werehippy

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What are you Reading (September 2023) in c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
[–] werehippy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There is a fair bit of quality that can go into making a GOOD purely fun thing, and even when it's pure schlock there's no shame in that. Some times you want a steak, sometimes you want a burger. Both can be good or bad in their own ways, and neither is better than the other.

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What It Takes to Convert a Multi-Million Dollar Office Into Housing (www.wsj.com)
 

A video article covering some of the complications that come from converting empty offices into usable apartments.

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The Modern Farmhouse Is Today’s McMansion. (www.nytimes.com)
 

Fairly interesting overview of what's become the "trendy" home decor style from things like HGTV and design magazines, as well a quick look at some other style trends we've gone through.

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The Math Problem Stymieing Small Businesses in Rural America (www.wsj.com)
 

The article is about a kind of niche problem that I hadn't ever considered before, appraisals for buildings in rural areas are either low because there are less people who might want them (especially for specialized new commerical construction) while building costs keep rising OR the price of land in touristy areas is so high no one can afford to buy for local businesses. Either way, it complicates actually growing or starting businesses in those places.

WSJ tends to have a paywall, so feel free to use https://archive.ph/ if you don't already have a preferred way of bypassing that.

Is Lemmy more likely to succeed than Voat? Why or why not? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] werehippy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not saying I feel one way or the other, but complaining someone doesn't dislike one group enough because they dislike another group more is sort of a weird argument. "I bet you'd feel differently if we were talking about something else entirely, you hypocrit." doesn't really hold up.