New York City Trees https://tree-map.nycgovparks.org/
Readit Newsconbandit commented on London Street Trees apps.london.gov.uk/street... · Posted by u/buro9
I have been wanting to ladder up to a bigger house for a few years now.
For a US$1M house, which is the going rate near my area, the jump from 6% to 7% is $5000/month apr interest to $5834/month apr (not including fees, taxes, and insurance).
So to go back to the monthly of $5000 (which is out of my budget), a US$1M house would need to fall to $857,153. That is NOT happening around here.
I have no idea who is buying houses at these prices, if it's not BlackRock-type firms (corrected company name, thank you). I can't fathom how new homeowners are fairing in this market.
Minor correction, but you probably mean Blackrock-type firms. Blackwater was a private military company.
conbandit commented on The Coach in the Operating Room (2011) newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/Tomte
I wonder how coaching can be applied to software engineering. As a developer, I undergo code reviews and participate in design discussions, but there isn't a lot of oversight or feedback given on the actual development process.
This odd thread sparks my memory on another story about data centers that I came across -- how railroad history determines where data centers tend to be located in the US:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/how-r...
I wonder if this US Govt data center ties into / depends on the Union Pacific trunk(?) fiber lines?
For a broader view on this topic, I recommend "A Prehistory of the Cloud"
What is the long term growth strategy for worker cooperatives? How do you scale them?
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conbandit commented on Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2018 backblaze.com/blog/hard-d... · Posted by u/sashk
Tangentially related. Whenever I get a new drive, I always do a "burn-in". A program writes data to the whole drive and then reads it back (reproducible random data).
Is there any real justification for doing this kind of test on a new drive?
Doing it takes quite awhile, so I've been wondering lately if it's even worth it. I've never found anything with it.
If you've never found anything with it, why do you keep doing it (see: the definition of insanity)?
conbandit commented on U.S. Now Says All Online Gambling Illegal, Not Just Sports Bets bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/cohaagen
Except for stocks, bonds, options, futures, and forex. Wall St is the only authorized online gambling establishment.
While there is some amount of speculation, it represents a small portion of the entire financial space. If you sincerely hold this view, you should take a closer look at the purpose of financial instruments and markets.