Haha probably better to keep the tube closer to the surface of the Earth but otherwise yes.

If only we had a series of pneumatic tubes connecting all our homes, you could order something online and have it pop up right next to you minutes later.

This same urge for some kind of end to all existing problems via an apocalyptic scenario is also why OP made his post.

Well not always - this story is about how for years and years there was a deadlock between the two parties at the FEC that has now been broken by a Democratic board member shocking everyone and siding with the Republicans.

Yeah I think it’s pretty much just in NYC for now, with a big launch in Minneapolis in progress. Hopefully they get to Denver soon!

If I were the Iranian leadership I’d want to develop a nuclear arsenal yesterday. It’s the only way to really deter Israeli or American aggression. As an American myself I’d appreciate the resulting reduction in the likelihood of our going to war against Iran.

It has already been done, that’s what the article is about: https://drivers.coop/

Currently based in NYC, but getting ready for a big launch in Minneapolis in response to the incumbent rideshare companies pulling out of the city in protest of increased rideshare regulation. Big opportunity to seize some marketshare without needing that much startup capital if your better financed competitors are removing themselves from that part of the market.

Yeah exactly - the proposal here is to have a driver-owned worker cooperative run the app.

The offshoot running Android would hopefully just be called “Android”

The breakup this is referring to is splitting off the Android operating system from the rest of Google.

Goggins is a treasure. Between Righteous Gemstones, I’m a Virgo and Invincible he’s killing it all over right now.

Huh, what’s the logic to doing it on shuffle working better than the original order?

I went back and watched the other old Star Treks after not having watched them when they aired but Voyager was the one that seemed not worth my while. Should I check it out?

Justified is coming up on my list to watch for the first time.

Just finished rewatching Invincible inspired by the new season being out, now just started on The Good Place.

A landlord who just buys a property and rents it out is doing nothing for the housing supply but obviously a developer that buys a house and turns it into an apartment building is increasing the housing supply regardless of whether they rent the apartments or sell them or whatever.

Not sure what you mean by government owned housing available for purchase - surely it’s either government owned or being purchased? A big government house building program would be fantastic, but that’s no reason to support keeping restrictions on also helpful private house building.

Wow you are unpleasant

I said the following:

an apartment in that building will not be as expensive to buy or rent as a full house next door sitting on as much land as the whole apartment building

As in the price of the apartment sells for will be lower than the price the house next door sells for, and the price you can get for renting the apartment will be less than the price you can get for renting the house. The relationship between rents and sale price in the same place are more complicated, especially if you’re comparing an existing mortgage that followed from a sale years ago in a different housing market.

Being over-confident in either your pessimism or your optimism is a recipe for inaction or wrong action, what’s important is to try to look at the world realistically.

You’re comparing apples to oranges with your monthly mortgage and rent rates, you’ve got to compare purchase prices to purchase prices and rents to rents.