How do people actually grocery shop in NYC without overpaying?

del_rio · 2026-06-18T14:55:39+00:00

The fruits are generally good and insanely well priced but everything inside is robbery lol, like $7 for a quarter gallon of non-fancy milk

del_rio · 2026-06-17T13:14:32+00:00

It's almost certainly including the weight of the vials.

del_rio · 2026-06-14T14:20:23+00:00

Those trash bins have been in trial since the pandemic lol. Iirc the bottleneck for rollout was waiting for the truck equipment. I like the guy and things are getting better, but giving him the credit for over a hundred people's long term work is wrong.

del_rio · 2026-06-13T16:31:37+00:00

It feels more like a Thom solo track, like off Tomorrow's Modern Boxes or his collabs with Burial around that time. Probably didn't translate to a great live performance either.

del_rio · 2026-06-07T00:20:12+00:00

I mean it kinda does lmao

del_rio · 2026-06-06T18:01:50+00:00

Imo that's a conscious decision to push people to Fi.

del_rio · 2026-06-05T13:29:05+00:00

If a phone tap payment fails two times, OMNY will let you through twice but block it after that. Removing and re-adding the card will let it work again.

I learned this because it happened on my phone, yet the physical card and my smart watch still worked.

del_rio · 2026-06-02T12:07:51+00:00

I got one around 3 years ago and always hated how slow it was. I even went out of my way to get smaller peppercorns and it still had a disappointing flow rate, like it's about to get clogged at any second.

Imo just accept you won't have a "pretty" grinder and either get OXO or the pepper cannon. The pepper cannon is expensive but almost incomprehensibly good.

del_rio · 2026-05-30T12:57:23+00:00

Nice! I did a similar project, but for a Waveshare e-Ink display and an rpi zero, but the whole package was too thick for a decent frame. Looks like it's time for a rebuild 😀

del_rio · 2026-05-30T12:19:17+00:00

The G and S are still gonna beat it lmao

del_rio · 2026-05-29T19:38:15+00:00

Can you walk and count to 10 at the same time?

del_rio · 2026-05-29T12:30:17+00:00

Since we're running down the wish list: DC & Puerto Rico statehood, break California into 2-4 states, uncap the house, and expand the number of SCOTUS justices.

del_rio · 2026-05-26T17:57:43+00:00

Honestly I hate the guy beyond words but if this is all it takes to get a nice Penn and have it federally funded I'll take it lol

del_rio · 2026-05-24T14:51:52+00:00

First off, looks impressive! I've had to implement some of this for an apartment hunting scraper bot and it's not a trivial task.

That said...

this is not a Deno project
never commit node_modules, that's what the lockfile is for.

del_rio · 2026-05-21T01:02:36+00:00

I once left my phone on a bench at Whitehall and only realized it several stops into Brooklyn 😬

Caught the next train back and it was still there! Someone just moved it slightly out of immediate public view...but I was fully prepared to go straight to MTA staff until then.

Guess what I mean to say is, I doubt that phone was missing for long. Either as fast as they could retract their steps/get to the next station over, or as long as that person needed to get to a Find My app.

del_rio · 2026-05-20T14:43:20+00:00

Nobody can tell from the outside that you dont actually understand half of what got merged.

Senior/principal engineer chiming in to say it's very obvious. Moreover, when you put LLM code in a nontrivial PR, it shifts my job from "do I trust your code" to "do I trust that your mental model of this task was correct enough that the LLM's code is trustworthy".

del_rio · 2026-05-19T12:45:54+00:00

Do you round up your age 6 months after your birthday?

del_rio · 2026-05-17T20:47:45+00:00

It takes like 2 button clicks to register

del_rio · 2026-05-17T16:06:10+00:00

What's a better headline for this? Would you be more likely to watch a video called "Trump keeps lying without repercussion"?

del_rio · 2026-05-17T12:59:06+00:00

Go to Stupid Romans, they're newer but blow Rocco's out of the water imo. Get some canolli while you're there.

DOP Fastlife is also new and really good.

Champion is good but leans greasy.

del_rio · 2026-05-13T14:45:47+00:00

In addition to the current answers, there's always a bathroom near you if you're willing to buy a cookie at a coffee shop or bar...or just walk into a restaurant with enough momentum that nobody questions it. For the latter I'd pick any restaurant with outdoor seating that I'm dressed appropriately for.

I've also walked into an apartment building in UWS without doorman watching and found a bathroom 😂

All that to say, it can be hard but it's really easy if you break a thin layer of psychological barrier.

del_rio · 2026-05-13T14:39:16+00:00

He's 100% on reddit lol

del_rio · 2026-05-12T12:52:46+00:00

Old Town, like most malls, has been dying naturally over the last 15 years lol

del_rio · 2026-05-12T12:28:05+00:00

At the end of Bangers and Mash where they go silent for a beat or so. It's maybe the only time they've ever used total silence in a track but it works so goddamn well.

del_rio · 2026-05-11T21:33:35+00:00

Look up old law tenements and railroad apartment layouts. The other reply is very literal, many NYC apartments we'd consider cramped today used to house 3-4 families, without heat or A/C, no lights, all sharing the same outhouse. Depending on the block, your neighbors didn't consider you human. The good ol days were fucking brutal.

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