Favorites December 17th 2022

December 2022

Sam Altman @sama

helion sharing a lot of detail on fusion progress:

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I mentioned Aneutronic fusion a few days ago, Helion is working on that, and I wonder if they were getting annoyed that the net positive demo was getting more publicity despite being arguably further from commercialization.

Aaron Green @AaronGuhreen

Inclusionary zoning: a) produces a tiny amount of affordable housing b) kills a much larger amount of middle-class housing c) requires nothing from luxury single-family homes d) allows do-nothing politicians to pretend like they care Why do we do this? Fund vouchers instead!

He follows up by saying Inclusionary Zoning "requires middle-class households who can only afford apartments to cross-subsidize low-income households while the wealthiest single-family homeowners get off scot-free." I'm not actually sure I entirely agree, as Owens says, if you're not designing your program to purposefully block new homes, it can be quite effective.

Jeff Davis @JDwithTW

@mattyglesias I ran some sample numbers on this a few years ago for work…

This came up in discussion of how Musk is upset that people track his private plane. Turns out private planes get surprisingly significant tax advantages over normal planes.

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• Short explanation of how Redwood City successfully improved their downtown by allowing market rate rental units without requiring much parking