QIYGT

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by QIYGT 4y ago
> There are a plethora of totally valid reasons why people would be opposed to endless urban sprawl Density is literally the opposite of sprawl.
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by QIYGT 4y ago
> There seems to be a general lack of political will for big projects in the west. We don't need big projects. If popular US cities like Seattle and San Francisco simply allowed people to build 5-story apartment buildings in all th
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by QIYGT 4y ago
> Houses tend to increase in value They don't have to. This happens when an area gets popular and zoning regulations don't allow enough new supply to meet the demand.
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by QIYGT 4y ago
> Because today houses are not for living in. They are investments. The only reason homes can be considered investments is that governments limit supply so much that prices are forced to increase.
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by QIYGT 4y ago
The people who vote in local primaries and show up to community meetings are older and wealthier than their neighbors and don't want to see anything change. Here's a book about it: https://www.amazon.com/Neighborho
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by QIYGT 4y ago
Can't tell whether you're being sarcastic. The world you describe sounds disgusting, and NYC is more popular than ever in our new WFH world.
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by QIYGT 4y ago
Same in NYC which has been creating ~3x more jobs than homes in recent decades.
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by QIYGT 4y ago
> UberEats / DoorDash delivery fees were under $1 They have a low fixed "delivery fee" that they advertise heavily and then add a 15% "service fee" for the customer and also charge the restaurant a percentage.
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by QIYGT 4y ago
Interesting: #ifdef COMPAQ_SOUND // IPaqs are slow to declare a buffer finished with. Need fewer, but longer buffers. // Longer buffers result in a time lag between the code // issuing a sample play command and
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by QIYGT 4y ago
Strongly recommend using a keyboard with modifiers under your thumbs like Kinesis Advantage.
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by QIYGT 4y ago
It's not exactly a desktop device (though it can be booted into a desktop), but Steam Deck is by far the best Linux experience I've had. It seems what you really need is a company with an incentive to make a good hardware+software
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by QIYGT 4y ago
> a week here and there of no-responsibility vacation would do wonders for their mental health Those weeks don't have to cost anything. You could stay at home, go camping, etc.