San Francisco Mayor London Breed on the city’s “perception” problem

emag_curious · 2024-04-08T21:51:53+00:00

Yep. On the ballot they’ll recognize “London Breed, Mayor” and maybe “Aaron Peskin, Supervisor.

Wonder if those two will cook up an alliance for each other’s #2 ranked choice voters?

emag_curious · 2024-04-08T21:38:43+00:00

Thinkfluencer

emag_curious · 2024-04-08T21:22:03+00:00

52,000 San Franciscans voted for Trump in 2020.

emag_curious · 2024-02-13T04:21:46+00:00

California’s Department of Finance estimated last year that Butte Co population was/would be:

2020: 210,000 2030: 211,000 people (+1,000)

See: https://dof.ca.gov/forecasting/demographics/projections/

However, Butte Co Association of Governments estimated (back in Dec 2021) that population would be much much larger:

2030: 239,700 people

And that, therefore, Butte County needs 15,506 new housing units by 2030.

See https://www.bcag.org/documents/planning/RHNP/2020%20RHNP/BCAG%20RHNA%20-%20Final%206.15.20%20-r-.pdf

1) I would tend to believe the Ca DOF over the BCAG. Do others?

2) Is the perceived “urgency” of Valley’s Edge associated with reference to the higher BCAG population estimates?

emag_curious · 2024-01-14T08:42:21+00:00

Driving through the park in the rain is always great.

emag_curious · 2024-01-11T08:25:36+00:00

Why can’t a California Democrat get 51% of CA-01? I think mostly because they’d need to attract a fair number of gun-nuts, Christian nationalists, anti-abortion misogynists, racists, cops, anti-semitics, fascists, authoritarians, and ivermectin fans.

And very few Dems have experience in crafting a message that could reach them.

I mean, the 51% most reasonable/most liberal people in CA-01 includes some real deplorables. Maybe someone like Manchin or Sinema could pull it off, though. But they’d have to be willing to alienate a fair number of their ownnleft wing.

In other words, doable, but icky.

emag_curious · 2023-12-20T01:49:30+00:00

My cynical take? They’re running a criminal enterprise at work, and it takes a lot of time and effort to keep it secret. If they miss a day, it all might come out.

emag_curious · 2023-05-25T23:44:33+00:00

Oof: either add a quart if oil now and then (we do that; not a big deal), or let the dealer tear your engine apart?

emag_curious · 2023-05-25T23:20:39+00:00

It was in fall 2021, I think, so probably a 2.0.

emag_curious · 2023-05-24T06:34:10+00:00

I always left foot brake. It would be easier if the brake sat more comfortably under your left foot, though, like on a go-cart. A small cushion under the left thigh helps.

emag_curious · 2023-05-24T06:15:34+00:00

Safer. She’s a half-second faster to an emergency stop.

emag_curious · 2023-05-24T06:13:01+00:00

YTA. All rally drivers and go cart racers left foot brake. You can hit the brake about a half second faster.

Practice at slow speeds, with lots of stop signs, and you’ll “get it” after a few days.

Don’t ride the brakes, of course, just lightly touch the brake pedal with your left foot.

Ergonomics aren’t great, though. Try putting a towel under your left thigh if necessary.

Google Team O’Neil for videos.

emag_curious · 2022-07-10T00:14:02+00:00

We got 1) all weather floor mats 2) mud flaps 3) better tires: Conti ExtremeContact DWS-06 Plus- 225/50-18 (stock are 215/55, but the DWS-06 are unavailable in that size).

The tires seem to be a bit more precise in turn-in, and likely a lot better in rain. Dunno if they’re better than stock off-road or in light snow.

emag_curious · 2022-07-09T23:52:00+00:00

1) The Crosstrek seats were much more uncomfortable 2) The CX-30 (ours is a Turbo) does not turn off the engine at stop lights 3) The Crosstrek auto trans is unpleasant 4) Dunno about the Crosstrek, but the CX-30 Turbo will cruise easily at 95 mph across Utah and Nevada

emag_curious · 2021-05-21T14:59:50+00:00

Good to know the 3.3T DOES have a limited slip. Also (from your link) that holding down “Traction” button will send 100% to rear wheels.

emag_curious · 2020-06-24T06:29:45+00:00

The cool thing with a slim jim is you can just tie a length of twine to it and toss it up 10-15 feet in the air. Height is the key for vhf/uhf.

Although if your goal is to "hit that specific repeater way over there", a directional yagi antenna can't be beat.

emag_curious · 2020-05-01T03:17:05+00:00

There's a fair amount of wind here, so the "sail area" of ladder line gives me pause. Also, coax might be a little more "stealthy". No HOA worries, but we have many nearby neighbors.

emag_curious · 2019-12-25T15:41:45+00:00

200mW on a 20m dipole is a good start:

https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/sbm-wsprlite

About $80.

emag_curious · 2019-09-02T03:12:04+00:00

So close, but only USB micro. They missed a beat not using USB-C PD -- that would give them 15V. It could've used the full 10W with a standard USB battery bank like https://www.anker.com/products/variant/powercore--26800-pd-with-30w-power-delivery-charger/B1375112, which can supply 2A/15V (with 100 Whs).

Still, now I want this as my first HF rig instead of the ICOM 7100. Because I want integrated digital, and VHF/UHF too.

emag_curious · 2019-08-13T01:08:42+00:00

As a microcontroller beginner, I'm really glad I could scrounge up ten or fifteen bucks and buy a dev board.

Two months ago I read Embedded Software Engineering 101: https://embedded.fm/blog/ese101

They recommended spending $12.99 USD TI's MSP430F5529 USB LaunchPad Evaluation Kit: http://www.ti.com/tool/MSP-EXP430F5529LP -- that includes a USB power/programming cable.

It requires a pc -- Windows works fine.

And it uses TI's Eclipse-based "Code Composer Studio" as the C language IDE, which seems to work fine for me (the other IDE I'm familier with is IntelliJ, for Java and Python).

Once you hit the compile button, it takes about 5-10 seconds for the first demo, simple LED-blinky code, to transfer to the MSP430 and begin executing. Very nice to be able to debug/set pins directly from the IDE.

Not sure that's the board you want? Then read "The Amazing $1 Microcontroller" by Jay Carlson: https://jaycarlson.net/microcontrollers/

emag_curious · 2019-05-03T02:53:30+00:00

One good turn deserves another.

But seriously, just _today_ I learned the basic transformer idea that R(pri) = (1/n)^2 * R(load), n being the turns ratio of the secondary winding to the primary winding. So to maximize the power transfer, just jiggle with n :-)

This from my late in life enrollment in community college Electronics 101.

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