mansamus
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"Voters in Stockholm and London both initially opposed congestion pricing before and as the toll was introduced. But as the benefits of less traffic became immediately apparent, support for the toll shot up in both cities."
Siena Poll: Support for Congestion Pricing Keeps Rising - Streetsblog New York City
"Are we out of the Valley of Death yet?"
nyc.streetsblog.org
March 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Voters in Stockholm and London both initially opposed congestion pricing before and as the toll was introduced. But as the benefits of less traffic became immediately apparent, support for the toll shot up in both cities."
ONE MORE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.
THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING THE GOVT EFFICIENT.
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING IT EVEN SHITTIER.
SO YOU DON'T LIKE IT. AND GET MAD.
AND THEN THEY PRIVATIZE IT.
SO THEIR BUDDIES GET MORE MONEY.
THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING THE GOVT EFFICIENT.
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING IT EVEN SHITTIER.
SO YOU DON'T LIKE IT. AND GET MAD.
AND THEN THEY PRIVATIZE IT.
SO THEIR BUDDIES GET MORE MONEY.
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
ONE MORE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.
THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING THE GOVT EFFICIENT.
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING IT EVEN SHITTIER.
SO YOU DON'T LIKE IT. AND GET MAD.
AND THEN THEY PRIVATIZE IT.
SO THEIR BUDDIES GET MORE MONEY.
THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING THE GOVT EFFICIENT.
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING IT EVEN SHITTIER.
SO YOU DON'T LIKE IT. AND GET MAD.
AND THEN THEY PRIVATIZE IT.
SO THEIR BUDDIES GET MORE MONEY.
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
If you missed my post last week about New York 2044, check out the full digital version of this awesome imagined future:
moreart.org/wp-content/u...
moreart.org/wp-content/u...
moreart.org
March 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
If you missed my post last week about New York 2044, check out the full digital version of this awesome imagined future:
moreart.org/wp-content/u...
moreart.org/wp-content/u...
Also, I went to this last night and it was awesome. moreart.org/projects/new...
New York 2044 – More Art
moreart.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Also, I went to this last night and it was awesome. moreart.org/projects/new...
For all my programmer friends and followers, you will likely enjoy this unhinged video of a guy running Doom purely with the TypeScript type system youtu.be/0mCsluv5FXA?...
TypeScript types can run DOOM
YouTube video by Michigan TypeScript
youtu.be
February 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For all my programmer friends and followers, you will likely enjoy this unhinged video of a guy running Doom purely with the TypeScript type system youtu.be/0mCsluv5FXA?...
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One Million Applause for One Million Checkboxes 👏✅👏✅👏
Check out @itseieio.bsky.social's brilliant talk on games, connecting strangers, and how some very smart teens subverted his code and touched his heart ❤️🔥
youtu.be/j2elKdupD6c
Check out @itseieio.bsky.social's brilliant talk on games, connecting strangers, and how some very smart teens subverted his code and touched his heart ❤️🔥
youtu.be/j2elKdupD6c
Localhost: Nolen Royalty's One Million Checkboxes
YouTube video by Recurse Center
youtu.be
January 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
One Million Applause for One Million Checkboxes 👏✅👏✅👏
Check out @itseieio.bsky.social's brilliant talk on games, connecting strangers, and how some very smart teens subverted his code and touched his heart ❤️🔥
youtu.be/j2elKdupD6c
Check out @itseieio.bsky.social's brilliant talk on games, connecting strangers, and how some very smart teens subverted his code and touched his heart ❤️🔥
youtu.be/j2elKdupD6c
So fkn cool hellgatenyc.com/all-night-vi...
Time Gets Weird at the All-Night Viewing of 'The Clock'
At MoMA's all-night Christian Marclay madness.
hellgatenyc.com
December 28, 2024 at 4:38 PM
So fkn cool hellgatenyc.com/all-night-vi...
BK/NYC remains undefeated. Pulled a shift at the bike shop, walked two blocks to a UPS store, shipped an eBay sale, walked out the store into a subway station. Transportation. Alternatives.
December 20, 2024 at 8:39 PM
BK/NYC remains undefeated. Pulled a shift at the bike shop, walked two blocks to a UPS store, shipped an eBay sale, walked out the store into a subway station. Transportation. Alternatives.
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"I watched the movie 'Harlan County, USA' last night, and it was the same stuff going on back then. It's the same old story, and eventually you just have to go in and fight for what's right, regardless of the consequences."
Scenes from day one of the Amazon strike!
hellgatenyc.com/amazon-teams...
Scenes from day one of the Amazon strike!
hellgatenyc.com/amazon-teams...
While Amazon Workers Strike for Better Conditions, the NYPD Strikes Back
At day one of the Amazon Teamsters strike at the company's DBK4 delivery center in Queens, the NYPD did their jobs (protecting Amazon).
hellgatenyc.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:37 PM
"I watched the movie 'Harlan County, USA' last night, and it was the same stuff going on back then. It's the same old story, and eventually you just have to go in and fight for what's right, regardless of the consequences."
Scenes from day one of the Amazon strike!
hellgatenyc.com/amazon-teams...
Scenes from day one of the Amazon strike!
hellgatenyc.com/amazon-teams...
The plot thickens techcrunch.com/2024/11/22/o...
