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Comment on Ruins of the web: Hello Internet in ~tech
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Comment on The 2026 Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race Week Discussion in ~sports.motorsports
DefaultWizard Link ParentI'm going to attempt it in the next year or two, this year I'm settling with ~18-19 hours.I'm going to attempt it in the next year or two, this year I'm settling with ~18-19 hours.
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Comment on The 2026 Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race Week Discussion in ~sports.motorsports
DefaultWizard LinkLot of drama after Hyperpole Hyperpole Spoilers. #38 taking pole by 5 thousandths and then losing it while they're on the podium celebrating because of their pit lane infringement at the start of...Lot of drama after Hyperpole
Hyperpole Spoilers.
#38 taking pole by 5 thousandths and then losing it while they're on the podium celebrating because of their pit lane infringement at the start of the session will be a stinger for certain. Good performance from Dries Vanthoor though, he was rapid.Also the LMP2 pole sitter losing it for their car impeding a GT3 car also has to sting a little bit.
Drudi setting it on pole by near enough a whole second is incredible, back to back poles.
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Comment on The 2026 Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race Week Discussion in ~sports.motorsports
DefaultWizard LinkSo far from the Free Practices & Qualifying, it's all up in the air but Cadillac have been going pretty quickly. Toyota's not too bad either with their new car but Ferrari are either still...So far from the Free Practices & Qualifying, it's all up in the air but Cadillac have been going pretty quickly.
Toyota's not too bad either with their new car but Ferrari are either still sandbagging or seem to be struggling with being out developed until their evo package comes in next year.
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The 2026 Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race Week Discussion
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Another year, another Le Mans race
Anyone staying up for the full 24 hours?
Hyperpole:
Thursday, 11 June 2026 - 20:00 CET (18:00 UTC)Qualifying & Hyperpole Provisional Results
Position Class Number Driver Team Qualifying Hyperpole 1 Hyperpole 2 1 Hypercar 15 Dries Vanthoor BMW M Team WRT 03:23.625 03:23.280 03:22.564 2 Hypercar 12 Will Stevens Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 03:23.148 03:23.312 03:23.078 3 Hypercar 35 Dries Vanthoor Alpine Endurance Team 03:23.135 03:23.018 03:23.620 4 Hypercar 20 António Félix da Costa BMW M Team WRT 03:23.444 03:23.246 03:23.764 5 Hypercar 101 Filipe Albuquerque Cadillac WTR 03:23.323 03:23.191 03:23.778 6 Hypercar 19 Paul-Loup Chatin Genesis Magma Racing 03:24.084 03:23.643 03:23.823 7 Hypercar 009 Roman De Angelis Aston Martin THOR Team 03:23.777 03:23.991 03:24.729 8 Hypercar 51 James Calado Ferrari AF Corse 03:24.623 03:23.406 03:25.081 9 Hypercar 17 André Lotterer Genesis Magma Racing 03:24.424 03:23.126 03:26.116 10 Hypercar 38 Jack Aitken Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 03:23.485 03:23.091 03:23.865 11 Hypercar 007 Ross Gunn Aston Martin THOR Team 03:23.906 03:24.001 12 Hypercar 50 Antonio Fuoco Ferrari AF Corse 03:24.514 03:24.105 13 Hypercar 36 Jules Gounon Alpine Endurance Team 03:23.960 03:24.122 14 Hypercar 7 Kamui Kobayashi Toyota Gazoo Racing 03:24.314 03:24.268 15 Hypercar 8 Ryō Hirakawa Toyota Gazoo Racing 03:23.791 03:24.578 16 Hypercar 93 Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot TotalEnergies 03:24.978 17 Hypercar 83 Phillip Hanson AF Corse 03:25.495 18 Hypercar 94 Malthe Jakobsen Peugeot TotalEnergies 03:25.660 19 LMP2 28 Job van Uitert IDEC Sport 03:37.725 03:34.612 03:33.242 20 LMP2 29 Esteban Masson Forestier Racing by Panis 03:36.098 03:34.108 03:32.855 21 LMP2 24 Jack Doohan Nielsen Racing 03:37.665 03:35.150 03:33.510 22 LMP2 43 Nick Yelloly Inter Europol Competition 03:37.004 03:33.762 03:33.578 23 LMP2 Pro-Am 4 Alex Quinn CrowdStrike Racing by APR 03:39.369 03:33.889 03:33.628 24 LMP2 30 Julien Andlauer Duqueine Team 03:34.662 03:34.386 03:33.702 25 LMP2 Pro-Am 14 Kevin Estre TDS Racing 03:40.264 03:34.542 03:33.715 26 LMP2 Pro-Am 99 Dane Cameron AO by TF 03:38.698 03:34.845 03:34.280 27 LMP2 Pro-Am 183 Matthieu Vaxivière AF Corse 03:39.985 03:34.789 03:34.692 28 LMP2 343 Reshad de Gerus Inter Europol Competition 03:35.247 03:34.179 03:35.038 29 LMP2 22 Gergoire Saucy RLR MSport 03:37.564 03:36.510 30 LMP2 Pro-Am 222 Oliver Jarvis IDEC Sport 03:41.418 03:35.688 31 LMP2 26 Vladislav Lomko Vector Sport 03:36.555 03:35.982 32 LMP2 37 Theodor Jensen CLX Motorsport 03:35.229 03:37.419 33 LMP2 9 Kakunoshin Ohta Proton Competition 03:38.088 03:36.918 34 LMP2 Pro-Am 44 Horst Felbermayr Jr. Proton Competition 03:41.453 35 LMP2 Pro-Am 25 Michael Jensen Algarve Pro Racing 03:42.739 36 LMP2 Pro-Am 48 Fred Poordad RD Limited 03:42.856 37 LMP2 Pro-Am 3 John Farano DKR Engineering 03:43.551 38 LMGT3 27 Mattia Drudi Heart of Racing Team 03:56.688 03:53.166 03:52.433 39 LMGT3 21 Alessio Rovera Vista AF Corse 03:56.962 03:54.837 03:53.412 40 LMGT3 87 José María López Akkodis ASP Team 03:56.581 03:54.495 03:53.614 41 LMGT3 78 Jack Hawksworth Akkodis ASP Team 03:57.261 03:54.340 03:53.869 42 LMGT3 32 Sean Gelael Team WRT 03:56.537 03:53.337 03:54.401 43 LMGT3 69 Parker Thompson Team WRT 03:56.700 03:54.699 03:54.655 44 LMGT3 74 Dennis Marschall Kessel Racing 03:56.560 03:54.665 03:54.677 45 LMGT3 23 Jonny Adam Heart of Racing Team 03:55.975 03:53.723 03:54.888 46 LMGT3 91 Timur Boguslavskiy Manthey DK Engineering 03:56.183 03:53.561 03:55.610 47 LMGT3 77 Ben Tuck Proton Competition 03:55.951 03:54.528 03:55.666 48 LMGT3 88 Logan Sargeant Proton Competition 03:56.931 03:54.753 49 LMGT3 62 Julian Hanses Team Qatar by Iron Lynx 03:57.531 03:54.771 50 LMGT3 61 Rui Andrade Iron Lynx 03:56.950 03:55.033 51 LMGT3 54 Francesco Castellacci Vista AF Corse 03:57.277 03:55.175 52 LMGT3 92 Riccardo Pera The Bend Manthey 03:57.466 03:55.314 53 LMGT3 10 Antares Au Garage 59 03:57.662 54 LMGT3 33 Ben Keating TF Sport 03:57.724 55 LMGT3 79 Johannes Zelger Iron Lynx 03:57.776 56 LMGT3 150 Custodio Toledo Richard Mille AF Corse 03:57.991 57 LMGT3 57 Takeshi Kimura Kessel Racing 03:58.109 58 LMGT3 59 Clément Mateu Racing Spirit of Leman 03:58.395 59 LMGT3 58 Alexander West Garage 59 03:59.352 60 LMGT3 2 Prince Jefri Ibrahim TF Sport 03:59.592 61 LMGT3 13 Orey Fidani 13 Autosport 04:00.258 62 LMGT3 34 Peter Dempsey Racing Team Turkey by TF DSQ Race Start:
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Comment on Exposing the YouTube sponsor "Honey" Part 2: Stealing private coupon codes, extreme data harvesting, and more in ~tech
DefaultWizard Link ParentHe mentions right at the start of the video Paypal/Honey sending some legal threats about his discretion of some bits of the honey source code so I wouldn't be surprised if that related to the 1...He mentions right at the start of the video Paypal/Honey sending some legal threats about his discretion of some bits of the honey source code so I wouldn't be surprised if that related to the 1 year turnaround time if lawyers were involved.
