nutcase2690

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[–] nutcase2690 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I think there is a different take here. The government needs to subsidize large scale housing development with a focus on housing cooperatives (people owned apartment complexes, not profit-driven company owned), and change laws so that people don't have to live so far away from where they work.

You can buy your house and plot of land, but we need more places for people to get out of the street in general, and ways to put people in places where they can contribute to a city's economy. The government can also do things like reduce minimum parking requirements within a city so that apartment builders don't need to subsidize car infrastructure out of pocket. This would have the side benefit of people walking or biking to work more, which can help out local businesses in a city.

The benefit is that if there are more affordable housing options available, that gives people the freedom to switch jobs or take a leave from their job to care for their loved ones when they fall ill. The stability that is provided by having a home is so important to being able to integrate into society.

edit: adding some links for sources on housing cooperative effects on housing costs and the cost of parking requirements on new developments.

Role of housing cooperatives in reducing housing prices

Role of parking minimums in increasing housing/building prices

[–] nutcase2690 2 points 5 months ago

My first projects were super janky gui stuff that was ported over from Java (very similar syntax, but connected with the visual studio built-in gui editor) and improved to a proper "c#" style using resharper (a jetbrains tool that boosts the capabilities of visual studio) Nowadays you can get a free version of Rider that will include those style tools, so I'd recommend that. But if you use Visual Studio, you can create a Winforms project which can let you drag components to make UI and easily assign code to events. If you are used to raw HTML webpage creation, you might be able to get away with using something like WPF or (cross platform) Avalonia to make a UI, but these are a bit more intense since they use something called the Model-View-Viewmodel framework. It needs you to know how to 'bind' variables to events using the observable class, which can be tricky the first few times you use it. I'd look into picking a simple project where you can learn how to use classes effectively (C# is based around Object Oriented Programming much more than bash and self-taught Python would cover). Also would recommend following some of the very simple Unity tutorials to get a handle on the syntax, such as the Unity-made Roll-a-Ball tutorials. These tutorials show the concepts for class-based design and overriding functions.

[–] nutcase2690 3 points 6 months ago

Also going to recommend trying out Black Mesa and the workshop mod Focal Point, if you haven't already! It is Half Life 1 + Blue Shift, respectively. Very well done remaster imo

[–] nutcase2690 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried out any romhacks? the ones coming out recently are great! launchers like parallel launcher integrate with websites like https://romhacking.com/ Whole new experience of the game with new moves and scenery.

[–] nutcase2690 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the Canta recommendation!

[–] nutcase2690 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

what alternatives are you using for maps? maps and flights are just about the only things i use now

[–] nutcase2690 2 points 6 months ago

The team for black mesa is working on Black Mesa Blue Shift, where you play out half life 1 through the eyes of Barney! I have been meaning to go through the latest chapter that was released. It is on the steam workshop for black mesa.

[–] nutcase2690 8 points 7 months ago

Check out mindustry! Although it doesn't quite have that tactical itch as Arma, it is 100% based around logistics and building up unit production. There is a multiplayer PvP mode, as well as 2 PvE campaigns

[–] nutcase2690 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have been trying to figure out how to combat this bullshit argument succinctly. So far I am at this:

If you vote for a person, it tips the ratio of votes they recieve (which is the only important thing in our system) in their favor. If you vote third party, not only does the ratio of votes between the two forerunners not change, but you completely throw away your representation.

The way the system is set up right now means that only half of the voting population is even represented by the elected person.

[–] nutcase2690 85 points 8 months ago

Cards against Humanity is using a referral code to force elon to pay into their new dem super pac! it only applies in certain states, though.

from https://www.apologize.lol

Is there some way I can force Elon Musk to pay $47 to Cards Against Humanity PAC?

Funny you should ask! If you’re a registered voter in PA, GA, NV, AZ, NC, WI, or MI, just type your name into this dumb website for his PAC, put “[email protected]” as your referrer, and they'll be legally obligated to pay us $47.

[–] nutcase2690 2 points 8 months ago

if you could get used to it, thumbkey has this feature.

[–] nutcase2690 3 points 9 months ago

I just saw this in a post today about manjaro, it seems like endeavor is the better choice if you are concerned about stability in the long term: https://manjarno.pages.dev/

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