Gigi Galli posted:

It's just so insane that I thought it was just a rumor.

Gigi Galli posted:

It's similar and very good.

Tsaedje posted:

Manchego cheese

HJB posted:

While looking for that one Dreamcast game I found someone who put in a cheat code for Maldonado Mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWRSRQMRP2c&t=105s

Quality soundtrack too, Formula EJ eat your heart out.

wicka posted:

Alonso is a guy who drives
He is a driver who drives fast
He is a good person to drive cars
People flock to him to lose at driving
Rock and roll Alonso's
Rock and roll Alonso's
Rock and roll Alonso's
Rock and roll Alonso's

Basticle posted:

Troy Queef posted:

I'll be the first to say it:

WELL DONE TAKU

Dubs posted:

f1 sucks

Human Grand Prix posted:

The MP4/6 was good but I think Honda's decision to pursue a V12 was the wrong one, although it was extremely powerful. Also the chassis was too conservative both electronically and aero wise as well.

Wirth1000 posted:

Brainwrong posted:

Ban F1

Wirth1000 posted:

I forgot who called me the king of overrating poo poo drivers or whatever it was but just prefacing this post with that cause...

....I've always considered di Resta to be a pretty good midfielder. He should have left Force India sooner while his stock was higher before getting dumped by them.

wicka posted:

Holy poo poo at the people who don’t unreservedly love Dovi. I’m a god drat piece of poo poo moron and I’ve loved that dude for years.

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Williams had already decided to replace him with Frentzen at the start of the year

1500quidporsche posted:

Okay well I tried to warn you I just got some dumb title promotion today, went karting and had a few brewskis so its gonna be a little Tony Montana-esque Most of this is gonna be unintelligable.

I feel like the rise of the "Silicon Valley"-VC complex is attributable to a major shift in consumer attitude towards how they interact with products and services, specifically in regards to the concept of ownership and the idea of corporate social responsibility.

On the first point: The modern stock market system, investors and economy in general have really tended to favor large firms in a fairly established industry with relatively few players that work towards moderate incremental growth over the long term since the mid 90s. I think the "consistent growth at all costs" approach coupled with the use of stock options in executive compensation and pressure from investors for stable returns has meant that these corporations become overwhelmingly conservative in how they operate, looking for efficiencies through cutting expenses or small pricing increases rather than testing completely new concepts. The problem is that most these companies have on the long term faced relatively little competition because they have operated with few other competitors that have built themselves up to a size that makes it impossible for anybody else to break into the industry.

The refusal to break these firms up coupled with their entrenchment with regulations hurting newcomers is what has given rise to the VC model. Operating with unlimited funds and outside the traditional scrutiny of a publicly traded company "the start up" can enter the marketplace against a bunch of entrenched players and undercut their price-point significantly. The incumbents, still constrained by their investors, are unable to adapt and basically bleed market-share to this new player until enough of them die off and the new player, now with a significant share of the market, can offer an IPO to cash out the VC partners.

Its this disturbing cycle where a select view group of people have identified that you can exploit the way the modern financial system has evolved with enough cash, but instead of changing it to be a meritocracy fair for everyone government end up cutting just enough red tape to let the rich new player in before shutting the gate again.

To the second point its basically this: We as a society simply don't give a gently caress if we own something or not anymore and as much as my generation (millennials) will hate to here it we really don't give a gently caress about the fairness and social responsibility behind our products. The smart phone is a good example. nobody seems to think its a big deal anymore that you buy this $500-1,000 piece of electronics that is completely sealed off from you, was made by slave labour in china, and demands that you only interact with it in the ways that it wants you to because its convenient.

We've created this entire system where so long as something is convenient for us we are totally fine. We're willing to use Uber even though the drivers are treated like complete poo poo and aren't even employees of the company because its convenient. We use google because its convenient, even though it sucks up every marketable piece of data available into this black hole to spew more ads at you about the last five things you look at. We buy the iPhone because even though you have to buy expensive cordless headphones and can't change the battery or chose what you can put on the phone its convenient.

All this has done is create this race to the bottom where the company that can make a service the most convenient for us wins even though they've completely hosed over their employees/suppliers/general health of the industry in the process.

Society as a whole needs to make more informed decisions and letting the big picture influence their purchases. I shop at Costco, the lines at checkout suck rear end, it looks like poo poo in there and I hate how loving crowded it is, but they pay their employees decently and give them benefits so I think its worth it. Its a small stupid thing but I think if we all started thinking like that it would make it very difficult for these stupid loving firms to burst into industries by virtue of ignoring all the rules and offering some sleek looking product that is marginally more convenient. The sooner we start looking at how a company treats everyone in society as a whole, the sooner we stop racing towards the bottom and instead start trying to elevate everyone in society.

Funzo posted:

I just need Dan to move to another team so I don't have to cheer for Red Bull.

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

Didn't Lewis say he was going to do this?

iospace posted:

I guess they take after their hero

wicka posted:

why is this so motherfucking funny, I can't stop laughing

gret posted:

NEVAR FORGET https://streamable.com/xf6f3

julian assflange posted:

*Ted Kravitz strolls around the garages having totally chill chats with everyone while this plays on a loop*

https://youtu.be/mFSxWVuqp50

Tsaedje posted:

Some dangerously unfunny 'burns' there. Worthy of this thread.

iospace posted:

*looks at her 670*

Yeah I'm good.

Theophany posted:

It's a garbage holiday and by extension all food traditionally served for it is garbage. Who even eats turkey on the reg out of choice rather than the belief that it is somehow healthier than chicken, pork or beef?

Theophany posted:

Roast spuds in duck/goose fat

Pirate Radar posted:

I thought all thanksgiving food was garbage until I became an adult and gained enough perspective to realize that my grandmother is a lot of things but a good cook isn’t one of them

I can’t understand hating even lovely mac and cheese though wtf

Pirate Radar posted:

Wtf was wrong with your macs and your cheeses then

Norns posted:

Uhhh you didn't eat Mac and cheese buddy

Powershift posted:

I'm having trouble imagining a person so hosed up that they couldn't eat pasta.

Powershift posted:

I think you'll find there are at least 2 things italian that are good

1. Macaroni
2. Cheese

Tsaedje posted:

Literally nobody else wants the impossible job of making F1 tyres that are simultaneously reliable and exciting