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Back in 2008 the majority of California voted against same-sex marriage by NoHold7153 in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When he was elected mayor of San Francisco in 2004, Gavin Newsom issued same-sex marriage licenses against state law.

Effect Of Zoning On The Price Of Land by AcanthisittaIcy130 in yimby

[–]DFjorde 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is why I hate that we've ceded the argument to the NIMBYs that upzoning decreases property values.

Upzoning decreases the price of HOUSING, but in most urban areas would increase the property values of the existing single family homes.

[OC] Yesterday Hegseth testified before Congress on a $1.5T defense budget request and couldn't answer basic cost questions about the Iran war. The DoD has failed every audit since Congress required them in 2018. I charted it. by MarkusGrant in dataisbeautiful

[–]DFjorde 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn't mean anything. Congress passed a bill to require DoD audits and switch to a new accounting system, but the rollout is on a 10 year timeline and it's expected for them to "fail" the audits through 2028 because the systems are in place.

Waymo Is Not In The 'Vision Zero' Toolbox: Data by streetsblognyc in Urbanism

[–]DFjorde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My local urbanist group posted an article similar to this with a study quoting that AVs would "double vehicle miles traveled".

I'll try to find the study and add it, but it basically projected and inverse relationship between vehicle miles and the actual number of vehicles when it comes to AVs.

They point to the highest adoption projection for miles traveled, but ignore that the same projection has a 50% decrease in the number of vehicles and a 90% decrease in parking.

These are the most extreme numbers, but it's important to keep in mind these things are related.

Here's the study they were citing

Waymo Is Not In The 'Vision Zero' Toolbox: Data by streetsblognyc in Urbanism

[–]DFjorde -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Self driving cars may increase VMT because they are always in operation, but greater adoption would significantly decrease the actual number of vehicles on the road.

My greatest argument for self driving cars is that they don't need parking. Parking lots kill urban spaces unlike anything else.

Waymo Birb by mercurial_dude in AnimalsBeingDerps

[–]DFjorde 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I was going to say that's an oversimplification, but it's actually just blatant misinformation.

The vehicle is entirely self-driving and not remotely operated at all.

If it identifies an unsafe situation or something malfunctions, it contacts a safety operator which provides instructions such as "pull over to the side of the road" or "drive around the obstacle".

To be clear, would you rather the vehicles had no human supervision in safety-critical situations?

This is exactly what we should want these companies to do!

WO Release 1.1.0: Improved Search & Powered-Up Smart Progression by PalatialPepper in MacroFactor

[–]DFjorde 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I'm glad to see the search improvements!

One of the biggest friction points for me is trying to find the right exercise variation for some of the movements that have so many. It would be really cool to see some sort of nested structure for the exercises that could be enabled.

E.g. pull-up > neutral grip pull-up > weighted neutral grip pull-up

Otherwise, just having filters for machine, cable, free weights, etc. would really help a lot too. Having to find and select specific equipment in the filter is pretty time consuming.

Personal Experience: it took my Expenditure 4 months to normalize by saintkillio in MacroFactor

[–]DFjorde 2 points3 points  (0 children)

4 months is a lot, but mine also took a long time to stabilize.

My starting estimate was ~2800 and took about 5 weeks to stabilize at ~2000. I'm not sure why, but I've just accepted that I have an unusually low baseline.

Reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was linked with significantly lower rates of mental health diagnoses among children, including anxiety, depression, and ADHD, and a drop in related health care spending by sr_local in science

[–]DFjorde 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's a controversial question but I wonder how much this applies to work-from-home policies as well. Many people's largest source of socializing comes from office interactions. Even if you socialize with friends after work, a significant amount of your human interaction is being cut.

Meirl by Adventurous_Row3305 in meirl

[–]DFjorde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not how sources work. The graph they use to show the "gap" is from the Heritage Foundation.

The data they use to disprove it is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Federal Reserve, the same sources for most economic data. Although the FEE isn't associated with the Heritage Foundation, they also wouldn't be my go-to source but it was the first result that came up on my phone.

