Will Costco be collecting rent? The mental gymnastics are impressive. It’s not a good thing that Costco gets to expand to housing. This is just like private equity and 401k’s buying houses. People should be able to own their own housing not become lifelong renters.
Should Costco be explicitly banned from non-commercial development in the otherwise unused air-space above their store's footprint? Forced to sell the air rights to other developers? This mixed-use approach seems like a much better use of the lot space.
I wholeheartedly agree that people should be able to own their own housing, but I don't see the two as mutually incompatible in the larger scheme.
You didn't rail against mixed use development, nor did I imply that you did. Per your OP:
> The mental gymnastics are impressive. It’s not a good thing that Costco gets to expand to housing.
My definition of mixed-use development would include the case in TFA: Costco adding housing units above their store. Housing which you explicitly said is 'not a good thing'. I might agree with you, if Costco were slapping down a subdivision of company housing. But they're not, they're adding housing units above a proposed store in a mixed-use approach. This seems like a net good.
There could be a whole (cynical) side conversation as to whether or not Costco is adding these housing units simply to meet the criteria which allow for the expedited approval of this proposal, of course.
Rental apartments are important for people who plan to live there less than 5-7 years. If all apartments were condos and there was no renting , where are people who don’t have a down payment saved supposed to live? What if they need to move to a larger place after a year or two?
> Source control systems make it easy to reverse changes
I have not observed this to be the case. After a few revisions there are so much changes that the code cannot be reversed without loosing a lot. A mech aims to cut out the soon-to-be-dead code like a flag is better. But perhaps maybe I’m doing something wrong.
I bought the iPad Pro for its brightness as I use it outside with the Litchi app.
But other than that, it has been an extreme disappointment. I don't know what Apple's definition of "Pro" is. I used to think it was video production and photography. But something as basic as an HDR photo merge cannot be done on iPad Pro.
Tangent sorry, but can you give me a quick rundown of the app as a user? I have a Mini 2 and would consider using it, but $25 is a steep price to "try" it...
Great if you already have a mainboard. Doesn't make sense if you don't as a better build can be bought from Asus, Lenovo or Steam for the price of a new Framework mainboard.
I think teaching sites should do better than just saying you should use tool X. It is much better to teach why. Also Rye delegates tasks to uv. I'd rathe ruse that tool directly.
