Re:I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again
by sizzle on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:09PM
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This gave me a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. I thought I was a badass letting go of my bmx bike handlebars for 5 seconds going downhill as kid in middle school… you really took it to the next level my friend. Glad you are alive and well!
Re:I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again
by NikolaNovak on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:29PM
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I have a more vivid imagination than you... I could only last about 2 seconds imagining it before freaking out :D
Re:I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again
by gcanyon on Monday February 28, 2022 @10:04PM
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It was very difficult to do. I still practice this, only while walking down hallways or alleys where the worst possible outcome is stubbing a toe (or maybe banging my head on something). Interestingly it doesn't seem to matter much: 20 seconds is seemingly my limit walking or motorcycling (although I don't know what my walking limit would have been back then).
So as an experiment, at 70 mph I put my face down on the gas tank: I could see the highway lines on either side, but literally nothing ahead. I wanted to see how long I could hold that position without freaking out. Answer: about twenty seconds.
This is far from the only experiment I did back then, I’m lucky to be alive.