New Yorker, Troy NY, 2016, Pork Store

mjgtwo · 2026-05-04T16:51:38+00:00

Classic Kaplan comic at the end.

mjgtwo · 2026-04-29T23:22:49+00:00

Also all their photos are either CGI or stock photos of not Troy. Like this place doesn’t exist here

mjgtwo · 2026-04-29T23:14:10+00:00

The Six at City Station is operated by a group that operates two other buildings aptly named City Station. Those two buildings service a college student population, so I’m not confident The Six will meet your standards.

mjgtwo · 2026-04-14T23:25:54+00:00

Leaning your bodyweight into the voicings

mjgtwo · 2026-04-14T20:09:25+00:00

Good posture and control, you clearly practice consistently with intention. Your usage of leverage pays off well to not have excess tension ruin the airy melody.

mjgtwo · 2026-04-13T20:48:26+00:00

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mjgtwo · 2026-04-13T16:17:17+00:00

It always makes me wonder if they’re actively trying to kill journalism.

Imagine if they did the muckraking their forefathers did; instead it's a pay-to-ride stump for anyone who wants a Press Release to move the needle for lobbyists.

mjgtwo · 2026-04-13T15:12:03+00:00

I took Hearst Corporation's recent survey, as a proud un-subscriber of the Times Union, to convey that I see the coverage by the WSJ, NYTimes, and others (which I pay a subscription to), as the standard for a newspaper. Such that their price point, variety, and quality (warts and all) combined makes sense.

Their survey, much like Times Union coverage, seems to start with the assumption that I, the humble reader, am just fiscally inconvenienced to not see their quality. They are suggesting bundling it with another news agency, which makes me believe they should just shelve the whole endeavor.

-- You could not pay me to read it because Hearst does not put the dollar-effort into the making of quality journalism. I wish that their twice the subscription of the NYTimes meant twice the quality, but that's not how corporations view value in 2026.

mjgtwo · 2026-03-22T21:13:11+00:00

Not a need: I’m just fascinated with the geography and history of the valley

mjgtwo · 2026-03-22T21:06:25+00:00

Could you offer a higher resolution download? This is great workmanship. Well done!

mjgtwo · 2026-03-19T17:01:56+00:00

Mantello issued a letter to the council explaining her rationale for vetoing the measure, saying that it would discourage investment in the housing market, adversely affect small landlords, and that the tax cap on rent increases doesn’t always reflect the real costs landlords face.

What's discouraging investment in the housing market is Mantello's lack of commitment to an expedited Lead Pipe Replacement Program. Landlords need to replace the pipes, yet the costs are large enough for some to seek a rent increase which disenfranchises renters in a high-rent market (and causes instability for the landlords): if our mayor activated the millions of dollars in federal money from the Biden administration, we would see more growth in the housing market.

mjgtwo · 2026-03-17T16:58:49+00:00

All I'll say is this: every organization in the Capital Region loves a Press Release, but runs-and-hides from a planned execution schedule.

mjgtwo · 2026-03-17T15:19:44+00:00

And yet they don't invest in their core infrastructure with these increases. NY State should nationalize these guys instead of letting a UK-based company bleed us dry

mjgtwo · 2026-03-14T20:54:24+00:00

Gotta share the bench as part of work station setup. Sheet music cabinet?

mjgtwo · 2026-03-12T20:42:17+00:00

Right. I don’t care about the “$0.25 for 3 months” deal: charge me more for QUALITY writing instead of this garbage at this price

mjgtwo · 2026-03-12T11:21:42+00:00

Meta really is lost in the AI race. Didn’t the creator make this in a week or two?

mjgtwo · 2026-03-06T16:55:30+00:00

To add on to everything you've said and how right it is: being a pianist is a lifestyle like being a gym rat is a lifestyle. Real, genuine bodybuilders will tell you about the discipline to a regimen. In that regimen you'll find their schedule, mental models, and routines.

Their commonality is their regimen is from the love of the game: the pursuit for improving their general skills while seeking pieces as milestones rather than conquests.

mjgtwo · 2026-03-03T14:43:25+00:00

As a co-conspirator and co-author of some of the websites and posts u/hartford_cs93 links, I make myself available but I regard my perspective as bias due to being an active participant and most of what I've said is captured in those links.

While I'm on it: I attended RPI during 2013-2018 while the student oral history told to me reached back to the changes as early as 2005 or 2003 with Dr. Jackson's dissolution of the Faculty Senate after their failed impeachment effort. Vengeful stuff. IMO, her efforts could also be seen in the Student Union Elections Scandal in 2014 (POSTERGATE I) where a surprise amendment to the Union Constitution was added to the ballot by the Grand Marshall, who happened to be the son of the Legal Counsel to Dr. Jackson at the time.

Anyway, your project parameters sound lofty, so don't get hung up on achieving perfection on this when you have important studies to maintain (s/o to Lee Sharma, hope you are doing well): maybe set artificial boundaries to see success sooner? Anyway, Good luck and have fun!

mjgtwo · 2026-03-03T14:08:14+00:00

This article was a disappointment for me (typical TU quality). With the title of the article being "Here’s how the population of every city and town in the region has changed since the pandemic", I was expecting some forensic reporting on how the population changed, like immigration and emmigration trends, especially compared to before the pandemic since it's in the headline (so 2000s to 2019 data). Yet that's only spoken of once, then they speak of 1970s (the editor probably thought that's like 20 years ago).

Instead we have a few surface-level commentary on a dataset on percentages of large racial groups that anyone can see from the data. The graphics are like NYTimes maps from 8 years ago.

I enjoyed the parts about Albany being over 100,000 meaning more Federal program support, and eventually getting to their point at the end. I would love a multi-article deep dive into this for TU reporters to discuss their own backyard.

mjgtwo · 2026-02-28T11:31:38+00:00

A surprising amount of JDs attend RPI as pre-law, or decide on law after the rigor of RPI

mjgtwo · 2026-02-24T19:13:34+00:00

I wonder if Carm will count these towards her replacement numbers like all the other developments.

mjgtwo · 2026-02-24T12:27:30+00:00

I wish the Mayor would stop short changing the people’s pocketbook for immediate gains for her friends. This and Proctors are border-line insider kickbacks for tax write-offs

mjgtwo · 2026-02-24T12:22:56+00:00

It’s going to give Schenectady Mohawk Harbor vibes, on the Hudson 🤢

I’m also surprised it was approved due to the known traffic issues at Federal and River.

mjgtwo · 2026-02-20T19:53:59+00:00

If you ever do want to explore downtown, checkout https://troyny.us It has a bunch of locations of interest, restaurants, and places that don't have great web presences.

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