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Insanely complex cheating is my favourite. See also: Toyota's rally turbo
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Smokey's good, but that Toyota cheat was a massive engineering effort to do some shady poo poo, completely awesome.
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Oct 31, 2022 02:46
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shame on an IGA posted:hell yeah 90% of the rulebook is just enumerating poo poo they wanted Smokey Yunick to stop doing I like that the story doesn’t even having him getting caught for this one. He tipped his hand because he was pissed off at the inspectors. quote:Another Yunick improvisation was getting around the regulations specifying a maximum size for the fuel tank, by using 11-foot (3 meter) coils of 2-inch (5-centimeter) diameter tubing for the fuel line to add about 1.5 US gallons (6 liters) to the car's fuel capacity. Once, NASCAR officials came up with a list of nine items for Yunick to fix before the car would be allowed on the track. The suspicious NASCAR officials had removed the tank for inspection. Yunick started the car with no gas tank and said "Better make it ten,"[3] and drove it back to the pits.
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Oct 31, 2022 02:48
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Insanely complex cheating is my favourite. See also: Toyota's rally turbo nah simple and ballsy is the way 
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Oct 31, 2022 02:49
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Bluechecks are now up to $20/month and the engineers are fired if they don't make it happen: https://twitter.com/reckless/status/1586884530988027904?t=INFkuuvPc65YlFSh9xQFTQ&s=19 And Elon doesn't likely know/care that bluechecks were basically a settlement for a... Tony La Russa lawsuit?! https://twitter.com/dhmontgomery/status/1586896906462134273?t=DI3jVuXt-QGOPC2LxPE5xA&s=19 It's now a race between Twitter and Facebook to see which crashes and burns the fastest 
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Oct 31, 2022 02:52
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I wouldn't be surprised if this is him toeing the line to see how far he can go before getting public backlash, then rolling things back just so people can see how gracious he is for listening to them.
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Oct 31, 2022 03:10
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ok but does this also drop the "notability" requirement because who was that blue check that kept changing his display name and trolling other blue checks until they made a "display name change drops your verification" rule? I'd pay $20 to play that game. also lol isn't musk a huge "come back to the office" dipshit? can't fire them if they all quit on 11/2 shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Oct 31, 2022 |
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Oct 31, 2022 03:16
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shame on an IGA posted:nah simple and ballsy is the way What am I looking at?
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Insanely complex cheating is my favourite. See also: Toyota's rally turbo Which was?
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Oct 31, 2022 03:21
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:What am I looking at? Dale (PBUH) The Intimidator lifting the corner of his car up with his foot while nascar inspects the body shape and ground clearance to the 0.001" note the extremely rigid and tense body posture plus leaning away for maximum leverage shame on an IGA fucked around with this message at 03:25 on Oct 31, 2022 |
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Oct 31, 2022 03:22
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Insanely complex cheating is my favourite. See also: Toyota's rally turbo Lancia having everybody plow the roads in winter rallies because they couldn't compete with the Quattro on snow was my favorite. Even telling local mayor's that it was a safety hazard. LtCol J. Krusinski posted:Which was? Engines were required to have restrictor plates installed on the turbo to limit engine power, thanks Group B. Toyotas solution was a genius system that would lift the restrictor plate seals under installed conditions allowing air to bypass the restrictor plate into the turbo. https://jalopnik.com/how-the-best-racing-cheat-of-all-time-worked-1792828060 Basically, when removed it looked legal. Once it was installed, it bypassed itself. Take it off again, it would look normal and legal again. CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Oct 31, 2022 |
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Oct 31, 2022 03:33
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shame on an IGA posted:also lol isn't musk a huge "come back to the office" dipshit? can't fire them if they all quit on 11/2 Most want to hold on a bit after that to make sure their stock options / cash equivalents pay out, apparently November's a big month for that. I think what's going on is that Elon only knows *his* experience on twitter, which is hyper-warped. He's also an idiot. So, not only did he horrifically overpay, but he's staring at the need to make Twitter turn a $1B/year profit at minimum to satisfy the debt servicing payments he needs to make. Otherwise, he's selling Tesla and SpaceX stock to cover for it. BLUECHECKS WILL PAY, THEY MONETIZE THEIR CLOUT ALREADY is going to pretty much turn into an "lol I gave Elon money, dunk on me" button as @RealD0naldTrump gives you even more interesting thoughts than usual on Jews and Black People as companies' sales teams are like "nooooooope"
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Oct 31, 2022 03:33
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:Which was? Toyota looked at how they could get more power out of their engine. Since all turbos were restricted to a 50mm inlet, they went away and designed a fan-loving-tastic bit of kit, which used the turbo's own pressure to open the restrictor plate and allow extra air into the inlet. Come off the boost, it pops shut again, and is completely invisible. https://www.carthrottle.com/post/wqm9665/ quote:Max Mosley, the president of the FIA at the time said this: “Inside it was beautifully made. The springs inside the hose had been polished and machined so not to impede the air which passed through. To force the springs open without the special tool would require substantial force. It is the most sophisticated and ingenious device either I or the FIA’s technical experts have seen for a long-time. It was so well made that there was no gap apparent to suggest there was any means of opening it.”
