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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Is this for apartment dwellers who own EVs? I don’t think that’s a very big owner demographic.

    Most people charge their car at home and/or at work. And since most cars have “tanks” that go over 200 miles when full, they rarely need to charge in town.

    Where more chargers are needed are at comfortable stops on interstates and highways. Places like Starbucks where you will be finished charging by the time you stop, plug in, grab a bite, and use the restroom. People need fast chargers on long trips out of town. Not a ten minute stop at Kroger to pick up bread and eggs.

    They keep building these charging sites in town, and at places you don’t want to hang around — like gas stations. And they sit empty.









  • I recently watched an analysis of “2010 The Year We Make Contact” and I have to agree with the premise that this is actually an interesting movie. It’s got a stellar cast that put in good performances.

    I also love the retro futurism vibe with CRTs and Apple IIc’s. This has to be a conscious choice to make the audience relate more to the situation by bringing in some current day tech. The future feels less far off, and less sterile.

    Its sin is in trying to unravel and ground some of the mystery of 2001. But the HAL of this film feels a lot more like the creepy AI of today, and less like magic.