#techonology

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Aprilia should not focus only on Ducati says Head Engineer

For several years now, Ducati has set the benchmark in both Moto GP and World SBK, consistently producing the strongest all round bikes. Thanks to the concessions system, many manufacturers have managed to close the gap, but none have yet surpassed Ducati in the Moto GP.

While BMW has beaten Ducati twice in World SBK, in Moto GP only Aprilia has been able to challenge them competitively during the 2025 season. Still, Aprilia says Ducati is not the reference they are concentrating on when it comes to performance.

As Aprilia Head Engineer Fabiano Sterlacchini explained.

"There's only one way to improve performance. You have to compare it to the previous bike from your own company. Looking at our current level, it's very important that we start 2026 at the same level we had at the end of this season. We brought a few solutions to Valencia – as you could see, a few things in terms of aerodynamics. We also tested a different frame with Jorge (Martin). We made some adjustments that were more radical than on a normal race weekend. All of this was in preparation for next season.

We have certainly shown that we have raised our level considerably – we are closer to the others. But Honda's performance with Mir and sometimes Marini, or KTM, especially with Acosta, also shows signs of growth. We therefore have to focus on the championship as a whole, not just Ducati. But as I said, we have to focus on the level we are at right now."

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Apple // J-Plus (1983)

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Don't Let Your Child Lie About Their Age in Games. Here's Why.

// if you have children check out this is interesting article about computer games, privacy and children. 

Don't Let Your Child Lie About Their Age in Games. Here's Why.

As a parent, you likely see your child immersed in colorful, engaging mobile games every day.

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[alexjcrowley]

"I think one of the reasons that I feel empty after watching a lot of TV, and one of the things that makes TV seductive, is that it gives the illusion of relationships with people. It's a way to have people in the room talking and being entertaining, but it doesn't require anything of me. I mean, I can see them, they can't see me. And, and, they're there for me, and I can, I can receive from the TV, I can receive entertainment and stimulation. Without having to give anything back but the most tangential kind of attention. And that is very seductive.

The problem is it's also very empty. Because one of the differences about having a real person there is that number one, I've gotta do some work. Like, he pays attention to me, I gotta pay attention to him. You know: I watch him, he watches me. The stress level goes up. But there's also, there's something nourishing about it, because I think like as creatures, we've all got to figure out how to be together in the same room.

And so TV is like candy in that it's more pleasurable and easier than the real food. But it also doesn't have any of the nourishment of real food. And the thing, what the book is supposed to be about is, What has happened to us, that I'm now willing--and I do this too--that I'm willing to derive enormous amounts of my sense of community and awareness of other people, from television? But I'm not willing to undergo the stress and awkwardness and potential shit of dealing with real people.

And that as the Internet grows, and as our ability to be linked up, like--I mean, you and I coulda done this through e-mail, and I never woulda had to meet you, and that woulda been easier for me. Right? Like, at a certain point, we're gonna have to build some machinery, inside our guts, to help us deal with this. Because the technology is just gonna get better and better and better and better. And it's gonna get easier and easier, and more and more convenient, and more and more pleasurable, to be alone with images on a screen, given to us by people who do not love us but want our money. Which is all right. In low doses, right? But if that's the basic main staple of your diet, you're gonna die. In a meaningful way, you're going to die."

-David Foster Wallace