Ricky G

NYT reports that some older adults are moving to NYC instead of retiring in Florida? Of course. Walkability, transit, culture, parks, and the freedom of not needing a car make it possible to stay active, connected, and engaged at any age. nytimes.com/2026/03/07/nyr…

@kwuchu Upgrading my work M1 Maxand personal M1 to this. It's time

I high-key might need to upgrade my M1 Max to the M5 Max or M5 Pro now, not even gonna cap. Seems like it's worth it.

The US spent 70 years building a country optimized for cars instead of people. This is what that looks like at full resolution. MetLife Stadium sits on 2.1 million square feet of parking. 28,000 spaces. The parking lots are larger than the stadium itself. The entire Meadowlands complex was purpose-built so that the only way a human being can reach it is inside a 4,000-pound metal box. The New Jersey State Police printed that sign because pedestrians were never part of the design. And here’s where it gets interesting: the 2026 World Cup Final is being played at this stadium in five months. FIFA’s biggest event on Earth, hosted at a venue where walking is literally illegal. International fans from countries where you stroll to the stadium from a pub three blocks away are about to encounter a place where the nearest hotel requires a car to travel a distance you can see with your eyes. The US has 700 million to 2 billion parking spaces. Eight parking spots for every car in the country. Parking lots cover more than 5% of all developed land, an area larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined. Minimum parking requirements forced every building, every stadium, every shopping center to dedicate more square footage to storing empty vehicles than to serving the humans inside. American cities didn’t accidentally become unwalkable. They were zoned that way. During the recent Club World Cup at MetLife, only 12.5% of fans used public transit to reach the stadium. The other 87.5% drove. Now imagine that ratio flipping for the World Cup, when the majority of attendees will be international visitors without cars. NJ Transit is spending $100 million to try to move 20,000 people per hour through a single transfer point at Secaucus Junction, a system that already had door malfunctions and 13-minute delays during games with 29,000 fans. Scale that to 82,500. The sign in this hotel lobby is American car culture in a single frame: we built the richest country on Earth, then made it illegal to walk across it.

@kwuchu Your tweets have me putting down opus 4.6 to try this out this week lol

@kwuchu 👀👀👀

I honestly think that Codex 5.3 is mad better than Opus 4.6, holy fuck. I think I've found a new daily driver, not even capping

@andruyeung What is the criteria for this list ranking? Proximity to core Manhattan? There are so many non gentrified neighborhoods not even mentioned let alone a core borough missing

New York City Neighborhood Ranking S Tier: Nomad, Flatiron, West Village, Greenwich Village, Soho, Gramercy Park A Tier: Tribeca, UWS, Central Park South, Chelsea, Williamsburg, Lincoln Square B Tier: Seaport, FiDi, Greenpoint, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Dumbo, Union Square C Tier: UES, LIC, Downtown Brooklyn, Midtown West, Murray Hill, Midtown East, Washington Heights, Kips Bay, LES D Tier: Bushwick, Bedstuy, Chinatown, Astoria, “East Williamsburg” No-Go List: Times Square, Port Authority area

If you are a software engineer "experiencing some degree of mental health crisis", now hear this, because I've been coding for 50 years since the days of punched cards and I have a salutary kick in your ass to deliver. Get over yourself. Every previous "programming is obsolete" panic has been a bust, and this one's going to be too. The fundamental problem of mismatch between the intentions in human minds and the specifications that a computer can interpret hasn't gone away just because now you can do a lot of your programming in natural language to an LLM. Systems are still complicated. This shit is still difficult. The need for people who specialize in bridging that gap isn't going to go away. As usual, the answer is: upskill yourself and adapt. If a crusty old fart like me can do it, you can too.

The secret to being a 10x engineer is to live on the east coast and get in 3+ hours of deep work before your west coast coworkers are awake

A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected.

🚨 MICROSOFT'S INTERNAL H-1B GUIDANCE JUST LEAKED Microsoft tells employees: - If in US: "Remain in the U.S. for the foreseeable future" to "avoid being denied reentry" - H-4 dependents: Also stay in US (even though proclamation doesn't mention them) - If abroad: "Strongly recommend you return to the U.S. tomorrow before the deadline" - Extensions/Status changes: Likely unaffected if you're currently in the US Microsoft setting up individual tracking for employees outside US and admits "there isn't much time to make sudden travel arrangements" Translation: Even Microsoft with unlimited legal resources is telling H-1B workers to avoid international travel entirely. If Microsoft is this cautious, everyone should be. When Big Tech says "don't travel" - listen. RT to warn others.

@YoungPrince_ It was awful!!! Food took almost 3hrs, apps over an hour. Food was also mid

I’ve heard nothing but bad reviews about that ATIK restaurant in city island smh lol aesthetics being prioritized over good food is insane.

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

TJ McConnell is the Manu Ginobli of JJ Bareas #NBAFinals

@NYCTSubway Thanks JP!

@Imaginary_One Hi, there's some congestion ahead. There were rerouted 6 trains via the express track from 14 St because of a sick customer at 23 St. ^JP

Northbound 6 trains are running express from 14 St-Union Sq to Grand Central-42 St while we get medical assistance for someone in need at 23 St. Northbound 5 trains will run on the 2 line from Nevins St to 149 St-Grand Concourse. If your stop is skipped, take a southbound train.

@Derrick_NYC Thanks Derrick! I figured as much

@Imaginary_One Bronx bound #6 and <#6> trains are being rerouted to the exp track from 14 St-Union Sq to Grand Central-42 St which is causing delays in Bronx bound #4 and #5 trains as trains are sharing the express track.

@rrrprez 🙄

@NYCTSubway Nevermind, we finally moved! Thanks anyway.

@NYCTSubway Hey, is this still an issue? At Bedford not moving. Car 7149

4 trains are delayed entering/leaving Woodlawn while we address a signal problem near that station.

@NYCTSubway Thanks AW!

@Imaginary_One Hello, trains are running with some residual delay at this time. ^AW

A/C/F trains are running with delays in both directions after we addressed a loss of third rail power near Jay St-MetroTech.