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  1. Comment on The 2026 Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race Week Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

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    Managed about 18 hours this time. Good race throughout. Spoilers. I went into this hoping for a LMdH win, or at the very least not Ferrari or Toyota. However, I can't deny Toyota were just a cut...

    Managed about 18 hours this time. Good race throughout.

    Spoilers.

    I went into this hoping for a LMdH win, or at the very least not Ferrari or Toyota. However, I can't deny Toyota were just a cut above the rest of the teams running and they deserved it. I'm gutted for the #38 Cadi, they were going so well before the issue. Aston had a shocking drop from where they were in practice and Peugeot's car continues to be a dog.

    For LMP2, I think the #30 had a real shot of winning before the car gave up. But Europol's dominance over the past few years should hopefully get them a shot with a hypercar manufacturer at some point.

    GT3 - what a race from the #33. Edgar said in /r/WEC's discord Keating did the minimum amount of driving and left him and nicky to the race which is understandable considering Keating's probably still injured. Gutted for the #27 aston with Drudi being so far clear of the GT3 field, hopefully he gets a try in the Valkyrie soon.

  2. Comment on Ruins of the web: Hello Internet in ~tech

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    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....

    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.

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  3. Comment on The 2026 Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race Week Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

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    I'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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  4. Comment on The 2026 Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race Week Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

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    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...

    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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  5. Comment on The 2026 Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race Week Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

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    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...

    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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  6. The 2026 Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Race Week Discussion

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    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:
    Saturday, 13 June 2026 - 16:00 CET (14:00 UTC)

