Robert Hall

After two weeks of snow and cold, it’s sunny and 46 today. Dragged a chair out in the driveway and enjoying the warmth, blue skies and sun before the next round of storms tomorrow…

Of the Genesis SUVs, I like the GV70...love the rear end. Of their sedans, the G90 looks like a comfy cruiser, though the G70 would probably be more fun.

I've driven over that bridge a few times when visiting the Burgh...last time about 6 years ago.. Seems pointless for such a low range, but if you are only doing 1/4 mile at a time, I guess that's ok.

I've done a fair bit with Docker, can get messy. Working w/ Docker and Terraform a fair bit on my current project, but also have a cloud engineer guy I hand off my prototypes to so they can be productionized. I'm mostly focused now on wrapping up some integration code w/ Graph QL, Postgres, and Constant Contact (their API isn't that well documented). With the snowy, gloomy weather outside, I've been listening to a lot of classic early 90s grunge, '80s-retro synthwave, '80s pop and rock..

Yes, or an LS.

Ouch...absurd upcharge..and the 4xe has a 4cyl...barf.

The GM e-Crate is very interesting, I could imagine building a retro-modern Fleetwood Brougham land yacht--keep the classic styling, soft and quiet ride, cushy seats, upgrade the audio and add the e-Crate and modern brakes, etc. Now that is a Cadillac EV I'd drive...

I have no interest in self-driving cars, or cars that talk to each other. Working in software for 25 years, I know just how buggy and easily hacked most software is...don't trust it to drive a 9000lb vehicle down the road...

You don't carry a cell phone?

I miss the traditional Cadillac names...alphanumerics are so boring, and the new 'iq' names are contrived. At least Chevy has a core set of names they have kept around for a long time and when they add new names, they usually are word names (though many are contrived).

GM probably has internal designations for different sizes of Ultium-technology platforms under development...like in the olden days where they had A-body, B-body and C-body, etc for families of products of different size and spec. So instead of a variety of 6 cyl and V8 engines, manual and automatic transmissions, gas tanks, etc used with a set of shared BOF and unibody platforms, now they will have a set of electric motors and battery packs with a set of shared platforms. Different types of dirty bits, some of the same principles though.

Neat...I remember seeing 'Direct Connection' ads in car magazines as a kid back in the day.

I could see Chinese car makers making inroads in the US w/ cheap BEVs...never underestimate the average American consumer and their desire for cheap sh*t..

It hasn't changed much in 6 years, and is the least practical of the 3 with it's tiny bunker slot windows.

Happy Birthday!

Math. Here is another site, around the same percentage for 1 dose in the US nationally. This has a breakdown for 1 dose, fully vaccinated, and booster shot state by state... too many states with low percentages. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202065/population-with-covid-vaccine-by-state-us/

Math.

Yeah, and there are many states that don’t even have 50% with at least one dose.

I'm not laughing about them, but can't feel sorry or sad for them, they brought it on themselves with their stupidity. Looking at that specific list, it's all idiots...

It just seems like people continue to devolve and get dumber and dumber...I wonder if there was so much skepticism and denial of the science when the polio vaccine was introduced, for example? My older brother was of the generation of kids where that was first used.. that was in the 50s, but there are still people alive that remember it... Sadly, the older I get, the more "Idiocracy" feels like a documentary...

I'll try clearing cookies and logging in again...

Very strange, but in the last few days, I've noticed I can't post or reply to posts from my phone. I'm logged into the site on Safari, but when I submit a post or reply post nothing is posted. No error I'm seeing on the screen either. Just doesn't post. Works fine on Safari on my Mac.

I like those Eldos. I like the two generations of Sevilles of that era also..

I guess I think of ladder frames like trucks where the cab, floor and bed bolts on it and sits above the frame, while a perimeter frame the floorpan fits down in the frame (I.e. 60s and newer BOF cars sat low like a unibody car, not high like a truck)

That Rivian platform reminds me of a perimeter frame used on older full size (and some midsize) cars (like the GM B-body or Ford Panther). Not a ladder frame w/ leaf springs like trucks usually have. A sturdy frame to hold the battery pack makes sense, esp. considering how heavy some of these BEVs are.