elephantium 4d ago • 100%
I bought the game after the badwater addition. It's an early-game problem IMO -- you'll probably only see 2-3 bad tide events before the beavers can get a mitigation system in place
elephantium 5d ago • 100%
Is it not an ID because of that? I don't see the relevance of mentioning address here.
Edit: oh, proof of residence? I went back and re-read the GP. It makes more sense in that context.
elephantium 6d ago • 100%
United States ID card
Passport seems like it sorta fits, but it's hardly universal.
elephantium 1w ago • 100%
Better a high horse than a Trojan horse, though
elephantium 3w ago • 100%
In fact, I do prefer to buy generics. There are dozens of us!
elephantium 4w ago • 100%
Sure, it's hypothetically possible that it would slow down the mega corps. I wouldn't be holding my breath, though. IDK, call me a cynic.
Pretty much any housing changes will need to be written to be bulletproof, otherwise they'll loophole the ever-loving shit out of it.
elephantium 4w ago • 100%
I do see one problem with this type of regulation -- if you say "no more than 3 homes per entity", the "homes 4 rent" megalandlords will just create thousands of "homes 4 rent asdf" shell companies to get around the limit. I foresee tons of cat-and-mouse accounting shenanigans trying to dodge this sort of requirement.
A simpler method would be to increase both the property taxes and the homestead exemption, tuned so that individual homeowner pays about the same.
Limiting Airbnbs would help, too. Require city or county licensing for all guest accommodations, maybe, and have a set number of licenses?
Also, I don't want to try to kill off all housing rentals. Think about college housing, about people moving halfway across the country for a job, people who've just gotten divorced... there are lots of circumstances where it makes more sense to rent for a time than to pony up $$$ to buy a house or a condo. In a functional market, this would be, say, 10% of housing, and you wouldn't have the absurdity of "I pay $3000 in rent because the bank doesn't think I'll pay a $2000 mortgage".
elephantium 4w ago • 100%
Central park?
elephantium 4w ago • 100%
Wait, we are? TIL.
elephantium 4w ago • 100%
Lots of great recommendations here. I'd also add Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. Her Penric novels are quite fun, too.
elephantium 4w ago • 100%
The Hornblower stories are also excellent. They might hit a bit simpler -- the characters are a bit more heroic, a bit less complicated. IMO both are worth reading, but they hit a bit different even though they sail through similar waters (I was going to say 'covers the same ground', ha!)
elephantium 4w ago • 100%
They don’t exist
You, sir, are a punk.
Take this upvote and carry on.
elephantium 4w ago • 100%
I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. My neighborhood isn't the best for walkability -- there are definitely better areas in this city in that respect.
To the nearest convenience store: 1.5km To the nearest chain supermarket: 1.9km To the bus stop: 140m To the nearest park: 480m To the nearest big supermarket: 5.8km To the nearest library: 1.9km To the nearest train station: 800m
Straight-line distance to Big Ben: 6450km
elephantium 1mo ago • 100%
Hmm, I don't really remember that. OTOH, it HAS been a long time since I've watched DS9. I rewatched TNG more recently, so I have that Keiko in mind.
elephantium 1mo ago • 100%
Yep. Blast from the past.
elephantium 1mo ago • 100%
Wait, people would seriously put her as 'most annoying' on TNG or DS9? Next to Wesley and Winn?!
elephantium 1mo ago • 100%
we had The Phantom Menace
Hey, I thought we were talking about decent examples of sci fi
TNG ... 50%
I'd put it more like 25%. That being said, I def consult episode guides when I'm rewatching and skip accordingly.
elephantium 1mo ago • 100%
I don't recognize her. What show?
elephantium 1mo ago • 100%
Hmm, it's been a while since something reminded me of alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die
As an example, if I go to the [starting guide](https://lemmy.world/post/37906) and click on the [top comment](https://lemmy.world/comment/97159), I get the following response: "This site can’t be reached The webpage at https://lemmy.world/comment/97159 might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE" Dev tools shows response code: 400 (from service worker) for this request. I don't see this behavior on every single comment link, but it shows up for a lot of them, seemingly randomly. I see it across different browsers and normal vs. incognito mode. Any clues on what's broken?