    Race Results.
    POSITION NUMBER TEAM DRIVER_1 DRIVER_2 DRIVER_3 VEHICLE CLASS GROUP STATUS LAPS TOTAL_TIME GAP_FIRST GAP_PREVIOUS FL_LAPNUM FL_TIME
    1 7 Toyota Racing Mike CONWAY Kamui KOBAYASHI Nyck DE VRIES Toyota TR010 Hybrid HYPERCAR Classified 381 24:03'01.030 303 3'25.155
    2 20 BMW M Team WRT Robin FRIJNS René RAST Sheldon VAN DER LINDE BMW M Hybrid V8 HYPERCAR Classified 381 24:03'11.943 10.913 10.913 304 3'25.607
    3 8 Toyota Racing Sébastien BUEMI Brendon HARTLEY Ryo HIRAKAWA Toyota TR010 Hybrid HYPERCAR Classified 381 24:03'21.447 20.417 9.504 306 3'25.041
    4 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Louis DELÉTRAZ Will STEVENS Norman NATO Cadillac V-Series.R HYPERCAR Classified 381 24:03'33.411 32.381 11.964 343 3'25.369
    5 51 Ferrari AF Corse Alessandro PIER GUIDI James CALADO Antonio GIOVINAZZI Ferrari 499P HYPERCAR Classified 381 24:05'23.453 2'22.423 1'50.042 303 3'26.154
    6 35 Alpine Endurance Team António FÉLIX DA COSTA Charles MILESI Ferdinand HABSBURG Alpine A424 HYPERCAR Classified 381 24:05'31.235 2'30.205 7.782 313 3'26.243
    7 83 AF Corse Yifei YE Robert KUBICA Philip HANSON Ferrari 499P HYPERCAR Classified 381 24:05'36.603 2'35.573 5.368 314 3'26.382
    8 007 Aston Martin Thor Team Harry TINCKNELL Tom GAMBLE Ross GUNN Aston Martin Valkyrie HYPERCAR Classified 379 24:03'30.890 2 Laps 2 Laps 318 3'26.611
    9 101 Cadillac WTR Ricky TAYLOR Jordan TAYLOR Filipe ALBUQUERQUE Cadillac V-Series.R HYPERCAR Classified 379 24:03'59.236 2 Laps 28.346 286 3'26.368
    10 36 Alpine Endurance Team Frédéric MAKOWIECKI Jules GOUNON Victor MARTINS Alpine A424 HYPERCAR Classified 379 24:05'06.622 2 Laps 1'07.386 300 3'26.399
    11 94 Peugeot Totalenergies Loïc DUVAL Malthe JAKOBSEN Théo POURCHAIRE Peugeot 9X8 HYPERCAR Classified 377 24:04'18.448 4 Laps 2 Laps 340 3'28.688
    12 93 Peugeot Totalenergies Paul DI RESTA Stoffel VANDOORNE Nick CASSIDY Peugeot 9X8 HYPERCAR Classified 376 24:05'21.204 5 Laps 1 Laps 299 3'28.268
    13 19 Genesis Magma Racing Mathieu JAMINET Paul-Loup CHATIN Daniel JUNCADELLA Genesis GMR-001-Hypercar HYPERCAR Classified 372 24:04'04.363 9 Laps 4 Laps 297 3'27.645
    14 009 Aston Martin Thor Team Alex RIBERAS Marco SØRENSEN Roman DE ANGELIS Aston Martin Valkyrie HYPERCAR Classified 372 24:04'28.357 9 Laps 23.994 352 3'26.326
    15 43 Inter Europol Competition Jakub SMIECHOWSKI Tom DILLMANN Nicholas YELLOLY Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 Classified 361 24:06'33.808 20 Laps 11 Laps 248 3'36.312
    16 343 Inter Europol Competition Bijoy GARG Reshad DE GÉRUS Nico MÜLLER Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 Classified 360 24:03'07.994 21 Laps 1 Laps 287 3'36.780
    17 29 Forestier Racing by Panis Louis ROUSSET Esteban MASSON Oliver GRAY Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 Classified 360 24:03'20.959 21 Laps 12.965 288 3'35.910
    18 26 Vector Sport Ryan CULLEN Vladislav LOMKO Pietro FITTIPALDI Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 Classified 360 24:03'34.356 21 Laps 13.397 289 3'36.503
    19 37 CLX Motorsport Adrien CLOSMENIL Ian AGUILERA Theodor JENSEN Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 Classified 360 24:04'52.522 21 Laps 1'18.166 266 3'37.168
    20 28 IDEC SPORT Paul LAFARGUE Valerio RINICELLA Job VAN UITERT Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 Classified 359 24:05'11.370 22 Laps 1 Laps 296 3'36.960
    21 4 Crowdstrike Racing by APR George KURTZ Alexander QUINN Laurin HEINRICH Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 P/A Classified 358 24:03'26.294 23 Laps 1 Laps 286 3'36.567
    22 22 United Autosports Rasmus LINDH Grégoire SAUCY Mikkel JENSEN Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 Classified 358 24:03'37.658 23 Laps 11.364 286 3'36.704
    23 183 AF Corse François PERRODO Matthieu VAXIVIERE Ben BARNICOAT Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 P/A Classified 357 24:04'34.947 24 Laps 1 Laps 285 3'36.632
    24 99 AO by TF PJ HYETT James ALLEN Dane CAMERON Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 P/A Classified 356 24:05'02.178 25 Laps 1 Laps 289 3'37.081
    25 9 Proton Competition Jonas RIED Kakunoshin OHTA Harry KING Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 Classified 356 24:05'32.283 25 Laps 30.105 220 3'37.853
    26 25 Algarve Pro Racing Michael JENSEN Enzo TRULLI Jake HUGHES Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 P/A Classified 356 24:05'50.357 25 Laps 18.074 321 3'37.375
    27 14 TDS Racing Tobias LUTKE Mathias BECHE Kévin ESTRE Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 P/A Classified 355 24:06'08.936 26 Laps 1 Laps 284 3'36.090
    28 44 Proton Competition Horst Jr FELBERMAYR Horst Felix FELBERMAYR Lorenzo FLUXA Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 P/A Classified 354 24:04'54.501 27 Laps 1 Laps 43 3'38.713
    29 222 United Autosports Daniel SCHNEIDER Benjamin HANLEY Oliver JARVIS Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 P/A Classified 354 24:05'24.274 27 Laps 29.773 259 3'37.439
    30 48 RD Limited Fred POORDAD Tristan VAUTIER Romain DUMAS Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 P/A Classified 353 24:05'07.555 28 Laps 1 Laps 291 3'38.038
    31 3 DKR Engineering John FARANO Sebastian ALVAREZ Renger VAN DER ZANDE Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 P/A Classified 344 24:06'21.773 37 Laps 9 Laps 306 3'37.941
