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[–] BURN@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

A dab rig and a camera

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty much across the board the Stake/Sauber liveries have been awful. Stands out, but not really in a good way

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Most journalism is a joke nowadays. Print/text media makes no money, so it’s all clickbait to drive engagement and clicks for ad revenue. It’s a problem with every other sport too as far as I can see.

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I bought a switch. Then I almost never used it, since if I’m gaming I’m at my PC.

I’ll likely never buy another portable console simply for the fact that I don’t have a use for it. Many do, I’m just not one of them

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Developer here

Had to spend 3 weeks fixing a tiny app that a vibe coder built with AI. It required rewriting significant portions of the app from the ground up because AI code is nearly unusable at scale. Debugging is 10x harder, code is undocumented and there is no institutional knowledge of how an internal system works.

AI code can maybe be ok for a bootstrap single programmer project, but is pretty much useless for real enterprise level development

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I’m 100% with you on this. There isn’t a single thing that generative AI can do better than a traditional method or by myself.

AI code is pretty much useless, as you spend 2-4x the time debugging and fixing the code as you would have writing it from the ground up.

AI Search is useless because it regularly and predictably gives bad and/or incorrect results. A well built traditional search engine is so much better, but have disappeared with Microsoft and Google going all in on AI search.

AI art isn’t art, and I would never support anyone who uses it, let alone makes money from it. It fundamentally is missing three of the core pillars of art, which are creativity, uniqueness and the human experience.

AI chat bots are ruining human connection and consistently perform worse than human support reps.

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Thank you for the useless opinion that adds nothing. Congrats

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And I can’t game on Apple. A mac is a useless brick for the remaining 50% of what I do on a computer.

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Adobe and ease of use

I need Adobe, specifically Lightroom, because there’s no alternative. I can’t just stop using it as a semi-professional photographer (I make money from it, just not a ton).

Darktable doesn’t handle large libraries well and also is missing features such as AI remove and integration with photoshop for splitting photos up for social media posts.

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They decided to use the Cadillac brand as their racing brand, so they also run their GTP/LMDh (Le mans/IMSA/Endurance racing) cars as Cadillacs.

They’ve also got corvettes in the GT3/GTD categories

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nope, not just you. I live in the greater Seattle area (nearly the tesla capital of the world) and 8/10 times I’m blinded is a tesla in oncoming traffic.

Rivians are also terrible, and most crossovers in the last 2-3 years have been increasingly bad.

Driving a lowered sports car with no windshield tint has made driving at night a horrible process. I’m debating getting a low % window tint just to take the edge off of the headlights.

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Somehow alpine has made a worse looking car than last year. They continuously amaze me with their ability to make terrible looking cars from all perspectives. Must be a holdover from their road car division

 

For those with iRacing, how did Season 4 go for you? Make any progress towards some goals?

 

Welcome to Round 5 of the Hot Lap Challenge

  • Sim: Automobilista 2
  • Track: Bathurst 2020
  • Car: SuperV8
  • Weather: TimeTrial
  • Track: TimeTrial
  • Temperature: TimeTrial
  • Wind: TimeTrial

If you do not have Automobilista 2, please submit your times with the sim you are using, replicating the track conditions as closely as possible.

Please use the car’s default setup. You may only adjust fuel levels, tyres, TC, ABS, Brake Bias, and ERS deployment level.

You have until 01/12/2023 23:59 to submit your best lap. Please only submit times in a top level comment. If you have already submitted a lap and you improve, please edit your top level comment.

Please include a screenshot of your lap time for verification.

Notes

Last time out

It's been a while since our last challenge, but we're back!

Driver Time
itsmikeyd 1:30.314
SimpleDev 1:29.866
 

This weekend I got the chance to shoot my first rallycross event. Despite literal inches of rain, it was some of the most fun I’ve had with a camera.

Nikon Z6, Z 24-70 2.8 S

70mm f7.1 1/1000s ISO 1000

 

Hadn't seen this posted, but for anyone who uses Trading Paints in conjunction with iRacing you need to go in and change passwords NOW!

There was a leak of 270,000 accounts with emails/passwords in md5 format (easily reversible to plaintext)

If you use the service make sure to reset your passwords asap and if you use the password shared on other services you should make sure to change it as well

 

Anyone want to run the 24 hour race at Le Mans in iRacing this weekend?

Don't currently have an endurance team and just realized the race is coming up quick. Not super fast (like we know from the league), but pretty consistent and know the track/car well.

I'd prefer the LMP2, but could drive a GTE too. Only requirement is a C class license and the track/car.

 

Rig is a NLR F-GT. It's handled everything I've thrown at it so far, but it's struggling to keep up. The Seat on this rig has been ripped up by my cat, so a sweatshirt and a towel have gone into service covering up the very ripped leather. I plan on replacing the seat soon, so hopefully won't have that problem for more than another year or so.

Wheelbase is a VRS DFP. It's amazing and I love it. Packs quite a punch and does really try to rip your arms off at full FFB. This is paired with a CubeControls QR (Also known as the aliexpress one) and an Ascher F64-USB.

Pedals are also the VRS Pedals. Currently I only have 2 installed, but I do have the optional 3rd clutch that isn't mounted right now. The pedal plate flexes a lot more than I'd like, even with the additional strengthening kit from NLR.

Rig is a dedicated sim PC with a 11900K, RTX 3080 and 32GB of RAM. Triple 32 inch 1440p/144hz monitors round out the setup, mounted to a Rigmetal Monitor Stand.

I also have a Polsimer F74 that is no longer in use and a NLR GT Rim for if I need a round rim.

I'm happy to answer any querstions!

LEMMY iRACING LEAGUE

Come join us this weekend on Sunday Aug. 6 at 2pm PT/5pm ET/9pm GMT/10pm BST for the inaugural Lemmy iRacing League. We'll be doing 2 15 minute races at Lime Rock Park (Grand Prix) and anyone is welcome to join (Though you will need an iRacing subscription)

There'll be an extra session 2 hours before the race for anyone who may need help. Please reach out via DM if you need any help with any of it.

Hope to see you all there!

 

Hey all,

Sorry about the google forum, it's set not to collect any info, but we all know how much info that still means google will grab.

I think that due to the spread of timezones interested we should plan to run the races on the weekend. They'd take ~30-45 minutes (Race length to be decided later) but shouldn't take more than an hour and a half maximum.

Please select any timeslots that you're available for, we'll choose the one that the most people can make.

To join the League you'll need to Search for the "Lemmy iRacing League", currently with id 10017. The correct one will link back to https://lemmy.ml/c/simracing as the website link. Request to join and I'll accept any incoming join requests.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by BURN@lemmy.world to c/simracing@lemmy.ml
 

When reading through some of the other comments on the page, I noticed there's a good number of people who at least have an iRacing subscription. Would there be any interest in a 1 month long, free content only league? It would allow people to try the sim for a minimum cost if they're interested.

A 3 week mini championship with the MX-5 Cup, Formula Ford and Street Stocks could make for a lot of fun.

I'd be happy to organize and cover hosting costs if we can get 5/10 people interested

Edit: 5 Interested, I’ll put a poll together later and we can look at running this for the month of august.

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