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  • It's extremely frustrating to read this comment thread because it's obvious that so many of you didn't actually read the article, or even half-skim the article, or even attempted to even comprehend the title of the article for more than a second.

    For shame.

  • ...no?

    That's exactly what the ruling prohibits - it's fair use to train AI models on any copies of books that you legally acquired, but never when those books were illegally acquired, as was the case with the books that Anthropic used in their training here.

    This satirical torrent client would be violating the laws just as much as one without any slow training built in.

  • A decent road bike. Not top specced, and with none of the additional gear you'll probably want, but you can definitely get started with €1k. I bought my current bike for approximately €700 and have upgraded + bought additional gear for probably a bit over €1k, but that has gotten me some really great stuff and I basically want for nothing in the sport.

  • If the fire department is happy with one staircase, great.

    Fire departments make for very poor authorities on these matters, unfortunately. See the issue of them mandating completely oversized roads, since they can't imagine smaller fire engines that have precedent around the world.

    It just doesn't sound plausible that 6-15% premium for additional staircases is a root cause of the housing crisis, when developer profit opportunity is clearly the greater constraint.

    That's the thing though - there is no single root cause for the housing crisis. It's just a bunch of small issues stacked on top of each other, and each has to be addressed individually.

  • It's important for public projects to manage their costs as well, as it affects how much can be built using the limited public funds available. I think we can all agree that we need large amounts of public housing in constrained places like San Francisco, to alleviate the current situation.

    It is in fact one of the major advantages of building public housing - you unlock the lower costs of building at scale, which reduces costs in several ways:

    • Building the same type of units makes workers familiar with the product and allows them to complete them faster
    • Pre-fabricated modular units can be constructed off-site and shipped in, and making them at scale drives costs down
    • Large contracts are more lucrative and can hence be negotiated to better rates with contractors

    For a wildly successful example, look to Miljonprogrammet that took place in Sweden during the 60s and 70s. Following that project, a vast supply of housing was available for the population, with housing costs below 1% of income being common.

  • As the other comment mentions, Japan is listed as not having a maximum, making this more or less lose relevance.

    On top of that, the stated motivation for the two stairwell rule is fire safety, which is only really adjacent to earthquake safety. Other locations have figured out that two stairwells are very much not necessary to achieve appropriate levels of fire safety, and San Francisco would do very well to learn from them.

  • Keep your living space cooler by blocking out sunlight from coming through the windows, preferably using shading on the outside.

    Make liberal use of fans, they lower perceived temperature by several °C.

    Wear loose-fitting linen clothing.

    Use hats that provide shade, like a cap or something with a larger brim.

    Go for a swim.

    Take a warm shower before bed (counterintuitive but helps in my experience).

    Try to create a breeze through your home by opening windows on opposite sides of the home, when the temperature is higher inside than outside.

    Use sunscreen.

  • It's a small gym in my co-op.

    I'm usually even alone there when working out in the morning, it's magical. Basically a private gym for my purposes. It has everything I need with a barbell, rack, benches, dumbbells, exercise bikes etc

  • I went to the gym for a couple years and managed to increase my PR's consistently and doubled my bodyweight at the same bf %.

    What weight did you start at? Doubling your weight in 2 years maintaining the same bf% is a very hard equation to solve, without the use of steroids, which I assume you didn't use since you didn't mention it.

  • What do you even do at a gym?

    Use training equipment that you don't have access to otherwise, to perform exercises aligned with your fitness goals. Some people do classes with trainers at gyms.

    I feel like I could do all of that at home.

    If you have the space and the money to invest in a home gym, that will be more than sufficient. Not everyone does, hence gym memberships. Classes with trainers are also not available at home, so that could be a reason to get a gym membership.

    Gym memberships are insanely expensive.

    It depends on the gym. I pay approximately $40 per year for access to my gym, and that covers everyone in my household.

    The investment in fitness can also pay dividends that outweigh the costs - strength and cardiovascular fitness will let you live longer without being sick. If you have to pay for your healthcare, this may also manifest as a concrete money saving.

    Are home workouts actually effective?

    They can be. It's not going to be as effective as working out with full equipment, but you also may not need the full effectiveness. And if the choice is between home workouts and no workouts, the home workouts are far better.

    Does one even enjoy gym time?

    I enjoy going to the gym. I like the progression in becoming stronger.