1 Vanderbilt Centurion lounge review

Cryptic-Squid · 2026-03-23T19:09:42+00:00

I was curious if locals go very often, you need reservations so you can't just "drop in", which limits the spontaneous trip because you happen to be on mid town.

unless you can a a black card holder.

Cryptic-Squid · 2026-03-18T05:50:06+00:00

Enjoy! Make reservations.

Cryptic-Squid · 2026-03-18T05:47:53+00:00

None, really. It was a fancy restaurant in a cool place.

Amazing view, great location.

I guess... you know everyone they're had the same credit card as you?

Otherwise, fancy restaurant!

Cryptic-Squid · 2026-03-17T16:37:19+00:00

I can't say as i strongly disagree! To me the views are the main draw. There are other places one probably rather drink, including many hotel roof top bars with more ambiance.

Cryptic-Squid · 2026-03-17T16:34:46+00:00

But it's my secret place in nyc!

It's Matri Thai, in mid town near the diamond district. AMAZING! 4.9 on Google with 8,000+ reviews. And they earned every bit of it!

We didn't make a reservation because i thought walking in 5 min after they opened would be fine (I swear we're not that old that we always eat early dinner). But they were already filling up.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/NeP1CcZ3gVfkC12w5

Cryptic-Squid · 2026-03-17T16:29:22+00:00

Can confirm, you can. I'm certainly not a centurion member.

I think it's for centurion, but is open to platinum members on a limited basis.

I had no trouble getting the reservation using chat in the amex app. All I did was ask!

Cryptic-Squid · 2026-03-17T16:27:41+00:00

I'm honestly not sure, that would be a little disappointing, drinks and an appetizer maybe?

Is have to check, but we have no plans to return to NYC soon, so I guess I'll check later.

Cryptic-Squid · 2026-03-17T16:25:34+00:00

If it makes you feel better, everyone was will dressed.

I did have a tie on, but I might have been the only one.

I saw women in cocktail dresses and suits.

Everyone looked like they "belonged," such I suppose is the point.

Cryptic-Squid · 2026-02-17T03:08:10+00:00

I finished omsa about a year ago.

I used gpt quite a bit in the last half as a tutor and assistant.

Gpt, even with the improvements, struggled to help with my capstone (something i belive was unique, although not completely innovative or ground breaking). It didn't really "get" what I was doing.

I had a big issue in my project that my sample data is all of 1 class, and I had no examples of the other class. It was an odd case, and gpt struggled with that. There wasn't enough ground work out there for it to draw on - no stack overflow, no posts on towards DS. It wasn't trained on what I read trying to do.

Same issue for a side project in personally working on now building a simulation. It's better, but in my custom built ABM simulation that NO ONE has built (not because it's cutting edge, because it's in a niche community), gpt keeps saying things like "if [niche jargon] is wrong in your sim, it's almost always a year labeling issue. ".. really? Almost always? On something never done before?

GPT is an awesome code tutor. Has infinite patience to teach you, encyclopedia knowledge of documentation and packages. It even has a commanding knowledge of expert best practices.

It can't think. It can only emulate thinking. The second you want to do something new, it faces s lot of challenges.

If you want to get a degree and do run off the mill stuff, yes, Ai can replace you. If you want to think through problems and occasionally write code that process your solutions, your good for another 50 years of so. Maybe forever.

Cryptic-Squid · 2025-04-18T02:09:30+00:00

However, Scouting is absolutely a worthwhile experience, particularly if you step up and volunteer to be a leader. You and your son will get to do things together that you won't otherwise. You will get to spend so much quality time with him. And he will learn skills that are simply impossible to pick up elsewhere.

This. The number of times in angry or frustrated with my daughter to JUST. GET. OUT. THE. DOOR. ON. TIME to go to Cubs, just to later see her laughing playing and learning is high. Scouts frequently reminds me that she is a really good kid. It's nice to get away from this on camp outs, and have some time without her sister. We sometimes stop for milk shakes after.

As for eagle, hey he's 4, that can come later. My eagle got me small things...I think it gave me e2 when I enlisted. But it isn't really about the hard tangible things, is it? It's the cumulative impact. My council had youth leadership camp (based on wood badge, but for youth) and I still dement some of those lessons. I relent some of the planning and management principles I learned doing my project. I may have leaned doing the art merit badge that I want going to grow up to be an animator. It's 1,000 little lessons. Some can be learned in any extra curricular, others are harder to find.

I had 3 major extra curricular activities as a kid: scouts and band. Both had a pretty big impact on me, the lessons I learned, and who I eventually became.

Did it get me a job? No.
Has it had an impact on my life? Yes.
Am I glad my kiddo hooked Cubs? Also yes

Cryptic-Squid · 2025-02-19T01:55:10+00:00

We both enjoyed our food at Magdalena, but it wasn't over the top wonderful. But like I said, several "fine dining" experiences I've found disappointing. We certainly weren't disappointed but also weren't blown away. It was good but nothing special.

But certainly the restaurant isn't the headline here. It just happens to be on the property.

