jpwright
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Comment · 5 years ago
Mackinac Island, MI. Not a city, but probably the closest you'll get.
Comment · 6 years ago
I'd add that lessons from sports leadership don't always apply in other contexts. Sports at the highest levels require extreme competitiveness and aggression. A Jordan-style asshole leader might succeed by motivating the development of those traits in their teammates, but those same traits are probably toxic and unhelpful in other environments.
Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
"System 100 can utilize monetary or digital currency bids, but can also enable the trading of coffee drinks." -pg.13
Comment · 9 years ago
Atlassian's cut is 25%.
Comment · 10 years ago
Probably they're living near the Hoyt-Schemerhorn station in downtown Brooklyn. The A/C are good, reliable trains that offer a quick commute to a large number of jobs in Lower Manhattan. And it's absolutely in a safe neighborhood.
As for your search, you need to include apartments with broker fees. That's just a reality of the real estate market in NYC. There are many cases where paying the fee is worthwhile.
Comment · 10 years ago
To be fair, the $27 billion includes 1,025 new subway cars (which tend to cost more than $1 million each) plus extensive renovations to 31 stations. Also, the "open gangway" design in combination with the other improvements (wider doors, collapsible seats) will reduce crowding on trains, which in turn reduces crowding on platforms and dwell time. During rush hour that will have a noticeable impact on travel times. Outside of CBTC, which would allow running more trains per hour, there aren't really other ways to make the existing system run faster.
I do think the $27 billion tag is too high, though.
Comment · 10 years ago
FWIW -- for non-commercial uses you can get a J-Link EDU for about $70. The hardware is identical to J-Link BASE.
Comment · 10 years ago
I'd be interested to see how successful way2ride has been (as in, how has the percentage of taxi trips originating from way2ride changed over time?)
way2ride has been advertised heavily in NYC and offers most of the same features that the Uber app does: seeing nearby cabs, hailing, seeing the cab's location, paying through the app. On the occasional trip where public transportation isn't sufficient, I've used it as an alternative to Uber and had good experiences. In particular, it's useful to dodge surge pricing and in finding a ride in places where Uber drivers don't hang around.
Comment · 11 years ago
Yup! It's a humble 4021N.
Comment · 11 years ago
I also use that all the time, and pronounce it as "sudo", but with more excitement.
Comment · 11 years ago
What about this makes you jump to defend the status quo?
It's obviously a far more hurtful experience when it happens somewhere you actually work, and when you're already a minority in a white male dominated environment. But I don't really think the point of this is to suggest we get better at identifying janitors. It's to point out a symptom that suggests a larger problem.
The report does compare the same figures to white and Asian-American women, which reported the same experience at 32.4% and 22.3% respectively. I'll leave it to you to find figures for men (they may not exist, for a reason).
If you're interested, you should read the full report. It's based on a survey of 500 female scientists. It's not just anecdotal evidence. http://www.toolsforchangeinstem.org/double-jeopardy-report-v...
Comment · 12 years ago
A combination of Pandora, Youtube playlists, Bandcamp (http://bandcamp.com/#discover), Pitchfork (http://pitchfork.com/best/), and /r/listentothis.
Comment · 12 years ago
There's a really detailed description of that kit (including full schematic) here: http://shop.emscdn.com/KitInstrux/555/555_principles_revB3.p...
Comment · 12 years ago
No, don't worry, Stephen Colbert agrees with you. By not seeing race, he is by definition the least racist.