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The law is a stupid law. Skirting around its spirit by following its letter is exactly what should be done with all stupid laws that remain on the books. 

On the other hand even with VR and a wheel I find I am able to get comfortable driving in real life on tracks I’ve been on before a bit faster in real life than in sims. In sims it takes a bit of time for my brain to get calibrated to the feeling of speed and distance and even after it is I am MUCH more consistent in… Read more

Do you honestly have a clear sound in your head of what Princess Diana sounds like?

So it was Epstein-Barr all along.

To be clear: they will not be orbiting the moon on that trip as you imply. It’ll be a flyby on a free return trajectory. 

“Sound” as we know it is really just waves within a medium such as air or water. The waves hit your ear drum and are interpreted as sound. The same waves interact with a diaphragm in a microphone and are converted to electrical impulses that can be played back through speakers to re-create the waves. In a vacuum there… Read more

Nothing Space-X makes has the Delta-V to put a Tesla Roadster into the sun. 

Could this get more cliche at this point?

Sure but we’re not talking about having cash on hand we’re talking about not having debt on hand. Which to me is worth missing out on investing that capital when we’re talking about low 5 figure amounts. Difference between having an asset you can liquidate if there’s a crisis vs carrying debt into a crisis based on… Read more

To out perform the loan interest you have to invest in something that is riskier than the risk the bank is taking on you with the loan. Some people don’t want to do that.

Inherently with a loan you’re the mechanism by which a financial institution making money. Your rate is a function of their risk. If you’re low risk you get a low rate. If you want to grow your money in a similarly low risk way you’re also going to be growing it at a low rate. Anyway my point is: it’s possible to… Read more

If you’re in that position it shouldn’t be too hard to save up some liquid cash for a short period of time to make a purchase vs taking on debt on a depreciating asset that’s already a maintenance cost money hole. Any of those investments pay dividends? 

BANNER AND HULK IN RAGNOROK MOVIE LOTS. 

It’s a pretty clear solution to getting much larger screens in a pocketable device. 

GTI owners: “I’ve had 5 in 8 years and they were all great no problems.” Uh huh. Like 5 people like that in this thread. (I own a mk7.5 fwiw)

The LSD really is the key differentiator here even between other stuff in their lineup. This will feel faster because it will be able to put the power down. 

If they’re going to LEO generally orbital rockets aren’t littering space with spent stages, the stages typically deorbit either deliberately or on their own over time. 

Multiple Sclerosis. LMGTFY

The connections thing is def there and interesting. Like when I was on the factory tour our group was actually slightly oversized after a Canadian couple got snuck in last minute (normally huge no-no) when Porsche Canada called in a favor: they were parents of a guy that had bought multiple GT3s.

Here’s a question: let’s say its your first 911 but you are intending to track the car and have a history of doing motorsports stuff. You’ve been on the Porsche factory tour, you’ve been to the museum, you’ve done the ‘Ring. You’ve been tracking something else for years and now want the best. Does Porsche care? Also… Read more