potatos

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I Was A Cable Guy. I Saw The Worst Of America. 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 in c/formula1@lemmy.ml
[–] potatos@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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)
 

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 in c/formula1@lemmy.ml
[–] potatos@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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)