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by RaceWon 8y ago
> A sub-5 Ring time would easily be possible with a non-homologated F1 car similar to this unrestricted 919. Easily? No, I respectfully disagree with your assessment of what is involved. CFD is not even close to being able to accurately
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by RaceWon 8y ago
Yes I agree, I don't follow street cars near as close as I do race cars, so I was ignorant and too busy at that time to G it. TBH I am fundamentally adverse to self-driving cars (though I'd love to race against their future counte
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by RaceWon 8y ago
My question is who R&D's these cars at the limits of adhesion? Every single auto maker track tests their cars using real racing drivers who understand vehicle dynamics and can comfortably drive street cars on the limit, and over it
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by RaceWon 8y ago
I know personally my body has (seemingly) felt fear independent of my mind, and I have heard other drivers talk about this too. Typically this happens when you (think you) know you can execute a corner flat out, yet your foot lifts off the
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by RaceWon 8y ago
It could always be used as leverage if the appropriate situation arose.
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by RaceWon 8y ago
I have to say I have more than just some experience here... Quick decision times decline VERY slowly; that is to say the amount of time it takes to make the correct decision as opposed to just reacting to a situation. You are confusing the
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by RaceWon 8y ago
IDK if that's true. Consider that a real alcoholic drinks all day long and truly can not control this. Typically they tolerate alcohol better than the rest of us, but still, there also comes a time when they are simply bombed and then
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by RaceWon 8y ago
> I cannot understand why rich people do it This one's mine: Because it's more fun than sex.
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by RaceWon 8y ago
FWIW I'm 58 and still have 20/15 vision with corrective lenses (yes I typically eat bushels of veggies and carrots too), but the fear of only having 20/20 vision or worse is why I never opted for LASIK. I consider my night vi
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by RaceWon 8y ago
As an open wheel formula car racer, I have to say that my best guess is most people who would purchase a "self-driving" car do not like to drive (if I could disable the anti-lock on my cars I would, and I ALWAYS drive with the ski
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by RaceWon 8y ago
> Otherwise one could wonder why Mexico or Canada which have no comparable military power to the US hasn't been invaded yet. The USA would never permit them to be invaded. We'd go to an all out war before we'd let a next-d
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by RaceWon 8y ago
With "account security" questions too?
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by RaceWon 8y ago
In a the era when sex was safe and racing was dangerous.
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Are RPVs the Answer That Uber, Musk and Google Seek?
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by RaceWon 8y ago
I had an orthopedic surgeon from the HSS (He taught Anatomy and Orthopedic Surgery at NYU) once, who told me to Always use your body even when if it hurts to do so because of an injury. 3 years ago I had a severe allergic reaction to an an
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by RaceWon 8y ago
Ayrton Senna's Principles of Race Driving His insight about trying to predict how the car will behave was staggering. Literally, it makes the impossible something that is achievable... terrifying but achievable.
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by RaceWon 8y ago
That's also on one of the YC founder's blog (PG?), and really it makes a lot of sense. Let the market suggest the 2.0 version. It sucks to fail, but hey; most people do not have the inherent desire to even play. That means somethi
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by RaceWon 8y ago
The folks who test cars at CR are Expert drivers, I was impressed by some YT footage I have seen; if they are saying the brakes are inconsistent then that has nothing to do with the brakes being cooked by hot lapping. Rather it means that l
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by RaceWon 8y ago
I assume you have a tech background; if you are near any hospitals, especially those owned by large healthcare organizations, they would be the perfect place to try and get a job at. After a 3 month probation period, you would get Extremel
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by RaceWon 8y ago
As a racer I have to wonder; do the people coding and developing these cars even know what is possible when an expert is at the controls of a car? I'm not saying that to be reasonably safe and/or viable these cars need to be pilot
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by RaceWon 8y ago
IMO stationary bikes fall into the same category. A major brand of these gizmos, that buys much TV ad time, shows people using their device, while outside the window it appears to be a glorious day--the sun is shining, and the trees are all
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by RaceWon 8y ago
It seems it was not in the aforementioned book after all, which btw was a good read. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_traf...
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by RaceWon 8y ago
You're a clever bastid
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by RaceWon 8y ago
Sorry, did I say that out loud??
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by RaceWon 8y ago
I believe it was in the book "Everything We Had" (although I am not certain of the source, because I read about it a while ago) that the only reason we were in Nam, was so the CIA could protect the Poppy plants which they needed t
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by RaceWon 8y ago
90% of the world's heroin supply is from the Poppy fields in Afghanistan, and everyone knows where those fields are. Do we (the USA) destroy those plants in our Drug War efforts... nah. Some reports say US troops even guard them.
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by RaceWon 8y ago
Street racing from my teens, then formula ford racing. Now more just precision driving and racing style bicycles on narrow, windy, downhill paved trails.
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by RaceWon 8y ago
58 years old here, been into speed sports my entire life.. still am as a matter of fact. I still have stunning reation times, maybe it's genetic but I can do more pushups than my age of course I work out. And I don't consider myse
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by RaceWon 8y ago
Thank you. IMO negotiating is very similar to face to face selling. I'm not saying you should read every sales and marketing book you can, get completely hooked on it; then quit your job and go work in car dealerships for few years. T
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by RaceWon 8y ago
Rule #1: You can never get what you want in any negotiation without being willing to walk away... even when it hurts; otherwise you're not negotiating you are simply capitulating. Rule #2 (and this could easily be swapped with Rule #1)

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