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by rr888 4y ago
I'm not sure what we're arguing about here. I dont live in CA, I said I was jealous of Prop 13. I think there are benefits to capping property tax rises. Only a quarter of households rent and I support any measure to help everyone
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by rr888 4y ago
The difference with property is that its not a consumable. In an ideal world you pay off your mortgage then you dont have to worry about housing costs much, allowing you to budget on real expenses for things you consume. If you buy a house
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by rr888 4y ago
Probably, I said I was jealous not that it was great policy.
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by rr888 4y ago
Maybe if social science was real science instead of quackery people would want to help.
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by rr888 4y ago
I get, maybe somewhere between. I see your nj username, you probably know what its like for people once retired paying $20k for property taxes, its a big temptation to leave.
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by rr888 4y ago
I'm pretty jealous of prop 13, ever increasing property taxes is brutal.
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by rr888 4y ago
Yeah I've seen that number before, its average, not median. https://www.osc.state.ny.us/files/reports/osdc/2020/pdf/repo...
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by rr888 4y ago
I understand your view but its more than this. China is biggest polluter now. Russia has most space but avoids immigration from Asia. Fast growing populations of lots of hot countries is a big problem that has no easy solution.
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by rr888 4y ago
RTO issues aside it feels more like a regular recession rather than bubble popping. The biggest difference is wages were insane last year, even in 2000 devs weren't paid more than doctors.
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by rr888 4y ago
I wonder how long it'll be before population starts moving. Traditionally Southern Europe, Southern USA had the best climate, now they seem to be places to avoid.
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by rr888 4y ago
One goal of e-CNY is to be an alternative to USD payment systems like SWIFT which the Western governments hve used to enforced sanctions. China has a problem with the regular currency has a lot of restrictions on it. People can't just
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by rr888 4y ago
> I wouldnt want to work in it unless they paid top of the top Anecdotally I knew a few people in the mid nineties that did SAP work and they were paid multiples of everyone else, literally hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Since
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by rr888 4y ago
Dont underestimate recent changes. Your grandma never saw a smartphone, modern electric car, online food ordering, Netflix nor went on a Tinder hoookup. :)
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by rr888 4y ago
> Public suicide, animal sacrifice, crime etc. That's just normal in SF streets already lol.
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by rr888 4y ago
I dont think that has anything to do with oil. Kinda similar though, should the USA help democratic small countries from authoritarian bullies next door? Maybe USA should just let the world burn like the Europeans do.
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by rr888 4y ago
There are a lot of gas power stations in the UK. I suspect that gas prices are so high its uneconomic to run them, and gas is sent to Europe instead (or not imported like previously).
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by rr888 4y ago
https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE shows stats. Looks like Dec and Jan were windy, Feb, Mar not so much. Its higher than I expected, but not 50%. Biomass is high is that wood? I've also heard Germany fudges t
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by rr888 4y ago
Most Oil from the Middle East goes to Asia and Europe, US produces enough energy itself. Yes US tries to stabilize the region, I think Asia and Europe gives not enough thanks.
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by rr888 4y ago
48% of its electricity this summer I'd believe, the whole year is unlikely. The crunch is winter when there is near-zero sunlight. Solar Panels in Northern Europe is waste of money.
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by rr888 4y ago
There was a positive fusion article in the WP a few weeks back. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/26/nuclear... . Looks like things are finally happening.
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by rr888 4y ago
Its time to go back to the office and be nice to the boss again. :)
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by rr888 4y ago
I completely would like the option of voluntary euthanasia myself, but I'm against legalizing it except for people with terminal diseases. Normalizing it puts people in a horrible position. If you're say 70 relatively healthy but
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by rr888 4y ago
I agree, I think my problem is that the last few decades the returns on stocks and property has vastly exceeded economic which means that a) people have unrealistic expectations going forward and b) prices are bid up so high its likely futu
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by rr888 4y ago
As a non-American I can't believe how much faith people put in the stock market here. I think they're going to be a rude shock the next few decades.
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by rr888 4y ago
This is normal in all states except CA is different with prop 13.
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by rr888 4y ago
Manhattan was packed on the weekend, it seems more crowded than pre-covid. Fridays in the office districts not so busy but still people. It has the benefit that people there actually like living in cities.
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by rr888 4y ago
"The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal" from last week https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32677473
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by rr888 4y ago
What about residential? I thought prices were high but manageable. New mortgages are all over 5% now, that makes those all too common $2-4 mil house prices insane.
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by rr888 4y ago
That is what you think but in the real world it doesn't seem to work. Europe (and other developed countries) have the big social safety net and they're less entrepreneurial. I'm not sure why, perhaps its the egalitarian natur
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by rr888 4y ago
Right, my new PC has an m2 ssd and a NAS in the closet.

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