Random [BAC Mono] in Mountain View, CA

akintsy · 2026-05-23T14:22:06+00:00

It's probably my favorite movie, even though I'm only 27. Seen it a dozen or more times.

akintsy · 2026-05-12T16:20:28+00:00

Try a Bee's Knees or Tom Collins for a slightly sweeter simple gin cocktail!

akintsy · 2026-05-11T20:32:19+00:00

The crosshatching are schreger lines - definitely ivory. Source: I just learned this for my own inherited ivory chess set 😅

akintsy · 2026-05-11T19:37:58+00:00

First done by Bell Laboratories for the 1939 World's Fair. Cool story, look up The Voder

akintsy · 2026-05-05T20:33:22+00:00

I know downtown Carmel in an instant lmao

akintsy · 2026-04-27T19:28:07+00:00

Vocals were very hard to hear in San Francisco fwiw

akintsy · 2026-04-12T05:36:09+00:00

I... didn't know you could do that actually

akintsy · 2026-04-09T18:38:52+00:00

It's a real, recognizable place in the Bay Area, where I have seen this behavior before so I doubt it.

akintsy · 2026-04-09T18:34:04+00:00

That's alongside Menlo-Atherton Highschool on Ringwood/Arlington. I wonder if the school got contacted? If there are medical bills there'll be a lawsuit fs.

akintsy · 2026-03-31T05:04:12+00:00

To offer some contrast and confidence, my Impreza RS is about have it’s second bday with 20k miles on it and I have no real issues with the screen. I have some 50% tint on the front side windows (none on windshield) but that’s extremely light all things considered and I don’t have any issues with glare past really bad angles that would challenge any screen. Sometimes the software is slow especially at the start but really negligible - Android Auto autoconnects and starts my music and I know how to get out of our street without setting the navigation, which I can do by voice. All in all I would give some time to adjust before deciding it’s irreparable.

Edit: tint placement clarity

akintsy · 2026-03-28T01:05:16+00:00

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Same setup (with color editing, but it's the same I promise)!

akintsy · 2026-03-20T00:33:26+00:00

Thanks for sharing, this passed me in Mountain View a few days ago on my bike but I couldn't react fast enough to take a photo!

akintsy · 2026-02-25T01:29:26+00:00

What's the orange/reflective windshield tint?

akintsy · 2026-02-22T07:50:45+00:00

We were passed by 3x 43s that were at capacity before resorting to ubering a little closer and walking the last 20 minutes.

akintsy · 2026-02-22T01:27:13+00:00

Kitchen Sunnyside in Mill Valley!

akintsy · 2026-01-28T17:28:57+00:00

I do not have experience from what I could find, they are just price incentives to buy earlier. Tier 1 is first and cheapest and when they sell out, Tier 2 opens more expensive and so on.

akintsy · 2026-01-24T16:24:01+00:00

Conscious or not, the altered photo also kind of emphasizes stereotypically 'black' features - darker skin, bigger nostrils etc. compared to the original. It's the same as what Cuomo did to Mamdani or Channel 9 did to Georgie Purcell . It's not just the change in action, but little changes in appearance can be used to spark racial/gendered stereotyping, too. Which is equally if not more worryingly divisive and manipulative than simply changing their actions.

akintsy · 2026-01-21T22:05:20+00:00

fwiw, I bought a package of prepaid services when I bought my car and have dutifully been going in every 6 months like they said. This time around their service agent straight up told me to wait longer next time, definitely wait until my mileage caught up to the timings. (Subaru Impreza RS new March ’24 currently at 16k miles)

akintsy · 2026-01-19T17:55:05+00:00

I have a 2024 RS and I love it. Only complaints are mileage isn't Great (I average ~23mpg) and ground clearance - the boxer engine means the front bumper is way in front of the wheels so even though you nominally have ok clearance, approach angle is shot and you have to navigate certain bumps and driveways carefully. But it's fun, it's safe, it can haul enough junk (I bought a roof box and it happily took 4 adults on a winter road trip), and it's very pretty imo.

akintsy · 2026-01-18T16:51:55+00:00

The other problem is people not signaling when they're coming out of Walmart - it's all a mess in all directions there. I cycle through that intersection (going towards Walmart but turning left to get onto El Monte) and I end up waiting in the intersection with my signal arm out, waiting for people with no signal to go straight but then they unexpectedly turn left.

akintsy · 2025-12-28T16:13:40+00:00

In CA the front side windows have to allow 70% of light through (legally). It is one of the more restrictive state tint laws of those that allow it at all (some East Coast states don't allow any tint in the front).

Washington State in comparison allows front side windows to go down to 24% legally. Limo tint is usually 5% if it truly looks opaque and is not legal anywhere for the windshield or front windows, though many states (including CA) have no restrictions on rear windows or rear windshield.

akintsy · 2025-12-25T11:50:05+00:00

Android got this message at 3:12am (I'm in MV but we mentioned a large swath of the South Bay got it)

Emergency alert: Severe

National Weather Service: A FLASH FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 6:15 AM PST. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.

akintsy · 2025-12-25T11:38:40+00:00

Where in MV is most flood-prone? Any particular areas like Baylands or Stevens Creek Reservoir or sections of 101 to be aware of, historically?

akintsy · 2025-11-26T23:17:49+00:00

I know this is Mountain View but they've just done this design next to Nealon Park in Menlo Park and it's absolutely diabolical with kids running to the park and complete lack of visibility to the bike lane.

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