As a South African: we don’t want him back.

I’m okay trading legitimacy for a tangible gain, but there is none.

Nah, that just legitimizes it for no real benefit.

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines

As a South African I just have to say… You gave him citizenship no backsies!

You’re down for poisoning the well?

So was the herbalist.

While I’m all for making it harder to just sit on housing, the “more empty homes than homeless” this, while technically true, is very misleading, and I wouldn’t want to try to force unhoused folks into the empty homes without a lot more pruning.

In-demand places don’t typically have much in the way of empty homes, as it doesn’t typically make financial sense not to rent them out. Empty homes in places like this are generally in between tenants or on the market to be sold. Meanwhile, there are places with huge numbers of empty homes, typically because of population drain. The homes sit empty not because someone’s hoarding them, but because people don’t want to move to places like Cairo, Illinois.

The statistic, whilst technically true, doesn’t take into account demographic and population changes. People want to live in places with vibrant economies and lots of job opportunities, and that’s not typically where the huge supply of empty homes is. So we can’t just redistribute our way out of this problem. Building, and especially infill in cities, is absolutely necessary in huge quantities.

To find American politicians you’ll have to comb the dessert.

https://www.globalfleet.com/en/manufacturers/global/analysis/teslas-dominance-over-carbon-credit-market-explained?t[0]=Tesla&t[1]=Electrification&curl=1

A simulator is a great way to live out the perfectly normal and not at all niche dream of taking off from a taxiway rather than a runway.

Very much so. But it’s not purely luck. I turned down a job offer for significantly more money to take this one. Sometimes I momentarily regret it, but then I consider how happy I am and all regret evaporates.

My job is basically my hobby. I spend about 50 hours a week on my hobby - some of it structured for someone else, and some of it entirely for myself. The stuff for someone else is less fun, but still genuinely brings me joy.

Move on before it becomes a job you hate. I’ve made that mistake before and I don’t care to repeat it.

I’m 2 years into my current job and it still genuinely excites me to start work each day. When it no longer does, I’ll be looking for a new job.

Did he enjoy the experience, even if short-lived, of being able to breathe through his nose?

Objectively the government spending less is a good thing.

I’m gonna have to disagree with you there. Spending more wisely is a good thing. But simply spending less is not.

Yeah, with a couple of podcasts I listen to, when the Honey stuff came out they did a whole thing about it and dropped Honey mid cycle, probably at a pretty big cost to themselves.

It still mildly irritates me because I had suspected they were doing this for a long time, but I can’t really fault the podcasts I listen to for how they handled it.

I don’t trust any single source! That’s why I make sure to get my news from multiple different Lemmy instances.

Kernel updates can require it, but even then you can often get away with replacing the specific module.

Yeah… Harris was an OK option for president given the state of national politics. But California can do far better.

Nope!