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Your friendly 'net denizen

"This is going to sound wild to anyone who lives in the US, but for any two-story rowhouse in Tokyo, the owner can by right operate a bar, a restaurant, a boutique, a small workshop on the ground floor β€” even in the most residential zoned sections of the city. That means you have an incredible supply of potential microspaces."

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Via: kevinlynagh.com/newsletter/202

Your friendly 'net denizen

Pretty much everywhere I've ever lived in the US ended up looking like:

[Beautiful spokesmodel with big smile awkwardly gesturing at repulsive view of wide streets crammed with cars and giant ugly signs]: "Come down town where you can sample a selection of our finest national brands!"

Your friendly 'net denizen

I was reminded of this yesterday. Seems like a good thing to revisit occasionally.

1x.engineer/

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Colin the Mathmo

@cstanhope The "discussion" on The Orange Site provides a fascinating insight into the people there.

It's disturbing, and oddly compelling, rather like a car crash.

There are some people there that I not only never want to work with, but who I never want to meet.

clacke: looking for something πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
@cstanhope I was struggling as a 0.3x engineer because the higher-ups didn't get it, they expected that as a senior I should have been a 3x. But then the right person promoted me to 0.1x engineer and the team is more productive than ever and with better quality too.
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