Favorites April 24th 2024
Presumably this is far from certain to translate into drugs for humans any time soon, but it seems very cool. Here's the actual paper if you're into that sort of thing.
IZ, inclusive zoning, is where a certain percentage of new homes in any development must be set aside for low income tenants. Some might argue there's a possibility that there exists some percentage low enough to have positive results for the city, but Seattle clearly missed the mark. This is from a longer article with recommendations for Seattle, more homes, more apartments, fewer parking requirements.
This is without even getting into the whole flattulence situation. Maybe this shows Trump is savvy for knowing that it's not a story if there aren't any cameras to record it.
I complain about how the Jones act makes it hard for the US to build new wind power, but at least we didn't straight-up ban it.
Does this make you want to read more about Transmission line cost allocation? Here's a whole article on the subject.
Longer Reads
• This thread summarizes an article about how a huge number of subsidized units from Inclusionary Zoning mandates in SF sit vacant because applying for them is way too complicated. It appears to amount to a way to avoid state mandates for allowing new housing. (src)(cached)
Flotsam and Jetsam
– One good source of battery materials is old batteries, one company is recycling at a rate of 20 GWh per year, but there's plenty of room for growth. (src)(cached)
– Worth noting that while the NYTimes was first reviewing pizza in 1944, the first pizzeria in New York opened in 1905 (src)(cached)
– It was clear in 2014 that RBG needed to retire, entire articles were written. (src)(cached)
– The Ukraine aid bill passed as well, and Speaker Johnson's statement makes it seem like he's terrified by the intelligence briefings he's seeing. It's not just Ukraine, Putin wants Poland. Here's an article about how Biden got Johnson onboard with this bill, it's really turning out to be true that it's possible to pass bipartisain legislation. (src)(cached)
– Folks worry about exponentials in AI risk, but every exponential eventually turns out to be an S curve. (src)(cached)
– Were all protestors 50 years ago right? No, that's stupid, there were lots of dumb protests 50 years ago, the successful / good ones are just easier to remember. (src)(cached)
– Are people telling you solar panels have appreciable lifetime emissions? They don't, emissions 'payback period' is currently about 3 months. (src)(cached)
– TikTok stars agree the platform should be sold to an American company. (src)(cached)
– A lot of young people in India, Taiwan, and Sweden say they'd be willing to fight for their country. (src)(cached)
– Investigation of the impact of paying people's medical debt compared to control group that didn't have their debt paid off showed no effect. One guess is that once you're at that stage, of debt, there's no quick fix. (src)
– "Denis Villeneuve says Paul Atreides is the 'Michael Corleone of sci-fi'" (src)