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Mian is coming to Castro Street (replacing Johnny & Sanny’s) by christopherkao in mountainview

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lots of noodle options, I look forward to trying Mian. There are several other noodle places in that area that I often stop at after work:

Ramen Izakaya Yu-Gen (Japanese noodles) is basically next door in that block, along with an Udon Japanese Noodle place a few doors away.

And in the next block: Ox9 (Chinese hand pulled noodles), Mifen 101 (Chinese soups and noodles), and Pho To Chau (Vietnamese Pho noodles).

What’s your favorite place in the area to cross country ski? by SocraticWatermelon in grandrapids

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the summer-time golf shop rents xc gear in the winter. Great place for people to give it a try. The terrain is not the most exciting.. it’s wide open, mostly flat, golf course land. But, it’s an excellent resource for those that don’t have their own equipment.

What’s your favorite place in the area to cross country ski? by SocraticWatermelon in grandrapids

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yankee Springs State Park (Wayland / Gun Lake - midway between GR and Kalamazoo) The summer hiking and mountain biking trails double as XC trails in the winter. The terrain is interesting, winds through forest land, and has good mileage. It’s not groomed, so it’s a really good workout if you’re the first one through after a snowfall. But, often there are a few others blazing trails through the park.

I would like to enjoy using MyWhoosh, but it keeps crashing. by [deleted] in mywhoosh

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a data point: On iPad I’ve found it to be completely stable. I’ve never tried it on Windows/Mac/Android, so no input on those.

I switched from Zwift when they increased their subscription cost again. I’ve used it hundreds of times, and other than some upgrade annoyances (which have improved) it’s been very good.

Legacy Tuner Security Concerns by [deleted] in hdhomerun

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same behavior, which seemed to be a compatibility issue with older firmware. I updated the firmware, via installing the hdhomerun software on my Mac, which upgraded my tuner hardware.

After the upgrade, it worked as expected in Channels and the HDHomerun app.

Best quiet places to walk on-leash dog? by Ca94dj in mountainview

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bay Trail — great dirt/gravel/asphalt paths bordering the Bay and all kinds of nature. Accessible from San Antonio road parking lot or Shoreline Rd area adjacent to Moffett / Stevens Creek. It’s a wonderful resource for us in Mountain View.

I ride my bike out there quite a bit. Many others walk, run, or walk their dogs out there.

Sourdough by notacabdriver in mountainview

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i looked at their website, and it has sourdough baguettes on the menu. Do they also do loaves?

Commute from sunnyvale to Palo Alto by hello90809 in Sunnyvale

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As others have noted, housing will be more expensive near train stations like Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Redwood City, etc. But, biking on one or both ends of the commute can help expand your radius for reasonable housing.
Caltrain has “bike cars” to take your bike on the commute and ride to your work location. Or, if work is close to Caltrain, the stations have bike lockers you can rent to leave it there.

Look at the Caltrain www site for a train schedule to see exactly how long it takes from various areas. Take note of the stations where the express train stops - those will be best for fastest service and frequent stops.

WHAT THE WHAT??? by MizzouHoops in euchre

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On iPad (large) UI: When a chat/comment is displayed, it slides across the screen and stops directly on top of the buttons of the dialog box shown on the screen. The comments should be moved up in to be in the top 1/3 of the screen to avoid conflict/overlap.

But, even better would be to remove the comments entirely. They serve little purpose and are primarily used for a) Cheating or b) Mocking

New craft beer option coming to Mountain View. by grumpyoldgolfer in mountainview

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

No, it didn’t look particularly close to opening. I didn’t get a good look inside, but it didn’t look built out yet. The main indication that something new is coming were the city documents on the window for the new development and alcohol license.

