Hacker News: michaelleslie

New comment by michaelleslie in "Making an intersection unsafe for pedestrians to save seconds for drivers"

michaelleslie — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:08:22 +0000

> (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 drivers for not stopping at that type of intersection, where they have a stop sign and I don't. People are working off of their personal version of the rules of the road, where they are always right.

New comment by michaelleslie in "Yemeni Coffee Shops in Texas"

michaelleslie — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 22:50:27 +0000

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

New comment by michaelleslie in "Several piracy-related arrests spark fears of high-level crackdown"

michaelleslie — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:59:48 +0000

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

New comment by michaelleslie in "Several piracy-related arrests spark fears of high-level crackdown"

michaelleslie — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:46:00 +0000

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 of an issue of region/market lock-out and more an issue of no one being able to own their own media any more.

New comment by michaelleslie in "Activision Blizzard Is Trying to Stop a Union Vote at Its Albany Office"

michaelleslie — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:08:25 +0000

Sounds like Mars 2112 in Times Square.

New comment by michaelleslie in "The psychology behind ‘revenge bedtime procrastination’"

michaelleslie — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 21:58:13 +0000

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

New comment by michaelleslie in "The Boring Company will develop an underground “people mover” for Las Vegas"

michaelleslie — Wed, 29 May 2019 20:34:57 +0000

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

New comment by michaelleslie in "The Boring Company will develop an underground “people mover” for Las Vegas"

michaelleslie — Wed, 29 May 2019 19:38:43 +0000

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

New comment by michaelleslie in "Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park"

michaelleslie — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 20:51:12 +0000

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

New comment by michaelleslie in "Chariot is shutting down"

michaelleslie — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:56:46 +0000

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

New comment by michaelleslie in "The Growth of Reddit"

michaelleslie — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:37:14 +0000

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

New comment by michaelleslie in "Live tracking of Amtrak trains"

michaelleslie — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:17:02 +0000

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/NJT schedules.

We need infrastructure investment in dense corridors if we're to get anywhere remotely near European or Asian standards.

New comment by michaelleslie in "Live tracking of Amtrak trains"

michaelleslie — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 22:40:51 +0000

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 these delays.

http://blog.amtrak.com/2015/02/message-amtrak-regarding-time...

Why Seattle Is America's Bus-Lovingest Town

michaelleslie — Fri, 11 May 2018 22:53:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/05/seattle-the-city-that-respects-the-power-of-the-bus/559697/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17051296

Points: 1

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New comment by michaelleslie in "The Case for the Subway"

michaelleslie — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 01:28:39 +0000

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 gone to massive improvements of Los Angeles, Bay Area, Sac, and smaller cities' transit (with density bonuses, value-capture schemes, etc.). No way that wins a statewide ballot though.

In the end, the Caltrain improvements as part of the project will help a lot, which I think include more double-tracking as well as electrification and grade-separation.

New comment by michaelleslie in "The Case for the Subway"

michaelleslie — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:31:33 +0000

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 question.

New comment by michaelleslie in "The Case for the Subway"

michaelleslie — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:27:51 +0000

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 to work in the South Bay than in San Francisco.

Caltrain presumably will remain the fastest option from San Jose, at least if regressive enclaves like Atherton don't delay the improvements for the high-speed rail project.

Getting the fiefdoms to coordinate is the Bay's eternal transit problem, however.

New comment by michaelleslie in "How Politics and Bad Decisions Starved New York’s Subways"

michaelleslie — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 03:55:37 +0000

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

New comment by michaelleslie in "Most Female and Male Occupations Since 1950"

michaelleslie — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:18:45 +0000

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 play than just that.

New comment by michaelleslie in "Urban nature: What kinds of plants and wildlife flourish in cities?"

michaelleslie — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 18:42:52 +0000

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. In preserved areas like the Presidio and the Headlands, I've seen Bald Eagles while cycling.