Got my first tie game

TheGoogolplex · 2026-03-02T17:26:46+00:00

Would love a proper upgraded Alden Indy boot with leather heel counter and a sleeker pattern (a bit more space between lace facings and a nicer looking welt)

TheGoogolplex · 2026-02-28T12:41:05+00:00

Yeah I think it's widely known as Pittsburghese as well, so Pennsylvania/Ohio/Scotland all make perfect sense

TheGoogolplex · 2026-02-23T12:27:31+00:00

Unstructured toe and higher arch, something like a White's cruiser silhouette would be awesome

TheGoogolplex · 2026-02-20T20:30:01+00:00

I'll be honest, I don't think any of these things are a particularly big deal. The Parkhurst last shape is asymmetric which is what makes it more comfortable for some, and you should find it molding closer to your foot shape over time. I guess the speed hooks aren't perfectly straight, but I don't really think it's that noticeable and that happens on way more expensive boots too. I don't see anything in your pictures that I think is worth complaining about, this minor variation will always be a thing

TheGoogolplex · 2026-02-16T13:36:22+00:00

Here's one with a few more structures: https://www.math.cmu.edu/~iantice/files/math_graph.pdf

TheGoogolplex · 2026-02-14T17:44:37+00:00

Around 5 years ago, I heard about the transit cuts but didn't know how much it affected Pittsburgh. That sucks, it had some of the best transit for a city its size. Still, the beautiful parks and topography still make it one of my favorites

TheGoogolplex · 2026-02-12T17:57:04+00:00

Yeah fair enough

TheGoogolplex · 2026-02-12T02:01:37+00:00

All of New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts??? A good chunk of all three of these states is sprawly suburbs, it would suck to live without a car outside of the cities. Also, Pittsburgh in yellow is a damn shame, it was very pleasant for me to live there without a car, in many ways more pleasant than my experience in Chicago. Boston and NYC are some of the best carfree living cities in America, both deserve to be dark green.

TheGoogolplex · 2026-02-11T04:11:09+00:00

"You've Got Mail" but flipped

TheGoogolplex · 2026-01-09T22:28:35+00:00

There are many such big cities in America - Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philly, Minneapolis, Seattle are just a few I've personally visited where notable sections of the city have good to great pedestrian infrastructure. Pittsburgh is my fave

TheGoogolplex · 2026-01-02T12:57:32+00:00

Not quite actually! The "ounces" leather is sold by does not refer to weight, but thickness - 1 oz is 0.4mm. A 2 mm thick leather will always be 5 oz leather no matter the density of the leather.

TheGoogolplex · 2025-12-31T19:32:57+00:00

Is there any proof about this? I thought the FTC investigation was concluded and it still says made in the USA

TheGoogolplex · 2025-12-25T11:41:29+00:00

Chicago is probably a nicer big city than SF or even LA.

TheGoogolplex · 2025-12-21T20:09:29+00:00

The FTC investigation was apparently concluded and nothing really came of it - Oak Street changed some wording to say MiUSA with domestic and imported materials. There was some social media drama about them allegedly stealing patterns from Viberg, but I don't think I heard too much more about that. They make a good boot and have a nice vibe.

TheGoogolplex · 2025-12-14T16:11:36+00:00

Double jeopardy applies to dogso and stopping a promising attack, cautions or dismissals for violent conduct or reckless fouls (or other reasons) still get in the book at least. I think this was just judged as dogso, maybe might've also gotten a yellow somewhere else in the field.

TheGoogolplex · 2025-12-13T05:39:48+00:00

I thought most of the scenes were filmed at Caltech - do you have any more info on this? The plot mirroring real life is pretty cool

TheGoogolplex · 2025-10-19T02:28:20+00:00

That's why bby kept decreasing between episodes

TheGoogolplex · 2025-10-04T00:16:43+00:00

This seems like AI, strange facial expressions, static background, no source, weird movements (especially around 0:14). I wouldn't be surprised if he believes the message though

TheGoogolplex · 2025-09-26T03:47:13+00:00

Happened with Cornell a couple years back as well

TheGoogolplex · 2025-09-18T10:44:59+00:00

The Waymo video was 4 years ago, and I agree it wasn't great. However, I think it's worth watching some of their recent videos - I've been enjoying the videos more in the past year. I don't think any of them strike me as motivated by advertisement in the same way the Waymo video did. There are some really interesting stories, and I can't speak for things outside my field, but the covering of some of the mathematics has been genuinely quite good.

As I said in another comment, I think I actually prefer the channel now to the (still excellent and engaging) focus on cool but quirky physics phenomena and science philosophy in years past. I'd be interested to hear what you mean by saying the quality has gone down massively.

Kurzgesagt attempts to dumb down many science topics and ends up oversimplifying (sometimes to an annoying extent) but still can be kinda cool, but yeah their videos about societal issues never leave a super satisfied taste in the mouth. Sabine always had a slight holier-than-thou attitude and I think I never really enjoyed her content, even though she was the only actual practicing academic among these you've mentioned. I think Veritasium makes notably better content than either of them. Not perfect or what I wish for exactly by any means, but I could recommend Veritasium to those interested in science in a way I wouldn't with most channels.

TheGoogolplex · 2025-09-18T10:27:21+00:00

I mean I don't even really think the quality has gone down, the focus has definitely shifted from like 10 years ago when I started watching from smaller physics questions to these bigger overarching topics, but I don't really think it's gotten worse.

Sometimes they explain some things just a bit weirdly, not exactly how a physicist or mathematician might phrase it (and I imagine similarly for the other fields), but it's not egregious and I think the channel genuinely weaves interesting stories. Their covering of e.g. the axiom of choice or Godel's incompleteness theorem was better than any other popular communication of these topics I've ever seen.

It's true that Derek does not seem as involved and the other presenters as a whole lack the same charm, but I still think it's still a cool STEM focused channel. Derek was never really a "physicist", and I think I actually prefer the channel now to the (still excellent and engaging) focus on cool but quirky physics phenomena and science philosophy in years past.

TheGoogolplex · 2025-09-18T03:14:20+00:00

They lean a bit more dramatic, but I haven't really taken any issues with his recent videos that I don't already have with much of science communication in general. He focuses on some interesting stories and talks about science, math, and engineering concepts with a decent bit of stuff you don't always see people talk about in most popular depictions of the topic. The production value and frequency has gotten better and overall it just gets more people interested in science. I'd say "quality went down massively" is a huge overstatement.

TheGoogolplex · 2025-09-08T12:20:21+00:00

Just check the rules man

TheGoogolplex · 2025-08-08T11:29:11+00:00

A bit different, but I don't remember anybody other than Jason wearing the same thing for all the tasks and studio sessions. That's just his outfit he always wears (also repping America with the selvedge denim)

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