• Smokey is a reference to Smokey Yunick
• Thomasville Speedway is based on tracks like Oconeechee and the old Charlotte dirt track; the coty itself may be a reference to Herb Thomas
• Junior Moon is based on Junior Johnson; i believe they made references to him running moonshine
• River Scott is based on Wendell Scott
• Louise Nash is based on Louise Smith (who drove a Nash Ambassador)

That's just off the top of my head

Penner

Candice from Raro tribe?!

Tell me you're a Yalie without saying you're a Yalie

To add-on, the class name is almost always the first named ship. The current classes being the Los-Angeles (slowly being decommissioned), Ohio, Virginia (Los Angeles replacement), and Columbia (future Ohio replacement). Others include the Thresher/Permit class, Balao, and Gato classes. Thresher class was renamed after the Thresher sank.

Check his comment history. It's not subtle.

Kinky

I've been in a room like that when I worked in the auto industry. It's trippy, but I think the boredom would influence me to leave the room more than anything else. Even if it is weird to hear the blood in your ears.

You're the one coming across as a dick to others, so I'll be sure not to take your advice in the future.

If that’s what you mean, you probably should have said that.

Anyone with reading comprehension skills beyond those of a toddler could see that's exactly what they said.

And yeah, they sent Dan home and couldn’t participate in the rest of the game.

Only after he harassed a producer, and was allowed to continue in the game after the first incident.

Quit being an apologist for the show's shitty handling of these situations.

[Laughs in Smokey Yunick]

Yeah, the knowledge base in the industry is far better now. Understanding the moisture burn rate of LEDs wasn't really something that was widespread in the design space until maybe 2015? Understanding how to even model airflow in a lamp wasn't needed until then because incandescent bulbs got plenty hot.

Doesn't excuse Tesla using these kinds of designs, because even AL-Automotive Lighting is capable of mostly avoiding these issues now.

Automotive lighting is hard, especially with the increasing trend away from incandescent/xenon/HID bulbs. Fighting moisture is a huge issue because of the lower heat output. You can't completely seal the light because you'll still have moisture issues.

That's not even taking into account how much of a pain in the ass it is to join the lens and housing plastics.

That said, suppliers like Hella, Magna, and Valeo have gotten a lot of their shit figured out since the first LED lights; hell, even back when I was in automotive lighting to now has been a huge jump. But Tesla's designs look like shit that was being churned out around 2011.

That's possible, but a sealed taillight, particularly in that area of the trunk, shouldn't see that much moisture even with a damaged seal. If it had a bulb it'd be a different story. Sealed lights don't have a lot of paths for moisture, and they typically have moisture seals so excess water can evaporate out.

Granted, I don't doubt that VLS is using cheaper compression-set gaskets instead of the more expensive ones. That definitely doesn't help.

And yeah, I'd worry about what else is going on back there.

Guarantee there's a failure on the joint of the housing and lens. Given that it's LED, the whole thing should be sealed with a couple vents. If they're still with VLS as their light supplier...well, you get what you pay for, and Varroc doesn't charge as much.

These are the kinds of issues that you expect on a car that's half the cost of a Model 3.

They recently launched a DLC that completely broke their game.

Every Stellaris DLC breaks the game. It's pretty much two questions:

• What features are going to be completely, unplayably broken? And
• What features are going to be completely broken and exploitable in ways that would make the Spiffing Brit dump out his Yorkshire Tea in disgust?

There was also Lake Speed back in the 90's.

It's a lovely morning in Bethlehem and you are a horrible Jesus.

"We don't have to worry about it bursting spontaneously if I burst it now-eously" Dr. Max "Nick Riveria" Goodwin

Max gives me massive Tony Vlachos vibes. He's just a big ball of manic, chaotic, slightly ADHD energy that doesn't seem to be able to actually focus on a single real task at hand.

Sally will be his newest adoptive parent too. Randall's got a whole Pokémon squad of them by now.

"You are not fine, you're a mess"

Randall summarizing the theme of the entire series in seven words.

New Amsterdam: so you know how we just confirmed that Lauren is definitely not straight? What if we...put her in mortal peril...constantly?

It's like that time Michael Bolton watched all the Pirates movies before recording with Lonely Island.

Randall would do an hour long Powerpoint presentation with graphs, charts, and a Q&A session allotted for the last ten minutes.