flurben

as a native plant nerd and GIS dev i love the idea

however

i think for an experienced developer using claude the app itself would be easy to build

it is the underlying domain knowledge of "what plant actually grows where" is the actual hard part and im not getting the impression that your system is reliable in that area yet

I used to think the same thing, until recently.

Where I live (NC, USA) there was a big issue where commercial property owners have been able to reduce their property tax assessments, not on the basis of 'comparable sales' (like everyone else), but on the basis of the income derived from the property.

I can't say how widespread this practice actually is, but it's not unheard of. Apparently property tax rules are going to vary widely by jurisdiction, which country / which state or province / etc.

I tried! No country would let me in without a job, and no company in Europe would even interview me from America.

I once had a startup fire me after only 6 weeks, for performance reasons, which were purely a fabrication. I'm not sure if that counts.

It was not a good experience for me, but I did not feel like it had any long term consequences.

ASCE has a dog in this hunt

Esri's core products are a buggy mess, so it is impossible for me to get excited about anything shiny and new.

As someone who has lived in majority-black towns in the south most of my life, those words are simply not used in the way you are using them. Blacks in the south are universally considered a minority, even in those geographies where they are actually the demographic majority.

My great uncle was part of this; or so he claimed. He told me stories about training in California with the OSS for underwater demolition.

What is a usian?

For starters, in the U.S. system, interest rates on government debt are set by central bank policy. Investors cannot force it up or down.

In general, I'm not sure the guy they are quoting is a reliable source of information about macroeconomics.

I think you're conflating 'international recognition' with 'independence.'

Taiwan is functionally independent, currently, no matter what China, or John Cena or the Government of Djibouti says.

In fact there is no need for Taiwan to 'declare independence' because it has never been part of the PRC.

Considering that Taiwan is already independent and would need to be persuaded to join the PRC, these kinds of threats seem counterproductive to China's goals of "peaceful reunification".

A) This headline is flat wrong. Productivity is not at its lowest level in 40 years.

B) What they probably meant to say instead is that the US saw the largest monthly decline in productivity in 40 years. There is a very big difference.

C) Month-over-month productivity changes are just statistical noise, too short term to matter.

the reason your figures aren't comparable is because the U.S. figures being used :

a. Are not incomes for just a single-wage earner, they include the combined income for a household (of 2.53 people on average)

b. Are referred to in pre-tax figures, not post-tax.

c. Are not just wage income, but include non-wage income like dividends, capital gains, small business income, fed/state/local government transfers, etc.

d. Are using the median, not the average (mean).

Blackrock and Vanguard are just intermediaries, they do not actually own the shares in their ETFs, they manage the assets on behalf of clients.