OpenAI accidentally deleted potential evidence in NY Times copyright lawsuit (updated) | TechCrunch
In a court filing, lawyers for The NY Times and Daily news say that OpenAI accidentally deleted potential evidence against it.
techcrunch.com
December 15, 2024 at 6:20 PM
The plot thickens techcrunch.com/2024/11/22/o...
Suchir Balaji... what a wild time we live in. Writes a very clear, concise argument for why Gen AI is not fair use of its training data and ends up dead.
suchir.net
suchir.net
Suchir Balaji's homepage
suchir.net
December 14, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Suchir Balaji... what a wild time we live in. Writes a very clear, concise argument for why Gen AI is not fair use of its training data and ends up dead.
suchir.net
suchir.net
Finally some good news
DOT will extend the e-bike charging pilot early next year with charging hubs at 173 locations near 53 public housing complexes with $25 million in federal grant funding. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/11/25/d...
DOT E-Bike Charging Pilot is a Success as City Plans More - Streetsblog New York City
"The goal should be to increase e-bike usage and to make sure battery charging and storage is done outside of dangerous areas," one charging advocate said.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 25, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Finally some good news
Is Philadelphia the urban planning model for American cities that Jane Jacobs imagined?? Human scale? Super short blocks, mixed use everywhere, easy to navigate grids??
November 24, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Is Philadelphia the urban planning model for American cities that Jane Jacobs imagined?? Human scale? Super short blocks, mixed use everywhere, easy to navigate grids??
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this was funnier in my head
November 20, 2024 at 4:23 AM
this was funnier in my head
I bought myself AirPods before starting at RC and now I hate that I am an AirPod person. Boy they are great tho
November 22, 2024 at 8:05 PM
I bought myself AirPods before starting at RC and now I hate that I am an AirPod person. Boy they are great tho
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Here's my sidebar for @streetsblognyc.bsky.social about today's historic congestion pricing vote: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/11/18/a...
As Congestion Pricing Passes, Suburban Naysayer on MTA Board Again Abuses His Placard - Streetsblog New York City
David Mack hates congestion pricing — but he loves complaining about people who park illegally (even as he parks illegally).
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 18, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Here's my sidebar for @streetsblognyc.bsky.social about today's historic congestion pricing vote: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/11/18/a...
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I'm going to stop being gripe-y for a second (sorry, but I have sign-posted I'm a bit stressed) to be a touch more positive:
The 📰 News feed is currently receiving about *1.2 MILLION* requests a *DAY*
That's ridiculous. What's even more ridiculous is I'm able to serve this traffic on $50 of infra.
The 📰 News feed is currently receiving about *1.2 MILLION* requests a *DAY*
That's ridiculous. What's even more ridiculous is I'm able to serve this traffic on $50 of infra.
November 17, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I'm going to stop being gripe-y for a second (sorry, but I have sign-posted I'm a bit stressed) to be a touch more positive:
The 📰 News feed is currently receiving about *1.2 MILLION* requests a *DAY*
That's ridiculous. What's even more ridiculous is I'm able to serve this traffic on $50 of infra.
The 📰 News feed is currently receiving about *1.2 MILLION* requests a *DAY*
That's ridiculous. What's even more ridiculous is I'm able to serve this traffic on $50 of infra.
Do you know how to sauna because it is glorious and most Americans do not
November 16, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Do you know how to sauna because it is glorious and most Americans do not
I'm aligned in "Overenthusiastic LLM usage" remaining in "Hold" on the tech radar but I really highly encourage everyone to mess around with LM Studio if you have the compute. Like why would I pay for OpenAI?
November 16, 2024 at 1:31 AM
I'm aligned in "Overenthusiastic LLM usage" remaining in "Hold" on the tech radar but I really highly encourage everyone to mess around with LM Studio if you have the compute. Like why would I pay for OpenAI?
Okay... back on the BQE again after some travel and coming in to LGA. This time I AM the character in NFSU2, except I'm a yellow cab
April 3, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Okay... back on the BQE again after some travel and coming in to LGA. This time I AM the character in NFSU2, except I'm a yellow cab
If one more application asks me if I want to enable "experimental AI features" I'm throwing every device I own out a window
March 28, 2024 at 2:59 PM
If one more application asks me if I want to enable "experimental AI features" I'm throwing every device I own out a window
Landed at LGA last night around 11:30pm and the BQE on the way home was literally like being in NFSU2. Combination of cars going both 20 under the speed limit and 50 over.
March 26, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Landed at LGA last night around 11:30pm and the BQE on the way home was literally like being in NFSU2. Combination of cars going both 20 under the speed limit and 50 over.
Nah, we should just get fucked
If our leaders can't agree on raising taxes on the ultra-rich, can't they agree at least on getting rid of this little, infuriating giveaway? Maybe.
Somehow NY Still Has a Tax Credit for Luxury Yachts and Private Jets - Hell Gate
And more news for your Thursday.
hellgatenyc.com
March 21, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Nah, we should just get fucked
One thing I did not have on my bingo card is DRM for ebooks. I'm no stranger to libgen but the fact that publishers can create false scarcity by limiting the copies libraries can have is crazy to me. Storage is cheap!! Copy the bits!!
March 20, 2024 at 4:29 PM
One thing I did not have on my bingo card is DRM for ebooks. I'm no stranger to libgen but the fact that publishers can create false scarcity by limiting the copies libraries can have is crazy to me. Storage is cheap!! Copy the bits!!