Favorites June 16th 2023
![Bonta Bro @TribTowerViews If you've ever wondered why America has two building codes: Residential Code (1 and 2 family dwellings) and Building Code (Multifamily housing, and everything else), this is why. Quote Tweet Bonta Bro @TribTowerViews · Jun 15 Replying to @TribTowerViews and @orangutanagram Veiller: "Do everything possible to encourage [SFH]... and penalize... [MFH] of any kind... If we require [MFH] to be fireproof... if we require stairs to be fireproofed... if we require fire escapes and... and allow [SFH]... to be built with no fire protection whatever."](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcb700156-fb7f-4a6a-aa13-90402b8e4813_944x1464.png "Bonta Bro @TribTowerViews If you've ever wondered why America has two building codes: Residential Code (1 and 2 family dwellings) and Building Code (Multifamily housing, and everything else), this is why. Quote Tweet Bonta Bro @TribTowerViews · Jun 15 Replying to @TribTowerViews and @orangutanagram Veiller: \"Do everything possible to encourage [SFH]... and penalize... [MFH] of any kind... If we require [MFH] to be fireproof... if we require stairs to be fireproofed... if we require fire escapes and... and allow [SFH]... to be built with no fire protection whatever.\"")
If you're wondering why I keep harping on how multi-staircase requirements are bullshit, it's this kind of thing. They got a norm established of “can’t be too careful” for multifamily buildings, and it’s entirely pretextual regulation.
From the article, the most effective prompting used the technique of asking it "to identify experts in the field, generate answers as if the experts wrote them, and combine the experts’ answers by collaborative decision-making." Also, this prompting was only needed to get the last 10 percentage points. It scored 90% without anything fancy.
This is the opening of a whole thread of new details of the project made possible by land next to Vancouver governed by indigenous groups. More great images of the plans.
Threads
• A bit of cold water on the recent US manufacturing boom. TL;DR: we've had previous jumps this big that didn't end up having much real impact.