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@the_zb_ Where's the third choice: it's the same. I've enjoyed this season as much as any. F1 is about the competition, the politics, the complaining, the drivers, and the drama. It's been a fun year in that regard!

Simple question: Do you like the 2026 F1 engine regulations and did it improve or hurt the sport? It will be curious to monitor the bot responses…

@the_zb_ @F1 Nice ideas. No reason the "Verstappen Effect" couldn't be fixed now, why wait 4 more years, he might be done by then!

With glimpses of hopefulness on the horizon, I’m excited about the prospects of 2030 for F1. To be blunt, we’re stuck with mitigations until then. But we know F1 cars are not engine alone, it’s a marriage of engine and chassis. Here’s what I’d like to see more of from @F1 and the @fia when pushing towards 2030: Power Unit - 1000bhp 🎯 - 80% / 20% distribution ⚡️🔥 - 600 kW naturally aspirated V8 - 150 kW MGU-K system - allow more exotic materials and coatings for pistons/valves/rods/cylinder liners 💎 - 3MJ energy store - 3MJ / lap harvest limit - retain some form of ADUO, and 2-year homologation cycles (open development every 2 years) Chassis - size 🟰, weight ⬇️, dwf ⬆️ - retain current size target - reduce PU weight target ⚖️ - reintroduce a controlled version of Venturi ground effect floors for more dwf generation in high speed 💨 - allow more complexity in inerters for compliance and platform control while avoiding active suspension - a major oversight of the 2022 GE cars - 2022 level of outwash control for following - allow blown exhaust concepts - scrap movable front aero - reduce front wing rigidity constraints Sporting Regulations - fix gripes - require all 3 tyre compounds to be run in dry races for differentiation - address “Verstappen overtaking” methodology… “you must leave the room!” - cap sprint races at 25% of calendar - keep cost cap at current level, despite reduction in PU costs within the formula - encourage more in-season development and upgrades I personally think this particular combination promotes avoiding energy starvation at almost all circuit layouts. It makes aerodynamic development a premium differentiator (we want that…), more teams developing mid-season, drivers to be performance differentiators again without PU interventions/quirks, totally natural flat out qualifying, and the kind of following and racing capability that promotes NATURAL and organic action on track on Sundays. Plus creating strategy offsets through tyre mismatches. In some ways, this is an amalgamation of the positives of the KERS era, the GE turbo-hybrid era, and the 2026 chassis. What do you think? Is it a doomed Frankenstein, or a sensible direction?

@heynavtoor Why pay for electricity when you can have all your employees ride exercise bikes to make your juice for free!

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@Jack_Dille @PunterJeff @Intuit Agreed!

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RIP Turbo Tax, an @Intuit company. @Intuit is a $117B market cap company. Turbo Tax accounts for ~24% of company revenue Risk is mispriced

@PunterJeff @Intuit Good riddance to them. The only reason we don't have a free file system from the IRS like any normal country is the millions these "tax prep" firms dump in lobbying to prevent it. Can't wait for AI to do my taxes!

@brrrake Curious to see an example. I haven't played with it at all for engineering. Can it do a free body diagram? CAD? I could see it actually being decent at finite element?

Using chat GPT to help with mechanical engineering problems is an absolute disaster. It has zero consistency with units, even if absolutely explicit. Pretty shocking.

@brrrake They knew....they knew it would be great drama for the first few races!

The careful simulation and analysis was available two years ago.

@matvelloso yes why didn't Google release a Gemini offline AI?

Been playing with Gemma running locally on my Pixel phone and it feels magical. To think that years ago we could not remotely imagine such a powerful LLM running in your pocket with no connectivity whatsoever. I wonder how many scenarios for LLMs will start shifting the cost to the edge to get "free" computing with added privacy and control over your data. I can't imagine how companies that only monetize inferencing and nothing else will stay above the water. Either they make/sell hardware or they must add value on top of it, otherwise they become mostly an inconvenience in the middle.

@the_zb_ Racing is how to max out the car you have under you. I love these new constraints. It inspires me driving, trying to find a little edge here and there with my 300cc's chopper while I'm trying to get past a bus. Everything is relative! Besides, laptimes not much reduced!

