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> In 2016 alone, Intuit, the makers of TurboTax, spent $2 million on lobbying, ProPublica reports. H&R Block spent $3 million, some of it on the same efforts.

I'm not convinced $5m a year would make such a big impact.

Its not the predatory companies that are the problem its the US tax system. If it was possible for people to "check the numbers from the government" on an app, it would happen here too.

With Python at first I was scared of GIL being single threaded, now I'm used to it and it works great. Thousands of threads used to be normal for my old Java projects but seems crazy to me now.

That's why I'll never use a virtual bank, I need one with branches just for that time something breaks.

I've gone in a cycle through different Social Media sites, after a year or so I manage to get the strength to leave but usually end up on a different site.

One thing is I always delete my account after 3-6 months and create a new one, following different people/groups etc.

How does that work across the EU though? Eastern Europe has minimum wages of just a few EUR/hr.

You should see our k8s migration, its the biggest waste of time for everyone I've ever seen.

conda was necessarily 5 years ago but now pip seems a lot more reliable so I've given up using it.

This is how the internet works now. If you ask a question its rare to get a good answer. If you post a faulty opinion as advice you're more likely get a good answer.

Interesting. It doesn't say they're illegal, it says they're illegal in Single Family suburbs. Its like they want the benefits of low density housing but somehow not do low density housing.

> that means we must reach some agreement on what "better means"

90%(?) of America lives in Single Family homes. We've agreed that this is the best. Dont change it.

So you're saying there are areas with single-family homes and areas with higher density. Surely everyone is happy then? If you want HD, move there, if you want LD you have suburbs. Why do you have to change it?

You're right its long term thinking. A lot of people like suburbs, it makes sense to keep strict zoning for the benefit of the residents long term. That is true long term thinking, rather than quickly putting up luxury apartment buildings that no one will want to live after a few decades.

Japan is a terrible example. It has near-zero immigration. Its population is now falling is the same as it was 30 years ago. In the 80s it had the highest most unaffordable prices in the world.

I kinda feel at this stage we should go back to air gapped intranets and working from the office again. SAAS just isn't worth it, and the other things like stack overflow you can do from your phone.