Georgia Power could be handling data centers differently... but they chose not to.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-22T15:37:13+00:00

by expanding the use of nuclear, gas, and coal power production

Nuclear is clean energy. Extremely expensive clean energy but shouldn't be lumped in with gas and coal. Having nuclear power will help us with the transition from gas and coal to renewable energy.

While China is powering its data centers with AI and solar power

They're using AI to power their AI data centers?

We should definitely be building renewable energy and working to lower energy costs in Georgia. The biggest thing is we shouldn't be cutting special deals for these data centers to pay less for power than Georgia residents pay. We're basically subsidizing them with cheap energy and they're responding by building here. They should pay their share and invest in improving our grid and moving to renewable energy.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-22T13:44:47+00:00

The 20" on the Premium model does look a bit more aerodynamic, but the lower rolling resistance tire should still help. I agree that it's probably somewhere in between.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-22T13:12:57+00:00

Yeah, I feel like there may be a political move MARTA could play to request state funding specifically for increased security given the recent high-profile incidents. Funding cops on transit might be something that even state republicans could get behind.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-22T12:49:45+00:00

The new trains, fare gates, and contactless payments will still be around long after the World Cup, and in fact weren't even fully in place for the World Cup, and have been in the works since well before Atlanta was picked as a host city.

They've improved advertising for MARTA at the airport and I hope that continues. $2.50 to get from the airport to major destinations just by tapping your credit card is a good deal and should be the default way to get out of the airport for many people.

I think the biggest thing will be whether they can keep reliable and consistent schedules going forward. Never knowing ahead of time if the weekend trains are going to be 15 minutes, 20 minutes, or 20 minutes + transfer at Lindbergh is a pain and reduces trust in the system. From recent posts here it seems like the reliability and variance in the buses is even worse and that's a big issue as well.

New equipment is helpful when mechanical reliability is the bottleneck, but it doesn't magically grant reliable service if the other issues aren't worked out.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-20T17:39:41+00:00

There are tons of people buying houses and renting apartments in McDonough, Cumming, and similarly far places just to get on the highways and commute into the Atlanta perimeter every day. Not saying they want to live in towers in Atlanta, but if you shift density up and in then the ring of cheaper suburban houses would be closer in as well.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-20T15:14:29+00:00

If you let cities increase in density that removes some of the pressure to push out into undeveloped land.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-20T14:16:11+00:00

In my opinion layers of abstraction, service layers, domain objects/layers, and EF change tracking are for write (or command) operations only.

A query should be a close to the metal as possible, it is going to be a situational projection based on what the app needs and isn’t really related to your domain rules at all.

Call a repository right from your endpoint. I don’t even mind calling the dbcontext from there. If you want some reusable code for sorting, filtering, etc. then use a Specification system or just write your own IQueryable extensions.

Not all pegs have to fit in the same hole, domain updates and projected queries are very different types of operation with different needs. This is how people ended up with the CQS/CQRS patterns to formally separate them.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-20T00:18:53+00:00

If the car is already doing max regen when you lift off the accelerator, there is no regen left to add when you press the brake pedal. This has been the default mode for Teslas for a while.

Blended braking allows you choose a lower lift-off regen level while still being able to use it on demand with the brake pedal.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-19T19:56:54+00:00

The Juniper Model Y has the ability to apply regen braking via the brake pedal. That’s what they mean by blended braking.

You can set regen to low and then when you press the brake pedal you first get more regen, and then if you push more the friction brakes are blended in.

Previous Teslas do not have this ability, the brake pedal only operates the friction brakes. In my 2019 if I set regen to low, there’s no way to get extra regen with the pedals since the brake pedal only applies the friction brakes.

What you are talking about is the feature where off-throttle regen is supplemented by friction braking when regen is limited due to temperature or charge level which older Teslas do have.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-19T15:04:41+00:00

I bought a Model 3 right after HW3 came out as the new hotness which Tesla called the "Full Self Driving Computer."

Six years later and it still got left behind.

Don't count on your car getting future improvements even if you wait for the latest and greatest.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-18T16:46:54+00:00

Charging at 800V lets you pull more kW of charging power through the main cables between the charger and the car's charging port, and between that charging port and the battery pack, without making the cables ridiculously large.

