Josh Kirschner

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Josh Kirschner

Josh Kirschner

@joshkirschner

Founder & CEO of https://t.co/ONol4iGbhf...and loving it.

NYC Katılım Mart 2009
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Josh Kirschner
Josh Kirschner@joshkirschner·
Got to JFK Terminal 8 at 10am, three hours in advance of my flight. Currently, no wait for touchless (though it isn't working) and under 10 minutes for Precheck. Normal security looks to be about 10-15 minutes.
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Josh Kirschner@joshkirschner·
@archeohistories There is a fair amount of evidence that the math underlying the Pythagorean Theorem was described at least a thousand years before Pythagoras, and known in far-flung regions from China to Egypt (possibly discovered independently).
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Archaeo - Histories@archeohistories·
The Greek philosopher Pythagoras is remembered today as the serene sage of geometry—the man who taught the world that in a right triangle the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides. What is less widely remembered is that the ancient Greek world was not a quiet university campus. It was a landscape of rival cities, mercenaries, and constant war. Philosophers, merchants, poets, and mathematicians all lived in the same turbulent society, and many of them knew the spear as well as the stylus. Did Pythagoras personally march into battle? We cannot say for certain. The surviving sources—written centuries later—tell us far more about his mathematics, his strange philosophical brotherhood in southern Italy, and his belief that numbers governed the universe. But he lived in a Greek world where nearly every free man was expected to defend his city. So while history remembers the triangles, it is not impossible that at some point the great mathematician also had to put down the chalk, pick up a spear, and hope the angles worked out in his favor. © Pivotal Historical Moments fan #archaeohistories
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Josh Kirschner@joshkirschner·
@VerizonSupport The chat agent transferred me to a tech agent after I told her her answer was contrary to fact (and Verizon's own guidance). The tech agent made some changes that resolved the issue, at least temporarily. But we will have to see if recurs, as it has been an intermittent problem.
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Verizon Support@VerizonSupport·
Hi Josh! Thanks for reaching out and sharing this with us! My name is Jonathan, and I'll be assisting you today. I'm sorry to hear about your chat experience and that you're experiencing issues after upgrading your internet tier. Did the chat associate resolve the issue for you today? ^HEN
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Josh Kirschner
Josh Kirschner@joshkirschner·
@VerizonSupport Train your support people not to just make sh*t up. Frequent internet drops from ONT since switching from 100mbps to 300mbps plan (no TV) two days ago. And the "support" person's first response is this.
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Josh Kirschner@joshkirschner·
@Blythe_MG @JamesSurowiecki I believe you meant "uninhabited", not "uninhibited." It's a penguin colony, not a nudist colony. Though it's possible someone on the Trump team saw the island was "uninhabited" and assumed it WAS a nudist colony, and therefore should have tariffs imposed.
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Max Blythe@Blythe_MG·
@JamesSurowiecki What do we import from Heard and Mcdonald Island? It is completely uninhibited
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James Surowiecki
James Surowiecki@JamesSurowiecki·
Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us. So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.
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It's also important to understand that the tariff rates that foreign countries are supposedly charging us are just made-up numbers. South Korea, with which we have a trade agreement, is not charging a 50% tariff on U.S. exports. Nor is the EU charging a 39% tariff.

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Josh Kirschner
Josh Kirschner@joshkirschner·
@NYPD19Pct @JulieMenin I reported blocked hydrant and you closed it within a minute claiming no violation found. I hadn't even left the location yet. Are you doing this to improve your closure stats without actually taking action?
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IEEE REACH@ieee_reach·
Can you spare 30 seconds to add your vote in support of REACH? REACH has the opportunity to receive a $5,000 grant to support our free programs – but we need your vote to get it. Please help if you can! Click the link to vote: linkedin.com/posts/ieee-fou…
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AAE@AAC0519·
@NYPD19Pct @NYPDTransport @NYPDPBMN @19thPct Why did Democrats give NYPD *another* set of crimes (2-wheel devices) to contend with when police are hard pressed to deal with all the other crimes? No concept of resource limits and priorities.
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NYPD 19th Precinct@NYPD19Pct·
It’s about time? Try all the time! Our officers are continuously hard at work answering community safety concerns. Another truckload of recklessly driven illegal 2-wheeled devices off to the POUND — they don’t belong on sidewalks, bike lanes or roadways & we’re removing them:
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Streetsblog New York City@StreetsblogNYC·
A friend in Bay Ridge sent us pictures of a city marshal parked for hours in just the PERFECT way to block wheelchair users or stroller-pushers on Ridge Blv and 76th St. Better still? This guy has 134 speeding and red-light tix! Why do we put up with this? howsmydrivingny.nyc/zuutmw3a
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Josh Kirschner
Josh Kirschner@joshkirschner·
@ArtemR @AndroidPolice I feel your pain. All those "review" sites where it is blatantly obvious they're never used or seen the products - just copying marketing blurbs and consolidating pros & cons from actual review sites - are the worst. I hope this benefits "real" sites, but you never know w/Google
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Artem Russakovskii
Artem Russakovskii@ArtemR·
Google letting clickbait run rampant, actively rewarding it, and deprioritizing indie sources was a huge part of why I ended up selling @AndroidPolice. I was so tired of competing with professional SEO farms. Still very upset at Google for that. theguardian.com/technology/202…
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Josh Kirschner
Josh Kirschner@joshkirschner·
@NJTRANSIT Your bus 319 just blew through Stone Harbor and Avalon without stopping, leaving waiting passengers stranded. Tried calling your customer service and get immediately disconnected every time. What the heck is going on with you guys? This is just terrible service.
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Josh Kirschner@joshkirschner·
@Faience So... Does that mean we're not getting the TCL story? 🤔
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Harry McCracken
Harry McCracken@harrymccracken·
Are your ears part of your face? (Crucial question for something I’m writing.)
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