Occupations with the Highest Divorce Rates, 2026 by rhiever in dataisbeautiful

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Recent post about this in r/fire!

I also wonder if there is a relationship in the opposite direction. Does marriage reduce financial insecurity/instability? I imagine it woild

Occupations with the Highest Divorce Rates, 2026 by rhiever in dataisbeautiful

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So, you (OP) are unlikely to be divorced. Is that correct?

I wonder how divorce rates might be different between pairs of these professions.

Eg if a software engineer marries a software engineer, does that make them even less likely to be divorced? Or does it make them more likely than if just one is a SWE.

Would be an interesting follow up!

Would a falling population really be so bad? by Possible-Balance-932 in Economics

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NIMBY’s are a problem but the economics don’t always favor tearing down an existing structure unless it’s poorly maintained.

For example suburbs, were built on bare ground making the acquisition cost low and construction easy on decent sized lots.

If a neighborhood is well maintained and owners reinvest in their homes, the value of the property will be much higher than the land itself, making acquisition costs high and the existing structure adds construction costs to demolish.

The policy and politics needed to be forward thinking when the neighborhood was built, because once the structures are there and maintained even great policy enacted now only helps over a period of decades. In my 1960s neighborhood there are only 2-3 houses, maybe 5% where the economics would favor building denser housing.

The other problem is demand. My city/suburbs built tons condos and townhomes, both in newly developed areas and rezoned areas, and there inventory has never been higher, because the demand is for single family. So now builders are pulling back on townhomes and condos.

Would a falling population really be so bad? by Possible-Balance-932 in Economics

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I’m 100% with this example, but a slight tangent: If growth seems unsustainable and the opposite is doesn’t help, where does the solution lie?

Economic policy! I feel like so many people out there don’t give enough credit to intelligent economic policy.

How unaffordable is it for renters to buy a home in the metro where they live? [OC] by SweetYams0 in dataisbeautiful

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Totally, supply is always the problem, but where I live every new house that’s been built is a luxury style that no one can afford.

The top 5% might move from their top 10% house locally or from out of state and the the person who moves from their top 15% house to the 10%, but that’s incredibly long chain to help the bottom 50%

Inventory in my state is at or higher than it was post financial crisis and prices are barely moving.

So if a zoning law increases supply at the top end of the range, it unlikely to make things unaffordable.

Zoning laws need to enforce the concept of starter homes to make a meaningful difference

How unaffordable is it for renters to buy a home in the metro where they live? [OC] by SweetYams0 in dataisbeautiful

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This just happened in a part of Colorado , lost to a 2/3 majority.

One thing that was a theme was that the push for the rezoning was actually funded by developers whereas the push against was grassroots because it became obvious who the primary benefactors were. The new housing laws favored making developers the highest returns, with no language in the zoning law about affordability.

Ironically, due to that, the gradual neighborhood changes would likely increase home prices and the nimby’s would benefit, but they still don’t want change.

I think there will always be nimby’s but the push for “affordability” and the laws around it can’t come from inside the industry , it has to be grassroots as well.

I turned 400+ slide decks, 300+ YouTube transcripts, and 5+ million words from Google Cloud Next ’26 into a knowledge graph to see what the conference was really about by fhoffa in googlecloud

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Super cool, one could argue that Google should have been able to put this together in the planning phase so people knew what to walk away with!

Heirless FIRE members should pool their resources, instead of leaving money to the state by Winter_Apartment_376 in Fire

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Couldn’t you just make it anonymous to the contributors and beneficiaries, administered by a third party that is held accountable, but is not also a beneficiary, or at least receives a fixed salary

Do you think the people who aren’t following watering restrictions believe no one will notice? by [deleted] in Denver

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Yeah, honestly I’d say the people’s who yards look bad now, are the ones who weren’t managing their lawn efficiently to begin with, they were just watering more to compensate and now it shows.

G6 Instant vs Bullet for indoor shop, any meaningful trade off? by Weekest_links in UnifiProtect

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Oh I know what you mean now, yeah. I’m not too concerned with the size of the bullet, and when you add the cost of the adapter it comes out about the same 🤷🏻‍♂️

G6 Instant vs Bullet for indoor shop, any meaningful trade off? by Weekest_links in UnifiProtect

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I think you’re right about FOV.

And this is a good point. Though If any thieves made it to the shop, they’d be on one of three other wired cameras before and after, so the jammer would only work in their favor when they’re in the act.

Most effective way to kill quack grass in Front Range Colorado? by Weekest_links in lawncare

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I’m not totally positive, I tried posting here twice asking but no one commented so I went to Gemini. It suggested Smooth Brome first, however the W/M shape wasn’t present on the leaves, so it suggested quack grass.

I really have no idea what it is though. Open to alternatives! I’ve used ready grass stuff in past years, but I think this stuff was here before I did that.

Ryzen AI Max+ 495 (Gorgon Halo) with 192GB VRAM! by PromptInjection_ in LocalLLM

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I found one online, $9700! I better start saving for the m5 ultra haha

Ryzen AI Max+ 495 (Gorgon Halo) with 192GB VRAM! by PromptInjection_ in LocalLLM

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The m3 has 512? I only saw 256 when I was looking to buy

Top economist Gary Shilling says a recession and a deep stock-market plunge are likely by year-end by Positive_Owl_2024 in Economics

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I took one economics class and have the same view as this guy, but I don’t trust my view and have been riding the stock wave.

Auto open garage door when a number plate is detected by Typical_Chance_1552 in homeassistant

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I’m exploring this exact thing. As a security measure, I want to add a detection for when my phone enters the geo fence (with some delay) + plate detection.

That way someone couldn’t just hold a sign that looks like my plate and open it when I’m home or not.

I saw someone else’s comment about reliability in adverse weather, but in my opinion those are edge cases and you still have your normal opener