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withabeard

@ withabeard @sh.itjust.works

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  • Graffiti seen in Barcelona, Catalonia

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  • Constrained supply

    But there are empty properties now. There is supply. House prices are too high for all of the property to be affordable. That is because property as an appreciating investment is valuable. You can only live in one house, to buy multiple properties and have that appreciated investment, you are a landlord.

    Low interest rates

    allow you to buy a property. They allow people investing in housing to buy many. It results in the above.

    Banks pushing bigger mortgages

    Sure

    Help to buy

    Allows affordable housing to become an investment. See my first point.

    Rich people were losing to much money

    Yep, some of those people were landlords who were finding city prices dropping.

    Clearly landlord culture isn't the "only" problem. But fuck me it's a big part of the issue.

  • Graffiti seen in Barcelona, Catalonia

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  • Ban landlord culture and property prices drop.

    Kinda sucks for those already with a mortgage. Defending rental culture because someone might lose out now only guarantees that an ever increasing majority lose out in the future.

  • why are website language switchers in the current language?

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  • Which flag do we use for English?

    I won't allow the stars and stripes

  • Canada Ditches U.S. Defense for $1.25 Trillion EU Pact

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  • cough Vietnam cough

    America should really be the country that knows it's massive superpower isn't enough against an unwilling guerilla

  • Tesla’s Cybertruck problem keeps getting worse

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  • Manure or rock, sure. I get that.

    Plywood or sheet rock, standard sizes of sheet rock here in the UK for in a panel van and I have no worries about them getting wet out damaged en route.

    Given the length limit of a truck bed, I can get much bigger things in a van then I could a truck.

  • Tesla’s Cybertruck problem keeps getting worse

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  • Given your opinions are on the reasonable side of truck owners

    What advantage does a truck have over a panel van for work use?

    Yes I'm European. Yes I actually want a truck for some unknown social reason. But every time I look at trucks I think the beds are either too small or I think my shit is going to get wet back there. An enclosed panel van has a bigger converted storage area.

  • LinkedIn’s cofounder Reid Hoffman says seeking work-life balance is a red flag that you’re ‘not committed to winning’

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  • Excuse me sir, we appear to have a different definition of "winning".

  • Despite constitutional limit, Trump says he's seeking a way to serve 3rd presidential term

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  • He's making a lot of noise about Zelensky not going to the polls. So ...

    War, he's talking about taking America to war so strongly they can't have an election.

  • USA asks Lithuania for eggs after Finland and Denmark, internet calls it ‘Door to door begging’

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  • I know trump doesn't know world history.

    But helping Russia and asking Lithuania for help are mutually exclusive options.

  • Communism in theory vs in practice

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  • Needs v wants

    Needs: healthcare, utilities, public transport, even a minimal but quality food source. Even to the point of utilitarian but working phones/devices. State ownership where profits are minimal but go back into the state. The services aren't necessarily free, but are run without massive shareholder payouts.

    Wants: upgrades and luxuries. iPhones, treat foods, nice cars, silk bedding and those ridiculous marshmallow shoes everyone loves. Regulated but free market.

    Now all your basic needs are covered by the community together. You could probably live a simple life with very little income. If you want luxury or fancy, feel free to work too get it.

  • US asks countries to help lower soaring prices of eggs

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  • I'm not saying we should...

    But negative tariffs on eggs coming out of the USA and ridiculous tariffs on eggs going into the USA would tickle my funny bone

  • Indie devs have begun adding a no generative AI stamp to their store pages

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  • Well done sir. Well done.

    If we ever meet in a pub I owe you a pint

  • Indie devs have begun adding a no generative AI stamp to their store pages

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  • You've started on a completely false assumption.

    TBH some of the best art, music and creativity in games comes from small indie studios and developers. Who put creativity and skill into their project. They make it good by actually making it all. Games with a unique style and fun ideas come from small indie studios who need supporting.

    AI is a shortcut to stealing others work by proxy. It creates content that is non-novel by its very design and by the very limitations of the tool.

    artists, programmers and musicians that can lovingly hand craft the loot boxes

    What are you on about? It's the companies churning out loot box after loot box that are programmatically producing them. You're actively invalidating your own point in your rant.

    At this point, reading your comment again. I'm really hoping I just missed some dry sarcasm.

  • Is it a bad idea to go on with a pixel 4a?

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  • I’m experienced in the field of cyber security

    So... go lookup the CVEs. Go have a look at what the actual threats against the old device are. What's the method of attack and do you care.

    If you decide you're happy with the device. Then remember to keep going back and seeing if any new attacks against the device exist.

    Whatever happens, we're not protected against 0day attacks (by their very nature).

    I guess there is some reason to worry about "unknown" attacks against the device. But like 0day's, there's probably unknown attacks against patched devices as well.

  • A Key STALKER 2 Feature Is Broken, But GSC Game World Is “Working Hard” On The Problem

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  • AI's current writing style on topics like this, is to repeat the same thing in subtly different ways. If you find yourself reading the same paragraph 3 times in a row, then it's probably AI.

  • It's all tied together

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  • Im being a huge guy - can go to the women bathroom

    OK

    People will exploit this.

    Do you? Who is currently stopping you?

    Why would someone who wants to batter, rape or abuse another person be stopped by an unlocked door with a little cartoon sign on it?

  • Donald Trump is Lying About His Age | At a town hall, the 78-year-old Trump said that he was “not that close to 80.”

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  • You're crediting him with far too much competence.

    His handler has said he has to continue, and he'll obey

  • this person who has devoted their life to trump has the exact same energy as this baby in a high chair

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  • Yeah... I can see how owning "owning it" works when someone has been convicted of standup up for Human rights or something...

    But, his convictions are mostly "being a lying sack of shit"

  • this person who has devoted their life to trump has the exact same energy as this baby in a high chair

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  • Are people really taking pride in "voting for a convicted felon"?