Reach for the Stars @antares@qoto.org

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?"

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 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 of the 1960s and 1970s.

#IHopeIAMWrong

#housing #affordableHousing #housingCrisis, #CALeg

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 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. 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.

my repeated failed attempts at answering this question without snark indicate that I should remain clear of counselors and 10 year olds.

I have a co-worker who is on a solo crusade to eliminate abbreviations from written language. I am new employee who has to ask every time I encounter a new abbreviation in a field I have not worked in before. Stay tuned this solo crusade may shortly turn into a dynamic duo of just-write-it-out crusaders. #work #WorkStories

Just like the vehicles, hydrogen fuel stations require a LOT of continuous and costly high precision maintenance. Without that they become unsafe to operate. With no real market to serve they quickly become an expensive white elephant.

Hydrogen is hell on metal components and these super high pressure systems need to be re-certified every 24 months. The expense of certifications is quickly becoming uneconomical

https://www.hydrogeninsight.com/transport/hydrogen-vehicles-in-denmark-left-without-fuel-as-all-commercial-refuelling-stations-shuttered/2-1-1519914

I wan to make a request to #Science #Teachers: When you design labs please design some (most) without step-by-step instructions. The chances of your students needing pipette skills in 10 years is remote. What will serve most student better will be the ability to identify a problem, design and experiment that might explain that problem, setup and run that experiment, then interpret the results. Perhaps followed up by design a second experiment if the first didn't help.

Save the "follow the recipe" skills for home ec. The most important thing you can teach your student at any level is experimental design.

#rant #edutooter #education #scienceEducation #Teaching #teacher @academicchatter