    32 24 Nielsen Racing David HEINEMEIER HANSSON Edward PEARSON Jack DOOHAN Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 Classified 341 24:03'49.886 40 Laps 3 Laps 316 3'36.606
    33 33 TF Sport Ben KEATING Jonny EDGAR Nicky CATSBURG Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R LMGT3 Classified 336 24:06'52.461 45 Laps 5 Laps 290 3'54.592
    34 78 Akkodis ASP Team Tom VAN ROMPUY Hadrien DAVID Jack HAWKSWORTH Lexus RC F LMGT3 LMGT3 Classified 335 24:03'08.533 46 Laps 1 Laps 305 3'53.802
    35 23 Heart of Racing Team Gray NEWELL Eduardo BARRICHELLO Jonny ADAM Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 LMGT3 Classified 335 24:04'13.931 46 Laps 1'05.398 47 3'54.736
    36 87 Akkodis ASP Team Petru UMBRÄRESCU Clemens SCHMID José María LÓPEZ Lexus RC F LMGT3 LMGT3 Classified 335 24:04'15.666 46 Laps 1.735 48 3'54.445
    37 21 Vista AF Corse François HÉRIAU Simon MANN Alessio ROVERA Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo LMGT3 Classified 335 24:04'34.041 46 Laps 18.375 33 3'54.709
    38 34 Racing Team Turkey by TF Peter DEMPSEY Salih YOLUÇ Charlie EASTWOOD Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R LMGT3 Classified 335 24:05'08.218 46 Laps 34.177 124 3'54.953
    39 32 Team WRT Darren LEUNG Sean GELAEL Augusto FARFUS BMW M4 LMGT3 Evo LMGT3 Classified 334 24:03'32.171 47 Laps 1 Laps 250 3'55.282
    40 150 Richard Mille AF Corse Custodio TOLEDO Lilou WADOUX Riccardo AGOSTINI Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo LMGT3 Classified 334 24:04'30.987 47 Laps 58.816 124 3'55.894
    41 74 Kessel Racing Dustin BLATTNER Lorenzo PATRESE Dennis MARSCHALL Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo LMGT3 Classified 334 24:04'44.899 47 Laps 13.912 266 3'55.182
    42 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi KIMURA Conrad LAURSEN Daniel SERRA Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo LMGT3 Classified 334 24:05'15.370 47 Laps 30.471 315 3'55.456
    43 59 Racing Spirit Of Leman Clément MATEU Marius FOSSARD Valentin HASSE CLOT Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 LMGT3 Classified 332 24:03'47.474 49 Laps 2 Laps 288 3'55.119
    44 10 Garage 59 Antares AU Thomas FLEMING Marvin KIRCHHÖFER McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo LMGT3 Classified 332 24:06'28.306 49 Laps 2'40.832 64 3'55.627
    45 92 The Bend Manthey Yasser SHAHIN Riccardo PERA Richard LIETZ Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 LMGT3 Classified 330 24:05'31.149 51 Laps 2 Laps 261 3'55.051
    46 2 TF Sport Prince Jefri IBRAHIM Lorcan HANAFIN Ben GREEN Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R LMGT3 Classified 330 24:06'15.609 51 Laps 44.460 72 3'55.312
    47 58 Garage 59 Alexander WEST Finn GEHRSITZ Benjamin GOETHE McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo LMGT3 Classified 329 24:03'07.290 52 Laps 1 Laps 300 3'55.994
    48 62 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Abdulla AL-KHELAIFI Julian HANSES Giuliano ALESI Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 LMGT3 Classified 324 24:03'54.380 57 Laps 5 Laps 264 3'55.261
    49 88 Proton Competition Stefano GATTUSO Giammarco LEVORATO Logan SARGEANT Ford Mustang LMGT3 LMGT3 Classified 323 24:06'25.942 58 Laps 1 Laps 248 3'56.412
    50 30 Duqueine Team Doriane PIN Julien ANDLAUER Richard VERSCHOOR Oreca 07 - Gibson LMP2 Retired 307 20:36'43.524 74 Laps 16 Laps 289 3'36.518
    51 27 Heart of Racing Team Ian JAMES Zacharie ROBICHON Mattia DRUDI Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 LMGT3 Retired 291 21:03'27.097 90 Laps 16 Laps 250 3'54.747
    52 69 Team WRT Anthony MCINTOSH Parker THOMPSON Daniel HARPER BMW M4 LMGT3 Evo LMGT3 Retired 291 21:08'08.763 90 Laps 4'41.666 273 3'56.660
    53 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio FUOCO Nicklas NIELSEN Miguel MOLINA Ferrari 499P HYPERCAR Retired 284 18:19'55.370 97 Laps 7 Laps 155 3'26.903
    54 15 BMW M Team WRT Kevin MAGNUSSEN Raffaele MARCIELLO Dries VANTHOOR BMW M Hybrid V8 HYPERCAR Retired 272 17:20'34.543 109 Laps 12 Laps 267 3'25.638
    55 17 Genesis Magma Racing André LOTTERER Luis Felipe DERANI Mathys JAUBERT Genesis GMR-001-Hypercar HYPERCAR Retired 263 16:26'58.396 118 Laps 9 Laps 95 3'27.915
    56 91 Manthey DK Engineering James COTTINGHAM Timur BOGUSLAVSKIY Ayhancan GÜVEN Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3 LMGT3 Retired 254 18:02'21.172 127 Laps 9 Laps 172 3'54.593
    57 77 Proton Competition Eric POWELL Ben TUCK Sebastian PRIAULX Ford Mustang LMGT3 LMGT3 Retired 244 17:33'09.298 137 Laps 10 Laps 88 3'57.026
    58 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Sébastien BOURDAIS Earl BAMBER Jack AITKEN Cadillac V-Series.R HYPERCAR Retired 218 15:57'19.921 163 Laps 26 Laps 123 3'26.370
    59 79 Iron Lynx Johannes ZELGER Matteo CRESSONI Lin HODENIUS Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 LMGT3 Retired 153 11:03'22.599 228 Laps 65 Laps 137 3'56.320
    60 54 Vista AF Corse Thomas FLOHR Francesco CASTELLACCI Davide RIGON Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo LMGT3 Retired 110 7:36'48.500 271 Laps 43 Laps 48 3'55.613
    61 61 Iron Lynx Martin BERRY Rui ANDRADE Maxime MARTIN Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 LMGT3 Retired 65 5:03'16.609 316 Laps 45 Laps 55 3'56.396
    62 13 13 Autosport Orey FIDANI Lars KERN Matthew BELL Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R LMGT3 Retired 61 4:55'34.441 320 Laps 4 Laps 43 3'55.608
    11 votes

