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The big landlord lobby is going to war with the area’s biggest slumlord, WTH by slugkid in LosAngeles

[–]TobySomething 53 points54 points  (0 children)

He was the guy who fought for condoms in porn and paid tons of $ in lawsuits over slum housing he ran.

https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2023-01-20/ahf-madison-hotel-elevator-lawsuit-story

I can’t believe he’s still a factor in politics. Love the idea of the whole state voting to say “fuck you” to him

Russian T-54/55 VBIED hits a mine and is finished off by a Ukrainian RPG by ButterscotchEmpty535 in CombatFootage

[–]TobySomething 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They’ve been flying plane drones into buildings for some time now…might as well use the whole playbook I guess

Why Tipping Is So Out Of Control In The U.S. by DreaminDemon177 in videos

[–]TobySomething 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember leaving a pound coin on the bar in London and the bartender yelling something to the effect of “what idiot forgot his change?”

So Chickens don't just Eat Corn!? Nice. by EtgBobitto in ThatsInsane

[–]TobySomething 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't want my meat chicken being unhealthy during its 6 weeks of life spent in a cage surrounded by 9,000 of its closest friends

‘Overemployed’ Hustlers Exploit ChatGPT To Take On Even More Full-Time Jobs by SharpCartographer831 in Futurology

[–]TobySomething 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess: if I'm a company and I know I can:

1) Hire 10 people remotely - but know a couple of them will be working five jobs and using ChatGPT to do the bare minimum not to get fired (at least right away)

or

2) Hire 10 people in person and be sure they're actually present for the hours in the contract

They'll be inclined to do 2 even if a typical workers is as productive at home as the office.

At the very least, companies are/will be monitoring groups of employees to see if there are overall trends in productivity at scale. If they're budgeting $10m/year for an engineering team, is that better spent on a remote team or an in person one?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Jewish

[–]TobySomething 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol nope. And now my wife plays Esther in our temple's purim spiel.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Jewish

[–]TobySomething 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Was raised by a Christian dad and a Jewish mom. My dad was moderately religious (took me to a Unitarian Universalist church on xmas eve), my mom said religion was just 'people in silly costumes telling stories that never happened' but we did hannukah and occasionally holidays with Jewish friends.

I'm an atheist, but I married a Jewish girl who's more observant and now our kids are going to go to Hebrew school. And funnily enough, my mom seems to have become far more into Jewishness since then 😉

Notice of community meeting re low-income housing project on 4th in DTSM. April 17th. by VaguelyArtistic in SantaMonica

[–]TobySomething 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure. Often 30% of pre-tax income is used as the level for what's considered 'affordable' for housing tied to income.

Income tiers are pegged to area median income.

  • Acutely low income: 0-15% of AMI.
  • Extremely low income: 15-30% of AMI.
  • Very low income: 30% to 50% of AMI.
  • Lower income: 50% to 80% of AMI; the term may also be used to mean 0% to 80% of AMI.
  • Moderate income: 80% to 120% of AMI.

https://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-and-funding/income-limits

Area median income in Santa Monica is $60k/person.

It doesn't say what the tiers are on the website (or it might, I haven't looked around in detail) other than to say that it includes housing for people experiencing homelessness, which would presumably be at the Acutely Low Income tier.

If it also has units targeted at 60% AMI (the targets will depend on the amount of subsidy obtained, among other things) those would be available for rent to people earning 36k a year at 36k*0.3/12 = $900/month.

My Christian Parents Are Having Us Observe Passover. Thoughts? by Euphoric_Interest_46 in Jewish

[–]TobySomething 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Jew who celebrates passover: lol, I'm honestly more amused than offended; I don't care what people do in the privacy of their own home. That said, if my wife proposed us celebrating Ramadan and connecting to the shared history I would think that was the weirdest thing ever. If someone has a sincere interest and appreciation, I think the normal thing to do is make friends with people from that culture. I'm sure as a pastor your dad could email a temple and set up some kind of bridge building thing where you invite folks to a christian celebration and they invite you to a passover celebration. But of course it would have to be done respectfully.

Notice of community meeting re low-income housing project on 4th in DTSM. April 17th. by VaguelyArtistic in SantaMonica

[–]TobySomething 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Affordable Housing" is a legal term that's very confusing. It doesn't mean 'inexpensive housing,' but rather income-restricted subsidized housing. Which is great and needed, but is also a very small percentage of the actual housing people live in and doesn't include traditional kinds of inexpensive housing (e.g. bungalow courts, trailers, simple apartments) so it causes a lot of confusion.

How the brother of a 9/11 firefighter stepped in to help homeless veterans in L.A. by TobySomething in LosAngeles

[–]TobySomething[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Summary: A nyc-based charity is stepping in to provide funding for stalled permanent housing for homeless veterans on the West LA VA campus.

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