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by mgce 7mo ago
My experience matches yours. I found AmEx accepted maybe 50% of the time, if not less. But Visa or MasterCard were accepted 99% of the time, both big and small businesses. I suspect you're right: it depends on the specific card/ba
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by mgce 7mo ago
I was just in Germany and lived on my credit card - not a single Euro used. I strongly disagree with this generalization based on extensive personal experience.
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by mgce 8mo ago
Strong disagree, and I used to go to that Wegmans regularly. It's fine. Solid market. Whole Foods is equally fine, and excels in some ways. Neither is obviously better.
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by mgce 1y ago
> The most frustrating part of Bazel is how shoddy the workmanship is. Without commenting on the above statement: > For example, Bazel throws away your analysis cache when you change flags that have nothing to do with what's bein
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by mgce 2y ago
Also the Rockaways, which are famous for being remote and poorly transit-served.
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by mgce 2y ago
I live in NYC and disagree with your assessment. Last I checked I'm a real person as are most people I know. Don't cast stones like that. It's unfair to other peoples' opinions and dilutes your points.
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by mgce 2y ago
I think this discussion is about today. I don't follow your reference to old history or how that affects the general discussion?
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by mgce 2y ago
It's kind of a running joke here in NYC how we'll watch some movie depicting the city as a dystopian wasteland, then we walk outside into tree-lined streets, coffee shops, overflowing sidewalk cafes, and people generally living an
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by mgce 2y ago
Like everyone else here I'm having trouble parsing what you're trying to say. You seem to be implying per capita is a bad measure of safety. But you're not being clear why. Can you elaborate?
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by mgce 2y ago
Excellent point. I think you really get to the heart of the issue. Different kinds of tests offer different levels of confidence at different levels of time and investment. A fully integrated shop should think this through carefully and des
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by mgce 2y ago
As a neutral reader I find the parent’s thoughts on their own expertise and appreciation that acclaimed artists aren’t infallible more persuasive than you appeal to authority. We all know he’s acclaimed. That doesn’t invalidate any of the p
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by mgce 2y ago
Of course they don't. Multiple major crossings from Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx have no tolls into our out of Manhattan. Am I misreading you? Are you only talking about commuters from New Jersey?
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by mgce 2y ago
Some review from 2007: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/nyregion/12traffic.html > Census data show that more city residents than suburbanites drive to work in Manhattan every day, according to Mr. S
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by mgce 2y ago
I'm not sure what's being debated here, but I just want to point out Manhattan is less than 20% of NYC's land area. And as you point out this is only about half of Manhattan. So 10% of the total city?
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by mgce 3y ago
I see. Thanks for clarifying.
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by mgce 3y ago
> Living in a present-day million-dollar home for a net cost of $500k over 30 years is a great deal. That’s a little over $1000/month on average. Where can you even rent an apartment at that price these days? Can you clarify? A $1 m
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by mgce 4y ago
I agree wholeheartedly. Thanks for having the courage to state this. I think the reasons are straightforward: 1: The supply chain has evolved. Affordable ingredients are mass produced and low quality and a pizza place needs a strong motive
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by mgce 4y ago
They're perfectly legitimate spots. F&F is superior to nearly any place in the city, L'Industrie is fine. The others are also fine. Yes they're touristy, but so what? Outer-borough superiority is a myth. Most local outer-
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by mgce 4y ago
Re: downtown Brooklyn: I think Norm's on Adams Street is quite good.
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by mgce 4y ago
I travel well outside my neighborhood for standard slices regularly and I've never felt it's a waste of time. But maybe an out-of-towner feeling they need to find the perfect slice is a different perspective than mine as a local.
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by mgce 4y ago
I find that more true for bagels than pizza. Some bagel places are better than others but I don't find much value in crossing the city vs. just going to the best place in your neighborhood. But pizza's a totally different story fo
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by mgce 4y ago
Examples: - old beach lanes: https://shorturl.at/fty07 - apartment road network: https://shorturl.at/cikrR - waste management access road: https://shorturl.at/bjM17 - one conceptual road; t
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by mgce 4y ago
I've done something similar - and less ambitious - on bike in NYC: I biked all Brooklyn and at this point 90% of Manhattan. I bet Pittsburgh is next-level confusing. But I think the philosophical questions apply anywhere. I enjoyed tha
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by mgce 4y ago
Everything you're expressing is unsound opinion. You're also exaggerating all numbers to skew your point. > Good luck trying to afford a property next to a park. 2BR in New York is $7k per month. If you are buying, prepare for
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by mgce 8y ago
Just FYI: tickets were $425 in 2018 with a small minority available at higher prices for those who explicitly wanted to help the event. It's also fairly easy to get tickets up until days before the event through active secondhand swap
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by mgce 8y ago
I still remember flying back to Chicago on a red eye. I got into Midway airport, which at the time had all the charm of a poorly maintained bus station, and hopped on the L slightly before dawn. It was filled with sleepy commuters, all in
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by mgce 8y ago
More context from your link: "it used to happen more in the early years--certainly in the early 2000s when, frankly, when the dot-com concept was coming to life, one of the things we would see which was a little related to Gifting and
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by mgce 9y ago
I bought an iPhone 6 on eBay about a month ago after another one broke. It's good as new, works perfectly, was super-easy to purchase. So don't worry: the Apple upgrade cycle really isn't that bad.
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by mgce 9y ago
I'm sorry, but this isn't true at all. Alcohol is terribly addictive and destructive. Far more so than many illegal drugs. Its legality has nothing to do with these issues.
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by mgce 9y ago
I deeply disagree with this. I think the very measure of reliable self-compassion is precisely its immunity to peer approval. I agree that getting there is hard when you lack outside social support. It's extremely hard. But the very

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