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The people who want to increase housing don't ever bring up either the infrastructure of the city or the effect of urban density on communities. They just want to live close to work.
Soon, I'm sure, the capacity will increase and in 20 years all of the articles will be about how to move tech companies to a nicer, less urban city.
Good. You can't always fix housing demand with increase in supply. The streets and sidewalks and parking don't increase when the buildings get taller. After living in NYC for 11 years, I can tell you that just adding housing makes the real city: which is everything at street level worse.
I know that many people that want to increase housing in SF just want to commute to their tech jobs, but that's what turned NYC from neighborhoods and communities into a hellish wasteland: too many people in a single area can't form a cohesive community. The people who already live in SF understand this, I think.
Edit: Some specifics:
The things that fall apart when density is too high. Here's an article about how density is making the subway worse than ever: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/28/nyregion/subw...
Schools overcrowded: https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170921/riverdale/overcrow...
Traffic congestion: https://ny.curbed.com/2018/1/18/16903152/nyc-traffic-congest...
Trash infrastructure overwhelmed: https://citylimits.org/2015/04/20/new-report-nyc-trash-is-wo...
Do all these seem low contrast? I find it hard to believe that he painted down in value like this constantly. He'd have to mix every color with grey. It seems much more likely to be a weird photography setup.
How about slowly replacing brain cells with synthetic ones while maintaining the consciousness in place?
This article defines stereotypes as "unfair" categorization. That is far different than knowing the fact that groups have traits, and that categorization comes from these observed traits. Of course individuals stand out, that doesn't make the generalization a less useful tool for quick analysis.
We need to stop basing education on submission and obedience. Asians are successful students, but they struggle to build startup cultures in their countries.
Edit: Downvote me all you want. I'm an educator who has toured schools in Asia to build international educational relationships. Their students are perfect automatons who will never take the risks necessary to change the world.
This reads like an onion article. I'll take free market capitalism and any government over socialism. These people represent a kind of "democracy" that wants to threaten Capitalism, which is the real danger.
Wow, $600.
If you're making 2D things, like blueprints for a human to make something, SketchUp isn't as useful. I admit, I haven't tried it in a few years, but when I did before its fundamental purpose was almost polar opposite to my needs.
It would be a long shot. But until something changes, Autodesk is just going to keep layering tools, buttons, and menus on top of each other. It's such a rubber band ball now, they would have to start over to make something efficient. But there's no real competition, because even though it's incredibly cludgy, it will work if you learn it's labyrinth.
AutoCAD is vast, recursive, and bloated. I really hope someone comes out with a lightweight version that does less, better.