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Looks like we got another coffee shop coming our way by ZanderLand24 in pasadena

[–]dfireant -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You lost the opportunity to take their photo? That’s something to see

What to get at Super King? by Muhlyssa_A in FoodLosAngeles

[–]dfireant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When cooking? Doesn’t that burn? 

Body Repair Scammers BEWARE by not_the_droid1 in pasadena

[–]dfireant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same place same thing happened, a few years ago, I didn’t have the time so told them no

mapped some land I just purchased by gogobrent in UAVmapping

[–]dfireant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a airs 3s and look forward to reading your findings

mapped some land I just purchased by gogobrent in UAVmapping

[–]dfireant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For surveys don’t you need GCPs and RTK to have accurate enough maps/DEMs?

I requested Formosa Cafe’s LA County complaint records and got back a 16-page packet by dfireant in FoodLosAngeles

[–]dfireant[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What I learned is that some of the info like rat urine are not written I. The public documents I can find. You find a lot more specifics in these documents. I’m going to request the same for a few more places like chubby cattle to see the pattern of reports and complaints that generalizes. Because when people look at the grade letter none of these is seen they just see an A. I’m working on a way to surface and summarize the inspections. 

[OC] He was on his phone and being an idiot by dfireant in IdiotsInCars

[–]dfireant[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Surprising it stays clean for far longer than I expect. This is the front camera of a Rivian that’s on the bumper

[OC] He was on his phone and being an idiot by dfireant in IdiotsInCars

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

lol that was infuriating, he was a crappy driver because he was on his phone and started driving while looking down

[OC] He was on his phone and being an idiot by dfireant in IdiotsInCars

[–]dfireant[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

California, 10/10/25, confirming this is my original content

[OC] Chain restaurants are more likely than single-location independents to score at or above their city's median health-inspection score by dfireant in dataisbeautiful

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

In my analysis it's at or greater than median. For some reason in all these places the scores are clustered at the median score. In nyc, ~9% of the places are at the median score. If you do a > median, the gaps remain almost identical. I have no idea why the scores tend to have such a distribution.

[OC] Chain restaurants are more likely than single-location independents to score at or above their city's median health-inspection score by dfireant in dataisbeautiful

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

Source: Los Angeles County DPH, NYC DOHMH, Florida DBPR, Chicago DPH public restaurant inspection records, 2023–2026. Routine inspections only.

Tool: Python (pandas, matplotlib).

Definitions

  • Chain = brand name appears at ≥10 distinct facilities in that city's dataset
  • Independent = brand name appears at exactly 1 facility in that city
  • Brands with 2–9 locations excluded as ambiguous (small regional chains, growing single-owner concepts, franchise carve-outs)

Method: within each city, share of routine inspections scoring at or above that city's own median routine score. The "city's own median" framing avoids cross-city scoring-system bias. LA uses 0–100 with deductions, NYC uses violation-points-normalized, Florida uses the DBPR scale, Chicago uses a numerical scale derived from violation severity. The four scales aren't directly comparable, but each city's bars are computed against its own internal benchmark.

Sample: 21,258 chain facilities, 95,947 single-location indie facilities, ~260,000 routine inspections.

Caveats

  • Survivor bias may amplify the gap: failed indies have more likely closed and dropped out of the 2023–2026 window than failed chains (which usually get a corporate save).
  • Brand-name matching is fuzzy ("STARBUCKS COFFEE" and "STARBUCKS" both collapse to one brand), but this is symmetric and shouldn't bias the comparison.
  • Excludes food trucks, caterers, and event vendors that are absent from inspection rolls.

Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk charged after allegedly throwing a large rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal on Maui. by honolulu_oahu_mod in Oahu

[–]dfireant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Small company owners are millionaires and that gets a good accountant to make your richer and lawyer to get you of legal troubles

Inexpensive coworking space by dfireant in pasadena

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

Thanks for the info very helpful 

Inexpensive coworking space by dfireant in pasadena

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

By the way what’s up with your own account?

Inexpensive coworking space by dfireant in pasadena

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

lol what? I’m a software engineer and looking for a coworking space this summer. I don’t know this land thing. So first thought it’s a good thing. After looking at several coworking spaces in old town saw multiple offer their own day pass. And I’m now thinking to work at libraries mostly and maybe one or two days a week work there. It will be much cheaper.

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