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Oct 31, 2022 03:36
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Oct 31, 2022 04:06
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CommieGIR posted:https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1586864856694677506?t=e-KSH4oQesZqk5oRGcpRsQ&s=19 Saw this one from May in the comments that caught my eye. https://twitter.com/gerrund_ing/status/1586880165463957504?s=46&t=h63YlLAbQ4Fm2_G-C5sE4w
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Oct 31, 2022 04:18
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What's the anti-American narrative about the US "installing" Bolsonaro mentioned by the Grayzone scumbag? Bolsonaro's absolutely fascist scum, but I've never seen that allegation made. Safe to assume that it's just typical braindead tankie inability to see other countries making bad decisions without assuming a nefarious American plot? Though I'm pretty poorly informed about where Lula's at now, judging by his last term in office, I don't think there's any comparison to be made between him and the authoritarian likes of Maduro or Ortega.
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Oct 31, 2022 04:31
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CIA tries not to interfere with South American election challenge!!!!! (surprisingly easy???//)
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Oct 31, 2022 08:22
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Spoggerific posted:CIA tries not to interfere with South American election challenge!!!!! (surprisingly easy???//) Would the CIA telling Bolsonaro to not coup be interfering? I mean supposedly they did tell him to not try anything funny, so it could still be interfering.
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Oct 31, 2022 09:44
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Cugel the Clever posted:What's the anti-American narrative about the US "installing" Bolsonaro mentioned by the Grayzone scumbag? Bolsonaro's absolutely fascist scum, but I've never seen that allegation made. Safe to assume that it's just typical braindead tankie inability to see other countries making bad decisions without assuming a nefarious American plot? The US ha some involvement in the Brazilian anti-corruption operations which convicted Lula. That's the extent of the reality part of it.
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facialimpediment posted:Yeah I was pulling random tweets from a search because my usual sources were hours old and I didn't keep them. Oops! For context, this is the most recent result of NASCAR having a stupid championship system over the last 18 years and drivers finding ways to exploit it, much to NASCAR chagrin. Matt Kenseth took the points lead after race 3 of a 36 race season in 2003 and never gave it up, at which point nascar decided to add DRAAAAAAAAMA by introducing a 10 race Chase for the championship to try and make the run to the finish more compelling. They caught lightning in a bottle in 2004, but it was largely mediocre and largely Jimmie Johnson-cheesed over the next few years with a couple minor tweaks. Johnson had the decency to take 2 years off winning championships before grabbing number 6 in 8 seasons, causing them to take the concept of the Raceoff from the movie Cars and turn it into a real life thing, turning NASCAR into MXC (Don't! Get! Eliminated!), where the bottom 4 are dropped after each 3rd race, setting up a one race, 4 driver, highest finisher take all way of deciding things. This system occasionally causes ridiculousness like you saw yesterday. Some of it is awesome, as yesterday was, while other times it's "Kevin Harvick wrecks the entire field because his car is down a cylinder and, if he loses too many spots on this restart, he's out". Tl;dr- Championship system no one likes devised by a president with a drug problem hellbent on beating the NFL no one liked caused Ross Chastain to LEEROY JENKINS his way to the final four.
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Oct 31, 2022 13:49
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What do you mean wrecking the entire field? Because sometimes I like to go backwards in racing games and it's a lot of fun
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Oct 31, 2022 14:15
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Milo and POTUS posted:What do you mean wrecking the entire field? Because sometimes I like to go backwards in racing games and it's a lot of fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxq52ixajqI
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Oct 31, 2022 14:18
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orange juche posted:Would the CIA telling Bolsonaro to not coup be interfering? I mean supposedly they did tell him to not try anything funny, so it could still be interfering. In 53 the CIA told the Shah to use his constitutional authority to remove Mossadegh and we usually call that a coup, so by that standard this is a coup on behalf of Lula
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Oct 31, 2022 14:43
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Congrats on breaking Twitter in record time!quote:Trending in United States
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I looked up some tankie nonsense from the last election and it was the good ol' "We cannot tolerate the slightest US influence in South American politics and... hey, wait, Bolsonaro just got elected and Obama did nothing! This is absolutely unacceptable. We demand American intervention when demanding such fits the line we're trying to sell. HOW COULD AMERIKKKA DO THIS??"
