For sim, I utilize iRacing to practice and learn tracks before real life amateur endurance races in champcar and lemons as well as track days.

IMO iRacing physics are so good and the tracks are so well modeled that it’s a very effective learning tool. It’s the first sim since Live For Speed that really feels close enough to real life for me to forget I’m playing a sim.

Plus traffic management and race craft are so crucially important in wheel to wheel racing & I simply don’t get any other opportunity to practice those.

We used to distinguish AI as automatically / programmatically making a decision based on an ML model, but I’m guilty of calling it AI for wow factor, lol.

Now I have to be careful because AI = LLMs in common language .

FedEx has my package! Currently estimated to arrive tomorrow, which is one day early!

Hope they post the factory images tomorrow - I like getting my phone set up from scratch with the newest day one patch.

How’s this title look?

Does UPS actually have your package? Or is it just a label for now?

It certainly looks like packages are scheduled to go out today - that lines up with the “12th-13th” estimate google gave me for ground shipping. Maybe they delay shipping for Expedited customers, though.

I don’t have a trade in, so I only have the one package (and my Google store page says it’s all arriving in one package). My FedEx account updated almost exactly the same time I got my email, so I got no advanced notice either.

I suspect you’ll have to wait for Google to send you the “shipped” email in order to confirm your package is actually scheduled to be shipped.

FedEx doesn’t have my package yet, so still no definitive delivery date.

Google appears to use FedEx Standard Overnight shipping for Expedited orders (at least to my region), so that should be next day shipping once FedEx gets the package.

I’m gonna guess maybe they’ll release the package to FedEx tomorrow so I can get it on the 12th? If they ship it today, I’ll have it tomorrow on the 11th.

I hate FedEx, but at least their Express delivery drivers and logistics seem less prone to theft and delay than FedEx ground.

I’m not sure what I’ve done differently, but my under screen reader on my 6 pro is more reliable than the back reader on my pixel 3.

Obviously my one data point doesn’t negate the vast swathes of people who do have issues, but for me I may not even elect to use face unlock. Seems unnecessarily insecure.

I plan to buy two.

I’ve ordered (and received) the caseology parallax in bay blue for when I need super rugged protection. I also plan to order the Google branded bay blue case for when I don’t, once I get my Google store credit.

I’m frustrated that my preferred cases (Spigen rugged armor and liquid air) only come in boring, dark colors. Why can’t I have a Rugged Armor in Bay Blue? I’ve gotta put up with the noticeable extra bulk of the caseology parallax?

Sorry! My messaging was off - not intending this to be an LTT dish fest.

While this specs sheet does imply an unchanged sensor, both LTT’s video and XDA’s article linked in this comment below suggest a new (or at least updated) sensor, rather than just a lens change.

https://lemmy.world/comment/4158522

Just trying to start conversation about what seems to be still an unclear detail. Didn’t mean to start a flame war!

Sorry! My messaging was off here. I’m not intending to dish on LTT here, but actually infer that the new Pixels may actually get the long-rumored Samsung GN2 camera sensor, despite recent leaks claiming otherwise.

See my comment here for corroborating evidence: https://lemmy.world/comment/4158522

Sorry - I’m trying to corroborate this story with another article from XDA, below, which both state the Pixel 8 will get a new, different camera sensor. This would be a departure from recent leaks which claim an unchanged primary wide sensor (i.e. many people are complaining about the Samsung GN1 sensor).

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-8-8-pro-hands-on/

My apologies for making a little dig at LTT’s expense. I was trying to convey that I’m actually more convinced this information is true, since I’m sure Linus and his team are laser focused on accuracy of information right now.