Software Engineer searching for next thing. Previously at Capsule8→Sophos, Etsy, and Meetup Mapping vacant lots at empty.nychttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.comhttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3mmciqmkw5s25Both of these banks across the street from each other in Fort Greene have a handful of parking spaces. It's a surprising use of space. I don't know how to find parking spaces like this in existing NYC data sets, but I'd like to map out this kind of surface parking. (430 Myrtle & 164 Clinton Ave)20 May 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmciqmkw5s25https://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3mmcctvfyfs2sYeahhhh! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcctvfyfs2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3mledua26ec25I built a "minimum viable PNG" generator during my batch @recurse.com. Just pushed up my work: https://github.com/adrianparsons/minimumviablepng `pngcheck` says my little 1x1px image is valid (it's not, but close).08 May 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mledua26ec25https://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3mkb3mo5btk2gSpent a few hours at the Manhattan Criminal Court observing an attempted murder trial and some arraignments. It was incredibly fascinating and surprisingly dramatic. The courtrooms were basically empty. I'm surprised more people don't sit in on trials given the popularity of True Crime documentaries24 Apr 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb3mo5btk2ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3mj62xlxx222nWatching this adorable video of a sleeper bus trip through Japan I did not expect the creator to apologize for their "fat feet". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1sxGSiAG70&t=290s10 Apr 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj62xlxx222nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3miwaozfg3s2hTIL about Vexillological symbols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexillological_symbol07 Apr 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwaozfg3s2hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3mgatblry4k2xMcMaster-Carr catalog in HAMLET (2000)04 Mar 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgatblry4k2xhttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3mg64mwdbys2bI always thought it would be fun to add gambling to @marcos.ac's metromadness.nyc concept. I am just tickled by bahn.bet, where users can bet (fake money) on German rail delays. https://bahn.bet/03 Mar 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg64mwdbys2bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3meohax6um22lAwesome coats of arms (of countries) that feature animals: The Anguilla dolphins are my favorite so far. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Anguilla12 Feb 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3meohax6um22lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3mdb5draaj224I took to the web to find the model of car the protagonists drove in the 1998 movie RONIN. I did not expect to find a list of every. single. car. in the movie with associated screen captures. www.imcdb.org/m122690.html The Internet Movie Car Database is peak internet. (It was an Audi S8) https://www.imcdb.org/m122690.html25 Jan 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdb5draaj224https://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3mbhreb6khc2kI just learned about the Smith chart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_chart02 Jan 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbhreb6khc2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3ma7bws265s25Random, but kind of interesting that honda.com has an expired TLS cert17 Dec 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7bws265s25https://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3m52gipsdgc2bOverheard at NYC Systems Coffee Club this morning: “I’ve done… ‘crimes’ in Python”07 Nov 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52gipsdgc2bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3m4qgxrqju222. @aaronpierron.com just launched dontblunder.com, a super cool site for getting better at chess. You get a mid-game chess board, make a move, then get a score (as well as see the optimal move). HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45775789 https://dontblunder.com/03 Nov 2025 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qgxrqju222https://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3m4ghww2fbc2zHalloween is the absolute best holiday. First of all, it's not religious, so there's no obligation to travel to celebrate with family. Especially because it's not religious, it doesn't matter when it's celebrated. Halloween basically lasts for 10 days.30 Oct 2025 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ghww2fbc2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3m2mdualbi22nI read the first three words as “post-food critic” which got me thinking about the implications. Do they write about Soylent flavors? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Oct 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mdualbi22nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3m27wiwbsfc2uA while back I had the idea to create a font of logos of the companies in the Fortune 500. I dug into it to see how hard it would be and... have a font with a single logo.02 Oct 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27wiwbsfc2uhttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3lze2tcngak2ihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguinarium21 Sep 2025 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lze2tcngak2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3lzc5dkpvvk2tTIL the ampersand symbol evolved from the Latin word "et" (means "and"). You can still kind of see the "e" and "t" combined in it. Here's the modern symbol next to an older "et" ligature. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand20 Sep 2025 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzc5dkpvvk2thttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3lz266d4nyk2zlol I love this. From the go docs: "If you must read the rest of this document to understand the behavior of your program, you are being too clever. Don't be clever." https://go.dev/ref/mem#:~:text=If%20you%20must,Don%27t%20be%20clever.17 Sep 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz266d4nyk2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/adrianparsons.com/post/3lyzyvmyz2c2qUpdated empty.nyc with data from all 5 boroughs. https://empty.nyc17 Sep 2025 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:ubqz3ecumlvknvjfacbwhxve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzyvmyz2c2q