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Oct 31, 2022 15:37
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Cugel the Clever posted:I looked up some tankie nonsense from the last election and it was the good ol' "We cannot tolerate the slightest US influence in South American politics and... hey, wait, Bolsonaro just got elected and Obama did nothing! This is absolutely unacceptable. We demand American intervention when demanding such fits the line we're trying to sell. HOW COULD AMERIKKKA DO THIS??" Reminds me of some fringe Canadians begging for the Queen to do something...because of Stephen Harper winning. lol
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Oct 31, 2022 15:44
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God I hope Musk (inadvertently) kills Twitter quickly so you all can stop being scared of the 20 tankies on Twitter and the 4 hiding under your beds at night.
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Oct 31, 2022 15:49
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BadOptics posted:God I hope Musk (inadvertently) kills Twitter quickly so you all can stop being scared of the 20 tankies on Twitter and the 4 hiding under your beds at night. Why would anyone be afraid of completely irrelevant shut-ins who haven't affected the real world since the 90s?
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Oct 31, 2022 16:00
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Grip it and rip it posted:Why would anyone be afraid of completely irrelevant shut-ins who haven't affected the real world since the 90s? I don't know, but people (here) can't stop talking about them like they aren't or worrying that Lula is some secret Cuban/Venezuela plant. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Edit: Maybe it's because after ditching my own Twitter account this past spring and seeing how much of what's discussed on that platform is in no way close to what your "average" person is thinking/talking about it's just weird. Like if you said "What is your opinion on tankies?" you'd be hard pressed to find a person that might have an idea wtf you're talking about. BadOptics fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Oct 31, 2022 |
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Oct 31, 2022 16:05
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Oct 31, 2022 16:10
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Oh Musk you stupid bastard. https://twitter.com/botvolution/status/1586683784132435972?s=20&t=lts7EnadRjjRKo5zdIUKng Grip it and rip it posted:Why would anyone be afraid of completely irrelevant shut-ins who haven't affected the real world since the 90s? 
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Oct 31, 2022 16:30
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Grip it and rip it posted:Why would anyone be afraid of completely irrelevant shut-ins who haven't affected the real world since the 90s? Because they're annoying and annoying affects me more personally than global geopolitics!
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https://www.npr.org/2022/10/31/1131789230/supreme-court-affirmative-action-harvard-uncquote:For Blum, race-conscious policies are not a new question. Even as he brought a decades-long challenge to affirmative action in college admissions, he engineered a successful challenge to a key provision of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. By a 5-to-4 vote the Supreme Court struck down the section of the law that had required areas with a history of race discrimination at the polls to pre-clear with the Justice Department any changes in voting procedures. This will be "fun".
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Marshal Prolapse posted:Oh Musk you stupid bastard. Yeah bad sign those garbage folk got the message loud & clear that the door is wide open. Wonder if a collapse will be precipitated by a local ban in Germany or France that have more serious hate speech laws, or advertisers fleeing, or musk doing something unexpectedly foolish that wrecks the site. Probably a little of each.
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Yeah bad sign those garbage folk got the message loud & clear that the door is wide open. Wonder if a collapse will be precipitated by a local ban in Germany or France that have more serious hate speech laws, or advertisers fleeing, or musk doing something unexpectedly foolish that wrecks the site. Probably a little of each. IIRC Twitter already supports (well supported....) filters/bans for content with certain nations (mainly Germany). I think, like everything else, is the once the advertising money dries up that'll be the real death sentence. Well that or 50% chance Elon does something dumb like you mention lol Edit: lmfao joke nation https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/deeply-unhappy-tory-mps-drafting-letters-of-no-confidence-after-sunak-s-cabinet-purge/ar-AA13yoQz quote:In a speech outside 10 Downing Street, Mr Sunak paid tribute to Ms Truss, who only lasted 44 days in the top job as she paid the price for her disastrous economic policies that plunged financial markets into chaos. So committed that she even changed the PM. BadOptics fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Oct 31, 2022 |
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Oct 31, 2022 16:48
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BadOptics posted:
Please let this go down in history as the Year of Four Prime Ministers.
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Oct 31, 2022 16:59
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Grip it and rip it posted:Why would anyone be afraid of completely irrelevant shut-ins who haven't affected the real world since the 90s? because you coulda said something very similar about white supremacists ten years ago
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Oct 31, 2022 17:11
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hypnophant posted:because you coulda said something very similar about white supremacists ten years ago Not sure how in 2012, in the midst of Obama's administration, anyone would have said this. Hell, let's look to what we were talking about around this time 10years ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...a6d89_blog.html
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BadOptics posted:Not sure how in 2012, in the midst of Obama's administration, anyone would have said this. Hell, let's look to what we were talking about around this time 10years ago. poo poo. twenty years ago  e: actually no, that’s a pretty good analogy. the daily stormer was launched in 2012 (source: https://www.vocativ.com/usa/race/man-bringing-back-nazi-movement-america/index.html) and it was treated as an irrelevant fringe corner of the internet until at least the charlottesville rally. hypnophant fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Oct 31, 2022 |
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