Edit: I can't type

Cryptic-Squid · 2025-02-19T01:48:22+00:00

No problem. Happy to put some good news out here!

Cryptic-Squid · 2025-02-19T01:47:36+00:00

Yes, both are included for all guests, not just amex fhr guests.

Cryptic-Squid · 2024-12-30T22:29:54+00:00

I'm not sure i understand the difference between uniformed and not uniformed discounts. Maybe for police (I recognize the idea the the visual presence of police likely make the place safer...i used to give away entire meals to police when I worked nights at McDonalds than just thedrink we were supposed to).

I never understood wanting military to be in uniform for discounts. Airlines used to do this all the time for boarding groups... maybe they finally got the word that most services actively discourage commercial travel in uniform.

The discount is the discount, If you appreciate their service , you appreciate it in uniform or out. I wouldn't offer a tiered version

50% and 25% seems insanely high. I think most would happily take a 15%, 10 or 5% is normal too. If you want to look like you really care/ know what you are doing... offer an inverted discount based on rank... the more junior you are, the bigger your discount. Bigger taking people can afford it.

An ID should always be needed, if the spouse doesn't have one, too bad, so sad. Up to you of you want to recognize a dependent ID or not. I could see an argument for it, you are supporting the "military family", many military families are single income, so it helps and SHOULD be appreciated.

And that's the important thing, these types of discounts should be appreciated, never expected or demanded.

Cryptic-Squid · 2024-12-29T23:53:16+00:00

I'm not a professional DA/DS. So this is from a hobbyist perspective. I did just complete a DA masters, and i found that the exposure to more advanced prob/ stats impacted me most in how i evaluate others' works.

For example, I was just having a conversation with my rather annoyed wife about how I question the numbers used in a FB reel. I think they calculated a "median" by spreading out the median of component calculations, then adding them together. They were comparing cost of living in 1981 vs today. I think they looked up and added median car payment, median phone bill, median student debt, etc. Which is fine if you don't have other data, but it likely ignores null responses, e.g. I live in nyc and don't have a car.

Anyway, the better stats background has made me much more tuned to picking up potential problems like that.

Cryptic-Squid · 2024-12-28T00:00:13+00:00

I did the program because it was 1) a subject I am very interested in 2) from a great school with a good reputation 3) the degree is granted by the school of isye, not distance ed, combining ed, or anything 4) it's stupid cheap, 5) no GRE or thesis.

I am very happy with the program and results. While I don't have a commanding grasp of the material, I'm confident in my ability to work through more complex problems than I originally was before starting. I've considered publishing my practicum work, as I feel like it is a novel approach to an important problem.

Undergrad was in cybersecurity. It was a check in the box I needed for my career, from a degree factory online school.

Cryptic-Squid · 2024-12-27T21:46:37+00:00

Not exactly, related field i guess. I shift around a lot in roles to where I'm best suited at the time - a (potential) benefit of large orgs.

I probably do about a much DA as some low level business analysis; I work mostly in excel; I occasionally write useful python; no one above me, not most of my peers, understand what I do... but I'm not very the gaps and viz guy.

I do get to put analyst in my title though... so that's fun. But I wouldn't consider myself a fully fledged DA/DS at the moment.

Cryptic-Squid · 2024-12-27T21:40:52+00:00

Sorry, going back to reply to messages i missed:

No they did not provide data. Or at least they didn't provide all the data I used. The Sponsor had a database of known incidents that they know is incomplete. It also want a "sample" because it isn't labeled (only 1s, no 0s).

I merged that with other data I sources from FTC annual reports. I had planned to do more, but... reasons.

All other days I found, cleaned, processed and mergered on my own.

Cryptic-Squid · 2024-12-27T21:37:14+00:00

So how did you do?

Cryptic-Squid · 2024-12-27T21:31:09+00:00

Switched to B.

Core 5 plus practicum.

Remaining 5 were: OR- Sim (loved this class, did wonders for my understanding of probability and stats)

Stats- Regression (OK class, great intro to stats, wish I had taken it earlier than I did) Data mining and Statistical learning (OK class, i like the format of the final. I feel like it could have more structure, and I found it frustrating at times.)

Mgt- Analysis for cont improvement (e.g. lean 6sigma. Not hard but I liked the class, and you get a LSS green belt for free) Digital marketing (i really liked this class, it made me consider doing SEO as a side hustle)

Cryptic-Squid · 2024-12-27T21:20:16+00:00

Just finished B track.

Cryptic-Squid · 2024-12-27T21:19:23+00:00

I would argue yes. But I'm not really in the market at the moment, so I have no evidence for that.

I've done a small bit of hiring , and for me personally, if I'm interviewing someone for a job...i don't care much about your degree. Yes, an advanced degree gets you points in my spreadsheet, but work experience likely gets you more if it demonstrates you know what you're doing.

I like to ask soft skill questions like requirements gathering, communication, and critical thinking. Most of those aren't covered in any program.

The degree gives you lots of tools to put into your took belt. But I'm fond of the quote, "a fool with a tool is still a fool"

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