Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
While Fancy Lawyer Republicans insist that congress shouldn't be allowed to delegate detailed rulemaking to administrative agencies, Republican Party politicians complain nonstop that bills are too long.
2:43 PM · Jun 30, 2022
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Randall Munroe@xkcd
Sneak peek: I typed descriptions of scenarios from What If 2 into #dalle, so you can try to guess what the chapters are about based on the AI’s sometimes questionable understanding of the text.
(To learn the real answers on 9/13, preorder here: xkcd.com/whatif2)
3:58 PM · Jun 30, 2022
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Ian Millhiser@imillhiser
The United States has three branches of government, the Judiciary, which makes laws. The Executive, which sends a lawyer to the Supreme Court to argue in favor of laws. And the Senate, which blocks Democratic nominees to the judiciary.
7:27 PM · Jun 30, 2022
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Jennifer Doleac@jenniferdoleac
"Air Pollution as a Cause of Violent Crime" by Evan Herrnstadt, Anthony Heyes, Erich Muehlegger, & Soodeh Saberian
erichmuehlegger.com/Working%20Pape…
8:52 PM · Jun 30, 2022
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Reza Zadeh@Reza_Zadeh
Natural progression
9:30 PM · Jun 30, 2022
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Chris Herd@chris_herd
💰 Private Equity: The hottest trend of the next decade for private equity will see them purchase companies, make them remote-first
The cost saving in real-estate at scale will be eye-watering. The productivity gains will be the final nail in the coffin for the office
2:28 PM · Jun 29, 2022
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Darrell Owens@IDoTheThinking
New study finds that cities with AirBNB regulations saw 10.8% reduction in new housing permits, with ADUs falling off the hardest by 16.5% fewer permits.
papers.ssrn.com
The Effect of Short-Term Rentals on Residential Investment
3:35 AM · Jul 1, 2022
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Swift Language@SwiftLang
From 152,000 lines to 29,000: @RonAvitzur spent the last 18 months porting the famous Pacific Tech Graphing Calculator from C++ to Swift and wrote about the journey:
swift.org
Developer Spotlight: Porting Graphing Calculator from C++ to Swift
11:06 PM · Jun 30, 2022
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