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Comment on Steam Replay 2025 in ~games
DefaultWizard Link93 Games this year (Up 62 from last year) 1316 Achievements (Up 1215 from last year) Top 3 games by playtime: Assassin's Creed Shadows (88.9 hours, 8% of playtime) The Legend Of Heroes: Trails of...93 Games this year (Up 62 from last year)
1316 Achievements (Up 1215 from last year)Top 3 games by playtime:
Assassin's Creed Shadows (88.9 hours, 8% of playtime)
The Legend Of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV (66 hours, 6% of playtime)
The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie (65.7 hours, 6% of playtime).I sure did play a lot of JRPGs this year between finishing Metaphor, replaying Persona 3 Reload, and playing through all of the trails games.
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Comment on Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports
DefaultWizard LinkBeen a McLaren fan since I was a kid so cannot say I was not very happy at Lando's WDC. However, this year was super scrappy and really shouldn't have gone down to the final race. Between Lando...Been a McLaren fan since I was a kid so cannot say I was not very happy at Lando's WDC.
However, this year was super scrappy and really shouldn't have gone down to the final race. Between Lando struggling with the car at the start of the year, to Oscars shocking drop of form in the second half I'm hoping both drivers come into 2026 swinging and firing on all cylinders.
The drivers aren't fully responsible for the mess from the team. Everyone will point to the Vegas DSQ and Qatar strategy fumbles but McLaren haven't always been great in strategy so I'm hoping over the break they work on that too.
What a year from Max though. He's managed to keep himself in contention without any real aid from the 2nd seat and has shown by himself he can tangle with anyone even at a car defecit. He was definitely the best driver of the year
I'm hoping that 2026 will be close between multiple teams (and maybe even multiple engine constructors?) But we'll see in 90ish days when Quali in Australia comes and everyone's taken the sandbags off.
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Comment on Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports
DefaultWizard Link ParentAston Martin are going to be powered by Honda next year. IMO, they'll be an unknown going into the year before we see what honda has shown up (either the 2014 McHonda or the 2018+ Red Bull Honda)Aston Martin are going to be powered by Honda next year. IMO, they'll be an unknown going into the year before we see what honda has shown up (either the 2014 McHonda or the 2018+ Red Bull Honda)
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~music
DefaultWizard Link ParentFromis_9 are really good. I'd probably put them in my top 3 kpop girl groups. I found out about them in 2023 after their album released and a lot of people on the kpop subreddit were talking up...Fromis_9 are really good. I'd probably put them in my top 3 kpop girl groups. I found out about them in 2023 after their album released and a lot of people on the kpop subreddit were talking up Attitude and it (and the rest of the album) wowed me.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~music
DefaultWizard Link ParentHow do you listen to that much music and not end up repeating songs often? Teach me your ways.How do you listen to that much music and not end up repeating songs often?
Teach me your ways.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~music
DefaultWizard (edited )LinkMy Apple music replay (which isn't fully accurate as I only started using it in june) Artists: The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die Acloudyskye Petey USA Health Lupe...My Apple music replay (which isn't fully accurate as I only started using it in june)
Artists:
- The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
- Acloudyskye
- Petey USA
- Health
- Lupe Fiasco
Albums:
- Acloudyskye - This Won't Be The Last Time (Indie rock/ electronica)
- Petey USA - The Yips (Heartland rock/ Midwest emo)
- Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place (Post rock)
- Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong (Art rock/ baroque pop)
- A Place For Owls - How We Dig In The Earth (Midwest emo)
Songs:
- Self Esteem - The Deep Blue Okay
- Petey USA - Breathing The Same Air
- Weeekly - Stranger
- School Of Seven Bells - This Is Our Time
- Sufjan Stevens et al. - Saturn
Top Genres:
- Alternative
- Rock
- K-pop
- Indie Rock
- Adult Alternative
Lupe sneaking into my top 5 artists because just after I signed up to Apple Music I went and listened to his whole back catalog of stuff because it's been a while since I had. I'd really recommend any of my top 5 albums to anyone who's a fan of their respective genres (although both EitS and BC,NR are big names for those genres).
