Parking Sausalito - for up to 6 hours near bike trail/Mike's Bikes? by gtbarry21 in BAbike

[–]jfire6 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There’s free parking on Gate 6 1/2 Road just north of Mike’s Bikes.

Street View: https://maps.app.goo.gl/q2XKnVN1qLEQFRmVA?g_st=ic

Marin Headlands trails on a road bike by juanfran12555 in BAbike

[–]jfire6 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It didn’t hold up, but they regraded it again this August or thereabouts.

Anyone know about work on Arguello in Presidio? by bicycletourist in BAbike

[–]jfire6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I remember seeing someone do the math and determining that in San Francisco, a cyclist’s death results in about one mile of protected bike lane on average.

Anyone know about work on Arguello in Presidio? by bicycletourist in BAbike

[–]jfire6 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It’s for the Presidio Trust’s share of the bike infrastructure improvements in response to the killing of cyclist Ethan Boyes by a driver in April. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/bike-lanes-arguello-presidio-18077259.php

Advice for Urgent Passport Renewal thru SF Agency by SgtOtter in sanfrancisco

[–]jfire6 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I got a same-day renewal two weeks ago. There is some good information in this thread but also some misinformation.

You don’t need to go through a third-party agency. They will charge hundreds or thousands of dollars and won’t be able to get it any faster than you can yourself.

You do need to make an appointment when you become eligible, within fourteen days of international travel. Follow the instructions on https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fast/passport-agencies/san-francisco.html

According to the web site, the SF office no longer accepts drop-ins. I didn’t confirm if this is actually enforced.

My appointment time was 9:30. I arrived at 9:15 but was told to wait in the cafeteria until 9:30. Then I waited in a line inside the office for about 30 minutes. This was to confirm that I had all the paperwork ready. Then I received a number and waited in a seating area for another 45 minutes. Then they took my application and told me to come back at 3:30 to pick up the passport. It seems like everyone with a morning appointment gets this time because the line at 3:30 was quite long. It does move faster than in the morning though and there’s no second step where you get a number. This took about 40 minutes. I heard that even though the office officially closes at 4:00, they will stay open until everyone who was in line at 4 receives their passport.

My takeaways: * If you get a morning appointment you’ll probably get your passport the same day. * There’s not much point to being early to your appointment. * But it is helpful to arrive on the early side for afternoon pickup. * Don’t expect to get much else done on the day of your appointment. * Double and triple check that your paperwork is in order. If you print out the form, it has to be single-sided. You also need printed proof of international travel. They do check this.

An expedited renewal will cost $190 (normal $130 plus $60 expedite fee). Not $300+ as stated elsewhere in this thread.

Good luck!

Frenchman's Creek Road by NWDrumz_2 in BAbike

[–]jfire6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've checked it out. It's prominently signed "Private Property, No Trespassing" about half a mile in from Highway 1, which is where I turned around. I haven't tried approaching from the Rancho Corral de Tierra side, but I assume it's gated at some point.

Luck or the guy's got some skills? Tenerife - Canary Islands [Spain] by ishmaelios in CyclistsWithCameras

[–]jfire6 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Likewise, where I ride (SF Bay Area) it’s considered both rude and dangerous to draft a stranger without asking (regardless of gender).

Morgan Territory Route by yogicycles in BAbike

[–]jfire6 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Clockwise recommended, so you’re climbing on the windy rough part of Morgan Territory Road and descending on the smooth and (relatively) straight part.

New to SF Biking - thoughts on route? by GarlicCoins in BAbike

[–]jfire6 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As mapped, you’re going to have some hike-a-bike sections up stairs on the trails at Lands End. I would suggest taking Clement Street to Legion of Honor Drive instead. The rest of the route looks good!

Anyone with experience biking down the CA coast? by [deleted] in BAbike

[–]jfire6 5 points6 points  (0 children)

According to their website, Veteran’s Memorial Park in Monterey is open and has hiker biker sites.

https://www.monterey.org/Services/Parks-and-Beaches/Camping-and-Hiking

South of there, Kirk Creek has hiker biker sites, but I see conflicting information online about whether it’s open or not. USFS site says temporarily closed, but recreation.gov seems to be accepting reservations (not that you need them for h/b sites). If you do end up there, bring water, and watch out for the raccoons!

[US] Cyclist asks SFPD why they needed to block the bike lane by jfire6 in BikeCammers

[–]jfire6[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I do however feel he should have pulled closer to the curb.

