skydream416

skydream416 t1_j5dp6l1 wrote

Reply to comment by nycdataviz in U.S. Asks to Drop Case Accusing N.Y.P.D. Officer of Spying for China by [deleted]

what's more normal:

    1. me reading an article about how they dropped the case, and going "guess he's innocent" or at the minimum "guess they couldn't find enough evidence to make their case stick"

or!

    1. whatever nonsense you're spouting

lmao ok here's one for you logicman, have you heard of occam's razor? google it!

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skydream416 t1_j1iu286 wrote

Reply to comment by parkerpyne in Filipino food gains visibility in NYC, but restaurateurs point to a complicated reality by L0v3_1s_War

> For the record, I am not dissing their food. It is an absolutely unique food culture but it will never lend itself well to be served in a restaurant.

I think "never" is an ignorant thing to say here.

There's a new generation of filipino chefs who are working to change the food itself, as well as its perception in the states. Lasita in LA, bad saint in DC come to mind. The fact that we're talking about filipino food at all, when it wasn't on any gourmand's radar in the aughts, shows that it has changed and (probably) will continue to change.

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skydream416 t1_j15f4my wrote

Reply to comment by elizabeth-cooper in Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens by Lilyo

idk that sounds like we're abstracting away from the goal of increasing program coverage and application throughput. I'm assuming there's literally 0 money, but if there was money i'd say it should be spent on 1) hiring more application processors, whatever that means and 2) aggressively marketing the program in areas where SNAP currently has the highest usage. And cutting as much red tape in the process as possible though it already sounds pretty simple (just an application + an interview --> decision?)

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skydream416 t1_j15cnp3 wrote

Reply to comment by elizabeth-cooper in Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens by Lilyo

I skimmed, so in good faith I'll share the (imo) important bits of your comment here:

> Well, let's start with the easy part, which is automating the form.

This is already a huge assumption, that it's "easier"/cheaper/more effective for the city to update the application process, than it is to hire more people. And that there are no additional regulatory steps other than "scan the form and put it online".

> Nobody should be doing data entry when time is of the essence.

You (correctly) observe the key factor is time. Setting aside what would be more cost effective, what do you think would be faster for the city: updating a workstream (taking the SNAP form application process and digitalizing it + whatever other steps would be required e.g. with NYS or the feds) or hiring more people to do the same work in the same way?

I'm not in the public sector, but knowing what we know about the bureaucracy of NYC, which tends to look to private-sector technocrats to implement scaled change, I'd bet that hiring more people is the faster (if not cheaper) way to get more forms processed in the short term, because those operations (the hiring, the onboarding/training, etc.) all exist already, and don't require any external intervention by e.g. some consulting firm to implement. So that's what makes more sense to me, after thinking it through.

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skydream416 t1_j158mdj wrote

Reply to comment by elizabeth-cooper in Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens by Lilyo

I never said the solution was to hire more people either lol, because I'm not in the habit of making up scenarios about which i'm totally uninformed :)

But sure I can humor you; your model is bad. You're assuming there's a "make city workers more 'efficient' button" that someone can just press, and is choosing not to press lmao. If you want to "increase efficiency" there is obviously going to be some sort of input cost to doing so (training, time, hiring trainers, etc.) So the real question isn't some weird, trivial 4th grade math about filling out widget-forms, the question is if (expected value/expected cost of TRAINING) > (expected value/expected cost of HIRING).

Good luck! show your work xx

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