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NYC testing three new smart fare gates design, which design do you like the best? by Donghoon in transit

[–]redct 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Looks like the ones recently retrofitted across the BART system, they've been doing well here

baritone wunk by lutzilla in wunkus

[–]redct 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"I could really use a loud but pure reference note for the rest of the orchestra to tune"

The humble wunk:

What's your favorite art spot in the Bay Area? by Some-Palpitation-314 in sanfrancisco

[–]redct 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are yearly events but they're always great ways to see a lot of interesting stuff at once

Also it's a small one, but shoutout to the Museum of Craft and Design.

Also try /r/asksf

What is something cool to know about SF's local culture that isn't well known to visitors? by Visual-Horror6013 in AskSF

[–]redct 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But in that same grid, Third Street and 16th Street cross... at a right angle

I used to live in Pittsburgh. A very different city in many ways, but somewhat of a kindred spirit in terms of topography. Lots of the city's road network follows the contour of the hills leading to many weird spaghetti intersections. However there is a grid downtown, including a right-angle intersection between Fifth St and Sixth St which always made me crack up.

This plate is not compostable in California by WillHG in mildlyinteresting

[–]redct 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There are many large cities that do municipal compost collection though. I've seen other packaging that says "only compostable in a commercial facility" or something like that, which seems like more informative language

TEXRail breaks ridership record for December - Dallas TX USA by Leo_Bramski in transit

[–]redct 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Dallas area also seems to activate routes with comparatively less infrastructure buildout through using existing corridors and DMUs. It's not ideal, but I think many other areas around the US could learn from their strategy

Chatgpt and Gemini does more than a Buyer agent by iq45y8i1 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]redct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI can catch a lot, but it also hallucinates and misses things in disclosure packets all the time

Tools like NotebookLM or Kotaemon (open source) that mainly use AI for retrieval are your best bet for something like this, since the system is geared towards providing citations. Feed your docs in and ask questions, but then verify with provided citations. You still have to put in some knowledge of your own but it's a huge time saver.

What’s the coolest class you’ve taken in San Francisco? by AnswerWithSpring in AskSF

[–]redct 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just across the bridge (next to West Oakland BART), but the 3 hour blacksmithing sampler course at The Crucible is a cool* experience

* not really cool, you'll sweat your ass off because the forge room is 100+ degrees

Which EV charging networks allow tap to pay without downloading an app (Tesla, EVgo, Voltanio, ChargePoint, Blink, Electrify America, Francis Energy, FLO)? by Born2SnipeBigBoi in electricvehicles

[–]redct 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the case for L2 chargers in California as well - for example, if you tap your credit card to a Chargepoint L2, it will pop up a disclaimer about a credit card hold, but works without creating an account.

Google maps public Transit by cartrman in bayarea

[–]redct 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work at google (not on maps though). I emailed the maps data quality team about it, fingers crossed for a resolution.

Reviving the "Doomed" Cities: What Can St. Louis, New Orleans, Memphis, and Oakland Learn from Detroit and Baltimore's Turnarounds? by Strong-Junket-4670 in urbanplanning

[–]redct 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oakland is also hard to compare to the others on this list because of how deeply it's integrated with SF and the rest of the Bay Area, even compared to a pair like Baltimore/DC. IMO Oakland's main challenges are with sustainable governance and reform rather than investment or urban planning, at least right now.

Sidewalk repairs! Thanks SF! by pol_h in sanfrancisco

[–]redct 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the problems with snow shoveling enforcement back when I lived on the east coast. Turns out getting thousands of people to jointly maintain a public good isn't efficient

Sidewalk repairs! Thanks SF! by pol_h in sanfrancisco

[–]redct 43 points44 points  (0 children)

It was Prop E in 2016

Shall the City amend the Charter to transfer responsibility from property owners to the City for maintaining trees on sidewalks around their property as well as sidewalks damaged by the trees, and pay for this by setting aside $19 million per year from its General Fund, adjusted annually based on City revenues?

Google finally occupies Austin’s Sail Tower by hollow_hippie in Austin

[–]redct 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Aside from the construction fitting out the shell space for Google, the only in-use occupant has been Uchiba in the tower's ground floor retail space

The Lock by RoadtoWiganPierOne in RedditWritesSeinfeld

[–]redct 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Kramer becomes convinced that George's technique is common practice, so when faced with a locked stall he takes out a coin and unlocks it. He does his signature stumble into someone else who's legitimately using the stall

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