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Cake day: June 5th, 2023

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  • Ferrari hype train going very strong right now between the fun aero stuff with the wing and the exhaust diverting, the good launch hype.

    Mercedes looking quite strong in general. And George has been performing so well in recent years.

    I’m sad to see Aston with so many struggles, but damn do they have an uphill battle ahead. Really hoping for just one more Alonso win here






  • Hi! I’m an engineer and have done it. It’s of course not easy but it’s totally doable. I guess my really high level advice would be:

    Figure out what country(ies) you’d consider moving to (think about language stuff and your willingness to learn a new one if needed, prevalence of English, cost, climate, culture, etc)

    Look for the visa requirements (very often in tech just “have a job” is enough for you and your family visa wise).

    Look for jobs. Lots of places at least here in Denmark are very aware of the fact that they can get good talent leaving the US right now. My boss literally talks about it weekly. Employers will be glad to help with visas and with help moving. My employer that I moved with found us a place to live (furnished) for 3 months and paid for it, got plane tickets, got someone to help with taxes, of course did visa things, and had someone help with all the “other stuff” like drivers license transfer, understanding healthcare, etc etc

    If you actually want to consider it, it’s really doable. It’s been such a rewarding and amazing experience for us.


  • My super armchair thoughts are that the wing element inverted provides a similar ish amount of up force as it used to downforce. Lighter rear makes the car less stable (no problem on the straight) and less draggy. The former down force doesn’t necessarily go to the front, cuz a lot of the force was from the aero, and it’s reverse acting more.

    I think it’ll act as though the car is overall lighter with this, but of course the deployment takes a little time so it has to be worth it. Neat idea either way.

    Also again not an expert at all




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    Yup, fighting that feels like fighting clean power or digitalization or a number of other advancements. But a lot of those weren’t well adapted to by many societies (US especially), and automation (which has been around for many decades now) has been pretty well adopted and poor adapted. Tech moving much faster than society


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    But again, like Netflix provides something now (albeit not my favorite thing). I am not convinced LLMs provide a damn thing of value.

    I think AI is special for being a waste and very negative socially without providing any positive back.