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I have no idea what this is trying to say, but it sounds impressive.

by funkah 15y ago

RyanMcGreal 15y ago
He's taking his own advice and pushing the limits of comprehensibility.
- billpatrianakos 15y ago
  Oh come on now, I know that so,etimes the guys at 37Signals can sound a little trite but give 'me a break. He's just saying "push it to the limit" (and I always end up getting that song from Scar Face stuck in my head when I say that). To be honest though, sometimes I'm not in the mood for their style of motivational speaker type posts and today was one of those days so I get where you're coming from.
andrewem 15y ago
It would appear that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_(motorsport) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_(motorsport) and http://www.driftingstreet.com/oversteer-understeer-slip-angle.html http://www.driftingstreet.com/oversteer-understeer-slip-angl... have relevant information for the analogy that this piece is based on, though I'm not a race car driver. Amusingly as relates the author's point, the latter link seems to indicate that optimal slip angle isn't fixed at 7 degrees but varies based on type of tire - as it says, "For race and high performance tires this optimum slip angle is around 6 to 10 degrees while this number is a little lower for street tires."
lloeki 15y ago
To achieve peak performance one has to learn where its limits lie. This is due to two things: Improving yourself in the most efficient way needs you to push your envelope right behind the limit. Example: do as much push-ups as you can, rest a few seconds, then do one more. You will improve much faster than by simply doing "as much as you can" (or so you thought) because you will learn to truly feel what your real limit is and work out accordingly without trashing yourself. Knowing where your limits lie allow you to quickly go from any point to the limit without overshooting your target, which would then imply overcorrection. The inability to correctly evaluate how much to correct is extremely dangerous and can lead to unstable systems (like one who tries to control a sliding car and by doing so only makes it worse). In a feedback system, the initial ramp-up has to be reasonable else you will overshoot your target, requiring costly corrections later on. Equally undershooting produces undesirably slow results. See [0] for a visualization. Experience of the limits allow you to directly aim for the optimal action. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Step_response_for_two-pole_feedback_amplifier.PNG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Step_response_for_two-pole...

I have no idea what this is trying to say, but it sounds impressive.

by funkah 15y ago

I have no idea what this is trying to say, but it sounds impressive.

RyanMcGreal 15y ago

He's taking his own advice and pushing the limits of comprehensibility.

billpatrianakos 15y ago
Oh come on now, I know that so,etimes the guys at 37Signals can sound a little trite but give 'me a break. He's just saying "push it to the limit" (and I always end up getting that song from Scar Face stuck in my head when I say that). To be honest though, sometimes I'm not in the mood for their style of motivational speaker type posts and today was one of those days so I get where you're coming from.

andrewem 15y ago

It would appear that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_(motorsport) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_(motorsport) and http://www.driftingstreet.com/oversteer-understeer-slip-angle.html http://www.driftingstreet.com/oversteer-understeer-slip-angl... have relevant information for the analogy that this piece is based on, though I'm not a race car driver. Amusingly as relates the author's point, the latter link seems to indicate that optimal slip angle isn't fixed at 7 degrees but varies based on type of tire - as it says, "For race and high performance tires this optimum slip angle is around 6 to 10 degrees while this number is a little lower for street tires."

lloeki 15y ago

To achieve peak performance one has to learn where its limits lie. This is due to two things: Improving yourself in the most efficient way needs you to push your envelope right behind the limit. Example: do as much push-ups as you can, rest a few seconds, then do one more. You will improve much faster than by simply doing "as much as you can" (or so you thought) because you will learn to truly feel what your real limit is and work out accordingly without trashing yourself. Knowing where your limits lie allow you to quickly go from any point to the limit without overshooting your target, which would then imply overcorrection. The inability to correctly evaluate how much to correct is extremely dangerous and can lead to unstable systems (like one who tries to control a sliding car and by doing so only makes it worse). In a feedback system, the initial ramp-up has to be reasonable else you will overshoot your target, requiring costly corrections later on. Equally undershooting produces undesirably slow results. See [0] for a visualization. Experience of the limits allow you to directly aim for the optimal action. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Step_response_for_two-pole_feedback_amplifier.PNG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Step_response_for_two-pole...