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Michael Schade
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I like learning new things. Say hi! 🏳️‍🌈 Previously: Kenchi founder, eng & ops teams .
New Yorkmschade.meJoined February 2008

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Eternal gratitude to 's relentless fight for a structural overhaul to California housing policy. It's working!
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This is it! HCD will review Bay Area cities to see if they've zoned for new housing in wealthy areas. If a city fails, their zoning will be suspended and unlimited height & density at >20% affordable housing can be approved anywhere. Many are about to fail darrellowens.substack.com/p/ca-cities-to
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Pumped for my NYC workshop lineup for the next couple of months: woodworking, glass blowing, jewelry casting, cheese (3 days!), sewing, and biohacking. Recs welcome if you know of other neat classes! Only rule is that they are intense but focused; >1 day, <1 week.
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The ChatGPT VS Code extension is a neat example of how I hope AI gets incorporated into many apps. Customize prompts in a preferences pane, they show up throughout the app as main menu items. Cool way to extend apps!
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The OS X contextual help menu is still one of my favorite support interactions ever. Particularly how it brings you to the menu item, and of course changes as views / menu items change. I wish more software had nav built into their help menus like this.
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Remembering when I ran a Yu-Gi-Oh! IRC server (shockingly popular) and was allowed to add my server to someone else's network—but only after proving my sysadmin worth by compiling UnrealIRCd under a time limit. I did, only to later find they were using my box to run a botnet 💀
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Came across this OTT letter I received when I was 12. I was running a webhosting service and another teen webhost founder got mad one of his customers contacted me on AIM 😂 Teen webhosting is not for the faint of heart: > I may seem to be threatening, but I am just concerned
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revoke my room at the next hospital and make me start the ER process all over 🤯 (Also falsely claimed insurance would not cover my visit if I left—a myth.) I tried finding the regulations at the federal and state level, but no dice. Is this an actual regulation or another myth?
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2nd hospital was ready for me, but there was an ambulance shortage. Resulted in a 7 hour surgical delay + ambulance allocated to me instead of more critical case during (!) Not in urgent condition, but they refused to let me take an Uber. If I did, they threatened to…
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Why do hospitals require ambulances for inter-facility transfers? Is this a regulation or preference? Was recently in a local ER (I'm ok! Appendicitis sucks.) and stuck in limbo: they couldn't care for me, but also couldn't get me to the new hospital.
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I'm 9 episodes into The Sopranos and what I thought was a show about the mafia is actually a show about mental health
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Sharing these templates in case they help. I sent these docs in before meeting specialists. One referenced specific details on our 1st appointment, so I knew she did the pre-reading. She found the issue (!), but still important to own action items, due dates, and follow up.
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Recently solved 8-year-long health issue! Previously dismissed by some docs, taking an active role made all the difference: Treat doctors as contractors. Create project overview summarizing symptoms and leading theories. Data data data. Watch, activity logs, & labs
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During 2018 & 2020, “news articles mentioning New York candidates more than tripled during the 24 days preceding the election as compared to the 50 days before” Looking at 2016, 40% who registered *after* the deadline were 18 to 24-year-olds. Registered yet ineligible to vote 😭
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🤯 Only 22 US states offer same-day voter registration! Per , especially impacts young voters who don't know about deadlines—exacerbated by the significant uptick in news about the election *after* the voter cutoff.
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