it. Even if character relationships were far from realistic.
Anyone else love American Auto? Thoroughly enjoying season two. Great writing, excellent cast. Hilarious.
American Auto is great!
I do really like it. Cringy
DBD Tech
ChatGPT seems to be showing up everywhere, sentience eventually?
perhaps, i dont think we even have a good definition for what "human sentience" even is although clearly it is a thing.
on the other hand, just the fact that we are talking about it means that it is that much closer to reality than it ever has been.
personally, i am big fan of the Emacs Doctor. seems pretty alive to me!
> The doctor is a Rogerian psychotherapist who will help you with your problems
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsDoctor
All these AI things are just specialized tools. Sentience would indicate putting a bunch of the separate tools together, including many that haven't been created.
ChatGPT's main strength is in generating decent-sounding prose. Seems like more of an improved human-machine interface than anything.
Wish this Noah Smith post was unlocked but it does a pretty good job focusing on it as a tool like any other machine.
https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/why-americans-fear-the-ai-future
I've attempted to try it out for some legal motions - it seems to be no better or worse then a google search.
Have it write your opening and closing arguments.
Weekend
3 day weekend in Seattle. seems like a long flight from NYC just for family birthday dinner, but in the end it is probably worth it. younger one is turning 16 and wanted to have sushi dinner w/ their older sister. so that is nice, especially given all the mental health stuff they have been going thru.
we were originally going to spend a week of vacation out there between Seattle and Portland.
Today in our crumbling democracy
Trump was indicted on my birthday.
Happy belated birthday!
Many happy returns.
It's happening!
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Happy belated BDAY.
happy bday
Other college
'Nothing to suggest' new Pac-12 media rights deal is near with 15 months left on current contract... [note: the writer, Dennis Dodd, has an axe to grind with regard to the Pac-12]
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nothing-to-suggest-new-pac-12-media-rights-deal-is-near-with-15-months-left-on-current-contract/
He may or may not be right.
But he’s got an agenda and that makes everything he says suspect.
Pros
The A's are undefeated!
https://twitter.com/Athletics/status/1641662909448343553
This catch from that game was incredible
https://twitter.com/Angels/status/1641642673311301632
I watched until just before that half inning. Then it was time for bed.
Muller delivers, A’s spoil Ohtani gem on Opening Night
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/3/30/23664309/oakland-athletics-los-angeles-angels-kyle-muller-shohei-ohtani-aledmys-diaz
Baseball is back in Oakland! Hopefully, we’ll have many more years to say that. But for now, let’s not worry about that. It’s time to watch and talk baseball!
As if the immense pressure of being the Opening Night starter wasn’t enough, Kyle Muller had to go into tonight’s performance knowing he’s a rookie who essentially got the assignment by default. But the odds don’t stop stacking there. Two of the first three batters he had to face are arguably the first and second best players in the world: Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. The big lefty didn’t let the pressure get to him though; he came out like a 10-year vet and made those greats look like the rookies.
Went to the game last night and it was the first time in a long time I’ve seen a win on opening night. Highlights include the home crowd booing Ohtani and Trout, and the guy who turned the trash can around after some poor unfortunate drunk girl puked in and on it while I waited in line for helmet nachos. (And then some guy inadvertently rubbed up against it getting the spillover puke on the back of his jacket)
I've been going to opening game for the past 15-16 years and I think I have witnessed only two or three A's wins during that stretch.
Lovely!
That Angels team just seems like a heartless bunch. No fire.
Almost 27,000 in attendance , too.
The pitch clock is the best thing that's happened to baseball since the advent of Cracker Jacks. That said, that efficiency combined with my nightmarish experience with concessions at the Coliseum last night, ultimately cost me about 4 innings of the game.
Were you the poor unfortunate drunk girl who puked in a trash can while goso waited in line for helmet nachos?
Kinda wish I was, since I'm taking a break from the sauce.
I don't like the pitch clock. I'm at the game to enjoy being out there and not feel rushed.
Not trying to be funny: Are they not staffing the concession stands on the 3rd level?
Concessions stations on the lower and upper level concourses were all open for business as far as I could tell. That wasn't the problem this time. All of them were slammed. I used the app to pick something up on the upper concourse. The line was longer for the app pick-ups than it was for the point-of-sale orders at that particular station for some reason. When I finally got to the front of the line after about 25 minutes, they had already burned through all of the chicken and I then had to wait for another 25 minutes for my order.
Good grief, what a mess
Right up to the middle of the 8th, the game moved at a pretty good clip. I think we were just over 2 hrs at that point. We missed about 3 innings waiting in line for food. The line at the beer market in sec 130 wrapped around itself and eventually merged those waiting to select beer and those waiting to buy their beer. Absolute clusterfuck.
And at the stand with the helmet nachos, there were only two registers opened at one point and when we finally ordered, I could only see 3 people on the kitchen working.
Will Smith, James Outman lead Dodgers to opening day win over Diamondbacks
https://www.truebluela.com/2023/3/30/23664194/will-smith-james-outman-dodgers-opening-day-win
LOS ANGELES — In a Dodgers lineup that featured two rookies and three newcomers to the roster, it was a familiar face that led the way. Catcher Will Smith had three hits and drove in four runs in an 8-2 win over the Diamondbacks on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium.
Smith doubled in the first inning against Arizona starter Zac Gallen, who struck out the other three hitters in the frame. After rookie James Outman worked a walk after falling behind Gallen 0-2 in the third inning, Miguel Rojas doubled, and Smith singled them both home to tie the score at two apiece.
After Mookie Betts walked and Freddie Freeman singled to open the fifth, Smith singled home the go-ahead run. Free agent signees J.D. Martinez and David Peralta followed with RBI singles in a three-run frame.
Going to be such a weird season finally relying on the vaunted prospects as big leaguers. Looked good yesterday.
https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/127brxp/to_propose_at_dodger_stadium_on_opening_day/
I was watching the game and when they came back from commercial I heard the song in the background. Guess I know why they played it.
Enjoy it Giants fans…today will be the closest they will be to 1st place all season.
Lifelong fan since I was 7 during the Johnny Lemaster days…not sure how anyone can be anything other than thoroughly disgusted by the Opening Day lineup Farhan Zaidi put on the field yesterday at Yankee Stadium. The 5th most valuable franchise in the game, and THAT’S the best you got? Boo. Farhan Zaidi is awful.
The Howard Terminal CEQA lawsuit failed so that's good for the likelihood of the project going forward. Infrastructure costs have gone up, though, so the city is still looking for more funding there. https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/court-sides-oakland-a-s-legal-challenge-new-17869787.php
Here are renderings and the proposed layout of the whole development https://sfyimby.com/2021/09/design-review-meeting-scheduled-for-unsettled-howard-terminal-ballpark-district.html
Giants lose final tune-up game before Saturday’s opener
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/3/30/23663407/giants-yankees-recap-logan-webb-aaron-judge
I briefly considered doing the whole bit. Writing 500 unfunny words expanding on the unfunny headline that you all know is an unfunny joke.
You know, a paragraph about how the San Francisco Giants looked listless in their 5-0 loss to the New York Yankees, but who cares, it’s Spring Training. How it’s odd that the Giants used Logan Webb in a tune-up game instead of saving him for Opening Day. How maybe Thursday’s lineup will offer us some insight into how the Giants will field their real lineup on Saturday.
But reality, while cruel, is perversely funnier than a B-level writer masquerading as a D-level comedian who’s already out of ideas with 161 games remaining.
#FireFarhan
Cal
Go Bears!!!!
Drifting
I'm a pretty big car enthusiast and enjoy a huge range of topics from engineering/maintenance/restoration to a number of racing disciplines, but I just can't get into drifting. It does nothing for me. I appreciate the technical skill needed to perform it, but I don't find it entertaining.
100% agree - I like my skill to get OUT of drifting asap.
Netflix’s “Hyperdrive” is a kind of ridiculous, over-the-top drifting competition/reality show. A fun guilty pleasure.
I loved that show. I thought it was great. I hoped the young girl from Africa had done better.
Something I would love to learn. No 1's old GF's brother did this. He built up an old 240SX into a drift mobile and was trying to make a living doing it. Not sure how good he actually got.
my daughter (18) REALLY wants someone to teach her how to do this. she drives a Subaru WRX and loves the car.
sadly i do not have enough skilz to teach her and it would probably be better to learn in personthan learning from a YouTube video!
A giant, empty parking lot on a snowy day could be a great place to learn. It will be a little harder with an AWD car rather than a RWD car, but it should still be feasible in snowy conditions. At the very least, she can learn some of the basics: throttle-on drifts, throttle-off drifts, how to shift weight weight forward to lighten the rear to let the back end break loose, how to recover from losing traction at the front or rear of the car. It would be a great lesson on how the car behaves when it loses traction.
I'm thinking of looking for a car handling course where they put you in certain situations so that you learn how to get out of them. I think I can use my Miata at some of them.
I don't think she can really do it. I know that on No 1's STI he can change the center diff to go mostly in the back, but I don't know of the WRX has that option.
probably true