BTW, censusreporter.org is really cool. Tract 44 at the far extreme is Stuy Town. The next most populous is in Washington Heights, but this isn't directly density.
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
BTW, censusreporter.org is really cool. Tract 44 at the far extreme is Stuy Town. The next most populous is in Washington Heights, but this isn't directly density.
Yeah, it's hard to decide what data to use from OpenStreetMap. Originally, I was looking for things like wide roads, lots of parking, not lots of housing, but then Times Square got nearly a zero and strip malls did well. So, I settled on intersection count. You have ≈ 4,000 people in eight blocks!
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Yeah, it's hard to decide what data to use from OpenStreetMap. Originally, I was looking for things like wide roads, lots of parking, not lots of housing, but then Times Square got nearly a zero and strip malls did well. So, I settled on intersection count. You have ≈ 4,000 people in eight blocks!
Today's vibecode: Do any Applebees actually exist in neighborhoods? H/T OpenStreetMap
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Today's vibecode: Do any Applebees actually exist in neighborhoods? H/T OpenStreetMap
I know you know this but markets vary. A lot. How do we think about the superstar effect here? I didn't blow into Boston from Des Moines, I'm from the metro. Fortunately, I'm a (generational) tech worker so the market here was possible. Fewer jobs for me even elsewhere in New England.
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I know you know this but markets vary. A lot. How do we think about the superstar effect here? I didn't blow into Boston from Des Moines, I'm from the metro. Fortunately, I'm a (generational) tech worker so the market here was possible. Fewer jobs for me even elsewhere in New England.
I mean, what is there to say?
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I mean, what is there to say?
Got a cork stuck on a tiny bottle. Used that engineering degree for something today.
This is largely a joke, but it did work!
This is largely a joke, but it did work!
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Got a cork stuck on a tiny bottle. Used that engineering degree for something today.
This is largely a joke, but it did work!
This is largely a joke, but it did work!
'Memba in the Mid-90s Massachusetts learnt about bagels and went nuts?
October 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
'Memba in the Mid-90s Massachusetts learnt about bagels and went nuts?
What is the range of the Medfordite?
onthemap.ces.census.gov
onthemap.ces.census.gov
October 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
What is the range of the Medfordite?
onthemap.ces.census.gov
onthemap.ces.census.gov
Social Security Discourse always gets me going because I think it points to a national disease (and timely): The American psyche recoils at the idea that the government is a helpful entity, so we've disguised entitlements as earned benefits, or make them completely invisible.
October 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Social Security Discourse always gets me going because I think it points to a national disease (and timely): The American psyche recoils at the idea that the government is a helpful entity, so we've disguised entitlements as earned benefits, or make them completely invisible.
I searched for "West Medford" trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with the signals at High and Canal an hour ago and this post came up. Now, I'm just out of sorts. Anybody who describes this area as "country" and is upset about paint needs a serious head exam.
September 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I searched for "West Medford" trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with the signals at High and Canal an hour ago and this post came up. Now, I'm just out of sorts. Anybody who describes this area as "country" and is upset about paint needs a serious head exam.
Say what you want about the future of AI but #PizzaCube would've taken me days to research and program on my own.
August 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Say what you want about the future of AI but #PizzaCube would've taken me days to research and program on my own.
Just having a nice chat this morning with ChatGPT about home repair.
July 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Just having a nice chat this morning with ChatGPT about home repair.
I'd say it's one of those days but it's always one of those days
June 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I'd say it's one of those days but it's always one of those days
I ordered a Steak Bomb from a place in Medford last night but that's not what they called it. Apparently that's a Northern New England thing?
June 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I ordered a Steak Bomb from a place in Medford last night but that's not what they called it. Apparently that's a Northern New England thing?
I think Urban New Englanders are trained to be extremely distrustful of somebody/somebot who is being this nice to you instead of at least sometimes saying "this code faaakin sucks, dude."
June 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I think Urban New Englanders are trained to be extremely distrustful of somebody/somebot who is being this nice to you instead of at least sometimes saying "this code faaakin sucks, dude."
If Sam Altman can complain we're too nice to these things, These models shouldn't give me a paragraph up front each time about how smart I am for asking brilliant questions. I told it to speak straight and normal (and in Bostonian, which is that) and I'm not sure this is better.
May 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If Sam Altman can complain we're too nice to these things, These models shouldn't give me a paragraph up front each time about how smart I am for asking brilliant questions. I told it to speak straight and normal (and in Bostonian, which is that) and I'm not sure this is better.
Is this NOT how you celebrate the end of World War One?
April 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Is this NOT how you celebrate the end of World War One?
I've had this one saved for years. Glad to see a lot of the rest of them here after nuking my account on The Bad Place.
April 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I've had this one saved for years. Glad to see a lot of the rest of them here after nuking my account on The Bad Place.
Apparently, AI is not at the "draw a traffic jam at Wellington Circle" level of sophistication yet.
April 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Apparently, AI is not at the "draw a traffic jam at Wellington Circle" level of sophistication yet.
I don't know why I think Wellington Bear is such a funny idea but the MBTA could hire an actual artist and make some money here. (This is obv. AI slop)
April 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I don't know why I think Wellington Bear is such a funny idea but the MBTA could hire an actual artist and make some money here. (This is obv. AI slop)
Business is Hard, featuring Wang Labs.
April 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Business is Hard, featuring Wang Labs.
In my adult life every election has basically been won by a thin margin and in half of the cases in my entire life, the winner won with under half the pop vote. Yet the two parties are pulling apart ideologically, and this chart stops over a decade ago.
What was the worst that could happen, right?!
What was the worst that could happen, right?!
March 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In my adult life every election has basically been won by a thin margin and in half of the cases in my entire life, the winner won with under half the pop vote. Yet the two parties are pulling apart ideologically, and this chart stops over a decade ago.
What was the worst that could happen, right?!
What was the worst that could happen, right?!
Redlining map of Lowell just dropped, recognizing at least TWO grades for French Canadians.
dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...
dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...
March 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Redlining map of Lowell just dropped, recognizing at least TWO grades for French Canadians.
dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...
dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...