12/17 - Sudden Sunday!

Discussion in 'Daily mTurk HITs Threads' started by TissueHime, Dec 17, 2017.

  1. splishsplash

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    Edit: Should say Ultra 4 below, got cornfused.

    NASCAR is vastly superior in terms of competition, better than the NFL, probably not better than NCAA.
    F1 was never a driver's or competition series. It is a series designed around rich men to test the limits of technology. That limit was reached in the early 1990s. F1 has been pretty directionless sense, and even more so with the retirement of the GOAT.

    F1 is running 25-65 overtakes per Grand Prix, last 5 races. They bother counting. NASCAR runs into the hundreds per race. It's objectively a more exciting sport.

    Given that car technology far, far exceeds the bounds of human limit, F1 is directionless now. They can't become a Driver's competition, or be the top one, that's NASCAR Cup series. They can't be 'no holds barred', that ended ~1993. What's left is kind of a dry, intellectual racing that is not quite as stately as yachts, and certainly not exciting.

    It's mostly a meme now for Americans to claim they are not rednecks.

    WRC I can buy as a 'lovable' sport. It's not head-to-head in most cases but it is still the most exciting timed event. Unfortunately the coverage is awful in the States, even with internet.

    Various Rallycross events are cool but I can't be bothered to keep up with them. I don't know what their problem is but the series just don't get the coverage or coherence they need.

    American Stadium MotoX is awesome. We are criticized for too many jumps and showboating. That's right. The sport continues to produce massively entertaining head-to-head action and plenty of technology improvements for the forseeable future. Awesome series.

    Euro MotoX is more grounded but still very entertaining and competitive.

    Trials is intellectual in a way F1 just can't be anymore. Great to watch.

    Various American off-road series are probably the best motorsports, particularly Ultra 4. If you have a chance to go to a rock-crawling or U4 event, DO IT. It's still accessible in the way American motorsports are accessible and foreign, of any type, are not and never can be.

    Which brings us to NHRA, which is still premier if you follow the series but not for everyone. You can get into the pits and watch them one-rev a Top Fuel car, and that is a life-changing event. 10% throttle for 200 ms will change the way you look at cars. Drag Racing is not for everyone, and again it's seen as Redneck.

    This blog post brought to you by a decades-long Gearhead/Fan, frustrated in the extreme b/c no racecar to thrash.
     
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  2. laby

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  3. jdzane

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    damnit good PFAs dropped while I was getting dinner in the instant pot??
     
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  6. Dumpling

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    multitabbing pfas for the first time. afraid im gonna mess something up, going so fast its kinda scary. like going on the interstate for the first time on a learners permit
     
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  8. SilenceOfTheClams

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    Can you get blocked for that?
     
  9. Ballistic406

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    Bah gawd that was a lot of PFAs. Doing .20s and .25s at the same time was tricky o_O
     
  10. Jimmo

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    I flunked out of this one, maybe you folks will have better luck.

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  12. Torgo

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    I'm a Jets fan. I'm dead inside.
     
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  13. Randomacts

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    My brother is a Jets fan and Clippers fan.

    I'm pretty sure that he is just a masochists.
     
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    I've got the Jets/Mets combo. I worry about my mental health.
     
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  15. Jimmo

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    And...speaking of masochism, userbob has several hits up
     
  16. jdzane

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    nope. The only one I know of that will block you for attempting to multi tab is c-stats.

    Multitabbing PFAs is really the only way to make money on them.
     
  17. Ballistic406

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    Userbob is amazing. Getting those 15 minute $7 hits that take 6 minutes is the best.
     
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  18. ChrisTurk

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    Pretty sure @Hummingbirdee has the exact same poor taste :emoji_sweat_smile:
     
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  19. Jimmo

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    I flunked out of this one too, but some of you will qualify I bet...

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  20. SilenceOfTheClams

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    Can you do them on 2 different computers? (Can you do HITs from one account on 2 different computers in general?) I was literally just thinking about this but I'm not sure how it would work more efficiently on one computer.