Unmarked.

Looks like we are back to a single lidar configuration and cameras. Micro camera on the bumper. The front had this little device under the rear view mirror that looked to have four forward facing micro cams.

It's the most depressing thing to run into someone from one of those co-working spaces, and after listening to their pitch I immediately Google how much it costs for a for a space there.  Because I think they are totally wasting their money.

What utter rubbish.

Snyder: The Latest Large Quakes Should Be Taken As A Warning By Everyone Still Living In California.

This article over on Zero Hedge has to be the clickbaityest thing ever right now. I will summarize for you.  When the next 'big one hits" we are all going to die or be swamped by water because the land will sink. But...... what if it doesn't sink? What if it goes up like a mountain?

I'm not going to say there won't be damage or deaths. But if there is anything I have learned about living in the quake zone - BUILDING CODES APPARENTLY WORK. Even down in Mexico these days you can have a magnitude 8 quake, and there is barely any damage. It's AMAZING! Really freaking amazing.

After the quake in Southern California all the people who lived through Loma Preitta got a little twitchy with PTSD. I was living in East Palo Alto at he time in a rent controlled building which I was sure had fallen. Even though I was working in MountainView (the next town over)  I couldn't get home for hours. If the big one hits - don't even bother trying to get on the freeway for a few hours. You won't get anywhere.

Building codes however are much better than the last quakes. But people who like to hype this crap never take the into account. Mag 8's aren't what they used to be.

Meanwhile my moon lamp is still cushioned with shammies. The glass moves independently, and I'm pretty shocked the small quakes it's been through hasn't chipped it already.

When this is your everyday car.

I've been in a bit of a funk. But it made me smile to roll up to Best Buy and see a Rolls out front.



It's got some side cameras.

Why do the liberals think the Trump Baby balloon offends us? I think it's hilarious.

Wekfest 2019.

It was pretty hard to get any good shot out of this show. They really pack them in tight, and attendance was a huge crush.

While getting supplies for bunnay.

Today's bitcoin story.

A couple of days ago, a guy I know told me he knew a guy that was a bitcoin millionaire. Allegedly he put a hundred bucks in early on, and now he is a millionaire on paper.

I of course thought this was bullshit. People tell a lot of fibs in life. So today when I saw him I was like - why doesn't your bitcoin millionaire friend cash out and become a real millionaire?

He replied - He can't figure out how to sell it all. Which is kind of the craziest crap I've ever heard. What good is being a millionaire on paper - if you can't cash out?

It also probably explains why the bitcoin price is still so high.

What happens next?

Larger.

I guess we have officially reached contraction. Demand for literally ~everything~ has been pulled forward. So I don't know where growth is going to come from.

I'm pretty sure we have hit peak Lidar.

I haven't seen any new rig configurations lately. Now I imagine we go into a consolidations phase. They can't all be making money.

BMW did have these stylish cameras though.

Hypercolor Masi.

Normally I rack my photos differently. But I was walking in downtown San Jose when this car passed me. It caught my attention because well - it's purple. And it had a loud motor. I couldn't really figure out what it was.

It got stopped at a light, so I zoomed in from down the block to get one shot off to look at later and figure out what it was. I'm not actually sure the above shot would have helped me. The back didn't have any badging.

Then I remembered that San Jose traffic signals are set really slow and I hustled down the block getting a few extra shots off. Once I got to about this point I could see it was a Masi. The photos aren't great over all - but I had about 20 seconds to get almost half a block.

I like to be fair.

Elon has cleared out quite a bit of over inventory. I would say by at least half.

Seems about right.

I'm sure it's different this time.

Larger.

When this is your everyday car.

We are right in the time of year when you can't decide if this is too early or too late. I could only get one shot off.

Goose eggs all around.

My city is hosting a car show for planes this weekend. At first I was super excited because they were going to have a drone show. I'm just okay on the planes.

Then they cancelled the drone show. I did a drive by of the planes a couple of times and I didn't think there was anything worth stopping for.

Then went to the fair to check out the bunnies and silly chickens. But there is some kind of bird virus in California right now. No silly chickens. All the bunnies were the same. And there were much less of them.

I'm really glad to don't forecast where I am going because I'd look like such a phony. So much stuff I was interested in this year was completely cancelled. I don't quite remember a year like this one It's really strange.

I have a serous case of the Mehs.

