During the popping of the Japanese real estate bubble, which saw the value of the land under the imperial palace as the same as the value of the entire state of California[1], mortgages were offered in 100 year terms[2].

[1] https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/309... [2] https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990...

Any more booster shots? Any more vaccines?

Booster shots. Something doesn't smell right. People on all sides are scared and I don't think rational thought is being applied any more.

Sounds like your gut is in the right place. I keep my fingers crossed that our governor doesn't issue mandates for boosters for us folks in the public sector. I did my part with shots 1 and 2, but I am _not_ doing this again, for a variant which hasn't even killed anyone.

In 1941, the New Deal Works Progress Administration surveyed most buildings in New York. Now, the street level photographs are mapped over the current site.

Prepare to lose an afternoon exploring.

Also available is a 1980s version.

Articles like this are why I peruse HackerNews. Thank you OP.

You are picking up extra shifts on the Facebook PR defense today. I like the aggressive attitude. See you back at the Meta offices tomorrow! Can't wait for the company Halloween party over VR.

Meta is Hebrew for death, Swedish for Meth. Meta is a great corporate name for Facebook because it let's you choose your preferred analogy.

in Italian means "goal" or "half" (with an accent on the a)

Yeah, how can a narrative book like that be "debunked"? The author wasn't making a logical argument. There is no facts and data. It's an emotional and moral argument. Certain jobs contribute nothing to the world and extract a cost on the psyche of the employee.

I don't agree with this. It's about incentives. If you make it too painful to conduct this type of crime, perpetrators will give up.

The prospective of spending 30 years in jail is a disincentive.

This is only a disincentive to people who normally don't commit crimes. If you're part of a crime ring, this ins't something you are concerned with on a daily basis.

Organized criminals are aware of what brings the heat, what does not, and what crimes add up to what time. Their lawyers help them with that.

For the same reason they don't go after local business in Russia, because of the 'cost'.

Indeed, but it's not the only one.

Strategy video games (Civilization series, SimCity, Total War series, Tycoon games) are right on the knife edge of this. I love the process. I love playing the game. Especially total war. I love conquering my neighboring nations and living out historical fantasies. But the next day, I feel awful.

Yes, saw that too. Functionality is really limited. It's basically a Wikipedia command line parser. For instance, "current weather in Los Angeles" brings up nothing. "Current president of the USA" brings up nothing. But 2020 World Series Champion brings up a Wikipedia style summary.