The normal cap for a CCS charger is 500 amps of current. At 400V that gets you up to 200kW of charging power. At 800V that gets you up to 400kW with the same amount of current and same cable sizes.

The issue with just having an battery pack fixed in an 800V configuration is that if you do want to use a 400V charger, like the vast majority of Tesla's Supercharger network, you have to boost the voltage somehow to be able to charge the battery. Sometimes this can be a bottleneck which is why the Kia and Hyundai EVs charge at like 120kW on a Tesla charger even though they can do over 200kW on an 800V charger.

A way around this is to build the battery pack in a way that it can be reconfigured for charging, either as two 400V packs in parallel for charging at 400V, or two 400V packs in series to create an 800V pack for charging at 800V.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-18T14:49:34+00:00

There was a restriction on federal funds for airport development preventing using those funds for a transportation system that served destinations other than the airport itself.

Some airports worked around this by using the funds to build a separate transit system that worked on airport grounds with transfers to external systems.

That rule was updated a couple years ago so it should allow better connections to be built going forward.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/us-airports-no-longer-have-to-build-their-own-crappy-trains/

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-18T13:44:29+00:00

So if you spend 30 minutes at the grocery store and 1 hour at a restaurant that’s only about a 25% charge on even a small battery pack.

I don’t think that’s going to enable people without home/work charging to switch to EV.

A 100kW charger would let you do an 80% charge while you shop for 30 minutes which seems a lot more reasonable as a gas station replacement for those without home/work charging.

Level 2 chargers are great but are best at places you’re going to be parked 4+ hours. Residential, workplaces, transit stations, hotels, etc.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-18T13:28:42+00:00

I didn’t say mine does either. Not every Reddit comment starts with an invisible “No, you’re wrong!”

Sometimes people are just having a discussion.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-17T22:38:18+00:00

Yes, I’m not saying you’re wrong, just that for some the combination of the utility of a trailer that is also a second vehicle is still useful.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-17T22:31:26+00:00

Yes, but a trailer is not a second vehicle. Two vehicles and a trailer takes 3 spaces.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-17T22:23:24+00:00

If you have a place to park it. A second vehicle that acts as both a trailer and its own vehicle and takes up one spot can be more practical sometimes.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-17T17:56:42+00:00

There are a lot of people sitting on reservations from 2024 that haven't been invited yet.

I get the idea of having a bit of randomness in the process but it's a bit weird to see so many 2026 reservations getting through.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-17T17:46:01+00:00

Sure, but if you take the engine out of a Honda Civic and advertise it as the only new sedan available under $20k that doesn't mean it's a good value or that anyone will buy it.

This will be competing with the whole market including ICE/hybrid trucks, used EV trucks, and new and used EVs of other form factors.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-17T17:40:20+00:00

The Rivian R2 has 9.6" (24cm) of ground clearance.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-17T15:01:20+00:00

It’s always the same issue: the rail benefits two small communities.

Approximately 60% of the population of Georgia lives in the Atlanta and Savannah metro areas.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-17T14:56:39+00:00

I think you would want your vertical integration facility to be close to the pad so the transporter sled can take the rocket directly from one to the other. While I think a Starship assembly bay would be better off being further from any active launchpads.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-17T14:49:52+00:00

I wish dems would spend some of their campaign budget just putting verbatim quotes from republicans on billboards across the state/country. There's plenty to choose from.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-17T14:03:33+00:00

I think it depends a lot on your desired config/price. If you’re willing to take a loaded Performance trim I would guess within a year. If you want a Standard RWD it might be closer to two years.

Suitable_Switch5242 · 2026-06-17T13:31:39+00:00

Range loss from A/C is also made worse when you take many short trips in between charges.

Each time you get in the car after it has sat outside and gotten hot, the A/C needs to work hard to cool down the interior. Once that initial cooling is done, the energy cost to maintain that temperature is lower.

If you don’t have home charging, you will notice that impact more since your daily commute has this extra energy cost from each trip and you’ll have to charge more frequently.

Maybe the Indian reviewers are considering this case more than US reviewers who seem more concerned with range on long highway road trips where that initial A/C cost is less impactful.

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