I Was A Cable Guy. I Saw The Worst Of America. by potatos in c/longreads@sh.itjust.works
[-] potatos@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah that one was a ride. Initially I saw huffpost thinking it was a politics post, started reading, thought 'wow this is long', before realizing what community I was in :D

I never envied service people, especially those that had to go in homes. I'd like to think 90% of encounters are fairly cordial, but dang can humans suck sometime... Be nice to the cable person folks.

FIA announces changes to circuit in Canada by potatos in c/formula1@lemmy.ml
[-] potatos@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm seeing this trending with regards to the T1 barrier change.

Looks like its completely blocking the pavement patch that was there before into T2?

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The Unlikely Struggle Of The Family Whose Neighbor Is Area 51 (2015) (jalopnik.com)
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Worth noting there were more developments since 2015 that are worth looking up on this story (wikipedia has a pretty collection of references)

McLaren not getting preoccupied over 2026 F1 engine talks by potatos in c/formula1@lemmy.ml
[-] potatos@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Did they ever get their new wind tunnel online? Feel like that's been in talks for ages now...

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How politics and religion handicapped Hot Springs in the race to become America’s chief gambling resort (2021) (arktimes.com)
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