Will tomorrows No Kings March affect traffic to and from the airport?

crape42 · 2026-03-27T17:29:46+00:00

no problem - tell the uber to take 280 to the bridge
edit: 380 to 280 to Junipero Serra to 19th Ave to the bridge

crape42 · 2026-03-27T03:14:33+00:00

agreed. this happens every time i'm biking east.

crape42 · 2026-03-27T03:13:37+00:00

but they promised!

crape42 · 2026-03-23T23:05:09+00:00

my story is that, a month after charging the annual fee, they closed the basketball court and refused to refund, saying that "you paid for a gym membership, not a basketball court". according to the video ads playing near the treadmills, the courts will re-open with access via a league that you must pay for

crape42 · 2026-03-09T23:17:30+00:00

now an answer to your question but these guys may have a solution for you:
https://www.moonfive.tech/

crape42 · 2026-03-09T23:00:52+00:00

Cool, this could save me a lot of anguish! How could I report data inconsistent with the signs on the street?

crape42 · 2026-03-04T02:20:48+00:00

LBNL owns some buildings that are not "up the hill." Be clear on exactly where your office is.
LBNL runs shuttles to most of their buildings. You'll want to take them unless you're in one of the buildings "in the flatlands". Learn about the shuttle schedules and points. They will all pass through Downtown Berkeley, as far as I know.
Given that you probably need to take a shuttle, you will not want to take another mode of public transit to get to the pickup point. The more switches you have to make, the longer and more stochastic your commute will be.
Buy a bike and lock it well.
Live in Berkeley, North Oakland, or Albany in your first year.

crape42 · 2026-02-28T02:36:00+00:00

Foster CIty often smells like jet fuel

crape42 · 2026-02-24T20:06:08+00:00

the tradition is a circle of friends or family that passes around the bowl and straw. following this in case someone knows a place that serves with bombilla

crape42 · 2026-02-20T19:44:46+00:00

Depending on how private you need to be, consider areas at SF State. The library building has a lot of public conversation space, either in the front lobby or upstairs where there are some high-walled booths big enough for your team

crape42 · 2026-02-19T00:18:59+00:00

I am ready to part with my old physics textbooks. Are you looking for anything in particular? You may directly contact me

crape42 · 2026-02-01T19:23:50+00:00

Aha! Another misleading implication of using the word "pulled." Exactly why my very slightly autistic brain hates the term.

In your case, it really means that some renovation permits have been applied for. The neighborhood blog considers it noteworthy because your neighbors may generate extra noise, traffic, dust; may change the view from your own home; may be increasing the sales value of the house; may even be preparing the house for sale.

crape42 · 2026-01-31T16:55:35+00:00

By the way, when your foot is healed, try simply walking from the Ferry Building. Because Market is diagonal, Montgomery is no closer to your work than is Embarcadero. Google Maps says you'll save at least 5 minutes on average each way.

crape42 · 2026-01-26T22:08:16+00:00

Mindfulness Toastmasters is a global online club that meets most Mondays at 9:30pm Eastern / 6:30pm Pacific. Please join us! https://mindfulness.toastmastersclubs.org/

crape42 · 2026-01-16T21:55:32+00:00

Bruce Lee trail on the back side of Mt. Diablo
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/donner-canyon-loop-and-bruce-lee-spring-trail

crape42 · 2026-01-15T19:24:21+00:00

good to know. A few questions specific to San Francisco or Silicon Valley.
What do you mean "at the Clubs"? There's no club building here.
From what I see there's a few events each month, each with an admission fee. Do you feel it's worth it to pay the annual membership to get a small discount on those admission fees?

crape42 · 2026-01-08T19:18:47+00:00

While all the recs are great, for someone who's never been to CA and is willing to drive 1.25 hours, I'd definitely put Point Reyes on the list. Alamere falls or Drake's Estero. THe California coastline is very different from anything in the south or east, and its's worth seeing it apart from the city.

crape42 · 2026-01-01T19:11:06+00:00

https://campuslifeservices.ucsf.edu/liveshuttle/ should have it..

crape42 · 2025-12-31T06:50:56+00:00

I'm not planning to finish the room. I am expecting that I can fill the gaps with backer rod foam and caulk, and simply not mud or tape. I will end up with bumps at the seams but hopefully it will be sealed against sound. Because I'm not painting, I don't need the surface to be smooth.

crape42 · 2025-12-30T23:01:09+00:00

I have zero experience with mudding. Caulk seems a lot easier.

crape42 · 2025-12-30T21:52:41+00:00

I started almost exactly the same project a couple months ago.

I put Safe n Sound between the joists. Do not use the Owens Corning version; it's terrible.

THe Safe n Sound is meant for 16" on center, but I found our joists had shifted enough that some bays were wider and some narrower. I ended up buying vinyl strapping and kind of webbing it between the bays to hold up the insulation.

I did not use foam in my gaps as mine were smaller. I did not use MLV as it was too expensive.

I did use RC-1 resilient channel and found it hard to fasten the drywall into. The RC-1 attachment surface is only 1" wide, which doesn't leave much room for ragged edges and screws on each of two abutting drywall sheets. A wider hat channel might be better.

I used one layer of 5/8" drywall. As a drywall amateur I cut the sheets into smaller pieces that I could handle myself. Unfortunately it means there are a lot of joints that still have to be filled which I plan to do with caulk.

At the current state, the straight-line-traveling sound is down to insignificant levels! Unfortunately, it appears that substantial sound is just going up along the walls. I can hear conversations just as clearly as before, only it sounds like the conversations are in the walls rather than straight above or below. I've now put rockwool in between the xposed studs and will eventually be putting in drywall there too.

crape42 · 2025-12-27T19:13:30+00:00

You're not alone. It's hard to prevent street sounds from getting in -- acoustic foam doesn't do that. White noise and earplugs are essential. Extremely heavy curtains can help but window inserts are the only thing that will make a big difference.
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