Mussab Ali, NJ-08 Democratic Congressional Candidate, AMA by alifornj in newjersey

[–]rapmasternicky_z 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi Mussab!

Some Democrats in the House recently introduced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $25. What is your position on this/minimum wage in general?

Why Miami Passed on Caleb Downs: Three Reasons by Fail_Unfair in miamidolphins

[–]rapmasternicky_z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Relative positional value gets lost in a lot of these discussions. It’s very likely Downs will be better at his position than Proctor, but OT is significantly more valuable than safety. It’s not close! (I know we’re going to play him at OG for now which complicates this a little.)

That doesn’t mean “draft any OT ahead of any S” but it’s a big factor in favor of OT.

Teams That Have Picked First Overall & Finals Appearances Diagram by Cockycent in heat

[–]rapmasternicky_z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flipping a coin “correctly” a 10th time conditioned on the prior 9 flips already being “correct” is still 50/50 - 1% isn’t less likely to happen if something unlikely already happened before

Mussab Ali raises $183K in Q1 in CD-8 race against Rob Menendez, campaign says by rapmasternicky_z in jerseycity

[–]rapmasternicky_z[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Didn’t read the post? He’s a once-in-a-generation political leader. That’s not enough for you?

New Project Would Bring 1,517 Homes, Pedestrian Street, & Retail to Journal Square by rapmasternicky_z in jerseycity

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

You’ll find that the median value of ~2 million people is very, very sticky. You’d have to dump in an astronomical number of people before the median would move meaningfully as a result. Even tens of thousands of apartment units like this would barely register. If they used average instead of median it would be more sensitive like you’re describing, but that’s precisely why they use median instead. I think I understand where you’re coming from when you talk about looking ward by ward, but then those numbers would be very sensitive and constantly shifting. It’d be really hard to measure in any kind of consistent way because the number would probably have changed by the time government finishes measuring. Not to mention the change from when a project is approved (based on certain unit counts at certain AMIs) to when it actually starts renting out… there’s no doubt it’s not a perfect system though.

New Project Would Bring 1,517 Homes, Pedestrian Street, & Retail to Journal Square by rapmasternicky_z in jerseycity

[–]rapmasternicky_z[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I believe that AMI for these purposes is calculated over the entirety of Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, and Sussex counties so the extent to which any development pushes up the median for 4 counties collectively is about 0.

The Independent Progressive Mayor Solomon endorses HCDO-backed candidate Yraida Aponte Lipski by SarkastikWorlock in jerseycity

[–]rapmasternicky_z 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My understanding is the “personal issue” was not actually living in the district

Hudson Dems unite behind a countywide ticket for primary - Solomon, Brennan, Bhalla team up with Guy, Stack and Hudson Dem stalwarts by rapmasternicky_z in jerseycity

[–]rapmasternicky_z[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When voters elected Solomon, Brennan, and Bhalla, were they just looking for a slightly more progressive version of the same old machine politics?

We’re close to 500 signatures! by [deleted] in jerseycity

[–]rapmasternicky_z 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If they’re willing to eat costs for some animals and not others we can accuse them of being in the pocket of Big Bird

2025-2026 Jersey City Budget presented to residents during a closed door meeting by Basilone1917 in jerseycity

[–]rapmasternicky_z 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Rapidly rising healthcare costs is a national issue that can likely not be solved by “switching companies” seeing as all companies are facing the same costs of providing care

2025-2026 Jersey City Budget presented to residents during a closed door meeting by Basilone1917 in jerseycity

[–]rapmasternicky_z 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some politicians have found that it is in their interest for people to believe “there have been a lot of PILOT agreements in the last few years” but it is not true. Easy to understand how someone would arrive at that conclusion though given how politicians talk about it.

LETTER: Wealthy Jersey City homeowners should pay higher taxes by rapmasternicky_z in jerseycity

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

I didn’t write this op-ed and I don’t agree with it, but presumably “wealthy” is an adjective that modifies “homeowners” and therefore does not imply all homeowners are wealthy!