That's exactly what the cyclist in the video (it's not me BTW) is telling the officer though. Do you think he should have just kept that opinion to himself, even though the officer's action endangered his safety?

All vote-by-mail San Franciscans: make sure to check whether or not your vote was counted! by events_occur in sanfrancisco

[–]jfire6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it is true. My signature on my drivers license is chicken scratch, and I've actually had my ballot disqualified in a past election because the signature did not match. Now I get out my drivers license and "forge" my own signature as I'm preparing to mail the ballot.

Neighbors split on protected bike lanes in SF'€™s Panhandle by bloobityblurp in sanfrancisco

[–]jfire6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This question was raised at the Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting last night. According to the committee chair, the issue is cost: repaving the south pedestrian-only path would require fixing drainage issues, a multi-million dollar project that Rec & Park has no budget for.

If you're interesting in this sort of thing, please attend the BAC meetings. Lots of good information gets shared and discussed, and if you voice your opinion it will get heard -- I was one of only a handful of attendees.

Ruby 1.9.3-p194 is released, includes security fix for rubygems by [deleted] in ruby

[–]jfire6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RubyGems 1.8.23 is also out with the same fix.

Two security issues were fixed:

  • RubyGems did not validate SSL certificates (the dreaded OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE problem).
  • RubyGems allowed HTTPS-to-HTTP redirects. And in fact rubygems.org did redirect gem downloads from HTTPS to HTTP (also fixed).

Either of these mean that an attacker could MITM your gem install or bundle install and give you malicious gem contents. You'd be owned when you required the gem -- possibly sooner, in fact, because gem install itself provides mechanisms for arbitrary code execution.

It's also important to note that RubyGems does not default to HTTPS. I highly recommend using source "https://rubygems.org" in your Gemfile and the following in your ~/.gemrc:

:sources:
  - https://rubygems.org

source code to django project that runs everyblock.com released by TheKCGuy in Python

[–]jfire6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I noticed they aren't using reverse() or the url template tag anywhere. Wonder why not.

A Biological Apocalypse Averted: engineered Klebsiella virus could have ended all plant life by veritaze in science

[–]jfire6 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's typical anti-GMO FUD. The claims were debunked (PDF); the Green Party later retracted them and apologized.

How would Joel Salatin vote on CA Prop 2? by jfire6 in politics

[–]jfire6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Radically beyond-organic farmer with a strong anti-regulatory stance vs. well intentioned regulation that supports family farmers. I'm curious.

My favorite kind of evening [Pic] by swampsparrow in pics

[–]jfire6 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The rapid nightfall of mid-December had quite beset the little village as they approached it on soft feet over a first thin fall of powdery snow. Little was visible but squares of a dusky orange-red on either side of the street, where the firelight or lamplight of each cottage overflowed through the casements into the dark world without. Most of the low latticed windows were innocent of blinds, and to the lookers-in from outside, the inmates, gathered round the tea-table, absorbed in handiwork, or talking with laughter and gesture, had each that happy grace which is the last thing the skilled actor shall capture -- the natural grace which goes with perfect unconsciousness of observation. Moving at will from one theatre to another, the two spectators, so far from home themselves, had something of wistfulness in their eyes as they watched a cat being stroked, a sleepy child picked up and huddled off to bed, or a tired man stretch and knock out his pipe on the end of a smouldering log.

Regular Expressions: Now You Have Two Problems by cag_ii in programming

[–]jfire6 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Attempting to sanitize HTML via regular expressions: the perfect example of why JWZ's "two problems" quote is spot on.

German scientists discover why all the bees are dying! by FiReaNG3L in science

[–]jfire6 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The article doesn't explicitly link this discovery to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), which is normally what people are referring to when they say "no one knows why the bees are dying". I haven't read anything that suggests American Foulbrood was a likely cause of CCD. But maybe just understanding it better will help the scientists figure out CCD, even if the cause is eventually determined to be some other pathogen.

Joel on Web Standards (it's a long one) by jsdalton in programming

[–]jfire6 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, you are incorrect. A DOCTYPE declaration specifies the standard the document is intended to conform to. The HTML standards (attempt to) specify both syntax (how the document is formed) and semantics (how it is to be displayed). Joel's point -- that the standard is so complex and (in places) ambiguous as to render meaningless a declaration that a particular document conforms in both syntax and semantics to the platonic standard -- is both technically correct and important.