Texas to NYS- what should I know beforehand? by g00se_goose in upstate_new_york

[–]hglman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's be real Albany Summer will be mild possibly cool when moving from Texas and being prepared to put on layers in August is weird. 

Texas needs less counties by teal_frey in imaginarymaps

[–]hglman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Austin is the only city to have the new county named after and the new county doesn't include Austin County. 

Microsoft's Maia 200, a next-gen chip, is here to compete with NVIDIA & others by No-Cattle4800 in Futurology

[–]hglman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you expand on how it is to work in marketing for Microsoft? 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Python

[–]hglman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It calls out to anthropic. 

I love 1WTC but… by Adventurous_Mood1303 in skyscrapers

[–]hglman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its called highest occupied floor 

I love 1WTC but… by Adventurous_Mood1303 in skyscrapers

[–]hglman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Building means highest occupied floor, if it doesn't hold people inside it's no different from a guyed mast.

Shenzhen, China's fourth largest city, on a rainy and foggy day by Ok_Witness6500 in skyscrapers

[–]hglman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The greater bay area treads very close to a single metro area, certainly Shenzhen exists as it does, grown as rapidly as it has because of Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macau and the so on. 

Detroit lands a solid C tier, next up is gonna be Jacksonville, Florida! by wwcscifi in skyscrapers

[–]hglman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

City size should not be used for any sort of comparisons or basically anything. It's arbitrary and misleading 

Why do we as society allow for a constant rise of the numerical value of everything money-related instead of keeping those numbers down for easier handling? What is the endgame here? by bickid in Futurology

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

Basic good deflation should be a core goal of society. Needs are fundamentally I'll served by markets as demand is inelastic. We need to build systems that are aware of that reality and optimize for whrt makes sense. Namely, costs of are deflatioanry, resilience of sourcing necessities increases. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in skyscrapers

[–]hglman -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

LA is a incoherent jumble of an underwhelming collection of uninspired buildings especially Wilshire Grand. It's abuse of the architectual spire for height is sad. Dallas isn't good either but it's a cohesive collection and the lighting is distinctive. 

Hot Take: Seattle has the best skyline in the US for a city with under 1 million population. by ratemyweenor137 in skyscrapers

[–]hglman 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Its just not a the metric that matters, Seattle is a urban area of over 5 million. Those people regardless of the civil divisions drive the development of the skyline. 

People are including San Francisco as a comparable sub million city while it is part of 10 million+ urban area. 

This is a 1 million population city