As an inhabitant of Brooklyn, this is pretty funny and spot on. My only criticism is that the prices are too low. Some of the prices are fine, but the upper bound should be increased to the low 20's.
My favorite was "Vinegar $8" as an appetizer? Or maybe it was a cocktail. Either way, someone on Vanderbilt St would sell that to me (and I'd buy it just because I'd want to tell my friends I bought a vinegar drink).
Maybe you mean Vanderbilt Ave? Vanderbilt St has no commercial zoning.
What many people don't know is that 3 of the pricier restaurants on Vanderbilt Ave are all actually the same restaurant group. Their background is partially the 3-Michelin star Alinea in Chicago via chef Greg Baxtrom. Olmsted was first, then came Maison Yaki, and then Patti Ann's.
Olmsted is mostly very good (started great, then got bad during part of the pandemic, now is improving again), but you can still joke about being sold $8 vinegar from them for sure, haha. However, since "midwestern" cuisine is now becoming somewhat trendy, jokes about expensive port wine cheese balls at Patti Ann's ($12) may be more appropriate.
I live 2 blocks away from Zaytoons on Vanderbit and got the name wrong. I now have deep Brooklyn shame..
Those places are really nice, but so busy. Hard to just walk in and get a table.
That street has really changed in the past 5 years. I really like the semi-new Indian place next to Bicycle Habitat. I don't know why they sell bagels and pizza, but their Indian food is pretty good.
Plus the summer streets are nice. Really give it a neighborhood vibe.
Hello from slightly further south on Vanderbilt Ave :) I haven't tried that Indian place yet, but it's on my list, now. The pizza and bagels threw me off (not because "Indian == bad bagels/pizza", but because "somewhat random assortment of foods" is sometimes a red flag).
Not just the choice of food, but the decor inside looks like it was thrown together with spares from other restaurants. But, the food is good. Just as good as Joy Indian on Flatbush. Try their chicken jalfrezi - its delish.
First, let's replace "gushing" with "discussing", because that's what was happening. I'm not sure "got bad during part of the pandemic, now is improving again" counts as gushing.
In what way is caring about your local food options in your immediate neighborhood, on the street you live, where your friends and acquaintances eat, drink, and work "very Brooklyn"? I guess if you live somewhere that restaurants just appear and have faceless owners with employees you'll never know, this isn't a thing. This is something discussed by really anyone who is interested food and restaurants in their area all over the world. If you like what a person did at one restaurant, you may like what they do with a new one. Or, maybe it's noteworthy when only the first one is great, and the subsequent ones are mediocre.
In Taiwan I had a drink made of sour plum vinegar and soda water. Absolutely delicious and refreshing on a hot day! So good I bought a bottle of the vinegar to take home.
The idea with what I call "bend-over-just-over-double pricing strategy" is to figure out the ceiling price of a menu item and double it. It allows the patrons to feel like they are in the right place.
Agreed. The pricing is set such that they're able to get about say $125 from each patron. For those who try to game the system, for example sticking to just the bites, that is also fine. They will make sure there is no way to leave without handing minimal ~$50 by the end. That might not sound like much, but said patron got a union beer and some spam chunks which costs roughly nothing. In fact, that is preferred. Give us $50 and gtfo!
Agreed 100%. Implementing the correct algorithm/business logic is more important than spitting out junk that you don't really understand or won't pass code review.
The act of writing code is probably the easiest part of my job and I still haven't really seen these tools excel at that outside of toy examples.
On the other hand, I am pretty excited for AI code tools that me why my code is shitty beyond static analysis, linters, etc.
What an incredibly uninformed and ableist take. There are a plethora of illnesses and disorders that are merely coped with. With no way of improving prognosis, the best medical science can offer is attempting to improve the quality of the life of the individual while they waste away.
It is extremely popular. From Flowgraph in CryEngine to Godot's VisualScript. Even Unity bought the most popular visual scripting asset package, Bolt, and made it standard for all Unity plans.
You could also critically think your way to googling "game dev visual scripting" which would tell you much of the same information.
Oh nice, I didn't realize Blender had a visual scripting system. I knew that they had a Python API like Maya, but the visual stuff is a nice feature to have for art teams. I keep telling myself I'm going to force myself to learn Blender one day. It seems to have really matured over the years.
From a quick glance it reminds me of Unreal Niagara, or Unity Visual Effect Graph. Pretty cool.
Which is insecure because the creator of the coffee maker didn't consider security to be a necessary feature. The true liability lies with the person that made that decision and should not be transferable.
If we transfer the liability to the consumer, he _will_ consider this a necessary feature. And ask for it. It takes one serious conviction of a consumer and the company selling him crap will go out of business.