2026 Japanese GP Preview 🇯🇵 Suzuka - a track that previously rewarded the driver, will be reduced in contributory value when it comes to the pilot this round. The nature of the track is about to present some of the now expected problems for these energy choked cars. It will be masked through lower deployment rate (out of necessity), but the ironic regulatory frameworks mandating certain deployment rates and scaling at various throttle positions means… this is going to be overly complicated and comical again, and there are bound to be some sections where cars drive intentionally slowly as a matter of skirting the deployment framework for overall energy availability in straight mode zones. The cars will not be able to be driven as racing cars should, and the pilots will not be able to pilot them as racing pilots should. Suzuka matches the lowest Brembo rating 1/5 for braking time and intensity of tracks on the F1 calendar - according to Brembo they expect cars to be on the brakes for roughly 9s per lap. Less harvesting, but expect some longer braking zones than we are used to, along with inevitable super-clipping before the final chicane and before the first turn. Given the nature of the 4MJ capacity limitation, and the SoC having to be managed over the combination of all sectors to avoid getting stuck behind traffic (since capacity is limited, you can’t just store up over a part of the lap and then dump later, it’s a constant need), the teams are left with a conundrum in how to manage the deployment. There are currently 2 “straight mode” zones available for the cars: the start-finish straight, and the back straight exiting spoon leading to 130R. Given what I would expect to be a significant amount of deployment on both straights, this seems destined to requires harvesting through the esses and spoon. I can’t see another way around that, as there’s going to be a significant amount of deployment jockeying from 130R on the sprint to the final chicane, which should be an overtaking zone. Expect more of the silly yo-yo racing as people attempt deployment dumps after 130R, and then get re-overtaken on the main straight due to starvation. Legitimate moves (if we’re calling anything that with these regs) requires setup over multiple laps, and probably very minimal usage of the overtake mode. Or, who knows, maybe it’s the new style racing where you dump the battery for an early flyby, then brake early for harvesting and take a nonsensical line to try and block while harvesting. That actually seems likely. The FIA clearly seems worried about the aero balance of the cars and the potential crash dangers by not allowing straight mode anywhere but the two “conventional” straights. I would expect more of the same - a really poor qualifying product (regardless of the timesheets, I simply mean the physical flying laps of the cars will be awful to witness), and a yo-yo time on Sunday with the Mercs eventually pulling a significant lead due to their enhanced compression ratio regeneration ability for deployment on the straights. Hopefully, the teams, FIA, and FOM are hard at work on fixing this disaster show we’ve had so far in 2026. A month off in April could be a huge help in remedying whatever can be done short term to combat the imbalances in the power distribution, and looking ahead to 2027’s ICE architecture. This is the first time in a while where I’ve just felt no connection to the fandom. Lewis or Charles could drive off and do a 1-2, and I am unsure whether I’d really care that much given what the product is. Which is a weird feeling as a lifelong fan who has spent a lot of money in the F1 ecosystem. I also know I’m not in a minority on that stance - the product is broken at the moment.

@DanWetzel @espn Hope nobody tells you that you have to stop writing after four years. Do you have any idea how much hypocrisy you exuded in your article? These kids are just trying to make some money and help their families....and you write this? Lets let people take their fair share.....l

Past inconsistencies. Cut throat coaches. Five-star judges. A doomed legislative strategy. The NCAA is being pushed to the brink on eligibility cases. The NFL is offering to help with the "disruption." College sports should take it. Column for @espn espn.com/college-footba…

@bcfremeau Basically, whoever gets "lucky" enough to get thru a CFP gauntlet beating 3-4 top ranked teams is going to look great!

Fifteen wins over FBS teams. Eight wins over FEI top-30 teams. Four wins over FEI top-5 teams. No losses. No matter how you slice the data, the 2025 Indiana Hoosiers are the most accomplished national champion to date. bcftoys.com/2025-fei

@thetripathi58 Have fun with all those HUGE prores image files filling up your phone!

Most people treat their iPhone camera like a point-and-shoot toy. They’re carrying one of the best true pocket cameras and using about 50% of its potential. Here are the settings you need to change to fix that: Starting with the one that confuses nearly everyone…

@ESPN_BillC luv you but hate the news!

* Start fast, finish strong, advance to the semis * Mesidor and Bain were Suh-like in the first half * Hello again, CharMar Brown * Jeremiah Smith rules * First-round bye = terribly slow start QUARTERFINAL TAKEAWAYS: espn.com/college-footba…

@dr_obbs Why stop there? Regular Season goes down to 9 games while playoff is 12 games.

Just think we could have had Notre Dame and Texas in these slots if we had some kind of qualifier for the playoff model. Would have been interesting to see.

Undoubtedly mental institutions were grisly and abusive places in the past. But we vastly over corrected by virtually abolishing them and allowing the mentally ill to suffer themselves, and sometimes hurt others. This is not a more just outcome.

@thepowerfulHRV on a lower basis as well.....i feel like balsa in a sandstorm

$MSTY payouts keep getting worse. They just announced their lowest-ever monthly dividend of $1.01.

@werkman Satoshi burned his coins. Saylor will burn his coins. That makes this a lot more then 3%.

3% of all the Bitcoin that will ever exist.

@Z06Z07 Where's the PI list of potential SP500 committee members!?

2239 votes and the distribution is evenly distributed. I anticipated it would have been heavily weighted no. Polls are great.

What's the probability of $MSTR getting into SP500 inclusion in September 2025? @tnorth @Strategy @saylor

@dgt10011 Box!

If the riddle of crypto ain’t entertaining enough that Matt expertly unwraps, you occasionally get some incredibly fun puzzles like this:

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@Liv_Boeree Dark means flight attendants can sit and not work. Genius!

What is this new trend of flying with the window shades down on DAYTIME flights? You’ve got sweeping views of the most intricate planet known to man and you’d rather sit in a dimly LED-lit tube?! No wonder people are depressed & dysregulated.