Streetscapes | Readers’ Questions A view of the co-op at 66 Court Street in Brooklyn in 1939 and today. The building, designed by Abraham J. Simberg, was also…
First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2017). Against the muted winter lawn, a minister attempts to hoist a fallen gravestone into the vertical position. This stark…
Im a Professor at UT. And Ive Always Felt Slightly Out of Place There.
This probably isn’t something a professor should be telling you, but I walk into class at the beginning of every semester feeling just as anxious as I did more…
Bump up the volume: this New York bumper car soundsystem is a priceless artefact of DJ culture
An iconic 1970s soundsystem lives on inside a Coney Island attraction. Vivian Host catches up with sound engineer Dan Prosseda about the magical speaker stacks…
Charles Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, discovered a method of calculating determinants now known variously as the method of contractants,…
“You had reached the point where one drink was too many and a hundred not enough.” Charles Jackson’s best-selling 1944 novel The Lost Weekend portrayed the…
Pudovkin's Montage: 5 Editing Techniques That Speak Louder Than Words
When it comes to Russian filmmakers, the first names that come to nearly everyone's mind are Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Eisenstein. Both were exceptional, and…
Common Questions Arguments & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance - Consumer Rights Wiki
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An eco obscenity: Norman Fosters steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline
It contains enough steel to go round the world twice – and even has a fake breeze to flutter the stars-and-stripes flag in its lobby. If this colossus is just the first of a new breed of bulky supertalls, is Britain next?
Robert A.M. Stern Architect Who Helped Shape the Modern Upper West Side Dies at 86 - iLovetheUpperWestSide.com
Epicgenius / the Historic Districts Council via Wikimedia Commons Free Upper West Side News, Delivered To Your Inbox Robert A.M. Stern, the architect whose work…
To Understand AI, Watch How It Evolves | Quanta Magazine
Naomi Saphra thinks that most research into language models focuses too much on the finished product. She’s mining the history of their training for insights into why these systems work the way they do.
New Method Is the Fastest Way To Find the Best Routes | Quanta Magazine
A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.
New Yorker Writers’ and Editors’ Favorite Bookstores in New York City | The New Yorker
New Yorker writers and editors write a list of where they shop for books in the Big Apple, including Books Are Magic, Printed Matter, and McNally Jackson.
How Hacked Card Shufflers Allegedly Enabled a Mob-Fueled Poker Scam That Rocked the NBA | WIRED
WIRED recently demonstrated how to cheat at poker by hacking the Deckmate 2 card shufflers used in casinos. The mob was allegedly using the same trick to fleece victims for millions.