Robert Cezar Matei

California politics

@baltcoin @JosephPolitano This is still 3)

There are 3 types of succesful companies in Europe: 1) world-famous luxury goods brand worth 17 gabillion dollars 2) financial services firm with history of international crime 3) high-tech manufacturer that is the world's only producer of some machine you've never heard of

to use an analogy he loves: there’s totally unexplored territory the size of North America at the bottom of the oceans. I’m not sure how he defines that - it’s all mapped but only a small amount to better than ~5km resolution, and the portion ever seen by humans is tiny. but I think it’s cool and human to want to go. one day!

notably, per Cameron - world champion flexer on top of being a badass explorer - no one had died doing deep exploration before OceanGate’s irresponsibility. the tech is pretty mature. twitter.com/abc/status/167…

the most fascinating thing I learned about deep sea exploration - before we all move on - is how rare it actually is. even fancy military subs only dive to 250-500m, and only a few “deep submergence vehicles” have ever been built that can go to Titanic depths (3800m) or beyond. they’re used for a combination of science, submarine rescue, and espionage (think tapping ocean cables).

@kar_nels @RodneyTickle @alexthekulak Yeah to all this. Even new multifamily in the US is often built of wood instead of concrete, for reasons I don’t fully grasp.

@RodneyTickle @alexthekulak because location/land cost is high, because we've banned building of new places dense, mixed car lite places so not enough supply of this to meet demand.

You don't love New York pizza You love walkable cities with mixed-use zoning You don't love Brooklyn brownstones You love walkable cities with mixed-use zoning You don't love NYC fashion You love walkable cities with mixed-use zoning

@smithsj Just in time for more websites to switch to the annoying “login with email code” thing (which is better for people who don’t use a password manager, but way more taps for those that do)

@_Henn_Dawg1 @carlcolglazier @jheltzer @StreetsblogNYC @NYCSanitation @McKinsey @chicago Every European city that doesn’t pile trash in the street (all of em)

@carlcolglazier @jheltzer @StreetsblogNYC @NYCSanitation @McKinsey @chicago Which cities don’t have alleys for trash

BREAKING: @NYCSanitation hires @McKinsey to do a comprehensive study on what NYC needs to finally get trash off the sidewalk (couldn't we have just called the mayor of Barcelona?): nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/10/03/exc…

@SidKhurana3607 Metropolitan area makes more sense to use and less dramatic (Boston 11, Baltimore 20, Providence 38). But the point stands, other areas grew a lot more than the Northeast

Top cities in 1790 and their rankings in 2020: 1. New York, NY (1) 2. Philadelphia, PA (6) 3. Boston, MA (24) 4. Charleston, SC (186) 5. Baltimore, MD (30) 6. Norwalk, CT (393) 7. Northern Liberties, PA (N/A) 8. Salem, MA (991) 9. Newport, RI (1831) 10. Providence, RI (139)

@DaltonKern @NimbyPatrol For those wondering, I guessed Miami along the river, but it’s Chicago & the brand new St. Regis tower

@NimbyPatrol It sure sucks living in such a dystopian hellscape with all these tall buildings

People really don't understand how cities work or the fact that people want to live in cities.

@dimbletrack @MarcBodnick @rfradin @mattyglesias Marc’s being sarcastic - he’s been very critical of center left types he sees as harder on leftists than the right

@NidaKhanNY @jbouie This is so awful. Epidemic unaccountability, great writeup.

@jbouie This (and even worse) happens more often than people realize ... my father was killed years ago, person who hit him paid around $200 for a careless driving ticket plus court fees ... that's it. Oh, and there's more: bit.ly/2pnCZxE

murder is effectively legal in most places as long as you do it with a car

@thebrunchguy Loop us in, would love to hear more!

Who throws dinner / bunch events in NYC? Starting a community for hosts in the city!

@mikemorgenstern Ah. Setting didn’t show up for me in either NY or CA, but did in 🇬🇧.

@rmatei It’s enabled in the US! Onramps are few at the moment, but that’s not a legal issue, they are just pending. MOB wallet and Signal used to disable in US and that’s over now.

A quiet revolution has happened in payments this month. For the past three weeks since it went live in Signal, I've been using Mobilecoin almost exclusively instead of Venmo. I can DM money to a contact within 3 seconds, completely privately, (1/n)

@mikemorgenstern Is this not enabled in any of the US? That’s gonna be tough if both sides need a VPN…

You can use Mobilecoin now! If you're outside the US, buy it on FTX or BigOne. If you're in the US, buy it using Mixin Messenger: bit.Ly/buymobilecoin Then update Signal, hit Settings -> Payments, and enable it. If you DM me your number, I'll send you your first MOB!

@Chris_arnade Bucharest! 😎

Hell of a Bank

@alexschief @ATCLMusic @menorman @ArmandDoma Terminal “we are the vanguard” brain, until you wake up 50 years behind

@ATCLMusic @menorman @ArmandDoma Yes, the attitude is comparable to New York. Some kind of horseshoe theory where a city gets so global that it becomes provincial again.

Dean Preston, San Francisco’s Reply Guy In Chief

@MarketUrbanism @DylanBasescu Ștefan Băsescu (prim-ministru)

@DylanBasescu I would love that

Long Island City is often derided by white gentrifiers as “soulless” because of all of the new buildings. But it’s not soulless, it’s just not for you. Fastest growing Asian population in NYC – quintupled since 2010 nytimes.com/2021/10/18/nyr…

@moskov @Personamb @ImpossibleFoods Light hating ;) imo mushy and not as good as regular fries, so might as well spend the calories on altnuggets