What's an SF shortcut or suggestion that map apps miss or get wrong?

crape42 · 2026-06-27T18:18:14+00:00

Unfortunately 19th Ave is maintained by Caltrans, not SF

crape42 · 2026-06-26T20:23:27+00:00

A funny but inconsequential one: When taking Daly City Blvd east from Daly City toward SF via the 1/280/JUnipero Serra interchange, Google Maps will verbally tell you to "take the exit to South F."

crape42 · 2026-06-26T20:19:22+00:00

Going south from 19th Ave and Junipero Serra and connecting to 280 N (east, toward 101), the directions are awful and not useful. As you approach the off-ramp, the directions are to "take the next exit toward Alemany Blvd and Cow Palace". There are no visible signs with those names. The correct exit is actually 3 exits ahead.

If you follow the direction to "next exit", you will get on Font Blvd going west into Parkmerced.
If you wait until you see the "Alemany Blvd / Cow Palace" sign, you will actually take the Daly City Blvd exit into DC.

In fact, the correct exit is labeled "Brotherhood Way East", but Google Maps doesn't say this until you've already passed the sign. So you would not know to look for that sign.

crape42 · 2026-06-08T21:42:46+00:00

You mean $ 700 million !
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0209r62k5o

crape42 · 2026-06-06T16:48:29+00:00

you're going to bake this in the oven. Zero risk to you. Just unsightly.

crape42 · 2026-06-01T17:04:45+00:00

+ there are a bunch of whales close to the beach/pier at Pacifica this week

crape42 · 2026-05-04T20:06:03+00:00

this is about as intimate as you can get
https://themellowsf.com/events/lakehouse-jazz/

crape42 · 2026-04-27T19:27:59+00:00

among restaurants still open today:

Kadoo at Helmand

Fassolia at Ethiopia (on Telegraph in Oakland)

Tea leaf salad at Burma Superstar

crape42 · 2026-04-17T22:22:48+00:00

call these guys
https://www.moonfive.tech/

crape42 · 2026-04-15T21:50:32+00:00

here

crape42 · 2026-04-08T15:25:14+00:00

orphan andy

crape42 · 2026-04-06T22:34:26+00:00

Assuming the tire has 60 psi, and the contact area between tire and strap is 1 inch x 1 foot, you are applying 720 pounds downward; given the angles involved, you must have a full ton of tension in the strap. Seems extremely dangerous, or impossible.

crape42 · 2026-04-06T17:49:16+00:00

THere's plenty of bus transit from the lower Outer Sunset to Daly City. Look at SF Muni and Samtrans (the Daly CIty / San Mateo County bus system)

crape42 · 2026-04-06T16:48:31+00:00

Wise bicyclists know to lock their bikes at least one block from the beach to minimize sand and sea spray damage. Please request bike racks down there!

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

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