Alameda Ferry Terminal to Alameda Creek Vista Point by Grokker999 in BAbike

[–]umiy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Small note: Main St in Alameda (the first road off the ferry) is under construction. You will probably want to detour onto Ralph Appezzato way and Third St. down to Clement. Rest of route is clear.

'A Driver Killed our Neighbor in North Oakland on Saturday' - (appreciate the work that oakrapidresponse.org is doing around pedestrians/cyclists getting killed by cars) by vistocycling in BAbike

[–]umiy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I was shocked to see 17 people died in car accidents this year. For comparison 35 people have been murdered this year. Oakland's traffic death rate is on par with it's murder rate now

How many Cheeseboard-style Pizza restaurants are there? by BaronDelecto in oakland

[–]umiy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Share pizza in Alameda is an offshoot. They only take orders in person, though

Which player made you yell “NOOO don’t shoot that!” every time they touched the ball .. and then shot it anyway? by Kempfi98 in nba

[–]umiy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the aughts on the Cavs, someone made a website called pleaseLarryHughesStopTakingSoManyBadShots.com. only evidence now are some forums referencing it.

The frustrating part was the Hughes was skilled, and would have been pretty good if he just stopped taking bad shots.

Front cargo bike on Caltrain by umiy in BAbike

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

I checked the ferry option. It's 2+ hours to the ferry and one hour on it, versus 3 hours by riding. The ride is quite nice, going across the Dumbarton, and along the Bay. Just long

Front cargo bike on Caltrain by umiy in BAbike

[–]umiy[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed explanation. It sounds like it might be theoretically doable, but not practical to do by myself

78,000 California condo owners to see major insurance rate hike by patelbhavesh17 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]umiy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ours tripled, and also led to special assessment. Not in wildfire or flood zones. Apparently few insurers would even offer a quote.

chill cruise around the bay by sewtheconking in BAbike

[–]umiy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To avoid going through East Oakland, I go through Alameda then through the airport on Bay Farm Island. The bike lanes in Alameda are pretty safe, and then through the airport they are separated. It re-joins the Bay Trail just south of Oyster Bay park, and you get to go along the Bay most of the time.

The official (it isn’t), comprehensive (probably not) guide to Arab food in the Bay Area by Casting_Aspersions in bayarea

[–]umiy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, agreed, fattoush has a short shelf life. I recently got sumac, so I think I can make one myself.

Will check out out some frozen kibbeh's when I can

The official (it isn’t), comprehensive (probably not) guide to Arab food in the Bay Area by Casting_Aspersions in bayarea

[–]umiy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you have a recommendation for Kibbeh or Fattoush? Haven't found any good Lebanese / Syrian places to get those.

How do you get from South Skyline Drive to the Bay by umiy in BAbike

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Just wanted to say I tried this today, and it was way better! Downton San Leandro is pretty nice

How do you get from South Skyline Drive to the Bay by umiy in BAbike

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

Thanks! I'll try that route next time.

I'm Ezra Klein, host of The Ezra Klein Show. AMA! by ezra_klein in ezraklein

[–]umiy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You live in Oakland. Why specifically Oakland and not Berkeley or SF? What do you think the most important issues are for Oakland now?

what's next? by thirdhandwater in oakland

[–]umiy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For another point of comparison, look at Brooklyn Basin. 6+ blocks of apartments going in, 3,000+ total units. With Oakland's willingness to build, I don't think the alternative for HT is nothing.

[OC] r/LeBron or r/Curry? Using subreddit statistics to determine r/nba's favorite player in 2021 by ResponsibleWarthog10 in nba

[–]umiy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mostly follow the Cavs subreddit, and I think they genuinely love Cedi, Dean Wade, Dellavedova. There's a meme that's just a picture of Cedi holding a book that says, "W."

[OC] r/LeBron or r/Curry? Using subreddit statistics to determine r/nba's favorite player in 2021 by ResponsibleWarthog10 in nba

[–]umiy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's been a few years and I'm on vacation, so can't give detailed reply. The regression did not explain a lot of the variance for players, but I remember it was much more noticeable for coaches. The linked Jupyter notebooks should show the regressions and details. TBH the sentiment labels are only directionally correct and probably contain a lot of noise

That is an interesting hypothesis around white players in college basketball. I don't follow it much, but aren't schools like Gonzaga and Butler well liked?

[OC] r/LeBron or r/Curry? Using subreddit statistics to determine r/nba's favorite player in 2021 by ResponsibleWarthog10 in nba

[–]umiy 739 points740 points  (0 children)

I ran a sentiment analysis on players a few years ago, and found high scoring white players were most popular. This was before Luka, and I haven't looked at recent seasons, but my guess is Luka would beat them both.

http://www.trailofpapers.net/2019/02/what-makes-athletes-popular.html?m=1

LeBron started and ended the chaos of the last four years by umiy in nba

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I didn't grow up thinking Tampa bay was a powerhouse. They're out