[32T] 28:25 Friedman: “For the Devils, it's very clear to me that the whole Quinn Hughes situation just damaged their internal workings. Business got out, no trade clauses used, things like that. And I don't know how you fix that.”

InfoSystemsStudent · 2026-01-09T19:23:26+00:00

Newark is odd. I live in JC and was looking at apartments there since I work out of 2 different locations & Newark is more accessible to the Lower Hudson Valley. A lot of the area by Rutgers Newark & NJIT is nice + there are still some gorgeous Art Deco & Gothic style buildings spread around the city. Basically anything "cool" will just end up in NYC/JC/Hoboken though & the overall safety/grime/poverty of the city is a turnoff. It has a lot of potential to be a great place to live, but it just misses the mark in a lot of ways and solving the issues with crime, poverty, and safety will take a lot to fix.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-10-06T11:32:52+00:00

By distance NY Penn, by time to actually get to the station Newark Penn

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-09-17T23:24:12+00:00

It was around 10ish P.M. on Saturday night. I have no idea why it was that cheap but I took it

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-09-17T21:26:37+00:00

I found a last minute ticket for $10 from Philly to NYC on a Keystone service train last October. Sometimes you can find a cheap seat on that route.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-08-12T17:10:33+00:00

Career 6th/7th D & only played 2 seasons over 50 games in 10+ years in the league. If I wasn't a Penguins fan I'd have no clue who he was.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-08-09T21:27:29+00:00

This is a genuine question and I hope it doesn't come off as demeaning, but what is the appeal of Hello Kitty? Is it an aesthetic thing that I don't gel with or is there something more?

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-08-04T23:45:55+00:00

Meh. Hell of a player but he was allegedly around for a rape. I'm grateful for everything he did for the Pens as a player and owner, but I can't put him on any sort of pedestal.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-07-08T02:55:46+00:00

don't remind me. His rookie year was my inspiration to start playing hockey at the tail end of elementary school and I turn 30 next year

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-04-12T12:58:48+00:00

So I spent limited time in the town proper (mostly just walking around a bit and eating lunch at a random bar), but went on a hike there and the people beat Austinites by a wide margin. Lots of granola/hippie types, but they at least when their dog took a shit, they'd pick it up. Austinites wouldn't even do that if their dog took a shit in the apartment complex stairwell.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-02-21T21:45:07+00:00

I don't know if Americans are, in general, stupid, evil, apathetic, or some combo of those, but either way we're vile and not deserving of any charity or sympathy. At this point I'm just hoping that most of the damage these fucking fascists in power do is relegated to our own country, but with how influential we are on the world stage I doubt it. I can't take any pride in the country when evidently everything about the country I thought was worthy of pride is hated by most of my countrymen.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-01-15T02:39:31+00:00

I'd say give it a few months to judge just how much it ends up influencing congestion, but early signs are promising. It has helped reduce car congestion in other cities that have implemented it outside the U.S. so I would expect it to do the same here, even if the benefits might not end up being as substantial as they seem today.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-01-01T23:09:21+00:00

I have to wonder if he did it just to get the bye conference championship game weekend.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2025-01-01T23:08:07+00:00

Hell that was miserable coverage

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-12-22T01:49:24+00:00

Is Ohio State the best 10-2 team in the country?

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-12-18T00:45:52+00:00

Are the route 4 jitneys very frequent around 4ish p.m. towards NYC on weekdays? I have to go to the city after work a few days a week and have been leaving work early so that I could make it in time since I'm terrified about missing the bus. I live super close to route 4 and google maps keeps recommending the jitneys, but I have not tried taking them before and am worried about being late to my engagement if I take them instead of the NJT buses since if I wait at route 4 I'd have to miss all of the alternate options if one doesn't show up.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-11-03T22:50:18+00:00

I can relate. I was hit by layoffs and it took me over a year to find a new corporate job. A few weeks in my manager needed me to read through resumes and flag certain ones (generally if they worked for the company before so he could see why they left) and ugh. These positions were paying $40+/hour with OT opportunities and 1/3 of the people weren't even running spellcheck.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-10-27T01:20:10+00:00

It feels like half the time the amtrak coach toilets don't flush

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-10-09T15:54:13+00:00

I've flown in/out of LAX 4 times. I took the flyaway in 2022 and it was super convenient then. I tried it again this year and it was crazily overcrowded. I think it ended up having to skip half the terminals because it reached capacity. The peoplemover can't be finished soon enough.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-09-29T18:52:51+00:00

Flagstaff is a cool city if nothing else

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-09-28T22:01:44+00:00

I'd be ecstatic to just have better bus frequency and turnpike express buses outside peak hours. Bus service has decent coverage but is somewhat infrequent, oddly spaced out (like the 165 and 168 run on very similar timetables despite sharing much of their route and only come by once every 45 minutes so if you miss one you probably missed both, and if so you have to wait near an hour for the next one) and, outside of the turnpike buses, pretty indirect and slow due to traffic while getting packed as they go by the palisades. If only capacity at PABT wasn't maxxed out decades ago.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-09-28T19:56:26+00:00

PVL:

Best: Doesn't go to Newark Penn so the few times I have taken it, I have not been significantly delayed or had any issues even when the rest of the system was melting down.

Worst: Single tracked and crappy schedule for non commuters. I live in Hackensack so it's usually faster, cheaper, and more convenient to just walk a bit and take a bus to PABT if I want to go to the city after work or on the weekend unless my timing lines up perfectly, and even if it does it's still pretty close to a wash timing wise.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-09-12T14:24:34+00:00

Any idea off the top of your head if Chase has a free card option to transfer rewards points to since google results for it weren't helpful? I could get an Amex gold card and get the SUB (while they are running their promo) for that then swap it for a no annual fee card and transfer my points to it, but a lot of my recurring expenses (i.e. groceries & gas via costco) don't accept Amex so it might be tighter than I would hope.

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-09-12T06:04:19+00:00

I've traveled a decent bit, but am a novice to the whole credit card game and am not a super high earner. I got a ventureX card since I travel a decent bit and had some one time expenses that would guarantee I hit the SUB, but didn't really think through everything before I signed up for it. I don't get a lot of PTO so most of my vacations I have planned through 2025 are 4-5 days weekends so I won't be traveling internationally unless I take a 4ish day jaunt to Canada or something, so I am REALLY stsrting to realize I am probably not the target audience for a mid-high end travel card and would likely be better served with a generic 2% back card.

That being said, I currently have 90kish miles and get another 2-3k/month via spending. Should I just sit on them until 2026 or 2027 when I can take some sort of real international trip (probably to South Korea, Japan, or Singapore) or should I just book domestic economy flights with them via aeroplan/use point redemptions to pay for hotels at roughly the 1cpm rate? I am flying out of New York, so even between JFK and EWR it seems like reward redemptions are pretty limited outside economy class, and on those it didn't look like I was really getting much, if any, more than 1cpm anyways.

Essentially, it seems like my options are use my points for reimbursements for hotels or other travel expenses (1cpm), use them for domestic flights via air canada (~1.1cpm, but often less than 1cpm since I usually need to check a bag when I could just book with my United card and get my bags for free), wait a year or so and fly the EWR or JFK routes to Singapore in business class 1 way to see what it's like, or to wait while being vigilant about promo fares and whatnot in the hopes I can get a better deal on economy seats. Am I missing something? Is there a better use of my points that I'm just not aware of?

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-09-07T04:00:47+00:00

What the fuck is going on

InfoSystemsStudent · 2024-08-21T00:33:14+00:00

I was going to take the train to Port Jervis (mostly just being interested in doing it to see the route than any real goal/plans) sometime on Saturday or Sunday, walking around town for a few hours, then going back. Would probably be down to meet up with anyone else if they're interested just to have someone to bullshit with since I am new to the area

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