Reach for the Stars @antares@qoto.org

@pixplz Yes, the federal government up to and including the president seems to have acquired a well-deserved reputation for false, misleading, incomplete or exaggerated information when it comes to public health. As I pointed out in my post a lot of people have lost any trust in what the government tells them. It is why I think that the assertion of @luckytran that having the government say it is important to continue precautions would have minimal beneficial effect, but could kick off a lot of political backlash that would not help anyone.

I made a mind blowing discovery at my new job today. I know that our company assigns serial numbers in numeric order starting at 1 for all serialized parts. Some parts, bought from vendors, get a two letter prefix. I found a part TK1348; therefore somewhere in this company is a part labeled #TK421. It is now my hope to see this part in our lab and say unto it, "TK421, why aren't you at your post?"

@ai6yr Some people have a really harsh reaction to the Covid vaccines. I cannot function well enough to do my job for a couple of days after the shot. I'm trying to pick a weekend to spend in bed when I can get my booster. It could just be that there is a timing issue.

@Greengordon @MatWright

I wonder how much of that increase is healthcare workers getting sick at the same rate as pre-pandemic, but having the culture change so they actually stay home when they don't feel good. My aunt who was a nurse bragged that in 23 years she had never taken a sick day and left her co-workers to pick up her slack. I bet that attitude doesn't go over the same now.

@stevesplace And did you enjoy 2020? Maybe you just floated through, but I lost my job, Couldn't see my grandma for two years and by the time I did she had forgotten me. I got more depressed then I've ever been in my life, my brother declared bankruptcy when his business went under and move to the other side of the country to start over. So many good people just locked themselves away and never came back. If the seasonal flu is the cost of being around family friends and neighbors again, I think it is worth the risk.

@luckytran The government has lost its authority and has in fact acquired a kind of "anti-athority" where people upset with past actions by the government will go out of their way to defy and distort government messaging. Anyone who would listen to a CDC message about additional precautions is likely already on your 40%. Why set off the starting gun of anti-government rhetoric for a small number of people who might listen to more than what is already being said?

I promise you there are a lot of smart well informed people in the Biden administration and they know that they are doing playing this low key. It is not just political, it is valid social science. When the government faces a hostile lack of authority, the worst thing to do is press that authority and loose.

@nikki soft is not the opposite of "hard" as in difficult, soft is the opposite of concrete as in measurable. You can put a test in front of me in a job interview to see if I can apply Ohms laws to circuit diagram and others should all agree whether I passed or failed. It is much harder to determine by a brief test upon which the result are clear if I can work in a team setting.

If these studies could be challenged for lack of reproducibility by a small team in 24hours, I have to ask why peer reviews aren't doing this same process before publication.

I'd like to make my prediction of the unintended consequences of #SB423:

Cities infected by SB423 will all follow a similar pattern:

* There will be a hot zone in the city about 10 blocks square or so where mandatory approval will be the most lucrative and every developer will focus on that zone. I don't know where this will be in any given city, but I bet #ScottWiener 's staff does.
* A [blockbusting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting) like effect will happen in the hot zone. As the first set of redevelopment happens existing land owners will see the writing on the wall and sell out to the developers. Up to 90% of the area will become multistory rental housing in 24 months.
* Initially this housing supply will bring lots of housing to the area, and the developers, having done their math correctly, will make significant profits in the first 5 years. However the area will over-saturate and any property not developed in the landrush will become devalued.
* City services in the area will be overwhelmed. The city government will be forced to spend a substantial amount to avoid catastrophic collapse of basic service in the area. There will be one ore two high profile failures, and a lot of smaller struggles.
* 5 - 7 years later, the developers will have cashed out and the regional and national property management firms will take over the buildings. A new hot spot will develop some ways away which will put downward pressure on rent. The buildings - built to code but not built to last - will start to see the first set of capital repairs set in just as the rental market softens.
* 10-15 years after the boom, the slumlords start buying out the more reputable property management companies in the 20% of buildings with the worst maintenance issues. While most places are still okay, the existence of notoriously shaudy buildings in the area effects the whole community and buildings start to get abandoned or neglected. The area experiences a classic urban blight as all the buildings in the area age out at the same time.
* In 25 years cities will be pock marked with SB423 neighborhoods and historians will begin comparing them to the [Towers in the Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towers_in_the_park#Criticism_and_current_state) of the 1960s and 1970s.

#IHopeIAMWrong

#housing #affordableHousing #housingCrisis, #CALeg

@mkaatman I don't know.

It takes 15 - 25 minutes to charge and #EV up to 80% That is just long enough to make a quick fast food stop. Stations with an embedded fast food place probably add charging and do just fine. The smaller ones may find it challenging.

My understanding is that Tesla is breaking even on their Supercharger network right now so I think it will be hard to make money off the charge itself and not be undercut. In theory EV drivers with a little more time to kill might be more likely to buy something that an ICE driver who can just gas-n-go and should stay my their car while fueling, but will they spend that money on convenience store items?

I think it will be 8-10 years at least before we see any significant drop in demand for gas along the freeway maybe a few years sooner for stations that depend on commuters. Either way I thing gas stations are selling buggy whips in the next age of the automobile.

MY weekend #EV #RoadTrip:
Atascadero, CA - Auburn CA (round trip)

Charged my #Tesla M3 to 95% the night before.

Drove 163 miles to [Santa Nella][1] and arrived with 30% charge. I used the restroom and walked to Starbucks where I picked up the mobile app order that was waiting for me when I arrived. by the time I got back to the car it was at 80% and I left. 18 minutes

Got to Sacramento with 38% charge. Visited friends went to lunch did 20 or so miles around town. There was a wait at both local super charger locations so I drove to [Loomis][2]. Arrived with 16% left in the battery. Spent 25 minutes at Raleys buying car snacks for the ride home. Left with 80% charge.

Spent the night with friends near Auburn (76%). Could have plugged into their 110AC but they pay a lot for electricity after dark and I didn't need to charge. Went to my medical appointment the next morning then drove all the way back to Santa Nella, 147 miles 28% charge.

Got a burger to go at In-n-Out and just barely got back in time to catch the car at 80%; 25 minutes.

Drove 163 miles home with the A/C on and going a few mph over the 70 speed limit. Got home with 25% charge. If I needed to I could make it to work and back tomorrow with the remaining charge, but I will charge over night.

642 miles. Total cost of supercharging $44 at $0.46/kWh

Yes, it is very easy to take an electric car on a road trip.

[1]: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9hGqeVdwf27iefLDA

[2]: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZBQ5aYfi1e1QbkTn9

@freemo @icedquinn @mzan

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

@KimPerales It is like everybody is living in a small town now. Can't go anywhere re e or do anything without someone recognizing you.