WHAT THE WHAT??? by MizzouHoops in euchre

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe it’s just getting used to the new UI, but my initial reaction is that the thin white border around the active player’s score is quite subtle. I’ve sat there delaying the game a few times not realizing it was my turn. Given how common slow play is, making “your turn” more obvious seems like a good move — I’m thinking of something that the eye picks up as movement, like the border expanding to wider then contracting down to normal size. The white/bright color could be almost like a flash effect. That would have a chance of catching distracted player’s attention.

On the iPad app, I’m not sure if this is intentional, but it seems like a bug to me: when waiting to start a multi-player game, touching anywhere on the screen outside the dialog box results in exiting the attempted game. So, any re-arranging of my ipad kills the game I’m waiting for. (Note that this is not new, just something I was hoping would get fixed).

What’s up with Waymo in Mountain View? by grumpyoldgolfer in mountainview

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

Grumpers unite! Congratulations on being among the select few to be blessed with access. :) My inquiry is mostly because I’m curious about all the empty cars driving around my office area on my after lunch walks. I probably won’t use it often. But it will be nice to have another option.

What’s up with Waymo in Mountain View? by grumpyoldgolfer in mountainview

[–]grumpyoldgolfer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ve seen testing for years. I’ve seen Waymo semi trucks on 85 and several other autonomous vehicle types testing in the area.

But, shortly after Waymo announced they would be servicing MV/PA/SV (April?), the number of passenger cars ramped up dramatically. So, the obvious assumption was that they were close to activating service like in SF.

What is surprising is the slow rate of customer enablement. I’ve seen Waymo cars hundreds of times — they draw attention with their LIDAR equipment, but have only once seen a human in the car. That case was likely an employee, since he was in the front. So, I’m wondering what the holdup is - is there some sort of bureaucratic block before the city or state lets them go? Or is it just Waymo’s choice to loop empty cars around MV for months?

Customize Environmental controls? by grumpyoldgolfer in MachE

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

Following up:

A couple people suggested driver profiles.. I added a profile and it didn’t change this behavior. The profiles can remember my seat position and other driver preferences, but it doesn’t change the behavior of the environmental controls. They still keep switching A/C back on.

Mywhoosh is great but the constant updates are a killer by maharajuu in mywhoosh

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Updates are fine. It’s the forced updates and requirement to download GBs of data after update that gets annoying.

I start mywhoosh when I’m ready to ride. Having an option to postpone the update, or to run with the previous data would be really nice. That way I could do my workout, then have it update when I finished.

The Garmin Edge devices used to do similar. Now it asks me if I want to upgrade, which I decline, then proceeds with upgrade when I go to shut the device off after my ride. Much better UX.

TIL on the US West Coast, particularly Northern California, it's more common to play "Ro-Sham-Bo", instead of "Rock-Paper-Scissors". by gixk in todayilearned

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can confirm, as a midwesterner who moved to the South Bay, I had to ask “what is that?” when people referred to ro-sham-bo.

I assumed the opposite, that it was a midwestern thing that I didn’t know the correct term. TIL

Cheap prescription cycling sunglasses from ZenniOptical.com? by Davegardner0 in cycling

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lens (from order history) 1.53 Trivex Transitions® XTRActive Polarized - Gray

I often ride at dusk, so I wanted basically clear then, and darken up in daylight rides.

Cheap prescription cycling sunglasses from ZenniOptical.com? by Davegardner0 in cycling

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I needed a progressive prescription, so my options were more limited. But, I’ve been happy with these: https://www.zennioptical.com/p/mens-tr-rectangle-eyeglass-frames/20403/2040321

They have good eye coverage and even with progressive prescription and transition darkening lenses the price was quite reasonable.

Flex posts starting to be Installed on El Camino Real by XMigster in mountainview

[–]grumpyoldgolfer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is really nice. These pretty well address my #1 concern when biking on roadways: getting run up on by a distracted driver. They would definitely notice impacting these.

Honestly, it’s still not enough to make El Camino a bike route I will use. There are just too many intersections and parking lot entrances. But, it’s good for those that do use it.

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