  7. Comment on Exposing the YouTube sponsor "Honey" Part 2: Stealing private coupon codes, extreme data harvesting, and more in ~tech

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    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...

    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.

    20 votes

  8. Comment on Steam Replay 2025 in ~games

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    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...

    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.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

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    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...

    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.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

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    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)

    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)

    4 votes

  11. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~music

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    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...

    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.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~music

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    How 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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    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...

    My Apple music replay (which isn't fully accurate as I only started using it in june)

    Artists:

    1. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
    2. Acloudyskye
    3. Petey USA
    4. Health
    5. Lupe Fiasco

    Albums:

    1. Acloudyskye - This Won't Be The Last Time (Indie rock/ electronica)
    2. Petey USA - The Yips (Heartland rock/ Midwest emo)
    3. Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place (Post rock)
    4. Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong (Art rock/ baroque pop)
    5. A Place For Owls - How We Dig In The Earth (Midwest emo)

    Songs:

    1. Self Esteem - The Deep Blue Okay
    2. Petey USA - Breathing The Same Air
    3. Weeekly - Stranger
    4. School Of Seven Bells - This Is Our Time
    5. Sufjan Stevens et al. - Saturn

    Top Genres:

    1. Alternative
    2. Rock
    3. K-pop
    4. Indie Rock
    5. 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).

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Who’s playing Blood on the Clocktower? in ~games.tabletop

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    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...

    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.

  15. Comment on Nova Launcher discontinued in ~tech

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    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...

    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:
    UX just feels off I don't know how to describe it but it feels still like a work in progress

    9 votes

  16. Comment on Valve's secretive 'Fremont' gaming device surfaces in benchmarks in ~games

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    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...

    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.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Gamescom 2025 megathread in ~games

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    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.

    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.

    5 votes

  18. Comment on Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

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    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...

    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.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Explain Linux controversies to me in ~tech

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    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...

    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.

    15 votes

  20. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    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...

    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.