The main problem is that it becomes a gyroscope which will try to fix the orientation of the space station; this may be good, the solar panels need to be aimed to the sun, but it means that any precession of the gyroscope, say from uneven forces from aerodynamic drag or solar wind will require even more fuel to…

They’re not the *best* bags out there, but price-wise they’re absolute bargains for quality equipment, especially as you’re starting out or have kids who may grow out of the smaller sacks.

REI’s in-house brand is pretty consistently good, on par with Costco’s Kirkland Signature for bargain quality IMHO.

I hope, if this is him, that this brings some form of closure to all the families involved.

Honestly, Vettel was like that when he started out with Red Bull too.

Had Max’s tire not blown when he had that race easily in hand, it’d also be a really different situation.  

The officiating has, from the outside, appeared to be quite a joke this year. But otherwise yeah, the season as a whole has been NUTS and the only one that comes close this decade was 2016 between HAM and ROS. Even that season I don’t think was as crazy even though it came down to the last race. Maybe it’s recency…

I wonder what the ensuing negative publicity would do to RBR - I can’t imagine the corporate types looking favorably on being called out for the unsportsmanlike behavior of their team.

Why have Max hit Lewis when you could have one of the Alpha Tauri cars hit him? You can’t dock Max points for something another team does.

As an airline pilot, I’m going to put this one on the captain (I’m also a captain). I had a similar incident two weeks ago, the FA came and told me she wanted someone removed because they got snippy when she told them to make sure their bags were stowed completely under the seat in front of them.
As Captain, I have…

As a reasonable vegetarian, I agree with you 100%.

Not if, when.

My understanding was that drifting will still take place. With the naturally less gripy surface that gravel provides, less speed and power are necessary to get similar sideways action. Less speed and power ostensibly means a safer enviroment

It’s frustrating that they haven’t figured this out yet. Build quality issues have been a recurring meme for Teslas for how many years now? and they’ve shown absolutely no effort to improve. I guess if you lease your cars and replace them every 2 years it’s not that big a deal but for folks that keep their cars for 10 …

My son was in town for a single day, and I was going to buy him a used car. Our local Kia dealership and a Soul (manual!) that we liked. We test drove cars at other dealers and went back to the Kia dealership at 4pm to tell them we’d like the car, at sticker price, but we had to complete the transaction today.

They…

Mazepin did indeed have his best “race” of the season in Belgium. Erik, do you remember the Belgium event?

The range is the issue on a car that is $33k and gets 100 miles of range. The new Fiat 500e does 200 miles at that price. It’s still new technology but the price of batteries have dropped by 75% in a decade. In another decade we will see cheaper, more efficient, and energy dense batteries. More efficient motors and…

F-150, Hidden Valley Edition

Without the B-pillar blacked out, it looks really odd.

I am gonna go with the F-150 King Ranch. It either means that you wish you were the king of your ranch oppressing your plebeians or you are the greatest lover of ranch dressing around.

So only slightly heavier than they are now.