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Comment on Who’s playing Blood on the Clocktower? in ~games.tabletop
DefaultWizard LinkMy LGS runs it once a month, and we usually get ~10 players for it. We've just started running scripts with the experimental roles thanks to the carousel releasing. It's been a good time so far...My LGS runs it once a month, and we usually get ~10 players for it. We've just started running scripts with the experimental roles thanks to the carousel releasing. It's been a good time so far apart from when a couple of the players have completely thrown the game for no discernable reason.
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Comment on Nova Launcher discontinued in ~tech
DefaultWizard Link ParentThe main alternative reddit has settled on is Octopi Launcher which I've been using on/off for the better part of a year now. Pros: Constantly in development Pretty customisable No ads or tracking...The main alternative reddit has settled on is Octopi Launcher which I've been using on/off for the better part of a year now.
Pros:
Constantly in development
Pretty customisable
No ads or tracking (or paid version)Cons:
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Comment on Valve's secretive 'Fremont' gaming device surfaces in benchmarks in ~games
DefaultWizard LinkThis is reminding me of the steam machines line that flopped pretty hard. I thought at the time that Valve should have made one as the "standard" one to point people to. Hopefully this gets the...This is reminding me of the steam machines line that flopped pretty hard. I thought at the time that Valve should have made one as the "standard" one to point people to.
Hopefully this gets the same love the steam deck gets, and it gets priced reasonably.
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Comment on Gamescom 2025 megathread in ~games
DefaultWizard Link ParentIt should always be noted that ZA/UM have next to none of the creative leads of Disco Elysium still at the studio, but I do hope that Zero Parades turns out good.It should always be noted that ZA/UM have next to none of the creative leads of Disco Elysium still at the studio, but I do hope that Zero Parades turns out good.
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Comment on Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports
DefaultWizard Link ParentYeah I'm of a similar opinion. Lando, on his day, is still clear of Oscar in terms of speed, racecraft, and tyre management in my opinion. However, as the pressure builds for Lando to deliver I...Yeah I'm of a similar opinion. Lando, on his day, is still clear of Oscar in terms of speed, racecraft, and tyre management in my opinion. However, as the pressure builds for Lando to deliver I can't help but feel that those days are going to be fewer and further between as Oscar just keeps banging out solid races. However, if this race does go down to Abu Dhabi I'll be happy no matter who wins it (although I'd slightly prefer Lando over Oscar).
I think there's a nonzero chance that Max (or even George) could end up stealing the championship if McLaren fall back a bit in pace and have some more collisions.
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Comment on Explain Linux controversies to me in ~tech
DefaultWizard LinkI'll try to explain Arch Arch Linux as a distro which is very flexible and user customisable, with the distro not even having any window management/desktop environment preinstalled. This has made...I'll try to explain Arch
Arch Linux as a distro which is very flexible and user customisable, with the distro not even having any window management/desktop environment preinstalled. This has made it a favourite among tinkerers and people who like to customise their experience heavily.
The only way to install Arch (until relatively recently) was a fairly manual hands-on installation compared to your more "friendly" flavours like Ubuntu/Fedora/Mint. This ended up with Arch gaining a reputation of being one of the "hardcore" distros but it was more approachable than gentoo/linux from scratch so it got the large share of gatekeepy-elitists. "I use Arch btw" then cropped up as a meme making fun of these people.
Nowadays, Arch is easier to install than ever with the archinstall scripts that come bundled in the installation image and the elitists either have matured out of it or are now even more of a minority.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
DefaultWizard LinkThe Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky Trilogy For those not in the know, the Trails series is a very long running serialised JRPG franchise known for its worldbuilding and narrative. The series...The Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky Trilogy
For those not in the know, the Trails series is a very long running serialised JRPG franchise known for its worldbuilding and narrative. The series is 13 games deep (with at least 3-4 more to go depending on who you ask) and pretty much every game in the series requires knowledge from every previous game. The series also has had a fairly troubled localisation effort which made getting into the series as an English player a bit difficult until a couple of years ago where finally every game had an official English localisation and it more or less got caught up to the Japanese releases.
