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How many folks have actually experienced a CEO or manager pressuring them to use AI in a way that's dumb or out of touch?
October 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I text-to-speech papers often, and www.paper2audio.com finally did the one thing that I was hoping AI would enable: replace tables/figures/diagrams with a summary of what is being shown. It makes table/diagram-heavy papers actually comprehensible. There's iOS and Android apps, and it's free.
September 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Really absurd. The largest cost in running a subway trains is labor. One-person-train-operation (OPTO) would lead to drastic service improvements by cutting in half the $$$ needed to run a train.

BTW almost every other system in the world already uses OPTO.

www.crainsnewyork.com/transportati...
MTA union quietly turned to Albany in push for 2 staffers on every train
State lawmakers quietly passed a bill in June that would block the MTA from running trains with just drivers.
www.crainsnewyork.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The Elizabeth Street Garden created their own mayoral ranking based on if candidates would proceed with evicting them or not. Notably absent is mayor Adams, who has seemingly reversed course on kicking the garden out of the city-owned plot of land
June 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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After Passing Legislation That Decimated Outdoor Dining, NYC Council Demands to Know What Killed Outdoor Dining
After Passing Legislation That Decimated Outdoor Dining, NYC Council Demands to Know What Killed Outdoor Dining
Councilmembers and DOT officials traded blame at a hearing on Wednesday, while both sides said they’d be open to making changes to the program.
hellgatenyc.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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I’m old enough to remember when Chuck Schumer did everything in his power to fight for something he believed in.

Unfortunately, he believed that Prospect Park West shouldn’t have a bike lane.

nyc.streetsblog.org/2012/12/20/t...
March 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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I wrote section 230 to protect the little guys and the upstarts like Bluesky. Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump.
March 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM