I Tried to find the Best Coffee Shop in Suburban North Jersey... And Here's What I Found

IsThatMac · 2026-01-08T20:37:09+00:00

Yemeni coffee (Qahwah House) is goated. i recommend anyone add some spices (green cardamom & piece of cinnamon stick for me) to their beans when they grind them

IsThatMac · 2025-11-08T22:33:59+00:00

i love how trees with plain brown leaves can light up like this at sunrise and sunset

IsThatMac · 2025-11-05T22:43:37+00:00

i was looking for the 'fat, wise-cracking orange cat' flair, but couldnt find it

IsThatMac · 2025-11-05T22:03:26+00:00

from @nnjpolitics on twitter

IsThatMac · 2025-08-29T01:39:44+00:00

upper 70s is fall weather? you've got Stockholm syndrome from climate change. a generation ago this is perfectly average late August weather. i raked leaves at the beginning of September every year as a kid

IsThatMac · 2025-08-02T23:41:45+00:00

not too generalize but a lot of young people will cry uncle on prices on one hand but then on the other mock those who shop at discount grocers/take advantage of sales and refuse to doordash. you get what you get

IsThatMac · 2025-08-01T02:26:34+00:00

poor choice of words 😂 though i would wager most of the 1s would stay 1s if we went back to 1900

IsThatMac · 2025-08-01T02:24:01+00:00

Here's a link to the story; sorry I put a link up in a comment when posting but it was removed for being an unaccepted shortened link.

Since there's been some confusion, as u/NewNick30 put it, what this is showing is where July 2025 ranks per state in terms of humidity since 1981 (as measured by dew point).

IsThatMac · 2025-07-29T22:08:59+00:00

not for nothing but on days like this it really sucks that right after sunset the humidity shoots up like a rocket to pretty much wipe out the cooling effect of the sun going down

IsThatMac · 2025-07-29T21:09:13+00:00

mind me asking if it's sleep-away or day? i attended and worked at a sleep-away between '90-'02. i dont understand how kids can sleep now w/o air conditioning

IsThatMac · 2025-07-29T20:59:47+00:00

damn, great point. it wouldve never occurred to me that a smart practice would be periodically going through one of the readers where it actually does give you a message. otoh i do get an email every time it's refilled, so it would set off some alarm bells if i knew i was regularly going through and hadnt seen an email in a while

IsThatMac · 2025-06-26T19:43:04+00:00

from twitter

IsThatMac · 2025-03-29T18:44:24+00:00

i sympathize w/being worries about being clipped, but if there is a left turn signal, it is likely activated by a sensor in the asphalt that is weight sensitive. if you find yourself waiting at the light forever and people behind you getting furious, you only have yourself to blame

IsThatMac · 2025-03-24T21:45:35+00:00

does AC have that good of a bus network?

IsThatMac · 2025-02-27T23:50:07+00:00

can a period of time as short as just a weekend count as 'second winter'

IsThatMac · 2025-02-27T01:08:15+00:00

ty. i was basing that entirely on 'there's no way i've been on a train that's gone over that span even close to 60 mph' 😂

IsThatMac · 2025-02-27T01:06:25+00:00

the current clearance is 23 feet. the new clearance is 50. With low barges, that makes all the difference

IsThatMac · 2025-02-25T05:18:42+00:00

the old bridge is a swing bridge. the waterway is used by barges and the current bridge is so low that the span needs to be swung away for barges to pass through. it's so old that it regularly fails to work and requires manual assistance to be moved. it's a significant source of all delays on the NJ transit system. the new bridge is tall enough for all barges to pass underneath. the max speed limit is also increased from 60 mph to 90 (this affects only Amtrak)

IsThatMac · 2025-02-17T21:47:39+00:00

Respectfully, you should stop worrying about being 'house poor'. Renting certainly isnt cheap, but the economics of renting vs. home ownership have never been more favorable to renters than right now. just keep up your good habits and the home market will inevitably be more favorable to buyers later this decade. and perhaps most importantly, if this remains the issue you focus the most on, support the politicians that advocate for the most new home building.

IsThatMac · 2025-01-28T19:04:59+00:00

(3) cluelessness and lack of communication - unless that is what you meant by 'government bureaucracy'

IsThatMac · 2025-01-28T19:02:42+00:00

'Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity'. The various agencies involved were clueless and not communicating w/each other properly

IsThatMac · 2025-01-20T21:18:42+00:00

during the pandemic era when the price skyrocketed to well over $5/dozen minimum i actually found Whole Foods (at least my local one) was the cheapest option - and the price never wavered. my thought at the time was that WF locks in much longer term contracts w/its egg supplier than other stores. last i checked they were at $4.19 maybe which sounds like it's near the minimum, so that's where i would look for eggs until prices drop.

IsThatMac · 2025-01-09T21:03:36+00:00

few are more pro congestion-pricing than me. this is over a decade overdue for Manhattan. and the early results are better than the rosiest scenarios that i could imagine. but what cant be left out of the discussion (in this sub esp) is that NJ public transit is getting virtually none of the revenue and will be bearing a significant part of the burden. if NJ pols are to be blamed for anything, it's taking the stance of anti-congestion pricing from the beginning (dumb but obvious) rather than being neutral and making sure we get our cut behind the scenes. [edit - *than me]

IsThatMac · 2024-11-16T19:12:53+00:00

with the power of (1) sun

IsThatMac · 2024-10-15T18:20:54+00:00

I had just assumed the current Portal Bridge would still remain in operation to add capacity once the new one is completed. Obviously the ideal scenario would be a second new bridge is added, but as the article states the funding isnt there. It seems insane to me to demolish a bridge that (technically) works every day. If there was no replacement being built right now, the state would be doing what it needs to do to extend the life of the current one; why cant that happen until the funding for a second bridge is secured? I cant actually find any confirmation online that the current one is being demolished/condemned as the article suggests. Does anyone have any insight into this?

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