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I know that housing costs around here are high, but $3,680 for a 520 sq ft 1 bedroom apartment is WELL above local market rate. Every other place downtown for that cost offers higher square footage, and far more amenities (famously, including parking). Hell, you can even find some great deals for a whole grand less.

So what happened? Why would the building owners sooner default on their loan than lower the rent to fill vacant units? If this is a reflection of high construction costs, why weren't these anticipated? And why is it the city that

I keep seeing videos on the internet with this song playing with gameplay footage from MGSV, but I've looked everywhere in the game, and don't know how you get this song.

I'm trying to learn what people's use cases for generative AI are, and I've even taken courses on how it can be applied to my specific line of work. But even in learning these specific applications, I'm finding myself wondering where it's expected to help me. Because I'm finding that use cases for AI would fall into two categories:

• Things I can do (and info I can find) myself - in which case, why use AI? Certainly, AI can produce results much more quickly than I could, but because I'd have to be responsible for going through the process of quality-checking whatever outputs I get, would it really be faster? Especially if I want to be able to explain my work to anyone?

• **Things I c

...and just found the dedicated subreddit filled with low-poly moose memes by the streamer.

Godspeed, Jounistudios. I wish the island's prosperous moose population a happy winter filled with dancing, sleeping, and walking.

We've been told, as part of anti-drug rhetoric, that one of the dangers of drugs is that you build up tolerance. The more you use them over time, the higher the dosage you'd have to take in order to feel the same effects.

Does the same principle apply to prescription drugs, though? To my understanding, doctors usually keep a dosage stable and regular. Wouldn't the impact of the drugs lessen over time, as a tolerance gets built?

I'm coming at this question with the assumption that a couple is paying their bills with both parties having an income.

How the hell is anyone who goes on maternity leave expected to come back within a year or two? What childcare options even exist for newborns, when both parents have jobs?

And if one parent really is just expected to be a stay-at-home parent for a long while, when can they go back to work?

I haven't played the anniversary edition, but a lot of people seem to relish in the commercial failure of the game's release. I thought the first game was pretty fun, and the puzzles were tightly and cleverly designed (except for maybe 1 or 2).

Adopted 2024 Republican Platform (plus the easier-to-read text-only version from UCSB)

Published draft of 2024 Democratic Platform

For what my points of interest are worth...

• While links aren't necessarily indicative of facts or truths, the Dem platform provides links to specific claims and criticisms, while the GOP platform does not. Granted, the majority of the Dem platfor

I've been talking with a lot of friends and community members about the subject of homelessness in my area, and have heard arguments about coming down harder on homeless encampments - especially since the recent Supreme Court ruling on the subject. And despite the entirely separate humanitarian argument to be made, I've been stuck on the thought of: does punishing homeless people even DO anything?

I recognize the standard, evidence-supported Criminal Justice theory that tying fines or jail time to a crime is effective at deterring people from committing that crime - either by the threat of

What services do Live Nation or Ticketmaster offer that couldn't be easily and cheaply provided by a competing ticket distributor/event promotor? I could understand if what they did was complex or large-scale, making it difficult for up-and-coming companies to match them, but it doesn't seem like what they do is that hard for someone else to do - even a small business. Plus, I know loads of smaller venues in my area that use one of these two services, so I know they don't need the super expensive services.

And if it's not that hard to compete with them, but I'm naive for thinking that competition in the free market could break a monopoly, then what factors are preventing competitors from su