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@dbradock “Building the RB17 will create over 100 new jobs at its factory, Red Bull said”

Brundle said in commentary that the new regulations stipulated that the cars should split at that point more easily. First I’d heard of it, and if true I’m not sure what the rationale is behind that. I would have […]

@chrispeetz @wsrgo The race was great but the direction/coverage was the worst I have ever seen, in any racing category. There was one point where there were three cars abreast in the midfield (how often does that […]

@mashiat
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forgot to @eljueta

I took it that you meant that you don’t see why it’s a “hot topic” in so many countries – i.e. why there’s fuss and controversy over something where you feel the “correct” solution is self-evident. In that case, […]

@nanotech it’s free to register an account, which makes it all the more curious why some people who come year after year haven’t done so.

People have been overrating Mercedes’ PU (and underrating their chassis) for at least five years. Further, Mercedes did express concern about the move to E10 fuel and the negative impact that was going to have on […]

@warheart “Maybe they just need to change ‘any white lines’ to ‘all white lines’ ”
Ha! Good catch!

@fluxsource You are not correct that the “some” interpretation logically forces the “all” interpretation by contradiction. You are correct however that it would mean that the rulebook simply left out how the cars […]

@drmouse, @fluxsource, @david-br, you say that we can “tell by the context” that what the rule really meant was “all”, and some have suggested that we can just “expand” the text a little to make that even clearer […]

@drmouse Perhaps it is not clear that I mostly agree with you about context and intended meaning. What I’m saying is that relying on context creates multiple possible interpretations and is a recipe for disaster […]

@fluxsource I think what perplexes me is why people are so vehemently opposed to a strict logical interpretation of the rule book. Your correct answer to my question demonstrates that indeed, on a strict logical […]

@fluxsource @drmous @david-br just wondering if you could answer me this question:

Did any lapped cars pass the Safety Car at the end of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix?

@drmouse I think we’ll have to just agree to disagree. What you are saying is that, as written, the rules did not strictly by the rules of logic mean what they intended to mean, and we instead have to invoke […]

@fluxsource it would appear that my point is not well made. Sorry about that. I’m just saying that it’s really, really important that the words “any” and “all” do actually have different meanings when it comes to […]

@david-br I see what you did there, assuming that that was deliberate! I wouldn’t say that programming languages are relevant in all contexts, but in this case programming languages are relevant/helpful due to the […]

Programming languages are not irrelevant. Those that incorporate the keywords/functions/operators “any” and “all” demonstrate very succinctly the clear and dramatic difference between the meaning of the two […]

No. “Any” does not mean “All”. If it did, many programming languages would cease to function.
For me, the issue was not with the fact that only some cars were let through. The bigger issue was that the rules very […]

Ah yes, because as we all know, Mercedes have come in 1 & 2 in every race in the last seven years. At least, if you were someone who never watched F1, that’s what you would think if just went by this “Hamilton’s […]