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Alex Ripstein

@AxelRipper

Used to play with racecars professionally. All actions and reactions are my own.

Attica, NY Katılım Ocak 2010
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Matt Weaver
Matt Weaver@MattWeaverRA·
Just say 'YES' to 'NOAPS' day
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Matt Weaver@MattWeaverRA·
South Alabama Speedway has banned Short Track Scene from covering the Rattler 250 because I refuse to apologize for calling out their use of AI in a fan-designed logo contest. This is ridiculous but I want fans to know why and that I support creatives. shorttrackscene.com/commentary/why…
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Alex Ripstein@AxelRipper·
For what its worth, yes rookie tests are legal. Yes I still have questions about it, though that's more "we need more testing" related, and also I like cleetus' ventures here and in tractor pulling
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@qLxke_ Hate to break it to you but that was 20 years ago
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Josh Welton
Josh Welton@BrownDogWelding·
Not gonna lie, I haven’t understood what’s happening in years, let alone just today.
Tuki@TukiFromKL

🚨 Do you understand what happened in the last 12 hours? > A CEO of a $200 billion company said on camera that 35% of new grads won't find jobs. He didn't even flinch saying it. > Meta made $165 billion last year and is still firing 15,000 people because apparently record profit isn't profitable enough. > Some random guy in Florida sold his entire house in 5 days using ChatGPT. No real estate agent, no commission, no experience. Just vibes and a $20 subscription. > A man in Australia cured his dying dog's cancer with AI after every single vet told him there was nothing left to do. Built a custom vaccine from his couch. > The guy who created Uber and left 300,000 taxi drivers broke is back. Building robots now because apparently ruining one industry wasn't enough. > Tinder wants access to your camera roll. Your drunk photos, your 3am notes app meltdowns, your deleted selfies. They're calling it a "vibe check." > Naval, the man who made hundreds of millions investing in software, just said software is dead. Four words and the entire industry felt it. > And Anthropic removed the limit on how long their AI can think and then doubled everyone's usage for free. Because when the product is addictive enough you give the first taste away. All of that happened today. Not this week, not this quarter. Today. A random Saturday in March. This is worse than you being on meth.

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Alex Ripstein@AxelRipper·
I was in the back of the shop working on our power steering dyno trying to fix some pump issues. Had accidentally stumbled on progress, per my picture role literally that day. Then the planes came back from Atlanta and there was a very strange leadership meeting in the truck bay
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nascarman@nascarman_rr

Six years ago today, COVID shut down NASCAR

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Daniel Céspedes
Daniel Céspedes@_DanielCespedes·
Idk to what extent it’s true for other sports, but the excessive use of AI by NASCAR’s fans and personalities is so disheartening. Especially for a sport that prides itself so much on its blue-collar origins and fans, its content should always be made by people for people.
The Restart Cone@TheRestartCone

Can we please STOP using AI to design promotional materials? And shirts. ESPECIALLY shirts. The amount of AI slop I've seen so far this year has been ridiculous. Get a real human artist to design your stuff.

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Alex Ripstein@AxelRipper·
@WookieDrives Yeah but we're also talking trucks and orly and not cup. Historically dang near anyone with enough money for a ride can get approved for a ride there
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@AxelRipper And I will stand by that Tommy Joe & JJC's denials are not equal Tommy Joe had been running half decent Xfinity cars for 5sh+ years, JJC hadn't seen decent equipment since what, 2010 when she got that new Circle Bar equipment and had decent funding. One was way more up to speed.
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Alex Ripstein@AxelRipper·
@pkligerman I mean it doesn't artificially lose it. It's pretty natural on strategy. Not like anti DRS or anything
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Alex Ripstein@AxelRipper·
@Butch_on_Racing All about adding engineering strategy challenge I'm sure. I think allowing front end harvesting would have helped more, but they'd probably reduce energy store to compensate and the weight would have been tough
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Lawrence
Lawrence@Butch_on_Racing·
I did enjoy today's race, but I do wonder what the logic was behind retaining a 4MJ battery. Surely 8MJ would have made sense.
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