John Wang

[John Wang @JohnBWang]

@avikrishna @barakgila Yeah it is. But property taxes are a form of wealth tax as is. We’ve already crossed that bridge. Prop 13 just caps different people to different wealth valuations.

[John Wang @JohnBWang]

@biggestvictims @cecegkh Every single sport. Even contact sports like the NFL (hit on defenseless player penalty) and UFC (strikes to the back of the head).

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@KrampusSnail Has the lot split actually gone through? I know the property but it still looks like a single parcel on the Office of the Assessor website.

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@benz145 The foundations of Quests’ OS are not built for 3D.

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@daniel_carvalho @benz145 Higher budgets don't necessarily mean higher quality, but it definitely helps.

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@JayHadHope @jens_zier @SadlyItsBradley @pimi8522 If the processor and RAM is the same as Quest 3, there shouldn’t be any extra work.

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@blackbanditsho My theory is that despite aspiring to become a general purpose platform, it is still a gaming console. And the core of the software teams at Quest are not gamers and don't use their own products. They are poorly focused and are caught in this transition.

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@Don_El_Wood @nathanwchan Not quite. Depending on how the cameras are in relation to the users eye, there are pixels that have to be approximated. Not all the data is there.

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@zubivan @GergelyOrosz I’ve been using it and the integration with GH with stacked PRs is still lacking, but almost there with a bit more work! But the UX is definitely a step up from bare git.

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@OlsparkyW18178 @Dawgfan @JennyChachan I'm for upzoning and allowing for denser neighborhoods as well as allowing mixed use buildings. For example, SB9 is a step in the right direction but needs to go even further. Repealing P13 will help us get there. But if we can get there w/o repealing, that's fine with me too.

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@OlsparkyW18178 @Dawgfan @JennyChachan By itself it doesn’t. But aligns incentives of owners and non-owners to find solutions to spiraling costs. Right now, I see many owners voting for housing policies that reduce housing and push up property values, like resistance to zoning reform.

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@OlsparkyW18178 @Dawgfan @JennyChachan The rental price of each unit is $3,000. W/o P13, they all pay $500 in taxes. The 1 home that got reassessed can't increase his rent to $3,400 because the other homes are still charging $3,000.

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@OlsparkyW18178 @Dawgfan @JennyChachan Say there are 10 rental homes in an area. 9 of them were newly sold, so property tax assessments are close to their market price, let's say $500. 1 of them has low taxes due to P13, let's say $100.

[John Wang @JohnBWang]

@Dawgfan I don't think that would be productive line of argument to go down (not that this is that productive anyway). If I were to say I live in the Bay Area and live in a $5M home with several other properties scattered about CA, you'd probably just call me a liar.

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@OlsparkyW18178 @Dawgfan @JennyChachan Maybe the additional taxes will get passed on to the rental. It'll be highly location dependent.

[John Wang @JohnBWang]

@OlsparkyW18178 @Dawgfan @JennyChachan Caring about high home prices will incentivize you to vote for politicians and ballot measures that will work to bring costs down by trading off other things that you may care about. Right now there is no trade off since owners are insulated from high prices.

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@Dawgfan @CalmSauvage @jozafiend @JennyChachan I could make the same argument that you seem very vested in having government solve your problems. Prop 13 is a special government intervention on behalf of owners that has solved some problems for owners and created a whole host of other problems.

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@OlsparkyW18178 @Dawgfan @JennyChachan When building organizations, it’s all about incentives. It’ll increase taxes for a good chunk of residents so that they’ll care about the issue. If you’re an owner with low prop taxes under P13, are you going to think about high housing costs? You prob don’t think about it at all