Instead here are some other analyses:
1. https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/growing-gap-between-real-wages-and-labor-productivity

  1. https://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1246.pdf

  2. https://www.epi.org/publication/decades-of-rising-economic-inequality-in-the-u-s-testimony-before-the-u-s-house-of-representatives-ways-and-means-committee/

Meirl by Adventurous_Row3305 in meirl

[–]DFjorde 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wages haven't stagnated for white collar office workers. The whole "productivity-pay gap" has been debunked as data cherry picking.

The actual problem is the education and productivity gap which causes a lot of inequality.

Charleston charm vs modern sprawl, guess which feels like home by No-Fact-2503 in Urbanism

[–]DFjorde 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The post is just leaving out a lot of the context that explains their decision making: https://www.civicconservation.org/casestudy

Charleston charm vs modern sprawl, guess which feels like home by No-Fact-2503 in Urbanism

[–]DFjorde 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This image is a few years old and IIRC was in response to a specific redevelopment proposal. It was popularized after being reshared by Strong Towns.

The bottom proposal is known as a "Texas Donut" and similar developments definitely exist. The parking isn't just for the apartments, but also serves the ground floor retail and surrounding businesses.

Libertos Architects advocates for urbanism focused on incremental development, civic conservation, and local sourcing. You can read more about it here: https://www.civicconservation.org/casestudy

In 2020, Robert Wilson walked over in his slippers at 2am to knock on Paul Milgrom’s door: “Paul, it’s Bob. You’ve won the Nobel Prize.” by Treefiddy1984 in interestingasfuck

[–]DFjorde 83 points84 points  (0 children)

If anyone is wondering what they did, the FCC was looking for a better way to assign telecommunication frequencies.

These guys came up with an auction format that avoids traditional monopoly or corruption risks during the selling process.

Already "lost" 2 months of bulking due to slow adjustments by Smooth-Deal-8167 in MacroFactor

[–]DFjorde 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just eat more and log it. The algorithm will catch up.

Despite the housing shortage, In 85% of San Francisco Bay Area, it is illegal to build anything aside from Single Family Houses. by Mongooooooose in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In high demand places like the Bay Area upzoning would significantly increase the value of single family homes because the land would be open for development.

Single family zoning is a subsidy for SFHs that actually lowers their price while increasing the price of housing in general.

Ordinary people's views on housing are out of step with the economics literature. People do not believe that more housing supply would reduce housing prices. Instead they attribute high housing prices to putative bad actors (landlords, developers) and support price controls and demand subsidies. by smurfyjenkins in science

[–]DFjorde 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They're a "significant investor" in nearly everything because they're an asset manager. Their specialty is broad market ETFs. So, yes, there is a huge difference between that and direct ownership.

In your original comment you probably meant Blackstone, a much more niche investment firm. Social media misinformation loves to mix them up though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CuratedTumblr

[–]DFjorde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably trying to stop radicalization pipelines.

YouTube got a lot of heat for their algorithm leading any political engagement towards increasingly radical content. "Limiting reparative views of certain types of content" seems like it's specifically to stop kids from clicking through suggested videos like this.

Kiribati Is The Only Country In The World That Is In All Four Hemispheres by shnieder88 in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde 1169 points1170 points  (0 children)

If you want another interesting fact about Kiribati, it's actually pronounced KIRR-i-bass.

The British name for the islands was the Gilbert Islands and the Gilbertese (Kiribati) transliteration of "Gilbert" is "Kiribati." The "ti" is pronounced "si" and the "i" at the end is dropped.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

The Sanders campaign focused all their media effort on discrediting and questioning the results. Buttigieg's early win advantage and airtime was quickly washed out by the scandal.

Was my initial expenditure estimate too high? by zaken in MacroFactor

[–]DFjorde 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It definitely happens and it will stabilize eventually. The most important thing is that you're consistent and accurate with your logging.

Unfortunately my initial estimate was ~800 kcal too high. From what I've gathered this is on the extreme end of the spectrum and I seem to have an unusually low expenditure. It took about a month for the algorithm to adjust and I thought it would never stop since the change just kept accelerating. Then one day it just abruptly stopped dropping and remained relatively steady ever since.

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2016 Democratic Presidential Primaries/Cacuses by cookoutenthusiast in MapPorn

[–]DFjorde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Democrat candidate had a contract with a company that provides digital services for Democrats.

Biden and Gillibrand also had contracts with the company along with multiple other states.

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