u/FutureNickProblems — reddlx

Blind tasting bar trivia style?

Had this thought the other day of a wine bar hosting “bar trivia“, except the questions are all blinds, and you get points for getting varietal/region/vintage/etc right. There could be clues or themes to help narrow the possibilities for any given wine. I’m imagining it done in teams.

Has anyone seen anything like this anywhere? Have you even seen wine themed trivia?

I’m not in the industry or anything it just sounds super fun and seems like the economics would be straightforward if you could attract the participants

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u/FutureNickProblems — 2 days ago

▲ 3 r/CarTrackDays

Is this circular wear pattern anything?

Trying to pin down a subtle NVH increase after my first track day; might just be rubber pickup from the track causing it but thought this wear was a little weird looking.

u/FutureNickProblems — 3 days ago

▲ 1 r/Golf_R

Fluids and pads for 1st HPDE?

Doing my first (novice) HPDE event next week. Given it’s the first and all 1:1 coaches I don’t expect I’ll be pushing 10/10ths. I see a ton of 1st time advice to “just change to performance pads and high temp brake fluid”. Should I be ok on stock pads/fluids or do I really need to go pay my shop $400+ to flush fluids and change pads?

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u/FutureNickProblems — 8 days ago

▲ 12 r/Ceramics

Slipcasting with "solid cast" mold, what did I do wrong?

Was trying some new dishware molds that are supposedly "solid cast" ie you fill them and don't pour them off, and I ended up with casts that had this weird layered/voided parts (torn open to show voids). I topped off a few times and ultimately waited ~24hrs before unmolding.

I have experience with typical drain molds but this is my first time using this kind of mold. What did I likely do wrong here? Should I have kept topping off? Should I have been tapping/jiggling the mold? Was I supposed to still drain them eventually?
It seems to me that if this entire think were all solid it these pieces would be incredibly thick, but maybe I'm just misjudging the bone dry/fired weight.

Clay was Laguna White Stoneware S-965 if that matters.

u/FutureNickProblems — 27 days ago