Add two socials for coming week

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diff --git a/...ls/20204-08-21 Walk from Ocean beach to the Mission through Golden Gate Park.md b/...ls/20204-08-21 Walk from Ocean beach to the Mission through Golden Gate Park.md
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+title: Walk from Ocean beach to the Mission through Golden Gate Park
+pubDate: August 21, 2024
+alsoOn:
+  - https://x.com/puf
+  - https://threads.net/frankpuf
+tags: [san-francisco, hike, golden-gate-park]
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+Last Sunday we walked from the [Beach Chalet](https://www.beachchalet.com/) at Ocean beach back to our home in the Mission. It was a beautiful route through Golden Gate Park, Haight Ashbury, Lower Haight, and Laguna and Valencia street.
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+The drive out by Waymo took 30 minutes, including the delay I mentioned in [Waymo stuck behind parked church cars](/socials/2024-08-19-waymo-stuck-behind-parked-church-cars).
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+![](https://i.imgur.com/B2yvJUV.png)
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+Then we walked a very similar route back. First we walked over JFK through Golden Gate Park, which is *so* beautiful without any cars. There's more street art on JFK now, like this:
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+![](https://i.imgur.com/fLgpHRQ.jpeg)
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+And of course there was the [Lindy in the Park](https://lindyinthepark.com/) crew, despite these very explicit signs about NO DANCING!
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+![](https://i.imgur.com/wVQroon.jpeg)
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+After Golden Gate Park, we walked Haight Ashbury, and Lower Haight, finally turning right on Laguna to make it back home.
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+![](https://i.imgur.com/CJFbv9e.png)
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+The walk back clocked in at 3 hours, including a few (restroom and coffee) stops. A bit longer than the 30 minute Waymo ride out, but a great sight seeing walk in our beloved SF.
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diff --git a/notes/socials/2024-08-19 Waymo stuck behind parked church cars.md b/notes/socials/2024-08-19 Waymo stuck behind parked church cars.md
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+title: Waymo stuck behind parked church cars
+pubDate: August 19, 2024
+alsoOn: [https://x.com/puf, https://threads.net/frankpuf]
+tags: [waymo, san-francisco. mission]
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+Waymo's robo-taxis are a very common sight in San Francisco these days, and I've gotten pretty used to riding them. In general they're really good drivers, but sometimes it still gets into a situation that would never happen to a human.
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+In San Francisco's Mission neighborhood the left lane on some multi-lane streets is used on Sunday morning as parking space for church goers ([1](https://www.kqed.org/news/10512843/why-doesnt-san-francisco-enforce-double-parking-on-sundays)). Somehow our Waymo yesterday wasn't aware of this convention and decided to stop behind the last car in the left lane as if it was waiting for a traffic light or something like that - not realizing the car was parked.
+![](https://i.imgur.com/TSyDudJ.png)
+It happened twice on one ride. The first time it figured it out on its own pretty quickly, but the second time it just stood behind the parked car waiting - I guess for that car to start moving. 
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+I called Waymo support from the in-vehicle console, explained what was up, and they quickly unblocked us. Overall it probably was at most a 5 minute delay, but it made it obvious that you still need a human to figure out certain traffic situations.