zachkatz

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by zachkatz 1y ago
There are tons of roommate situations in Portland for around that price: https://portland.craigslist.org/search/roo?max_price=700#sea...
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by zachkatz 2y ago
Do you have a mailing list?
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by zachkatz 2y ago
Wow, this is amazing! As a songwriter, the only feature that I’d really need to make it an insta-buy is always-recording audio as well (and then you bookmark it and it only keeps what you sang when you started playing, since obviously audio
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by zachkatz 3y ago
If the problem is psychological trauma, wouldn’t therapy be the obvious solution?
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by zachkatz 3y ago
For more in-depth reading on Dutch street design, this blog is fascinating: https://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/search/label/what%20wo...
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by zachkatz 3y ago
Phones have completely fucked our posture because they have to be hunched over and our fingers need to contort into unnatural shapes and do repetitive motions. The form factor of being able to stand up straight (or sit back) naturally while
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by zachkatz 3y ago
Basically all the housing in NYC—from the brownstones in Bed-Stuy to the high rises on the Upper East Side—were built during the early 20th century when there was a huge population boom, to provide affordable housing for literally millions
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by zachkatz 3y ago
Illegal immigrants. Here are some sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/nyregion/migrant-delivery... https://nypost.com/2023/09/20/tidal-wave-of-migrants-in-nyc-...
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by zachkatz 3y ago
The “problem” is that many (most?) delivery cyclists in NYC aren’t legally allowed to work, so this option would be jeopardizing a large part of their workforce (bad for DoorDash) while also being bad for the workers themselves (who aren’t
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by zachkatz 3y ago
I feel like maybe one of the causes of apparently such widespread sleep apnea is how most people, as far as I gather, sleep with their windows closed. This is deeply unnatural—we evolved to sleep more or less outside, or at least in a shelt
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by zachkatz 3y ago
FYI, for anyone interested in learning Bikram, this book (by Bikram himself) is amazing: https://www.amazon.com/Bikram-Yoga-Radiant-Personal-Fulfillm...
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by zachkatz 3y ago
It’s not a conspiracy theory. The nation’s car-centic instructure is a direct result of the decisions and actions of Robert Moses, as detailed in The Power Broker. Not to say that “emergent social dynamics” didn’t play a role, but Moses sin
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by zachkatz 3y ago
Le Corbusier
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by zachkatz 3y ago
I know it seems too cartoonish to be real, but if you read about Robert Moses, you’ll see that it is shockingly true. He didn’t just lobby and propogandize; he had absolute power over all public works projects in NYC. That’s not a typo or
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by zachkatz 3y ago
For cars, it’s actually even more cartoonish than that. Read The Power Broker; auto-centric urban planning is basically entirely the result of Robert Moses’ insane power and influence (in the same way that the reason everyone has smartphone
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by zachkatz 3y ago
The Gazelle Arroyo C8 is a Dutch e-bike (one of the only models available in the USA) with a beautiful design.
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by zachkatz 3y ago
> we did not evolve to sit all day, inside, at desk, gazing into screens What I love about Apple Vision Pro is that it has the potential to solve this!
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by zachkatz 3y ago
This blog post addresses all of your points, which are actually just common misconceptions: http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2011/02/all-those-myths...
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by zachkatz 3y ago
> the former is almost impossible When you understand how quickly the Netherlands changed (it used to be just as car-centric at the US), you might change your view about what's possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch
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by zachkatz 3y ago
Any actionable advice here? Are there any safer contact lens brands?
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by zachkatz 3y ago
Taxis in NYC are often (always?) way cheaper than Uber now.
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by zachkatz 3y ago
These are all negative externalities of cars, not containerized garbage. All the more reason to accelerate the social engineering of society towards safer, less polluting forms of transportation like e-bikes and transit.
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by zachkatz 3y ago
That would be crazy if so, because it reads as very human
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by zachkatz 4y ago
I visited Denver, excited to see all of the supposed new cycling infrastructure, and aside from like, a handful of bike lanes here and there, I didn't feel comfortable biking around the city. Would prefer not to bike in six lanes of hi
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by zachkatz 4y ago
Maybe legally, but because they don't have barriers protecting people from cars, they lack "Subjective Safety," which is one of the fundamental principles of Dutch cycling network design (and is essential for the average pers
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by zachkatz 4y ago
Here's a random main street in Denver: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7322582,-104.9861576,3a,75y,... Or another one: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7356145,-104.9873758,3a,75y,... ...or an
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by zachkatz 4y ago
So remove it. Way simpler.
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Show HN: Using AI to imagine car-free streets and bike lanes worldwide(transformyour.city)
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by zachkatz 4y ago
Correct. In a different field, we're using AI to do the same thing but for streets: https://twitter.com/betterstreetsai ...and it's already led to actual change: https://twitter.com/MikeBradleyMKE&
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by zachkatz 4y ago
Hi, founder/creator here. You’re totally right, more nature is better. We try to include as much greenery as possible, but it usually has to be grass/plants/flowers. Trees would be ideal, but due to the constraints of inpaint

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