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I wonder if this is people getting better at finding what they want, or apps are getting better at giving people what they want...
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Something real weird going on in Hawaii
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Thomas and Alito have been going around complaining about lack of respect for Institutions, especially SCOTUS. Very hot dog guy behavior.
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![Figure 3: Dwelling consents, 2010-2021.
Two lines for non-upzoned parcels and upzoned parcels.
Both are fairly static from 2010 to 2016 (implementation of upzoning), 1-2k/year and 2.5-3k/year respectively.
Upzoned parcels' construction zoomed up from 2016, linearly, over 14k/year in 2021.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFYIzukGWQAMNM-2.png)
![Line graph: % increase in Auckland median rent, inflation-adjusted, 2002 to 2021. Rent source: tenancy.govt.nz; inflation source: stats.govt.nz
From 2002 to 2011, zooms up and down unpredictably, between +7% and -2%. From 2012-2014 recovers to 3-4%. 2015, 6.5%. 2016, 4.3%. (2016: year Auckland broadly upzoned.) 2017, 1.5%. 2018, 2.6%. 2019, 1.9%. 2020, 1.2%. 2021, 1.1%.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.substack.com%2Fmedia%2FFYI5bP5XoAUW-DT.png)
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They have a whole paper if you want to click through, but the graphs are quite striking.
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To those wondering how many gigs this is, someone ran the numbers and "my friend this is a grand total of sixty four of god’s own megabytes"
Threads
• Short thread about car manufacturing and chip shortages. Key element is that the design cycles are super long: "By the time the automotive companies finish designing a car, the chips are out of date."
• A few tweets summarizing a report on why Defense R&D got so much less effective since the 50s. (Robert McNamara made some big mistakes, you know, besides Vietnam)