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Comment · 2 years ago
I wish I had more than one upvote to give - what you just wrote is the truth of the matter.
Comment · 2 years ago
It's not just you.
The only thing I'm confused about is why more C standards keep coming out. C is what it is. Work with the archaic parts of it as need be. You use C for ultimate cross-platform compatibility (every exotic platform and its mother has an ANSI-C/C99 compiler). If you're able to run on the most bleeding-edge C compiler supporting the most recent WG version of C... then why not just use another language? I say this as someone who loves C. If there are bits that feel old, you just create a DSL to get around these problems that compiles down to C... but you don't change C itself.. Just my perception working with all this for many years now.
Comment · 3 years ago
"I've turned down job offers because they were in C++"
Yep
Comment · 3 years ago
It's kind of like how we all have our favorite podcasts to learn about new things. When it's a topic we don't know much about it's so interesting and we learn so much, but when it's a topic we're experts in, we get exasperated about how inaccurate or misleading it is.
Comment · 3 years ago
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Other: MS and BS in Computer Science. Security clearance (detail on request)Comment · 3 years ago
They are portraying the market exactly as it is. Reality is speaking for itself, not the realtors.
Comment · 3 years ago
Solving for the equilibrium though, if the prices fall, more buyers will be available to compete, so it ends up right where it was before.
Comment · 3 years ago
I observed that happening for about a 6-8 week period in Oct-Nov-Dec 2022, then the party returned like it was 2021 all over again.
Comment · 3 years ago
No, which goes to say the price-escalations and white-hot housing markets are still a thing across North America, straight through the tech crash, bond crash, layoffs, and now banking crisis.
Comment · 3 years ago
Many of the Northern VA counties and certain others in the DC metro area.
Comment · 3 years ago
I think this is generally correct. This is the situation in my area: Prices can never fall, because if the situation was such that prices would fall, no one sells. So there's basically little to nothing available, so buyers are stuck competing no matter the macroeconomic situation.
Comment · 3 years ago
The funny thing is, people were saying that in 2021... and then... interest rates doubled/tripled crippling affordability, people's net worth plummeted due to decrease in stock prices, and more people got laid off... And everything keeps on trucking straight through it. I visited my realtor when she was showing a house for sale, and it was astounding the traffic and people coming up whispering to her how they wanted to make an offer that moment. And then on top of that the offers that came in with escalation clauses, waiving of all contingencies, etc. And this is March 2023.
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