After watching most of a 4 and a half hour video on the first game, which I've owned for a while, I took the plunge into this beloved series. I ended up beating the first game in around 4 days, and immediately bought the second (while playing I had planned to pick up the second during the upcoming summer sale). The first 3 games in the series form the 'Liberl Arc' and focuses on events in the country of Liberl in the continent the games are set in.
The World/Characters
This is by far the most captivating part of the games for me. Estelle, the main character for the first two games, is a very strong character from minute 0 after she dropkicks an injured child for complaining too much. Joshua, the other lead character for the first two, is also a well done character and his situation in the second game kept me hooked throughout the whole playtime. I could gush about the characters in these games for probably longer than a post deserves, but I will say that Olivier is the GOAT and I will not hear otherwise.
Your party throughout the games isn't a constant either, especially in the first game. Outside of the final dungeon, you can't select members for your party as the characters come and go depending on their personal situation. This goes away partially in the second game, and more or less fully in the 3rd. The games also do react to who's in your party and whether they'd actually say anything in situations.
The world itself also feels very realised. A lot of the questions you'd ask about the world and how it functions the game either tells you or shows you. And the game does take its time setting up everything, but it pays off in the long run.
The Combat
So, I'm not the greatest fan of turn/menu based combat. It ends up being something I tolerate rather than something I enjoy about the games. I find that most times it slows the game down as it takes you out of the world to then fight.
The combat in these games are based on an actual grid, with many moves pushing/pulling their targets around. The games also have a visible turn list, where the bigger the action a character takes, the longer until their next action. So, casting a big spell will take a long time to execute, and then take a while until their next action. The counterbalance is that the big spell might one shot the pack of enemies you're fighting. I do generally like the additions to this compared to something more standard (Atlus games are what I'm comparing them to in my mind), and it gives you more to plan/ strategise with.
You progress your character in 2 main ways - Levels and Orbments. Orbments work kinda similar to Materia in FFVII where you slot Orbments into a grid and then the game uses some arcane calculations (that there is an in game wiki for) to figure out what spells (called arts) you get. Slot some big red Orbments, you get a lot of fire arts - simple as. Levels get you other abilities called Crafts. Crafts don't take any time to use, but will deal less damage compared to Arts. These have a nice trade off, but I did find the Orbment system hard to figure until about halfway through the 2nd game.
The Other Bits
These games initially came out in 2004-2007 using pretty old tech, so the graphics aren't the greatest compared to what they could be. However, they're serviceable enough and during some of the cutscenes I was genuinely hyped to see fancy PNGs doing anime battles.
The games run fine (as expected), although I did have a weird issue with the 2nd and 3rd games crashing when my PC switched from light to dark mode in the evening.
These games also have no voice acting, but there is a mod which imports the Japanese dub from the PSP/Vita versions of the games and I'd highly recommend that.
I'd honestly recommend these to anyone with a passing interest in JRPGS, they are also pretty cheap too, you can get the whole trilogy on discount for around £50.
If the graphics or gameplay do turn you off, they are remaking the first game in their current engine, with an English dub to boot. You might have to wait a while if you want to play the whole trilogy this way, and from my experience once you roll credits on the first you are going to instantly be purchasing and downloading the second.
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Comment on The 2025 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in ~sports.motorsports
DefaultWizard Link ParentSadly, I'm busy for the first few hours of the race so any attempt from me this year is over before it could even start. One day... I also can't help but feel that the back to back to back...Sadly, I'm busy for the first few hours of the race so any attempt from me this year is over before it could even start. One day...
I also can't help but feel that the back to back to back scheduling of the 24 hours events is going to be very gruelling for any of the teams that're competing in at least 2 of these. As a viewer though, I'm all for it. It makes June feel like a special month.
Yep, been a Tim since the first episode released. I think HI is also probably my favourite podcast but I don't listen to enough podcasts for that to be a serious statement that means anything.
Grey & Brady just meshed together so well and I'm sad it's been off the air for about as long as it ran for. And with Grey seeming to have disappeared from the internet for the past year I don't think the HIatus will be over any time soon.