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The problem isn’t finite land. It’s finite voters and the politicians that represent them. In CA, the most crowded state, There are more acres than people! And somehow we still have a housing shortage.

You can go out into the middle of nowhere in CA and find houses huddled together 2 feet from another behind a giant wall, like some kind of nazi concentration camp for houses. And the sadest part is that there’s tons of land in every direction you look and people are forced to commute vast distances.

Normally I would agree with this assessment but let’s remember it’s a super beta that may have only been given to him because he’s an employee

There’s no way in the world voters will ever allow you to produce that much housing. There’s already a vast over population on this planet relative to number of shelters

I’m glad it’s not just me. I’ve done so many fairly basic searches and gotten back absolutely awful results. I imagine most of the web isn’t even accessible through. This is an important topic that deserves even more discussion, especially since there isn’t even another solution yet

Sure. That’s part of it. But the US has some truely insane housing policies. Where I work, many employees are forced to drive 40+ miles one way to work on super clogged 5 lane highways. You’d think there would be buildings everywhere right? Nope on either side of the highway are endless mostly empty fields with an occasional cow. The cows commute is like 2 min and I’m sure those farms aren’t paying their fair share of property taxes. Voters couldn’t care less.

Just use Turo. We did that and it was great

I’m on a iPhone 7 with a cracked screen. You could probably get that on eBay for less than 70$. And everything still works. Just gotta be a bit mindful when swiping And don’t use the dang thing too much

This will have deep long lasting repercussions. Do you think anyone is going to rent out their house anymore after getting burned like this? This will further reduce the rental supply in the long term, driving rents up even more as the few remaining landlords demand ever higher cap rates.

Cheap products an often be as good or even better than so called expensive products. A lot of times manufacturers will sell the same exact profit multiple prices at varying trim levels with just minor differences in features. For example dishwashers. Our dishwasher broke and we had to buy a “high end one” because the wait time for all the base models “the cheap ones” was over several months. Anyways I quickly realized the high end ones were no better than the base model with only a few minor features you never notice anyway.

We need some frame of reference. How many creatures typically die every year? Without that the numbers are meaningless

I just think advertisement is when other people pay for the media products you get for free, if you don’t buy the ad product. It’s a plus. Why are people so charged up about it? If you don’t want to be manipulated by ads then just don’t be.

I like the idea of starting a new town, something that’s in great need with so many cities oberpopulating

Why no AC? He says they can’t produce enough power. But all it takes is one powerwall and 4K or 8k solar panel per house.

The headline is click bait and does not accurately describe the content of the article. To be specific, China doesn’t like the mining of Bitcoin in China. And I’m sure there’s no shortage of other countries that would happily take that industry of their hands. And now that Bitcoin mining has more incentive to go green than ever, I’m sure many countries would like that.

China has not declared that its citizens can’t HODL Bitcoin. Doing so, would be a huge impediment to Chinese wealth. Bitcoin and other forms of crypto will most likely be worth in the tens of trillions, maybe even north of 50 to 100 trillion some day, now that fixed income is finished. :(

If China won’t allow its citizens to hold part of that wealth its a huge impact on their country’s wealth.

I can’t possibly imagine why anyone would ever go work at Amazon. How low would your prospects have to sink in order to make someone do that to themselves? I suppose if you’re completely homeless and in danger of starvation. Personally, I’d rather eat the weeds that form on the sidewalk or probably go dumpster diving. That’s much more dignified than working at amazon.

Just imagine the damage you’re doing to your resume. How do you explain having worked at the worst company in the world?

I’m so glad you posted this. I thought I was the only one

Why is everyone so upset about this. You don’t have to buy it. And if you do pay hourly , just use it rarely

You don’t have to use it ALL the time, right? I mean just use it for two hours a year and you’ll pay a lot less than thousands of dollar up front

I think a lot of HOA are not going to allow this in the front yard. And the number and size of HOA have been growing rapidly in the last 30 years

These are all signs of a vast over supply of talent. I can’t imagine anyone would willingly work at such a company unless they had no other choice.

I had to think about that for a second. It kinda makes sense and works. If you make SF an awful enough place, companies might finally start to consider leaving.

Put everything in gold/ precious metals with no other diversification?

Gold has some funny business with its paper holdings because of the way governments lend it out.

Where else should people invest their money?

Stocks are extremely overvalued According to the buffet ratio

And bonds/cash will soon be completely worthless by the time the gov and feds of the world are done with them

Real estate is extremely difficult to buy and sell. Execution is hard.

There’s a desperate need for a store of value, now more than ever (gov of the world are abandoning their obligation of providing a stable fiat)

Do you see any better solution than crypto?

If you’re new to gardening, I recommend tomatoes. They’re quite easy to grow as long as your timing is roughly right

He didn’t even know how to read or write. I can’t imagine how little guidance he got from his parents growing up. No wonder he ended up with the wrong crowd

It’s just the opposite. The essential goods needed for survival: shelter is becoming more and more Scarce. 34% of millennials can’t even afford their own shelter anymore and are forced to live with parents. Those who can live by themselves are paying over 40% of their income on shelter. There’s been a pretty dramatic drop in living standards here in the US over the last several decades

The fact that we can now afford ever more borderline useless apps, clothes and electronic gadgets doesn’t help much

Keep in mind this happens from both sides

It’s not necessarily corruption. There’s plenty of voters who vote against making housing more affordable. The entire state of CA has built this mess with their zoning laws

That’s ridiculous. WFH is huge benefit to employees. Are you also going to charge employers for the time it takes you to cash a bonus check?

Let’s not get overly greedy.

No. It’s mainly just SF and To some degree parts of CA. It’s getting pretty bad in many parts of SF

Anybody holding cash or bonds. Also, much of the US inflation is exported to the rest of the world.