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The true solution is Zoning Reform. Property owners would build many more units themselves, with their own capital, if allowed to build enough units to make it worthwhile. This doe…

It seems the big thing Airbnb should be verifying is the fake "hosts", where an LLC is renting out a dozen units or more in a city as a business, but then lying to the customer tha…

Find a corporate sponsor(s). It's about the money. Have them fund research through a contract including you, a university, and the corporation. With 10 million dollars, the univers…

>Does he really believe he can sell formerly unsuccessful Yahoo services to Verizon subscribers? This article misses the point: This is about selling Verizon subscribers through Ya…

For some perspective: LA county uses about ~50 Million cubic meters of water per year. The largest Israeli desalinization plant is ~225 Million cubic meters per year. The entire st…

You are correct. The new plant in San Diego dumps out a ~20% brine IIRC that is supposed to be not as bad as the 50% brine that creates dead spots in the ocean. Not sure about the …

They are un-democratic single party capitalists. Like Singapore.

Does anyone else think it's slightly shady to be advising drivers take on loans for vehicles in one hand, while working on making those vehicle loans a bad investment by investing …

I'm interested in these refunds to advertisers. I've never received a refund, but if accounts are being banned constantly, some with tens of thousands of dollars, then it should ha…

As a developer, I have had, and friends have had thier Adsense accounts banned right before payout for legitimate earnings. It hurts so bad to have that happen, and Google gives yo…

Not being a native English speaker doesn't exactly eliminate the possibility of being a Google employee...

There isn't a lot of reality to the idea that bitcoin is "hard". There is such lack of clear one page explanations to get started that people who don't feel like figuring it out ar…

aaaaand we're back

I hope you realize there are more rats in more restaurants and food factories than you think, and that health departments nationally, while quick to cite, fine, and demand changes …

I wouldn't be so fast to make that declaration. Elon Musk, Tesla, and SpaceX are pretty influential players right now, and I don't think anyone reading this white paper are anythin…

My understanding is that putting the air power in the capsule is in part to make the tube simpler and cheaper to make and maintain.

This. Is. Amazing.

I'd like to know my action is leveraged, or helps provide leverage to others. I send emails to my elected officials (personalized like a boss) when I see an effort that starts to g…