Mildly interesting

[jon-nyc]

Andreessen ‘too early is just another way of being wrong’

Interesting.

[jon-nyc]

Queens, New York

This remarkable 1908 photograph captures the Long Island Motor Parkway (also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway) with the Manhattan skyline in the distance. Built in 1908, the parkway is celebrated as the first road in the United States designed exclusively for automobiles. Stretching from Queens to Ronkonkoma, it featured innovative overpasses and bridges, making it a pioneer in modern roadway design.

Initially a private toll road costing $2 to use, it was largely frequented by wealthy car enthusiasts eager to race their vehicles. The parkway was eventually closed in 1938 and absorbed by the state, though parts of it remain today, repurposed as a scenic bike path in Queens. A fascinating glimpse into the dawn of the automobile age.

[George K]

[taiwan_girl]

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

[bachophile]

Puzzle hell

[George K]

@bachophile one of my high school classmates (we connected via FB) is a puzzle freak.

[taiwan_girl]

@bachophile Ravensburger makes very good puzzles.

[jon-nyc]

I still haven’t gone through the pickleball stage of late middle aged white folk yet. Puzzles and then finally bingo are even further out.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Only NY and Philly are in the top 20 today. Only those and Boston and Baltimore are in the top 100.

[jon-nyc]

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

I still haven’t gone through the pickleball stage of late middle aged white folk yet. Puzzles and then finally bingo are even further out.

We have the gear, just haven’t played yet.

[Copper]

The population of Portsmouth, NH hasn't changed all that much, 4k to 22k

Nantucket 4k to 14k (winter pop, up to 80k in the summer)

[George K]

@Mik said in Mildly interesting:

We have the gear, just haven’t played yet.

Lemme know how those jigsaw puzzles work out with Stella and Luna. Photos, please.

[kluurs]

[jon-nyc]

I remember when that guy died, maybe 15 years go, and reading his obituary.

Extraordinary bad luck? Or extraordinary good luck? Or some of each?

[jon-nyc]

From a Nate Silver newsletter.

Somewhat surprised by the magnitude of the blip around the Rodney King incident and subsequent riots. But then again I was living in Mexico and the internet wasn’t really part of our lives back then.

[jon-nyc]