I took a job in another state in large part because one of the interviewers was a highly skilled sysadmin that I wanted to learn from (I had basically backed myself into system administration as a career at my first job, a startup, so I didn't have a lot of people to lean on to learn my trade).
Of course, he turned in his notice shortly after I arrived, because he had found his successor. So, that didn't work out so well for me.
People, particularly non-native English speakers, are going to use LLMs to help with their writing. Complaining about it adds nothing to the discussion.
In fairness a couple of my connections required knowledge of express vs local stops and I don’t think it’s fair to expect an out of towner to know that!
My strategy was to avoid midtown as long as I possibly could because so many lines intersect there. It's funny how you end up leaning on the part of the system you know best. For me that was Brooklyn. Atlantic Terminal is really key there. Could probably have made more mileage out of Queens/Bronx but wasn't confident.
More importantly, I need to put this thing down before I lose the entire day.
133 stations, 71.73 miles, 5:28, 4 boroughs, $3.00 fare
My route was 6 to R to 7 to L to J to M to F to N to D to 4.
The game was somewhat frustrating because despite the animation slowing down at transfer stations I still find myself thinking too slowly to press the right transfer button. I missed some transfers that could make it longer. I wish there were a pause button. I generally don’t like games where thinking is combined with reaction times so I didn’t feel like playing it a second time.
I found it hard to navigate due to not being able to see far enough ahead and not knowing which transfer to take to head in the direction I want (is it Ⓡ Forest Hills-71 Av or Ⓡ Bay Ridge-95 St to head left/East at Lexington Av/59 St?). So, uh, I planned ahead using the subway diagram [1] (is that cheating?). I got:
Station Transfer
------- --------
⑥ Pelham Bay Park
Lexington Av/59 St -> Ⓡ Forest Hills-71 Av
Forest Hills-71 Av -> Ⓔ Jamaica Center-Parsons
Sutphin Blvd -> Ⓩ Broad St
Broadway Junction -> Ⓐ Inwood 207 St
Jay St -> Ⓕ Coney Island Stillwell Av
W 8 St-NY Aquarium -> Ⓠ 96 St
Times Sq -> ② Wakefield-241 St
It was a sad day (well, presumably pair of days) when Sun & Apple gave up that fight and moved caps lock into that position.
Also, Apple definitely had the nubbins correct (D and K) and foolishly surrendered that as well: they're easier to notice when they're under the wrong fingers. With them on F and J, if your hand is offset towards the outside you're forced to notice the absence of the nubs.
Wow I never thought about that, but it makes complete sense. I just tried shifting my hands "as if" the nubs were on D and K and wow, it should have been this way.
Oh well, just like caps lock can be remapped, so can my keycaps be swapped (perks of blank keyboards I guess), though it'd be even harder to use a keyboard that's not mine I guess.
I was the only person in the theater when I saw Phenomenon, 30 years ago. I’m sure the movie business isn’t a healthy ecosystem right now, but the existence of empty showings isn’t new.
You don't even have to pay for a projectionist anymore, so you might as well digitally project to an empty theater than risk missing out on a ticket sale.
I wonder if they even bother turning the projector on if they sold no tickets? How much energy does the bulb use compared to ticket price?
How many users are going to have the technical acumen & desire to keep playing the game?
At some point the number of people who are going to be able to succeed is so small they might know who you are just by virtue of you continuing to compete.
Of course, he turned in his notice shortly after I arrived, because he had found his successor. So, that didn't work out so well for me.
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