jasparagus

These are great haha

Texas is around 700000 sq km with 30 million people, whereas Japan is 400000 sq km with 125 million people. The demands for space are very different between the two places and their respective urban areas. Costs are always higher in dense cities, but the links up above seem to suggest that they haven’t ballooned as much in Japan. Space constraints of urban regions will also obviously lead to less space per person, for those who want to live there. With finite space, you have to compromise on size or on cost. I think the poster above is simply stating that fact with the “homeless or small space” dichotomy, though I think that is maybe a bit hyperbolic.

For sure. I think it violates Grice’s maxim of quantity - I’ve never seen a legitimate job posting where they felt the need to tell me how legal the job is. That call-out being in there is decidedly worrisome haha.

An entertaining video on the maxims from Tom Scott: https://youtu.be/IJEaMtNN_dM?si=GxmkO8Is3B9EaibZ

When much of your country is below sea level, you must always be prepared!

This is a great list and a great summary. Steve Ramsey was a huge help for me starting out.

Great list at the bottom, too. Some others I recommend:

• Jonathan Katz-Moses (good testing and teaching)
• WoodWorkWeb (approachable, similar in some ways to Steve Ramsey).