Patrick Lam (@[email protected])

Not going to tweet much anymore, but I will promote my discussion of @DrDreHistorian's excellent book _Can't Get There From Here_ about the history of NZ passenger rail: patricklam.ca/post/20230107-…

@jambina Only three more weeks before another going back for another Canadian winter though.

@jambina It's 18 degrees here in Wellington NZ right now...

@AmandaKvalsvig A lesson that NZ used to know! Black Flu 1918 by Geoffrey Rice mentions open air classrooms designed in response to the flu.

This is looking like a generational impact. NZ already has a huge problem with Group A Strep (GAS) causing rheumatic fever, & high rates of many other infections. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain by learning lessons from elsewhere and keeping our children safe. 5/5

V good thread from @jeffgilchrist, highly relevant for Aotearoa NZ. Why? 1. SARS2 has well-documented impacts on the immune system 2. Places where children have been exposed to multiple Covid waves are seeing altered epidemiology of familiar child infections (see thread) And...1/

@LI_politico I've seen I ❤️ BJ T-shirts in Beijing...

@sameo416 @AndrewFromKW @RunGameRepeat @DFisman @joeyfox85 @DavidElfstrom @jljcolorado That wasn't the one I was thinking about, but also valid. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_Cree…

If you’re in London Ont the smart and delicious place to get your coffee is Locomotive (@EspressoLdnont). They keep their air clean so you can enjoy the space, the conversation, and the fare. @NeedlesOnNews @RebeccaZandberg

@AndrewFromKW @sameo416 @RunGameRepeat @DFisman @joeyfox85 @DavidElfstrom @jljcolorado That is novel for legacy buildings. There has been talk of no new gas connections. I wonder how much we get from constraining new construction vs forcing expensive retrofits.

@va2lam @sameo416 @RunGameRepeat @DFisman @joeyfox85 @DavidElfstrom @jljcolorado I recall seeing something recently about commercial buildings in the Netherlands which will be disconnected from the utilities if they are below an established energy standard. That all started before the Russian war, so it has a renewed importance. I’ll be interesting to follow.

@AndrewFromKW @sameo416 @RunGameRepeat @DFisman @joeyfox85 @DavidElfstrom @jljcolorado This is an issue with earthquakes in NZ. I think codes are ratcheting up; there seems to be limited time where you can grandfather before you must fix the building. I suspect Christchurch inspired this. Healthy homes standards don't seem to be time limited.

@va2lam @sameo416 @RunGameRepeat @DFisman @joeyfox85 @DavidElfstrom @jljcolorado Legacy buildings present a massive challenge. I foresee a time in the not too distant future where we stop “grandfathering” buildings to codes that were in force at the time of their construction. We need to have a minimum standard that is relevant with the times we live in.

@AndrewFromKW @sameo416 @RunGameRepeat @DFisman @joeyfox85 @DavidElfstrom @jljcolorado I'm sure E7 was designed and built in a different era than DWE and CPH. M3 has no excuse though, it was built after E7 or contemporaneously? UV is probably better in a bunch of situations especially as retrofits. Clearly we don't want to heat air from -20 to +20 constantly.

@va2lam @sameo416 @RunGameRepeat @DFisman @joeyfox85 @DavidElfstrom @jljcolorado I suspect E7 was designed, built, and operated with a more modern heat recovery system allowing for efficient modes of operation that are simply not available to other buildings on campus today.

@AndrewFromKW @sameo416 @RunGameRepeat @DFisman @joeyfox85 @DavidElfstrom @jljcolorado This indoor space in a full auditorium at the University of Auckland blows Waterloo's M3 out of the water. E7 is relatively good though.

@sameo416 @RunGameRepeat @DFisman @joeyfox85 @DavidElfstrom @jljcolorado We haven’t written the last chapter on Covid. I really do see a widespread adoption of upper-room UVGI products being used in tall-ceiling public spaces including retail. It’s just a matter of how long it will take for us as a society to make these investments a priority.

@TalhaKhalid I usually don't do selfies, but yes.

@va2lam Where’s the selfie of you in an m85 😂

Good masking at SPLASH 2022 in Auckland. First conference in three years.

@TaliaRinger Haha I have some post tournament photos that are kind of explicit. Not going to SPLASH eh? Am going to head to judo practice on Wednesday night in Auckland.

"the gentle way" my ass

No fracture! Yay! I can do Judo again as soon as the pain goes away hahaha

@jangray @yyw2000 @funcOfJoe @msdev Transactional memory was super popular as a research topic towards the end of my PhD in 2006!

@yyw2000 @va2lam 2004-09 we (MS) strove mightily, heroically, and ultimately futilely to make transactional memory work in a mainstream platform (.NET), both SW and HW. joeduffyblog.com/2010/01/03/a-b… @funcOfJoe Ignorant @msdev has memory-holed it all! blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stmteam/2009/0… learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/…

youtu.be/9OLWCBGNI68 还是不懂为什么要去掉htm

@thefutureisrail @WomenInUrbanism @CouncilHamilton @GreatJourneysNZ @EngineersNZ @ProtectWinters @DrDreHistorian @anthonietonnon Figured that this would also be a good time for me to I finally start reading @DrDreHistorian's book as well!

A big day for the rail inquiry with: RMTU, @WomenInUrbanism, @CouncilHamilton, @GreatJourneysNZ, @EngineersNZ, @ProtectWinters, @DrDreHistorian, @anthonietonnon, Trains 2 Huapai, I 🤎Public Transport Taranaki, and us, among those speaking...great job! facebook.com/TISCNZ

@dimsie I know right?!

@dimsie I bought some expired soap on sale. ?!?!

@blogboynick Maybe I'm atypical but I happily pay into Canadian employment insurance and yet it would be hard to imagine for me to be claiming from it (you don't get it if you quit, and I actually have tenure.)

Not surprised. People don’t think they will be the one to need it and also don’t want to subsidise people on bigger salaries who are out of work. Would have been better to increase benefits instead of this two tier system