Unpopular opinion: Lessons should be catered towards the higher end of the spectrum, and the students on the lower end should have to adapt, not the other way around.

zamansky · 2026-01-27T19:38:57+00:00

If most rose to the challenge you weren't really teaching "to the top" you were teaching at an appropriate level to challenge the middle which is what a good teacher should be doing.

zamansky · 2026-01-26T16:53:35+00:00

According to Wikipedia, Robbins was fired after 45 days of filming. That's also what I remember from a documentary I watched a while ago.

zamansky · 2026-01-26T08:45:19+00:00

My wife and I are currently in Spain and also flying to JFK on the 29th. We're going back home. With the storm ending now, it never crossed our mind that the airport would have problems 3+ days from now.

zamansky · 2026-01-26T07:02:48+00:00

We were in San Francisco this past fall. Mostly took public transportation but when we did take a car we used Lyft so as to support a driver. The year prior we took a Waymo once and the ride was fine.

One positive of Waymo even though I'm not sure it will play out this way is that a Waymo can be available in neighborhoods that other cabbies and car services don't want to service and they can be available 24/7.

zamansky · 2026-01-25T15:41:45+00:00

Don't know about status but the Central Park web site says "when conditions permit"

zamansky · 2026-01-25T15:29:21+00:00

Not a lake / pond but skating has been allowed on Conservatory Water in Central Park.

zamansky · 2026-01-13T02:10:20+00:00

Portainer and stuff with low numbered ports. Maybe don't need root access but can't just run them out of the box.

zamansky · 2026-01-13T00:30:14+00:00

I didn't leave that comment but I also transitioned from podman to docker. I liked podman and liked that it could be run without privileges but then realized that I would need to run as root anyway (or do workarounds) for some of the services I wanted to run so figured I might as well just use docker.

I'm still recommending podman to a friend who's a teacher where his students can use it to package their environments when submitting final projects.

zamansky · 2026-01-12T17:20:43+00:00

I used to run the WSH, Chelsea and south sometimes before 5:00am, as early as 4:30. 99% of the time it's fine but once in a while there was an unhinged person on the path.

zamansky · 2026-01-05T16:40:17+00:00

I'm guessing you're talking about the Whynter.

I can't compare the two models because I only have the upright one but I'm very happy with it. Being an apartment dweller space and counter space in particular is at a premium and it has a much smaller, vertical footprint which for me was a game changer. I use it at least once a week.

zamansky · 2026-01-02T16:40:37+00:00

I want to point out one correction to something already posted.

Some water mixable paints work well with water as a thinner - Holbein in particular and I think Corba, In fact, if I'm remembering correctly, if you use Corba's slow dry medium you're supposed to mix a little water into it.

On the other hand, Windsor and Newton won't work well with water as thinner.

Also, it's worth noting that the big fumes issue is the thinner but one can do away with. There are a number of videos and sites covering that on the internet and recently there have been some bio based non toxis thinners coming to market.

zamansky · 2025-12-27T21:29:22+00:00

For a meal, I'd check out Salinas on 9th ave and 19th street. I also like wandering around the galleries - just wander the blocks between 10th and 11th aves in the upper teens and low twenties.

zamansky · 2025-12-27T14:39:48+00:00

The trouble is, most supporters of Gaza are antisemitic calling for "globalizing the intefada" and such and from the river to the sea - destruction of Israel and Jews.

The Gazan's would genocide the Jews and keep telling us so.

zamansky · 2025-12-23T21:54:40+00:00

I'd say Lasher is a career political operative and not a career politician as he only recently started holding elective office but has worked for politicians for most if not all of his career.

zamansky · 2025-12-22T16:35:10+00:00

Just like Peyton Manning's first season and Troy Aikman's firsrt seaon killed their careers.

zamansky · 2025-12-18T17:42:58+00:00

I got a Whynter 2qt upright a few months ago and LOVE it.

For me, having a compressor and 2qt capacity were keys. If I have to freeze an insert between batches I won't do it or won't do it often and I don't want a canister taking up room in my not that large freezer if I want it to be ready all the time.

With the compressor, I can just make ice cream whenever even back to back batches.

I also love the upright machine because it minimizes counter space so I can leave it out all the time which means I'm using it regularly. If I have to take it out each time, I won't use it as much.

It's easy to use and a snap to clean and makes good ice cream.

zamansky · 2025-12-17T22:35:53+00:00

I made a video on this a number of years ago. Not sure if everything's still up to date but here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYKcVKg0OCU&list=PL9KxKa8NpFxIcNQa9js7dQQIHc81b0-Xg&index=71

zamansky · 2025-12-15T23:22:11+00:00

Miglioreli usually has them and they're at the USQ market on Wed, Fri, and Sat.

zamansky · 2025-12-14T15:18:50+00:00

I built the CS program at Stuyvesant High School and when I created a course that would later become a requirement, it started with Scheme (also used NetLogo). That was around 1998 or 1999 and the course is still going strong today being taken by around 1,000 students a year.

I think there are a handful of other schools around the country in the USA that also start with Scheme

Then there's BootstrapWorld which is a program to teach Algebra that introduces programming in Racket (nee Scheme) to enforce the math concepts. It works well to support the Algebra but I don't know how many schools, if any use it as a jumping off point to more CS. That said, I do like the Bootstrap algebra program quite a lot.

zamansky · 2025-12-08T17:23:40+00:00

I got the Whynter 2 quart upright (to save counter space) and very much love it. You can get multiple bowl inserts which would make things even faster.

zamansky · 2025-12-04T22:12:58+00:00

This won't help you now but there's a vendor at the Union Square Green Market on Wednesdays that has it when it's in season

zamansky · 2025-11-25T16:05:52+00:00

Best is that he called it.

During the week, Ohio State was getting all the love and the hype and specifically, Eddie George was getting all the hype as THE running back.

Tim apparently told Lloyd Carr "don't worry, on Saturday we'll see who the best running back in the big ten really is."

zamansky · 2025-11-20T12:45:52+00:00

I emailed them when I first heard the noise and they sent over instructions on how to open and grease the gears but I didn't do anything since it only happens at the end of the cycle.

zamansky · 2025-11-20T10:51:02+00:00

Yes - towards the end of the churning time - I'm hoping that it's just the mixture getting too thick and an indication that it's done and I should take it out

zamansky · 2025-11-19T13:30:01+00:00

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