“Compact” is a bit of a stretch. But the size of the Pixel 9 and 9 Pro (non-XL) is pretty nice. I currently have a 7 Pro and while the “screen real estate” is nice, it’s really on the upper end of what I’m willing to use. (Both in terms of size and weight) I bought my mom a Pixel 8 recently and I really liked the form factor when I set up the phone. It’s large enough to fit everything on the screen but small enough to use comfortably. Since I really want a telephoto lens the non-XL Pro version seems like it’s made for me. 😄

Wouldn’t it be better for our digital wellbeing to have an option that makes it unpleasant to use the phone in bed? 😬

This is a belated April Fool’s joke, right? This looks horrendous. Like the ugly child of iOS and Samsung icons.

I’m still not quite sold on the pill-shaped camera bar but I suppose this design helps with consistency across different types of device (normal phones, foldables, tablets), unlike the current camera visor.

I’m not using two-button navigation but there was one nice thing it did in Android 9: you could flip the pill to the right and hold it to scroll through open apps until you’ve reached the app you wanted to switch to (or move your finger left/right to scroll in that direction), and only then lift the finger.

Unfortunately that only worked in Android 9. In Android 10 you could only swipe to the very next app. Not sure why they butchered that carousel navigation; probably to bring it in line with full gesture navigation.

Thanks!

Is there a comprehensive overview on how tyre allocation works on sprint weekends compared to regular weekends? For instance, I’ve read on Wikipedia that drivers must use a new set of medium tyres in each of the first two Sprint Quali segments. So do they get more/different tyres as usual?

An infographic about what tyre is available at what point (and which tyres have to be returned) would be nice.

DS9 gets some well deserved meme love nowadays. Quite a feat considering most fans thought of it as the black sheep of the Star Trek family during its original run.

I only want another tire to enter the sport to try and force Perelli to get better

In what way do they need to get better? They’re creating exactly the type of tyre that the F1 Management asks them to build: something that degrades so teams are forced to think about their strategy and tyre preservation.

If another tyre manufacturer comes in this all flys out of the window. We would be getting rock-solid tyres that could last for the entire race, and teams would only do their one mandatory pit stop. Not because it’s faster to at point ditch worn tyres but simply because they have to due to the sporting regulations.

A second tyre manufacturer entering F1 would be terrible because it clashes with the type of racing we have nowadays. A tyre war might have been okay in the refuelling era (because refuelling added another element to strategy) but in the current era with no refuelling it would only lead to boring 1-stop races. See the majority of the 2010 season for reference.

Isn’t that illegal in the EU?

It is. But the UK chose to leave the EU, and this is one of the many “perks” they now have.

Else I’ll have to get the Sky package

Which costs 6 times as much, and as far as I know it doesn’t have English commentary, doesn’t have archive races, doesn’t have free choice of cockpit cams, doesn’t have Formula 2 and 3. (Correct me if I’m wrong.)

It’s just a bad deal. If F1TV ever stops working in Germany for legacy subscriptions then I either have to stop watching F1 or look for other sources. ~5 euros per month is a fantastic price, I’d even pay 10 or 15 for that. But not 30 euros for the Sky package with a lot less features.

Nah, you’re totally right. That’s what the Burt Ward Robin would say. I was thinking more of the current Robin in the comics, Damian Wayne.

Depends on which Robin we’re talking about. The response could also be just “-tt-”.

The new tyre rules definitely were entertaining because different teams were strong on different tyre compounds. (RUS Q1 exit on hards vs. HAM pole in Q3 on softs)

This may be a fluke so I hope they try this rule again a few more times this year to see if it really creates more entertainment. And then implement it for good next year.

(I don’t know how to call the teams that can be in front but are not Red Bull).

Formula 1.5 teams

As an Android user who got used to MaterialYou the “cold” iOS UI really looks jarring. But it’s impressive nonetheless what they accomplished with a web app.

I mean, the writing was on the wall but I’m still surprised that RIC is actually coming back (after stating that he has no intention to drive for a midfield team).

He’ll be a good indicator whether TSU really improved from last year, or if it’s just DEV being so bad.

Which is a pity because the ideas of having “circles” was actually clever. Or at least I thought so back then. I wonder how modern social media would look like if they all implemented that.

Sainz sounds like he’s completely done with Ferrari. At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if Red Bull signed him to replace Perez. He was an RB junior after all.

They forgot a cooling fan in the car. The car stopped at the end of the pit lane (or rather right after the white line at the pit exit), a mechanic ran to the car and removed it, and thus went outside the pit lane too.