Nothing says you are too dependent on a country more than this.

Strolled up to my doorstep today to find that my husband bought a 12 inch pizza pan from China. I'm sure he didn't chose China, he just clicked a button. But, how is it possible that it's less expensive to a make this thing in China and ship it all across the ocean?

Please tell me this is peak crazy.

I do love funky tile sometimes.

When I heard this I laughed....

All Target registers are down and shoppers are abandoning their carts. Here are some scenes from the #TargetDown apocalypse.

Because I was just having a conversation on this post (in the comments) about not being able to use cash when the power goes down or just even if the stores servers are down. It is just not possible.

Rando parking lot Q8.

I wasn't aware that any models of anything were shipping with Lidar yet. But this certainly looks like lidar to me. You can see it also has a forward facing camera. If there was anyone with the car I would have asked, but there wasn't. Audi does adopt technology faster than the rest.... sooooo.

I guess the homeless have unionized.

People like to rail about what a shit hole San Fransisco is... but today I ran across a facebook page called Santa Cruz looks like Shit that shows that even they have had enough of the problem with the homeless. Which says a lot because Santa Cruz has an extremely tolerant view of "campers".

I guess they cleared this camp about a month ago, But the whole thing was so completely insane. If  this were a tax paying citizen - the government would literally fine you out of existence.

But even they are getting tired of shit on the streets. The needles and the crime that comes with this. And you can't do ANYTHING about it. Not only are cities responsible for the costs of cleaning these camps - but now the homeless basically just sue cities. Junkies have more rights than the rest of us.

Meanwhile over in Oakland - Home Depo wants to close up because they have a crazy encampment right next door.

The hardest part is the waiting.

You just feel stuck. And it's just so weird that people are so tuned out that they don't even see that vehicle sales around the globe have collapsed. The UK fell by 44%

"The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said earlier this month that car production fell by almost half in April, with an “extraordinary” drop from 127,970 cars rolling off production lines in April 2018 to 70,971 this year, a fall of 44.5%." Source.

India Fell 20%. You know shit is getting real when anyone talks about India.

"Sales fell 20.6% in May to 239,347 vehicles from a year earlier, according to data released on Tuesday by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam). It was the biggest fall since a 22% decline in September 2001 and the seventh consecutive drop in monthly domestic passenger vehicle sales. Vehicle sales in India are counted as factory dispatches and not retail sales." Source.

And China down 26%.

"China car slump extends to a year with no rebound in sight https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-11/china-car-slump-extends-to-a-year-with-no-rebound-in-sight … via @markets "Retail sales...fell 12.5% to 1.61 million units in May...That follows a 16.6% decline in April and a 12% drop in March." Chinese car brand sales down 26.5%. BIG number." Source.

But hey - Tesla is still meeting production goals! I guess. You just feel like you are living in a mirage.

That time autofill made you forget what you were searching for.

Makes sense.

Homelessness has risen 42% in San Jose and is skyrocketing in all the large cities. But we are giving health coverage to illegals now.

I guess these are kinda cute right now.

They are very color dependent. Normally silver isn't even a color to me. But it works here.

Small town charm.

Last year my city did a micro cattle drive through the city. I didn't even know they did that because I only accidentally ran across it while I was driving into town. I thought it was a cute thing to see - ONCE.

Then I heard it was the last year for the city next to me, who also runs a cattle drive through their city. So Mr. S. and I got up early and went down to watch. I mean, if it's going to be the last year I might as well do it twice. But after waiting for a while Mr S. eventually walked down and talked to one of the traffic cops who said they only did it last year because it was the 100 year anniversary. No cows this year. And it pretty much explains why I never knew my city did that. They still have a micro parade. Really micro.

Here we go I guess.

PG&E warns of possible widespread power blackouts amid extreme CA fire risk this weekend.

I am not in the affected area - this time. California is just so nuts. I imagine I will have to find a backup bug out hotel because they did this a few months ago in the area around Napa.

That is when I learned a lot of people reply on power for oxygen. If my bug out hotel is next to the hospital, it could be a problem to get in. When they did this last year they didn't get their power back for three days and people were howling. I mean, imagine if you are a restaurant!

One of the places in St Helena was going to have a block party because they were out of power for so long and figured if we are going to lose this food - we might as well cook it. Now that area is considering having to buy a microgrid. Can you believe this shit?