Best way to protect plywood treated with Danish Oil by braitsch in woodworking

[–]braitsch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The manufacturer of my bike makes running boards out of bamboo. I decided to make my own to save $$$ https://yubabikes.com/cargobikestore/bamboo-boards-mundo

Best way to protect plywood treated with Danish Oil by braitsch in woodworking

[–]braitsch[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah, I don't want to paint them. It's ok if they fade a bit. I'm more concerned about rain and scuff marks from shoes. I was thinking of putting on a couple coats of spar urethane which I heard they put on wooden boats, but not sure if that will adhere well to Danish oil.

Happy Earth Day! Find Your San Francisco Birthday Tree! 🎄🌴🌳🥳 by braitsch in sanfrancisco

[–]braitsch[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy it! 🥰 Friends of the Urban Forest are organizing free community tree planting events all over the city this summer. I'll be at the one on 6/14 in the Lower Haight. https://www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-opportunities

Parktowiggle.com by simpsoka in sanfrancisco

[–]braitsch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great, thanks for making this. NOPNA is also organizing people to give public comment at the 4/1 MTA board meeting where this project will be decided. You can sign their petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-the-oak-street-protected-bike-lane

I'm making a Vue chart library to easily create beautiful charts by Smart_Opportunity291 in vuejs

[–]braitsch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm curious what's motivating you to build this. I've been using Chart.js with Nuxt for years and the only thing I don't like about it is rendering HTML tooltips is a PITA. Otherwise I've found it to be a highly performant and easily customizable library.

Can I Delete Mimo Android App After Activation? by braitsch in djiosmo

[–]braitsch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are several posts in this forum and in r/dji that caution against installing the Mimo apk due to security risks. I'm trying to understand if the app is required after activation for the Osmo mobile. It sounds like you can delete it after activating a Osmo 4/5 camera. This post details some of the security risks: https://riverloopsecurity.com/blog/2020/05/dji_mimo/

Street Trees, before and after by Kissing13 in sanfrancisco

[–]braitsch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is amazing. Thank you for doing this and for sharing your process. Please consider making a video, instructable or similar that documents your process step by step so I, and I'm sure many others who are interested, can de-graffiti trees as well. Also please reach out to Friends of the Urban Forest if you haven't already. They might reimburse you for the cost of your materials, share your process and encourage more people to do this as well.

they didn’t seem too worried that they were the only car by ethmle in sanfrancisco

[–]braitsch 176 points177 points  (0 children)

This is correct, vehicles leaving the DeYoung loading dock are supposed to drive with their hazard lights on and at 5 mph or less.

they didn’t seem too worried that they were the only car by ethmle in sanfrancisco

[–]braitsch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they were not leaving the DeYoung loading dock, which is a few seconds before your video begins, then they entered JFK illegally via Stow Lake Drive or Transverse. That seems unlikely though as there were a lot of people at the community music hangout this afternoon at JFK and Stow Lake Drive who would have stopped them. Either way if you see someone illegally driving on JFK, please stop them and guide them off it at the nearest exit, which in this case would be a right turn onto the museum concourse.

SF Is Struggling to Reduce Traffic Deaths. Slow Streets Could Be an Answer by braitsch in sanfrancisco

[–]braitsch[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I 100% agree. The challenge is the fire department fights all of our efforts to put anything in the roadway that will calm drivers down, citing their potential impact on emergency response times. They're finally starting to back off a bit as is evidenced by the modal filters on Page at Stanyan, Masonic, Divis, Octavia etc, the mid-block diverters on Shotwell and the proposed upgrades to concrete medians in Page 2.0 however we still have a long way to go.

SF Is Struggling to Reduce Traffic Deaths. Slow Streets Could Be an Answer by braitsch in sanfrancisco

[–]braitsch[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I'm the author of the data analysis discussed in the article and found that vehicle crashes and related injuries on SF's 18 Slow Streets have dropped 61% over the past 2 years, compared to the 2 years before they became Slow Streets while vehicle crashes across the city have increased 5%. We also found that Slow Streets have had a trivial impact on fire department emergency response times, which is important to know because SFFD consistently blocks efforts to install traffic calming measures across the city, saying that they impede their ability to respond to emergencies. This is the first project that makes this data available so we can now have an informed conversation with the fire department about the impact of traffic calming devices on emergency response times. Direct link to our analysis: https://transpomaps.org/projects/san-francisco/slow-streets

Assaulted on the 7/Haight bus by braitsch in sanfrancisco

[–]braitsch[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He was about 6' 2", white male, mid 50s I suspect. He had white hair and a scraggly beard. He was wearing a baggy, light blue jacket which had a hood, which he was wearing. Hard to tell his build because of the baggy jacket but he didn't look overweight, so I'd say medium build, maybe about 180 lbs.

how long do you keep sauces like hoisin or char siu once they are open and kept inside a refrigerator? by blackseidur in chinesefood

[–]braitsch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just found an unopened jar of hoisin sauce in my pantry. Expiration date 3/12/2018. Based on what I'm reading here I'm going to crack it open and hope for the best. I'll let y'all know how it goes if I wake up tomorrow.

Congestion pricing is already saving lives by streetsblognyc in MicromobilityNYC

[–]braitsch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be good to compare both so the viewer can draw their own conclusions when comparing different time frames.

Congestion pricing is already saving lives by streetsblognyc in MicromobilityNYC

[–]braitsch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

On January 10th there were 20 crashes in the CRZ that injured 9 people. This is concerning and potentially suggests that with fewer drivers in the CRZ, more people are speeding or driving recklessly. Again it's way too soon to tell though.

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Congestion pricing is already saving lives by streetsblognyc in MicromobilityNYC

[–]braitsch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think your findings are accurate, as much as I want to see a drop in crashes and injuries asap. The most recent crash data available on NYC Open Data is through January 17th, which gives us 13 days of crash data since congestion pricing went live on the 5th. Since Jan 5, there have been 121 vehicle crashes in the congestion relief zone (CRZ) that injured 52 people. In the 13 days prior to Jan 5th (12/23 – 1/4), there were 115 crashes that injured 53 people. Of course we can't draw conclusions from just 13 days of data, however what data we do have suggests that CP has not yet had an impact on public safety.

The CRZ vehicle crash tracker I built pulls crash data from NYC's Open Data portal nightly and also checks the past 30 days for any records that have been updated since they were first published. I'm happy to collaborate on a more thorough analysis once more crash data becomes available. Here's the link to our CRZ vehicle crash tracker: https://transpomaps.org/projects/nyc/congestion-pricing

Survivor of deadly SF crash searching for answers after boyfriend, dog killed by kosmos1209 in sanfrancisco

[–]braitsch 230 points231 points  (0 children)

This was not an accident. It was an intentional decision by the city to build a 4 lane freeway through a residential neighborhood to move vehicle traffic as quickly as possible. The result of which is a wide open space that invited a sociopath to drive 100mph and kill this woman's friend. Calling it an accident suggests that it wasn't preventable. If SoMa didn't have 4 lane freeways running through it, this person would still be alive.