wwqrd

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1. 31.▲
   by wwqrd 7y ago

   TLDR version: “it’s making it too hard to privatise services”
2. 32.▲
   by wwqrd 7y ago

   This is what I was thinking too. Ed: And also, when you look back and see inevitable progression, it might just be hindsight bias.
3. 33.▲
   by wwqrd 7y ago

   I’m not disparaging people looking out for themselves. However, renting out an asset (which generally isn’t depreciating) is only going to increase the inequity between the renter and the landlord. If their relationship is based entirely on
4. 34.▲
   by wwqrd 7y ago

   I think the point is that if you have money to begin with you can leverage that against those that don't. In the UK a mortgage is generally cheaper than rent. You "choose" to rent when you have no other choice.
5. 35.▲
   by wwqrd 8y ago

   Just glue your mobile to the wall in the hallway.
6. 36.▲
   by wwqrd 8y ago

   Do we really need to police how the young and affluent are talking about their gap years?
7. 37.▲
   by wwqrd 9y ago

   Seems kind of like replacing common functional patterns with esoteric configuration objects?