adrianparsons

7일 전discuss

Great writeup! I work with NYC open data but did not know about this dataset!

> Garages make up one-fifth of NYC buildings

I'm quite surprised by this.

adrianparsons

8개월 전discuss

Veritasium has a great video about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pir_muTzYM8

adrianparsons

12개월 전discuss

https://www.alltext.nyc/search?q=ana+peru

adrianparsons

작년discuss

Yes! He organized a barebones conference out of the Meetup office in New York. The premise was that all attendees would do a 10 minute talk on any subject (I think it was called 10conf?). Mikeal spoke about his pour-over coffee setup while using it to make coffee for everyone.

I really enjoyed time I spent with him and appreciated his kindness and leadership in the community. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones.

adrianparsons

2년 전discuss

This was an aside at the end of the article, but what an interesting strategy:

I bought the stock for the same reason I buy stock in every hotel, airline, bank, and similar I use: in the unlikely event a not-particularly-high-stakes poker player has a routine customer service complaint, Investor Relations is available as an escalation strategy, over e.g. hotel staff who might be long-since inured to listening to complaints from people who lost money in a casino.

adrianparsons

2년 전discuss

It sounds like this is already the case, somewhat. The article says:

> Ambetter was obligated by state law to provide one outside of its network if Ravi couldn’t find one in a “timely manner” — which, in Arizona, meant within 60 days.

(They didn't)

adrianparsons

2년 전discuss

Compared to overtime, though, which cost $800M+ in 2023, lawsuit settlements by the NYPD only cost $115M in the same year[0].

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/nyregion/nypd-police-misc...

adrianparsons

2년 전discuss

Similarly, I was surprised by the "lawsuit settlements" section on this Lieutenant's page on the referenced 50-a.org site

https://www.50-a.org/officer/JPRP

adrianparsons

2년 전discuss

> Right now if you want to create content for Netflix you need to buy like a $30,000 camera .

Just noting that the official guide[0] lists a number of cheaper cameras, including one that retails for $2k (the Panasonic BGH1).

0: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360...

adrianparsons

3년 전discuss

I laugh when I see these because I've witnessed the process that leads to them. It goes something like:

  1. Relatively confusing UX is designed and built.
  2. User testing or executive review concludes the UX is relatively confusing.
  3. Product Manager says "We'll build a slideshow/interactive tutorial!" to solve the problem.

The process and end result is completely understandable. It's hard to rehash a design when you've already built it and gotten buy-in.

I want to spend as little time as possible with most tools (especially enterprise tools), and so often these interrupt my work.

adrianparsons

3년 전discuss

I just have to say the the entire Hokusai exhibition currently on view at MFA Boston[0] is very very cool. Great Wave is on display (as shown on this site), but the dozens of other prints (From Hokusai, Hiroshige, and others) are just incredible.

0: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/hokusai-inspiration-and-influ...

adrianparsons

3년 전discuss

State and local laws matter a lot. I moved to a tenant-friendly state (NY) from a tenant-unfriendly state (Texas). NY has much stronger protections for renters. Better eviction laws, access to housing court, and actual enforcement of housing laws.

adrianparsons

3년 전discuss

Yesterday's post about Ikea[0] reminded me of this company that exclusively sells cardboard furniture.

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35700751

adrianparsons

3년 전discuss

Further afield, but may I also recommend the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas and the smaller but also great Silverball Museum in Asbury Park, NJ.

http://www.pinballmuseum.org/

https://www.silverballmuseum.com/asbury-park/

adrianparsons

3년 전discuss

> can you give me examples where fire codes are over-zealous?

There's a small movement to eradicate the requirement for midrise buildings to have 2 stairways. Advocates point to European regulations and claim that a single stairway is just as safe as 2.

Double stairways, they say, makes construction more expensive and results in awkward, undesirable apartment layouts.

https://slate.com/business/2021/12/staircases-floor-plan-twi...

adrianparsons

4년 전discuss

Wow, bad timing for Eve Air Mobility, who just started trading on the NYSE this morning.

https://evtol.com/news/eve-goes-public-nyse-zanite-sharehold...

adrianparsons

6년 전discuss

For electronics, B&H photo is good, too! (Also I'm in NYC and they're a local company with local distribution centers)

adrianparsons

7년 전discuss

They could, but WeWork has a nice network of spaces. We have seamlessly moved from one WeWork building to another in the same city, opened up satellite offices in other cities, etc. It's also nice to be able to reserve a workspace or conference room in other cities when I'm traveling.

adrianparsons

8년 전discuss

I'm impressed with how small the dev team was, how much fun they seemed to have working, and how much freedom and creativity they had. I wonder if we stifle innovation by building crazy large hierarchies.

adrianparsons

8년 전discuss

I noticed this the last time I was in Berlin. A cafe can process a line of 10 people paying cash very quickly.

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