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  • sbv@sh.itjust.workstoProgrammer Humor@programming.devfoss
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    2 days ago

    “most” is a bit strong. Many open source projects never get users or any kind of traction, they’re just a passion project for the author. The lucky few fill a need and take off. Review the package usage count on npm or the GitHub stars for projects - there’s a tiny fraction that make it big.






  • why do we keep having these housing talks that have no basis of reality

    Which part has no basis in reality?

    • Rent control is/was a thing in many provinces.
    • I’m pretty sure federal or provincial governments directly building homes was done into the 1980s.
    • Our governments are pretty happy to give low interest loans to businesses, so funding development that way also seems pretty realistic.

    isn’t it almost universally believed that if the government thought something they passed would noticeably lower housing prices it be repealed by the end of the week

    I’m not sure that’s the case. Boomers are a shrinking demographic. The proportion of the population who thinks they’ll never own a home is growing. In that environment, I can see a growing appetite for legislation that would lower housing cost.

    Incidentally, a great way to do that is with tax reform, which could instantly remove some of the heat from the market. It doesn’t always have to be big spending.




  • Banning hunting a species the province is trying to eradicate might sound counterintuitive, but Brook said there has been no evidence that sport hunting has lowered wild boar populations. That’s partially because the animals reproduce relatively frequently and have large numbers of offspring, averaging two litters of six piglets per year, he said.

    “Unfortunately, not only does hunting not eliminate them fast enough … it also breaks up groups and spreads them around the landscape, because very rarely will hunters actually remove a whole population,” Brook said.

    Huh. TIL.