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michaelleslie

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About michaelleslie

SF-based occasional engineer.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #42700178

    > (The worst are SF's 2-way stops at intersections between equally-sized roads that show up randomly throughout Sunset. Worst of both worlds.) As a cyclist, I've been yelled at by …

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    Comment #42598257

    I take it this is more of a meta-realization than one acutely related to open working environments

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    Comment #38437377

    Goodwill (or similar) is your friend here. Physical media players are likely to get purged when someone's de-cluttering their home.

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    Comment #38437211

    Anecdote, but I've gone back to public library DVDs and Blu-rays for titles unavailable on streaming for similar reasons to what you've described. I'm in the States, so it's less o…

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    Comment #33615747

    Sounds like Mars 2112 in Times Square.

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    Comment #25270532

    Logging in to note that these are classic ADHD symptoms, should you want to investigate that aspect of your psyche further.

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    Comment #20045123

    https://twitter.com/boring_as_heck/status/872144967350632448... comes to mind

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    Comment #20044440

    Sounds like a less-scalable metro system, a technology that predates this "innovation" by a century or so.

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    Comment #19058466

    Contrary to popular belief, gas taxation does not come close to covering the cost of road maintenance and construction.

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    Comment #18880088

    Their vans are an absolute terror whenever I ride down Market Street on my commute. Muni clearly has higher driver hiring standards.

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    Comment #18332246

    That's a remarkably privileged and blasé take, denying the importance of civic engagement.

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    Comment #17605696

    That's a good point. I know Penn is a major bottleneck (we have Christie to thank for that after killing ARC), and there's the added problem of delays conflicting with Metro North/…

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    Comment #17605523

    Ahh, the classic, "We've defunded and gutted this government program. Look! Government doesn't work!" that the American right traffics in. The private sector is the reason for thes…

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    Comment #16067213

    Oh certainly, the political implications of digging a tunnel under Los Padres haven't even begun to unfold. I support the project, but part of me wishes that the money could have g…

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    Comment #16066515

    Some Second Transbay Tube plans mention a stop in Alameda before entering Oakland. Whether the project happens in San Francisco's lip-service to transit NIMBY climate is the bigger…

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    Comment #16066488

    From my understanding, most of the benefit of this BART extension will be for East Bay commuters (areas in the south, like Milpitas and Fremont, in particular) who are more likely …

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    Comment #15737659

    TfL manages more than just the London Underground. I think the other poster may be using the Tube's share of operating expenses?

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    Comment #15240400

    More women entered the workforce at that time, and households with more than one breadwinner became more common due to wage stagnation in the 70s, but I imagine there's more at pla…

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    Comment #14665831

    Even smaller parks in San Francisco, like Buena Vista, have surprisingly large amounts of wildlife despite being in dense areas. I've seen coyotes and raccoons in my neighborhood. …

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    Comment #14470948

    A similar thing recently happened when Blue Bottle wanted to open where Bean There used to be on Steiner at Waller. http://sfist.com/2017/05/15/blue_bottle_blocked_from_opening...