PuddleOfKittens

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[–] PuddleOfKittens 2 points 1 month ago

No, you tell the time by staring into the parts of the sky that aren't the sun, and use that to figure out where the sun is.

[–] PuddleOfKittens 7 points 1 month ago

This means prehistoric humans persistence-hunting wolves is canonical to the crazyness2400verse.

[–] PuddleOfKittens 3 points 1 month ago

They're literally building bunkers though. The bunkers are for literally going and hiding in a hole like Saddam Hussein.

[–] PuddleOfKittens 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Building more housing helps, but building new housing will remain expensive for as long as land is expensive, so it's vital that we avoid wasting land. Which means density.

Some people read "density" and think "ah, taller buildings!", but that's only half the picture - you can save tremendous amounts of space by improving horizontal density - look at how dense OP's one storey housing is, by shrinking the houses, and by ditching the front yard and dedicated sidewalks.

Except, most of the space is still empty! Those streets are oversized (take a look at traditional cities, most streets are under 20ft wide (6m wide) wall-to-wall), and the houses all have gaps next to them which look big enough to fit (or almost fit) another house. So you could easily more-than-double the density without even going up, assuming the housing isn't car-centric (I'm guessing those empty spots might be car parks, and the streets are overly wide because they're for cars).

If this sounds nitpicky, it's not: building one-storey houses is dirt cheap; imagine trying to make a portable two-storey tent. It even makes it realistically possible to remove developers from the equation, without too much going horribly wrong. It just needs to be efficient with the land it uses.

240sqft = 22.3sqm

[–] PuddleOfKittens 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you insulate against noise properly, you won't.

[–] PuddleOfKittens 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Here's some better advice for protestors/saboteurs: DO NOT CONFESS TO YOUR CRIMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

You hit abandoned buildings and street signs? Ohhhh no sirree, SOME UNKNOWN PERSON hit abandoned buildings and street signs. No idea who it was. Not one clue.

[–] PuddleOfKittens 1 points 2 months ago

Well, it can have a chat with Phineas Gage then. We don't need literally every atom in exactly the right place, for the brain to work.

[–] PuddleOfKittens 5 points 2 months ago

The standard "we're going to add red tape around spending in order to improve efficiency" gambit.

[–] PuddleOfKittens 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

More than anything the trade embargo with DPRK needs to be lifted, same with Cuba

Forgetting the DPRK for a sec, the Cuba comment is right, right? AFAICT the main reason the US embargoes Cuba is because Florida is a swing state and lifting the embargo would piss off the Cuban-American voters who hate Castro with a burning passion.

In other words, shitty politics.

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