JBlue42

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by JBlue42 9y ago
This. The only reason I maintain a FB profile is because I use it as a glorified address book, especially for people that I meet abroad. I email/text close friends and family but if I want to get in touch with a past friend/travel
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by JBlue42 9y ago
It's the problem here in LA. Designed for cars, lots of permit parking in some areas (usually more well-off ones with pull) and metered places. We're trying to catch up public transit with demand but unfortunately it still makes s
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Work for an architecture firm. The lead partner specifically bought a new office just for this. All 100+ of us on the same floor vs our 7-8 person rooms we're currently in. Also, new office building was expensive so raises were only gi
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Wow, this really hits the nail on the head in regards to the small company I work for. Expanded rapidly from 30-40 to 120 in two years. The higher-ups have failed to address some core issues (with some refused on principle, such as an avers
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by JBlue42 10y ago
It's not even that niche though is it? A lot of the women I work with have started having kids in their mid-30s. In the US, I think overall people are marrying later and having kids later, IIRC.
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by JBlue42 10y ago
The "free child care" aspect I would think definitely helps. I have co-workers that are either lucky enough to have parents around to help or end up paying $2k/mo for pre-school for their very young kids. The kids had to be p
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by JBlue42 10y ago
I recommend "Los Angeles Plays Itself" to any interested in seeing the juxtaposition of what you see in movies/tv with the reality. There's also a much shorter, funnier one called "Vancouver Never Plays Itself"
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by JBlue42 10y ago
I think part of the attraction of LA is that you can have a wide variety of buildings within a small place. It's a lot of nodes, that rise and lessen in density. If you stay off the freeways, you can see a lot (I've only taken the
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by JBlue42 10y ago
I think it has gotten better since Uber/Lyft came about as well as younger people not being hesitant to take the subway (now open until 2). Terrible driving in general is still the same - no signals, double-parking without hesitation,
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by JBlue42 10y ago
Kind of sad given that it's a pretty nice, clean place with some fun stuff to do downtown. Maybe it's a lack of vision given that it's a bit more, as stated, on the conservative, suburban side. The company I work for is helpi
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by JBlue42 10y ago
If LA could have a better bus lane situation, the buses would be more than adequate. That there aren't, and won't be, dedicated bus lanes put in the situation of not only waiting in the same traffic as you would in a car but also
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by JBlue42 10y ago
There's also the informal tax that a tourist would pay. I've even traveled there with someone that is a non-resident Indian (NRI) and he joked with me that while I was getting "ripped off" at one rate, he still wasn&#x27
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by JBlue42 10y ago
It's like they were actually trying back then.
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by JBlue42 10y ago
We're testing out Teams at work because of our O365 subscription. About 15 people now. Most seem to like it other than the massive amount of whitespace the chat window takes up. I personally hate the massive animated emojis. Though a l
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by JBlue42 10y ago
Why do we drive? - Unaffordable housing. If you are able to be a homeowner, you'll most likely live further away from where you work and not have as many travel options. Median individual income: $28k; Median house price: ~$600k. I per
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by JBlue42 10y ago
Can you ELI5 this for me? I've worked since I was 16, and sure it was pure profit, but I still feel like adults should have a bit more disposable income. It's something I've always wondered about with the movie industry and i
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by JBlue42 10y ago
This is happening across the board in central LA, tech millionaires or no. The crazy thing is that you'll see a lot of turnover or a lot of empty storefronts in some of the hot areas, especially in some of the new, pricey mixed-use dev
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by JBlue42 10y ago
Sorry for any poor spellings, grammar, or odd words. Was tired and typing quickly without proofing.
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by JBlue42 10y ago
I was tempted to post an Ask HN the other day titled "Are Americans F-ing Crazy?" after seeing how, after only an extremely busy month, my coworkers already seem shot and burnt out. It's an architecture firm (buildings, not s
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by JBlue42 10y ago
We have this. 5-7 people per area, some smaller, some larger. Moving to open office space in six months. I think the office culture will take a definite hit.
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by JBlue42 10y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/sports/soccer/nbc-retains... Two years of success broadcasting England’s Premier League proved a basic truth to NBC Sports: It would have to pay a lot more to keep
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by JBlue42 10y ago
>"drove a 25% lift in theater-watch intent" Intent is not action.
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by JBlue42 10y ago
I don't know about ability to influence but an insider/whistleblower (someone with a conscience) could be or would've been useful. If all he has a true believers then it makes it much more opaque for those of us on the outsid
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by JBlue42 10y ago
Nope. I'm at a small company (100+ employees) and the Powers That Be talk a good talk but don't walk the walk.
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by JBlue42 10y ago
I have nothing to add other than I think it's awesome your niece might ask you about this.
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by JBlue42 10y ago
So much this. Netflix > Amazon > Hulu. For players: Amazon's interface is much better than it used to be when Prime TV firt began but it has a lot of gimmicks too that take time to understand. Hulu's still buffers or gets st
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Ask HN: Your recommended urban studies reading?
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by JBlue42 10y ago
Here's a chart from The Economist[1]: http://imgur.com/a/5DfUi Across all the other charts for other cities (outside Detroit) you can see variations of the pattern of things just skyrocketing in the late 90s. Ther
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by JBlue42 10y ago
There was also that old man Rand McNally. Or stopping somewhere and asking for directions. I think you might've managed fine without the iPhone. It's nice to get accurate directions when you really, really need it. There's al
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by JBlue42 10y ago
For myself, and I'm sure others, the apps took off because: 1) Fares were lower when the 'x' versions came out. Original Uber was limo/SUVs to/from LAX and out of my price range. Then UberX came out. I don't us

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