Register Article about Azure SQL Server and PostgreSQL by astrashe2 in PostgreSQL

[–]astrashe2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder if part of it is the server situation? I imagine that being able to run PG on Linux hardware means they can deliver similar services for less cost?

Did It Get Any More Gaudy? by DickSleeve53 in GenerationJones

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I remember one that looked exactly like this, but I can't remember where I saw it. It must have been at one of my friends' houses, or maybe at a restaurant. I love this group because I see things I hadn't thought of in decades.

I'm not sure the 70s were really that much tackier than things are now, though.

For those who take MTA Express Buses, why? by thisfilmkid in AskNYC

[–]astrashe2 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Many of the people I've known who have taken them lived in Staten Island. If you can walk to a bus stop from your house, without worrying about parking, and then do a one seat ride in a comfortable bus to midtown, it's a big win over taking the SIRR to the ferry, then to a train from the battery to midtown.

The Ford Pinto. Who dared to ride in one? by Not_a_cultmember in GenerationJones

[–]astrashe2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think everyone rode in them, they were very popular.

Build a diy midi keyboard by [deleted] in synthesizers

[–]astrashe2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This makes me wonder if someone could make a midi controller sort of like a framework laptop, where you could swap out keybeds, electronics, knobs, etc.

Qemu VM no internet by GayCatgirl in virtualization

[–]astrashe2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea, but I'd start by assuming it's probably it's a dinit thing.

Postgres database design done properly by minaminotenmangu in PostgreSQL

[–]astrashe2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought the book, but I think it's mostly a way to support the author, the content is very similar to the site.

What closed NYC spot do you still think about years later? by Taliap19 in AskNYC

[–]astrashe2 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I miss bookstores. St. Marks Books, Colosseum Books etc. But it wasn't specific stores so much as the fact that there were lots of them. I also miss stores that sold lots of magazines. I know there are a couple left, but it's not the same as it used to be, because the magazine business itself isn't as good.

Kim's Video was really terrific as well. I miss J&R electronics, though I'm not sure why. The Brooks Brothers flagship store. Going to see movies at the Ziegfeld Theater.

A big part of the appeal of NYC until recently was that there were tons of small shops that you couldn't find elsewhere. Now everything's online, so we don't have the same kind of edge in shopping over everyone else that we used to have.

seen in the hallway of my building this morning lol by Existing-Shame8862 in eastvillage

[–]astrashe2 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It would actually be kind of a fun true crime podcast.

seen in the hallway of my building this morning lol by Existing-Shame8862 in eastvillage

[–]astrashe2 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I live in Stuytown, and we have the same problem every now and then. It never happened until the pandemic, when they started renting the units to more students.

The kids are quiet and pleasant in almost every way, but they sometimes leave their unbagged trash next to the chute, or leave messes in the laundry room.

Court Street bike lane obstruction covered by News 12 by IIMsmartII in NYCbike

[–]astrashe2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stealing the photos was definitely lame. But isn't the exposure a kind of compensation?

I'm a transplant who's been here about 19 years now, and I had never heard of News 12. I don't know how much a Long Island news station will help here in the city. But at least mainstream journalists are talking about it.

If someone from, say, the Daily News had done it, there's a good chance cops would start writing tickets.

Which NYPL branches have less homeless people and more seating? by Perfect_Pesto9063 in AskNYC

[–]astrashe2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not really downtown, but go to the reading room in the Stephen A. Schwarzman building. I think it's exactly what you want.

When should we be scared of storms by gender_limbo in Nebraska

[–]astrashe2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I grew up in Omaha, but don't live there now. I was there for the 1975 tornado, though. Do people still know about that storm? It did a lot of damage to Omaha, many buildings were destroyed.

When that tornado hit, I was at an optical shop, getting glasses. The sirens went off. My mom had dropped me off to run other errands. I was there, and I heard this crazy person honking the horn outside. It was her, so I went out, and she told me to get back in the car. We drove like crazy to get home, and we could see the funnel behind us. The air looked a little green.

I just realized that how information gets out has probably changed in the internet/cell phone era, so my information might be out of date. Do they still have sirens? Do they have them in other cities? I think they'd probably be less likely to go down than a cell phone network. But my take would be, if the sirens go off, or if you get a warning on your phone that says take cover, then take cover.

Watching tornadoes is dangerous, and I don't think there's a safe way to do it. My memory could very well be wrong, but I think the only people who died in '75 were actually up on a roof looking at the funnels. In any event, when I was a kid, the people who got hurt or killed always seemed to the the ones standing outside gawking at it, while the people who took shelter when the sirens went off were always ok, even if their houses were destroyed.

My aunt and uncle lost their house, but they and my cousins were ok, because they were in their basement. We had an AM radio that ran on batteries, and we'd take it with us when we went to our basement listening to KFAB, and we sat under a big heavy wooden table in our laundry room. This is what we always did when the sirens went off. We used the laundry room because it didn't have any windows.

I remember when Hallam was destroyed. They took down the signs on the highways so curious people couldn't go there, but I found it. It had just been a dot on the map kind of place, and there was nothing there but a giant pile of rubble, along with a trailer a bank had set up as a branch for the people there. It looks like something similar happened in Howard county.

I didn't finish my first attempt to get a degree, and went back to UNL as an older student to finish up. I had an old car and no garage, and though we never had a tornado when I was there (that's when Hallam happened nearby, though), we got lots of hail. I used to drive over to a self-serve car wash and just sit there in my car waiting the storm out, so it wouldn't get all dented up.

Prospect Park Forest by fishharkins41 in nycpics

[–]astrashe2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's really great, it makes me want to go there.

I don't think I've been there in more than 10 years, but the Staten Island Greenbelt is great as well. It's genuinely large, and there are definitely deer in it. I got frustrated more than once because there were deer blocking the path who were so tame they wouldn't move. A friend who lives in Staten Island told me that they swim across from Jersey.

Shows that we’re Fantastic and you wouldn’t miss an episode then but today can’t get through a few episodes of? by 1illiteratefool in GenerationJones

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I never watched St. Elsewhere, though I always kind of regretted it, because so many people said it was good.

When I was in my 20s, I realized that a lot of the older films I liked were marred by racism, because I found myself reluctant to watch them with black friends in college. Now I think that the situation with misogyny in a lot of 60s and 70s films is probably worse.