Here’s hoping Australia can get Biden to listen to reason. Just because Wikileaks, as the messenger, embarrassed the US gov’t doesn’t mean Assange was wrong. As in many cases America was by doing stupid shit in the first place.
#FreeAssange
Prior to Reagan allowing changes, buying back stock wasn’t allowed because it was seen as a manipulation of the stock market.
“Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” George Santayana
Yup. The fines should be 10-20% of profits for the time period, per charge, depending on the severity.
That would got their gd attention.
Offices already have plumbing on every floor for bathrooms.
And the idea to change over offices to residential is gaining traction … so go talk to them about how it can’t be done.
You seem to think that everyone would want what you want.
If it’s not to your taste, don’t live there. But there are thousands of unhoused people who may very well enjoy that vs living in a shelter or on the street.
Yet other engineers have said it can be done by refitting the window-facing offices as sets of single/double units with the interior of the floor as communal kitchen/gathering spaces, and separate floors for larger family units and spaces.
It’s not that hard to figure out ways to do it but companies will have to be forced, either by threat of bankruptcy or gov’t rules.
Cory Doctorow is a smart man and I’m glad he’s around to educate us.
The upside to these empty buidings is they can - and should be - transitioned to housing. It’s just the rich companies who own the buildings don’t want to have to invest any money in that.
Gov’ts should force them to, but that won’t happen either. :/
Who’s Assange’s handler?