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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
To buy the home my grandparents bought in 1968 for $30k ($265k in 2023) in San Jose, CA would require an income of about $12k then ($90k in 2023). Today, with a value of $2.2m, that would require an income of about $800k. Primarily, the onl
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Nil. Smaller over time in new construction. The value is in the land, not the structure.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Wow. So the union negotiated for a real dollar pay cut. What a load.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
And that explains where British politics and civilization is headed: regulatory capture, chaos, and dysfunction moving towards a conservative utopia because of a feckless left.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Needs someone to submit an "oops." When I started there, the mere act of visiting the 2FA page caused an irreversible hellban... not once, not twice, but 3x. Each page on Facebook is really a Hack controller with many layers of
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Apple II LOGO.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Wishful thinking from afar by someone who isn't an American and who doesn't understand American culture. - The US is, on average, highly anti-intellectual and proud of it. - Spends an unsustainable amount on the military-industria
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Tesco Fresh & Easy enters the chat with: - Small format - Small quantities & worse value - Limited selection - Giant self-checkout conveyor belt confusing shoppers
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Backpacks work fine at self-checkouts at Target-CVS here, and all human checkers at Trader Joe's (Aldi Nord).
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
The other anti-pattern is multiple lines to human cashiers. A single line is faster and fairer. What slows it down is assholes on their phones not being ready when they are next.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
US shopping carts vary widely. Costco's can fit a good 2 m^3 and 250 kg of products. The flat platform types can haul even more. These are in contrast to some pharmacy store carts are smaller than a hand basket.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
I think you're conflating reusable bags containing unpurchased products with women's purses.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
In the US, workers wouldn't be able to actually do this because the US public is miserable.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Why bother with that when AI/ML/CV can track what comes off and on the shelves? Amazon Go
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
I'd prefer scanning-while-shopping, otherwise I have to remember to leave things barcode up and have enough room, especially for bug box stores. Apart from produce, I'd prefer home delivery that eliminates the scanning and transpo
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Where? There has been self-checkout all over America for 15+ years. I don't see anywhere removing it. The recent problems have been: District Attorneys deciding property crime is selectively enforceable for social justice engineering,
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
It's likely impossible without serious processing like fire and reinforcement and static and dynamic simulation. Build things that use materials that aren't fire hazards and have been engineered to support themselves and the stres
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Unpermitted, unengineered deathtraps shouldn't be promoted or allowed. It's magical thinking that's not "helping" anyone.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Just build a log cabin and smear mud on the side. At least it won't kill you in an earthquake if it's built properly.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Unconvincing, disingenuous conflation of Gaza City apartments vs. most parking structures in the US.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
A lack of rain resistance won't kill you suddenly. If mud brick or cave technology were so amazing, we'd all be living that way still. A better way would be to build structurally-sound, partially underground to moderate seasonal t
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Just ask all of the Moroccans and Afghanis who are now homeless and lost entire families recently.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
And it will kill you and your family in an earthquake. So much for iconoclastic hipster utopian-aspirational thinking.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Another reason why I left California. You can't buy a Canik's as a non-LEO. Also, criminals get whatever guns they want and carry them while law-abiding citizens can't do anything except wish not to be mugged or murdered with
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Some types of publics works projects require hiring police for traffic safety and insurance reasons. In addition, retired police officers often can keep their uniforms and work privately in an official capacity.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
This amounts to the police becoming a mafia with a protection racket. They realized that they have little or no motivation or incentive to actually do their jobs if they can extract more money with side jobs.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Bloomberg but auto-mute commerials.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
My grandparents turned on Gunsmoke and slept in front of the TV. Turn it off, and they woke up.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
You're arguing with the religiously anti-gun costal people who have their minds made up, are afraid of all firearms, and believe no one should have them... except the criminals.
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by cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
That doesn't have anything to do with self-defense. Bullets are usable to defend against an otherwise deadly attack. An air nailer, a hammer, and a box cutter can be misused, should we ban those without solving the human social or poli

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