nerdchum

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   by nerdchum 4y ago

   For contrast car accidents in 2019. (36,096 / 350 million) * 100 0.0103% Considering that each person on the road increases car accident fatality chance for others. Just interesting to look at what we allow from a safety perspective in
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   by nerdchum 4y ago

   Internet companies are a good example of how difficult it is to bring a utility to a giant metro area. I'm not sure if that's because of government barriers or because of actual physical logistics. Even Google Fiber seems to have
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   by nerdchum 4y ago

   Still a finite supply of land though in metro areas with good economies. So even wth unlimited growth you would hit a wall at some point in these metro areas where jobs are plentiful. But would at least buy a hundred years or so for other c
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   by nerdchum 4y ago

   "By 2020 the price of water had risen by 40% in real terms since privatisation and almost a quarter of households had difficulty paying their water bills." https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o2076 Just
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   by nerdchum 4y ago

   The highest a landlord lord can raise rents is all of a tenants disposable income. After that there's diminishing returns. You are correct.
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   by nerdchum 4y ago

   I currently live in a van because I can't afford rent or a home. The past few weeks at -10 degrees has been rough. So nice to see that corporations are buying the existing homes and governments are restricting the amount of homes that