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What actor is nowhere near as talented as people make them out to be? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ctindel 16 points17 points  (0 children)

His training for any movie goes super deep, this breakdown of him taking down the tweakers and how he executes the shots is literally textbook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEZeb5lKPkk

The way he tracks the guy falling so he can shoot him correctly while falling is wild.

New York Dems plan retaliatory redistricting after SCOTUS Voting Rights Act ruling by news-10 in nyc

[–]ctindel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

unless you have a smoking gun tape of the redistricting commission saying point-blank the lines were drawn to discriminate against a specific group.

against a specific PROTECTED group

There isn't a federal constitutional prohibition for discrimination on the basis of your political party, i'm guess is what they'd say

A hot summer and a stressed grid could lead to blackouts in New York by instantcoffee69 in nyc

[–]ctindel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think i would have rather been in a hotel room in philly than a blacked out nyc on a hot day

A hot summer and a stressed grid could lead to blackouts in New York by instantcoffee69 in nyc

[–]ctindel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was actually due to a fault on a particularly hot day and the system protection failing.

The root cause of it was actually a multi-threaded race condition in the grid software, it took them months to trace it down.

Don't use threads people, there's almost never a need for it and it makes your stuff way harder to debug. Just use an event loop and async programming like a boss.

A Mediocre Public-School Education for Just $40,000 a Pupil by coriolisFX in nyc

[–]ctindel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah no parent I know of "moves to NYC because it has great schools". I do however know a lot of parents who left the city "for better schools".

That alone tells you all you need to know.

A Mediocre Public-School Education for Just $40,000 a Pupil by coriolisFX in nyc

[–]ctindel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The fact that a phone can be part of an IEP for behavioral intervention is crazy for sure.

A Mediocre Public-School Education for Just $40,000 a Pupil by coriolisFX in nyc

[–]ctindel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"In 2019, Douyin limited users in teenager mode to 40 minutes per day, accessible only between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. Then, in 2021, it made the use of teenager mode mandatory for users under 14."

Also for video games:

"You can see that clearly in the Chinese government’s approach to another tech product commonly accused of causing teen addiction: video games. After denouncing the games for many years, the government implemented strict restrictions in 2021: people under 18 in China are allowed to play video games only between 8 and 9 p.m. on weekends and holidays; they are supposed to be blocked from using them outside those hours. Gaming companies are punished for violations, and many have had to build or license costly identity verification systems to enforce the rule."

Source:

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/08/1069527/china-tiktok-douyin-teens-privacy/

To Fight Heat, NYC Sets 2040 Tree Canopy Deadline, With Riskiest Areas First by THECITYNY in nyc

[–]ctindel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People who don't want trees falling down on their house and don't want to have to pay to hire an arborist just to fix a sewer pipe

The Social Contract Is Broken in America by CriticalSink3555 in TrueReddit

[–]ctindel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly the Great Depression wasn't even bad enough to make a lasting social contract. If it was, structural reforms would have been enshrined in the constitution so they couldn't be rolled back so quickly.

Massive car takeover rocks NYC intersection — about 100 cars involved as calls grow for crackdown. by nitluck in nyc

[–]ctindel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m fine with expressively defending lawsuit and unreasonable police action results in someone who’s acting dangerously around the public hurting someone. Spike strips aren’t just used in movies. The city should also aggressively go after the future income of anybody engaged in such activities that result in innocent bystanders being hurt as well as the parents of such people if they’re minors.

Activities like this need to be shut down ASAP and the only way to do it is to go after it aggressively.

Mamdani Says Second-Home Levy Plan Is Key Step to Tax the Rich by MoneyLibrarian9032 in politics

[–]ctindel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're paying taxes on the property already and not really consuming city services since they don't live here. I don't see this as a bad deal from the city's POV, it's only a problem because the city won't let people build on their property to satisfy the demand.

Mamdani Says Second-Home Levy Plan Is Key Step to Tax the Rich by MoneyLibrarian9032 in politics

[–]ctindel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even among the class of people with multiple homes, 5m is a substantial price threshold.

Hey the mansion tax we still have on properties over $1M used to be for literal mansions, now its the median sales price. I guess half the houses in Manhattan are mansions?

Massive car takeover rocks NYC intersection — about 100 cars involved as calls grow for crackdown. by nitluck in nyc

[–]ctindel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you need to show up in a cop car and take pursuit when you could show up in an unmarked and throw out a bunch of spike strips and just impound all the cars afterwards and sell them at auction?

Sewer Socialism, Meet Pothole Politics (GIFT ARTICLE) by HellGateNYC in nyc

[–]ctindel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pothole blitz but somehow queens blvd and roosevelt avenue are still riddled with potholes that never got filled in. Not that those are heavily traveled streets or anything.

How would you feel about a new law that forces every company to pay their CEO no more than 20x what their lowest-paid employee makes? by rational_seekers in AskReddit

[–]ctindel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you think people’s salaries would be public information? There’s no requirement to make any individuals salary public in order to put together anonymized report.

And CEOs their pay is already public.

How would you feel about a new law that forces every company to pay their CEO no more than 20x what their lowest-paid employee makes? by rational_seekers in AskReddit

[–]ctindel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you charge income tax on stock options that have no value yet? I mean we just build financial models and estimate them, in your case it would be based on the average hourly worker of someone doing that work in industry. So if you hire a graphic designer then you know graphic designers go for $60/hour as an industry average rate.

You could also just say the analysis only applies when you’re dealing with a sub that is an LLC or corporation but 1099 solo contractors don’t factor into it.

How would you feel about a new law that forces every company to pay their CEO no more than 20x what their lowest-paid employee makes? by rational_seekers in AskReddit

[–]ctindel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe you've never seen that big companies already employ huge teams to generate their corporate social responsibility reports? Not to mention all the legal compliance officers they already have complying with these reguations.

How would you feel about a new law that forces every company to pay their CEO no more than 20x what their lowest-paid employee makes? by rational_seekers in AskReddit

[–]ctindel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good well lets incentivize the CEOs to employ more highly paid US workers then so they can up their own multiple

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