Hamilton won the US Grand Prix to make it five wins in a row, but the F1 title is going down to the wire in Abu Dhabi because of the weird double-points rule. Hamilton’s driving was a masterclass in controlled aggression, holding off Rosberg under extreme pressure. I’m completely hooked on this teammate rivalry. Mercedes’ dominance is real and their telemetry is the proof.
The tech moment that mattered most this fortnight: Tim Cook came out as gay, in an essay, as CEO of the most valuable company on Earth. First openly gay CEO in the Fortune 500. Several coworkers had a visibly emotional day, the good kind. Representation at that altitude changes the math for a lot of people quietly doing that math.
Also brewing: Obama came out swinging for net neutrality, asking the FCC to reclassify broadband as a utility, Title II, the strong version. The ISPs are furious, Reddit is jubilant, and the comment period broke records. The plumbing of the internet is suddenly a mainstream political issue and honestly? It always should have been.
TIL: MTTR beats MTBF, optimizing recovery time over failure prevention. Hamilton’s quick recovery from a spin in practice was his race-saving incident response. Some systems win on recovery.