ironichaos
ironichaos t1_ja08060 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Agency Notes Not All COVID Gear Was Sold for Pennies — $28M Worth Being Tossed Out by exgalactic
The same people would’ve bitched about how the city wasn’t doing anything if we never bought this stuff. Yeah they overpaid for it, but when you’re competing with the entire world for resources money or war is the only way to win.
ironichaos t1_j9d77ub wrote
Reply to comment by PostPostMinimalist in PSA: New York State tax brackets are not what they seem by PostPostMinimalist
thanks for posting the explanation, it definitely is something that seems really confusing. I wish they could simplify it, but I doubt it will ever happen.
ironichaos t1_j9d6q5h wrote
I honestly don’t know how anyone stays up to date with the tax codes. As much as I hate turbo tax, I would hate working there even more updating the software each year for all of these rules.
ironichaos t1_j9aes3x wrote
Reply to comment by ehsurfskate in Tracking stages of grief for city office landlords by marketrent
Yeah I think that’s a good prediction. Only time will tell though.
ironichaos t1_j982yir wrote
It’s an interesting problem because people want to live in nyc for all it offers. However, it looks like around 50% of office workers have no desire to come back and prefer wfh either in nyc or somewhere else.
I’m curious to see if nyc has staying power to be a world class city because it’s great or was it so popular because that’s where business happened. Now that business has shifted to happening all over the place over zoom will we see a declining population here?
Obviously I get the draw to Miami/Austin/Atlanta/etc. but over the next 10-20 years will those cities continue to grow or will people decide to move back/continue to move to nyc over those other places after graduation.
ironichaos t1_j7xo501 wrote
Reply to NYC restaurant owners in limbo as City Council stalls on permanent outdoor dining by psychothumbs
Imo they should charge a fee and have some sort of building code. That way you get rid of the sheds that are one wind gust away from a Massive lawsuit.
ironichaos t1_j7vnws3 wrote
Reply to comment by yasth in Manhattan rents hit an all-time high in January by WarrenBuffetsDriver
When I was looking last summer the leasing agent told me the winter slow down is shifting due to a lot of people moving back in the city during the fall/winter of 2021.
No idea if the data backs that up but that was their antidote.
ironichaos t1_j6j16hj wrote
If they really want to cause a stir on twitter they should light up the building of the Super Bowl losers and tweet out congrats to the runners up.
ironichaos t1_j3eqw8f wrote
Reply to comment by JaiC in NYC court blocks pay raise for Uber and Lyft drivers by Sorin61
With the curb app they are hailed in the exact same way now.
ironichaos t1_j1iltlg wrote
Reply to comment by LazyAnonBoner in Why Call of Duty game matters to the FTC in Microsoft-Activision deal by Sorin61
Before that it was Xbox exclusive. I remember mw2 you got map packs a month early on Xbox.
ironichaos t1_j0ghdpy wrote
Reply to comment by Three_broed_sloth in Due to slow rollout of legal cannabis, NY ditches mold and yeast safety limits. Growers told to "self regulate" as crops sit rotting in warehouses, unable to get to market. by nickelloafer
Even Illinois (the masters of corruption) was able to get it rolled out faster than this. Although all the licenses went to their friends and I think a couple of people got indicted.
ironichaos t1_izxcjak wrote
Wasn’t there a story on here a few months ago where the local bodega had a cat they let someone borrow to do just that and then someone stole/lost it?
ironichaos t1_iyyosci wrote
Reply to comment by HEIMDVLLR in Mayor Eric Adams’s Trip to Qatar Was a Bit of a Mystery Tour by mowotlarx
I just asked what their purpose is. If they are going to look for foreign investment in NYC then that makes sense to me. Qatar has a shit ton of money to invest, but idk what Greece has to offer. That’s all I’m asking.
ironichaos t1_iyy653h wrote
I get NYC is a global city, but why should state level officials be going on foreign trips? I guess to try and get them to invest in realestate in NYC or something?
ironichaos t1_iyx9u5b wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Airbnb likely to lose more than 10K listings in NYC under tight new rules by NecessaryMistake9754
Or a big group.
ironichaos t1_ixdaiks wrote
Reply to comment by TinyTornado7 in After ‘exhaustive negotiations,’ Won supports $2 billion Innovation QNS project in Astoria by 09-24-11
Yeah just to put some back of the napkin math around this.
The top law firms in nyc charge around 2-3k per hour. So in order to generate a 2b fee they would need to spend roughly 660k hours in billed time. A lawyer typically is required to bill 1800+ hours per year at these firms. That would mean 370ish lawyers dedicated full time to this for an entire year. Im not a lawyer so who knows how many it takes for this sort of negotiation, but I would find it hard to believe that many lawyers worked on this full time.
ironichaos t1_ixd5zie wrote
Reply to New report reveals that New York has the 3rd best mobile network speed and coverage in the nation in study comparing download/upload speeds, latency, and total coverage area across 100 US cities by LithiumLawson
Go inside and try to get T-Mobile to work though. I had to switch to Verizon because T-Mobile never worked inside buildings.
ironichaos t1_iwsdoef wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in 10,000 Google Employees Could Be Rated as Low Performers by ThisIsNotCorn
Yeah but that’s for middle management I doubt it effects senior level leaders that much.
ironichaos t1_iwrdwn0 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in New York taxi drivers to get first raise in 10 years, riders will pay 23% more by coolguy4206969
Also worth noting to try the curb app. It has its issues but works for the most part.
ironichaos t1_ivh0xgw wrote
Maybe I should start walking off the train shoulders square instead of turning to the side to appease these people who have no common decency. It also happens in my apartment in the elevator. People just cut in line or get on when I’m trying to get off.
ironichaos t1_itewldt wrote
Reply to comment by FormalOperational in The fastest ever laundry-folding robot is here. And it's likely still slower than you by morenewsat11
Does it have a pressing function? Like can I make my shirt look like it just came from the dry cleaners?
ironichaos t1_is8fv4k wrote
Reply to comment by Antice in Even Google's Own Staff Thinks 'Incognito Mode' Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be | Internal communications show employees joking about Incognito's abilities with one comparing it to "Guy Incognito" from The Simpsons by Hrmbee
Use Firefox and their cookie container plugin. I can log into as many aws accounts as I want. Total game changer but I haven’t found a similar one for chrome yet.
ironichaos t1_ja8g6p5 wrote
Reply to comment by Equivalent_Pop7884 in NYC Metro Area Lyft Fraudulent Charge by Equivalent_Pop7884
Disput the charge with your credit card provider. They will handle it.