Jeff Forcier

was just discussing “AI” with a coworker and realized this:

if i had wanted to use english to program complex systems that run nondeterministically, i would’ve gone into law

But one commuter town outside New York City is slicing through red tape and building thousands of new apartments. New Rochelle has completed more than 4,500 new housing units over the past decade. Another 6,500 units are either in the pipeline or the planning stages for the next several years. Those 11,000 new units would represent a 37% increase in the number of New Rochelle apartments compared with 10 years ago. About a 40-minute train ride to Midtown Manhattan, this suburb of more than 85,000 remains one of the few places offering relative affordability in the notoriously expensive New York City metro area. New Rochelle median rents are only 1.6% higher than in 2020, well below the 25% or higher increases in New York City and outer markets like New Jersey's Newark, Hoboken and Jersey City, according to Apartment List. New Rochelle's median rent actually declined 2% from 2020 to 2023, while median rent nationally was surging at a double-digit rate.

Begging you to just build more housing

The Iron Sheik o @the_ironsheik HULK HOGAN MAY HAVE BEEN A DUMB SON OF A BITCH IN THE RING BUT OUTSIDE THE RING HE WAS ALSO A DUMB SON OF A BITCH

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

Celebrating VLC.

VLC is amazing software. It is an inspiration to many of us.

Window Heat Pumps Could Change the Game A new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has some exciting data for anyone attempting to retrofit a multifamily building.

NYC experimented with new window heat pump models in some public housing units. in winter, "The window unit-heated apartments used a whopping 87% less energy than the rest of the building’s steam-heated apartments did, cutting energy costs per household in half."

heatmap.news/sustainabili...

day 1 of playing umamusume: horse girl run fast. yay

day 5 of playing umamusume: ok so i consulted the github support card tier list calculator, these sr mlb cards outperform base level ssrs, for max compatibility with oguri i can loop vodka/daiwa/grass to grind legacy/sub-legacy 3☆ stat sparks,

I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.

working on my modern day retelling of greek myths where a man is forced to use a desktop printer that keeps jamming after a few pages

it's called "o brother where art thou"

Yellow flag with black images and text. A silhouette of the totally awesome state of NJ ringed by stars, with the text, "We don't like you either" right below it

I'm so proud

california are u really going to stand for being in third place

Cyan Alumni - PUBLIC Contact Info - Responses

Hi all—we're sorry to say that we've had another round of layoffs at Cyan.

We've updated our previously shared sheet to reflect folks still (or newly) looking for opportunities:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NURnVwfeqolPAVN-Dn44UpXZS3bRVMaCNQczIzhIpdc/edit?usp=sharing

Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress

Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops

A framed 14x11 motivational poster from IBM. It has a gray background. The header says “Quality” and there is an inset frame of Challenger on the launchpad. The bottom says “Defect Prevention… It Matters.” with a classic IBM logo in white.

I saw this poster on eBay. It was way too expensive. Then I realized which shuttle it was.

I did some digging and IBM HQ immediately recalled and destroyed them. Guess they missed one.

Whatever, it was my birthday a few days ago. $350 later and this is on the way to my apartment.

gquuuux is about the dangers of falling for a they/he ambient noise dj

FREEZE FRAME
Well them Duke boys gotta be wondering right now whether they should be doing more to lower carbon emissions

Ask MetaFilter was mentioned on Jeopardy last night!? metatalk.metafilter.com/26681/What-i...

feel old yet? Baby Mario is now older than Adult Mario was when he was cast in the original Donkey Kong

The Bear Flag Monument in downtown Sonoma, CA

Thinking about the Bear Flag Monument tonight for no reason whatsoever

“why is new york always electing crappy and insane mayors.” the mayoral sash, regardless of city, is an object that causes madness in its wearer. it’s like you’re asking why someone grasping the palantir with both hands is talking to sauron

It’s an odd feeling being old enough to answer these questions and world weary enough to know the internet doesn’t really want the answers.

at my employer, moving from 40% to 60% in-office and embracing hot desks, we’ve lost 80% of IC6 (staff / emeritus) people and about 25% of our IC5 (senior principal) in my org.

I gave my notice today to take a full remote job (with a 10% pay cut). They’re down from 6 to 3 SRE and now no manager.

I'm just going to keep spamming you all with video because the footage is incredible.

i am continuously reminded of how a black man, garrett morgan, invented the gas mask, and white fuckwits (firefighters etc) refused to use it

Why Chinese games undergo “maintenance” during Tiananmen Square anniversary month - AUTOMATON WEST In China, any activity or information that relates to the Tiananmen Square Incident is strictly prohibited. Naturally, these strict measures also extend to video games. At the beginning of June, the m...

TIL a bunch of Chinese games have lengthy "maintenance" periods in June so players can't post anything about Tiananmen automaton-media.com/en/news/2022...

I got nersniped into proposing a potential afternoon/evening of Takes, to be held somewhere in the Bay Area, sometime in August.

Got a Take? Have an insatiable appetite for Attention? Submit your Take so that we might have an event: ehat.fyi

oh no

A screenshot says: Question: How far north in the Bay Area are you willing to travel for this? Answer: Vancouver Question: How far south in the Bay Area are you willing to travel for this? Answer: San Diego

THE 9-COUNTY BAY AREA WILL EXPAND UNTIL THE ENTIRE WEST COAST IS COVERED

Store sign reading: 哇！这里全是护手霜！ WOW, THERE'S HAND CREAM ALL OVER HERE

my buddy sent me this from nanning, which is presumably one of china’s most supple and moisturized cities

I personally think that in a systems programming language, a pointer is a reasonable concept: it intuitively represents a memory address. I don't personally think that permitting pointers to be nil is a billion dollar mistake. In my C/C++ programming I've never noticed that NULL pointers are a noticeable source of bugs. Ian

This Issue Has Objectively Caused Many Bugs vs. I Don't Think So