Hacker News with Generative AI: New York

The Northeast is becoming fire country (newyorker.com)
Throughout the night of November 8th, my sleep was pierced by the smell of a burning forest.

Climate Change, Environment, Wildfires, New York

45 points by gregorymichael 16 hours ago | 47 comments

NYC getting queue jump traffic lights to speed up bus service (wrrv.com)
Things are about to look much different at select New York intersections.

Transportation, New York, Traffic, Public Transportation

6 points by geox 4 days ago | 1 comments

FBI raids Polymarket CEO's home, seizing phone, electronics (yahoo.com)
Federal law enforcement agents raided the downtown New York home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan on Wednesday, seizing his phone and electronics, the company confirmed.

FBI, Law Enforcement, Crypto, Business, New York

8 points by marban 7 days ago | 1 comments

Destructive weed, found in New York state, resists common herbicides (phys.org)
The invasive pigweed Palmer amaranth, first found in New York soybean fields in 2019, has been dubbed the "spotted lanternfly of weeds" for its ability to spread quickly and wreak havoc on crops.

Agriculture, Invasive Species, New York, Herbicides

13 points by PaulHoule 9 days ago | 2 comments

The National EUV Accelerator comes to Albany (research.ibm.com)
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that NY CREATES’s Albany NanoTech Complex, where IBM is a key partner, will house the NSTC EUV Accelerator, a key facility that will help secure leading-edge semiconductor research, development, and manufacturing in North America.

Semiconductors, Research, Technology, New York, Government

43 points by sandwichsphinx 21 days ago | 45 comments

A Chopin waltz unearthed after nearly 200 years (nytimes.com)
An unknown work in the composer’s hand has emerged in a New York museum, the first such find in more than a half century. The pianist Lang Lang plays it here.

Music, Classical Music, History, New York

444 points by perihelions 25 days ago | 130 comments

We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines (ifixit.com)
Ever tried to get an ice cream at McDonald’s, only to hear, “Sorry, our machine’s broken?” You’re not the only one: almost 15% of ice cream machines at McDonald’s are broken right now around the US—and in New York, it’s 32%. But today, we won more ice cream, and things should start to change.

Food, Technology, Business, New York

1112 points by LorenDB 27 days ago | 308 comments

Why Does This Building by the Subway Need 193 Parking Spots? (Yes, 193.) (nytimes.com)
The apartment building under construction at 975 Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn is the kind of project that city officials and economists say New York needs to solve the city’s severe housing shortage.

Housing, New York, Urban Planning, Development

5 points by tysone 30 days ago | 4 comments

The Rise of Bitcoin-Powered Pools and Bathhouses (time.com)
The scene inside Bathhouse, a spa in Manhattan, is one of complete serenity. Visitors recline in 105-degree pools, surrounded by cedar tiles and elegant marble slabs from Brazil. But just beyond closed doors, in harshly-lit back rooms, an unexpected source helps forge the bliss: rows and rows of continuously-running Bitcoin mining computers.

Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, New York, Spas, Technology

5 points by bookofjoe 31 days ago | 0 comments

The Larkin Soap Company (wikipedia.org)
The Larkin Company, also known as the Larkin Soap Company, was a company founded in 1875 in Buffalo, New York as a small soap factory.

History, Business, Buffalo, New York

31 points by samclemens 39 days ago | 27 comments

Main Character Syndrome (aeon.co)
Driving on one of New York’s poorly maintained and crowded roads, I found myself in a situation one can more safely observe through numerous YouTube ‘bad driver’ videos: a driver for whom all other traffic apparently ceased to exist confidently pulled into a lane I already happened to occupy.

Traffic, Psychology, New York

5 points by bookofjoe 49 days ago | 0 comments

A World’s Fair Could Be Just What We Need (time.com)
Sixty years have passed since the opening of the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, the last of the grand-tradition expositions in the U.S. There were other world fairs that followed — the last one on U.S. soil came with the Louisiana World Exposition in 1984 — but none would compare in size or scope to the one in Flushing, Queens. For those who were lucky enough to attend, the New York fair was a magical fantasy world brought to life.

World's Fairs, History, New York, Events

17 points by geox 53 days ago | 9 comments

A Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (Ca. 1869) (publicdomainreview.org)
Early in the morning on Saturday, October 16, 1869, Gideon Emmons left his homestead in Cardiff, New York — a hamlet of Onondaga County — and hiked alongside Bear Mountain to Stub Newell’s farm, where he had been hired to dig a well.

History, Photography, Art, New York

9 points by samclemens 54 days ago | 7 comments

MTA Open Data Challenge (mta.info)
The MTA is excited to announce our first-ever Open Data Challenge!

Data Science, New York, Transportation, Public Transit

221 points by oftenwrong 55 days ago | 77 comments

In the Shack with Robert Caro (curbed.com)
As I arrive at Robert Caro’s house, down a rutted, unpaved road in East Hampton, he asks me whether I’d hit any traffic on the Long Island Expressway.

Journalism, Interviews, New York, East Hampton

29 points by samclemens 55 days ago | 23 comments

How to Make $6k a Month by Moving Citi Bikes Around the Block (nytimes.com)
It was the perfect New York hustle, a scam of subtle perfection. And for three years, it helped Mark Epperson pay his rent.

New York, Entrepreneurship, Business, Money, Side Hustles

47 points by johnny313 63 days ago | 19 comments

The Department of Everything – Dispatches from the telephone reference desk (hedgehogreview.com)
From 1984 to 1988, I worked in the Telephone Reference Division of the Brooklyn Public Library. My seven or eight colleagues and I spent the days (and nights) answering exactly such questions.

Libraries, History, New York, Customer Service

97 points by pseudolus 68 days ago | 23 comments

GPU Purses at New York Fashion Week (ft.com)
Keep abreast of significant corporate, financial and political developments around the world. Stay informed and spot emerging risks and opportunities with independent global reporting, expert commentary and analysis you can trust.

Fashion, Technology, New York

7 points by tbarton16 72 days ago | 5 comments

Ex-aide to New York governors charged with being agent of Chinese government (theguardian.com)

Politics, China, Espionage, New York

14 points by howard941 78 days ago | 0 comments

Real-Estate Shopping for the Apocalypse (newyorker.com)

Real Estate, Apocalypse, New York

25 points by mitchbob 83 days ago | 28 comments

120 Years of New York's Subterranean Literary Muse (nytimes.com)

New York, History, Literature, Culture, Journalism

19 points by Caiero 83 days ago | 1 comments

Studying Stones Can Rock Your World (newyorker.com)