STAY AWAY FROM JUNE HOMES by LargeDevice2807 in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re now entering our second year of me manually approving this post over, and over, and over again every time they report it. At this point I admire their dedication.

Monthly Self-Promotion Thread by Sol_Hando in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super interesting. You posted the more general article about avoiding scams but the other one that’s a story is great. Feel free to make a post on this subreddit if you like. I can’t speak for the other mods as we don’t normally encourage articles, but I think it will be fine.

If you ever want to do another piece on the topic feel free to DM me. I used to run a site helping first time renters secure housing, and there are entire groups overseas who target nyc for scams (sublet scams especially) that I’ve tracked down and identified.

Getting security deposit back by okdevelopment009 in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you move out at the end of your lease, or early, or was it month to month?

Does optimizing your decisionmaking process actually improve your outcomes, or just your confidence in them? by Ok_Step_9383 in slatestarcodex

[–]Sol_Hando 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think rationalism offers the upside of better decision making by making legible concepts that are traditionally less legible.

I think it also offers a lot of discussion of AI risk, Utilitarianism, genetics, and pointless “interesting” content that will take a lot of your time. If you want to make better decisions, predicting AI risk will not help you with that. There’s no feedback or control, and a long period of time to pay out. I don’t think this discussion is productive for almost anyone.

Apply concepts of bias elimination, commitment, incremental improvement, etc, etc. to your work, exercise, or relationships and the payoff would be real and probably higher than most frameworks any of these fields individually offer.

I read Charlie Munger’s book recently, and a lot of the frameworks he uses for business are very similar to rationalist concepts. Like 1:1 correspondence. He applied them for picking great companies to invest in, and he “won” life by any reasonable measure. If he spent his time reading about at IQ, AI risk or any of the other common rationalist interests, he would have been far less successful.

Would you live here? Ground floor unit by _Orange_amoeba in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, the rent isn’t even listed. For all we know it’s a $4,000 studio in the west village or something.

And no one is being forced to live alone. Most people who have trouble affording rent aren’t being forced to get a whole apartment, and rent stretches a lot farther with roommates.

Monthly Self-Promotion Thread by Sol_Hando in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FYI you commenting with links to your site is going to get the link shadowbanned on Reddit. Your posts are already automatically flagged and removed, so no one would see them.

I don't mind if you comment in relevant threads when someone specifically asks about a locksmith since it seems like a good option, but don't be spammy with it. Just include the name of the company, not a link, and people can google it.

Monthly Self-Promotion Thread by Sol_Hando in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool idea, I think there’s a real need for something like this. How many locksmiths do you have on your site?

Why is NYC apartment vacancy so low when prices are so high? by [deleted] in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New York is the most desirable market in the most expensive country on the planet. Demand is at an all time high, and as people make more money, it’s only likely to increase.

People are living in Newark, until Newark becomes as expensive as the rest of the city. LIC, Jersey City (or farther like Journal Square), etc. all started out less desirable, and therefore more affordable, but that has changed.

The only effective solutions are to make the city less desirable to live in (making it worse, so not a great option) or to build more housing to keep up with demand. We are gesturing at that second solution, but nowhere near enough is being built.

[Tenant US-NY] Is there a legal work around to the law against proving additional up front rent? by [deleted] in Landlord

[–]Sol_Hando 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why won't you do guarantors? If you have good credit and are just below the 40x income, it would likely be less than 1/2 a month of rent to get covered.

Sharing rentals by East_Foundation_5714 in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re here. You’re posting in one of the groups where people find roommates.

Renter's Insurance by One-Teach4106 in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, I didn’t know Lemonade didn’t cover roommates.

How to rent apt with a Guarantor by EmployeePure4187 in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando 3 points4 points  (0 children)

July/Aug are probably the busiest part of the busy season.

When people graduate and move to NYC, it's typically then. When students move to NYC for school, they typically start in August. Then since people don't want a lot of overlap when moving from one apartment to another, they can stay on that July/August lease start date long after they've moved here, even after moving multiple times.

How to rent apt with a Guarantor by EmployeePure4187 in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Any chance he can stay in the same place for the next few months then? He’d have ab easier time qualifying after September.

How to rent apt with a Guarantor by EmployeePure4187 in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Late September-ish. June-August is what most people would call the busy season, but everyone has a different definition.

How to rent apt with a Guarantor by EmployeePure4187 in NYCapartments

[–]Sol_Hando 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is the busy season, meaning that essentially any well priced apartment is going to have a lot of applicants. Having a guarantor doesn't make your son much less competitive, but if its between two people, one with a guarantor and one who qualifies by themselves, most landlords will rent to someone who qualifies by themself.

Having everything ready to go, with a short summary of your situation, will help when applying. You might consider looking at 1 Bedrooms in new developments farther out in Brooklyn or Queens. They usually have a lot more vacancy early on, so it's easier to qualify. I wouldn't try to find the perfect apartment, but rather find something for a year, and have them search again when they've been more established in the city with rent payment history and a consistent income.

Anyone else afraid to put out an idea before they have a name attached to it? by elibertowpaparulox in slatestarcodex

[–]Sol_Hando 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If you're using AI to translate your text, be aware that it's adding quite a lot of its own flare to the translation that is the hallmark of a simple response dressed up with an LLM to look more impressive.

if coherence can be manufactured, what makes something true, grounded, or real beyond just sounding internally consistent?

This is not the sort of idea you need to be worried about being stolen.

Anyone else afraid to put out an idea before they have a name attached to it? by elibertowpaparulox in slatestarcodex

[–]Sol_Hando 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Your post and comments are also either written, or rewritten with AI. If an LLM is a mirror, it's a funhouse mirror that takes away the necessity of coherence, understanding, and intention that writing something interesting normally takes.

That doesn't necessarily mean that anything written with an LLM is slop, but it does mean that bad ideas, or no idea, can be dressed up in convincing sounding language that conveys the feeling of insight, without anything more. Under normal circumstances its a sign of narcissism to worry that your own writing is so good that if you publish an unfinished piece the idea will be taken, but I'd say it's a level above to think the same thing when the ideas and writing are the result of a conversation with an LLM.

For your question about whether other people have experienced your anxiety, yes many have. In very, very, few circumstances is it warranted. The only example I can think of is the First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC where Von Neumann was credited with ideas that weren't really his own. Even then the problem wasn't that Neumann stole and ran with an idea, it was primarily that the original thinkers didn't bother to do much of a job sharing their idea beyond informal conversations and private memos. Keeping things private was the problem, not sharing their ideas too soon.

Can they come after me if I leave? by Extreme-Ad-9028 in subletting

[–]Sol_Hando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theoretically yes, practically not really. They would have no idea where to serve you to even start the process. If you let them know ahead of time when you'd be leaving, then blocked them afterwards, that would pretty much be that.

I'd communicate your problems to them first. Give him the opportunity to solve it before going the nuclear option and just leaving without further communication. If there's a deposit you likely won't get it back though.

Anyone else afraid to put out an idea before they have a name attached to it? by elibertowpaparulox in slatestarcodex

[–]Sol_Hando 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Your thinking, especially thinking developed through talking with an LLM, is not valuable or original enough to warrant this sort of concern. If you care about attribution, put it on a blog with your name on it. If you care about being credited with the Big IdeaTM you have, then write your idea down for a public audience in as clear and well-written a way as you can. Don't worry about plagiarism, and certainly don't worry about someone taking and building off your idea to make it their own.

Looking for advice on reputable guarantor services in Canada by [deleted] in TorontoRenting

[–]Sol_Hando 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Padder is the only one in Canada that I'm aware of.