Exactly. Just because someone rents a second home, doesn’t mean they’re shitty landlords. Turning it into a business and main income is where I draw the line.
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That’s not a different discussion, though.
bullshit. me pointing out that renting is acceptable in certain situations and price gouging renters are not the same. they’re related, but are different debates.
If tools were collectively owned, for instance, they could be kept in a community tool locker/garage that the whole community would own and be able to borrow whenever needed. “Rent” would be replaced by a small fee paid into the community to maintain the tools, not some profit seeking parasitism from a renter looking to exploit people’s need for tools.
there is nothing wrong with this either. my point was i have zero reason to ever own an auger. i’d rent it, use it, then return. i don’t want to store that shit or maintain it. i live in a condo with limited storage space for that, not to mention i’d probably use it once a decade.
Renting isn’t the problem. Renters are.
wut?
But if I do rent it out, I’m a shitty scumlord? I’m a better person if I don’t rent it?
this is my issue too. clearly the collective “landlord” that people are talking about are people that hoard homes and rent them out as an income. thats a bit much. but someone who just rents a single property, maybe in the city nearby where they used to live before they moved to a quieter area, i don’t see as an issue. a condo in a city could be a great place for a person to rent while they decide if that city is for them, or until their career takes them elsewhere. i don’t see renting as a problem
the problem in my opinion is these properties being bought up by corporations who follow no real set of laws and gouge renters in shitty apartments, coorborate with other apt buildings and price fix the area. that is a problem to me. renting from an older person or family who very possibly lived in the home you’re going to rent, so fucking what. do it or don’t, but don’t lump them in with corporation owned apt complexes and actual slumlords.
Well I didn’t know you knew the answer to everything. And I’m not defending anyone, I’m presenting a different scenario, one that I have been in.
I posted elsewhere in this thread, some people want to rent. There is a market for legit renters without ripping them off. If it costs $2800 for my mortgage/hoa/utilities and I only charge $2800, I don’t see an issue. Any issues are coming out of my pocket at that price.
I don’t even know if I want to rent to someone, that’s a whole other set of headaches. I’d probably offer it to my kid, then move on. It’s not an income to me, but property is hard to come by, I would have to think about it. I’ve already paid into it, banks got their share, I went through a lot of trouble to get it, so it’s not like giving away tickets to a concert I couldn’t make.
Also I wouldn’t be “siphoning” anything, I’m renting what I own, just like toro car rentals. No one is making them do it. But my location is very great, near public transit, near two very recently built town centers, trails, lakes, etc. it’s not like they’re paying for a tent. Can move here for a year or so and find out it’s exactly what they want or what they hate.
That’s a different discussion. I’m just saying there are reasons to rent rather than own.
So you’re visa/MC now?
Don’t like it? BANNED!
Renting it out is still inherently exploiting the person living there.
There are legit reasons to rent and not own everything. Just like tools, might be better to rent a table saw than buy one that now you have to store and maintain.
I don’t think I could rip off anyone if I decided to rent my place when I move. Hoping to keep it for my kid, but I’d basically charge the bare minimum, would even show the tenant what I pay as the owner so they’d understand. I wouldn’t use it as a profit source, but because land is scarce and I just happen to have spent years owning this.
But even then it may not be worth, sell it to a new owner and move on. I’m not greedy by any means, just want to be comfortable.
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3·4 months agoI had the sidewinder keyboard with magnetic numpad that worked on either side. Loved that thing. Used the R.A.T. 7 Mouse
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I just sign in, it shows it all. I have to go back through and delete videos my kid watched cause it fucked up my feed. His account is age restricted, it won’t let him sign in on the tablet. I need to look into it more, but the history definitely syncs from smarttube to revanced and YouTube in Firefox on my desktop
ReVanced does on android, just make sure you get the legit one from git. Takes a few steps to setup, but works perfectly, history and all.
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2·4 months agoTypically the only issue is using the same drive, separate drives work fine.
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[Migrated, see pinned post] Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•Steam deck or micro ATX or looong HDMI cord?English
3·5 months agoSteam link still works too. Been using that lately, but I have sunshine/moonlight setup as well.
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Turns on VPN to connect from Australia
“Knowingly” exploit you, not even a guess.
I don’t try, I do. Wanna try me?
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14·7 months agoYeah,there is one dude in the Linux group here that is just a complete jackass. Half answers your question, and most of it is just telling you a line of code with no other input and basically treating you like an ass hole for even asking. I don’t remember his name, I have him blocked, but absolutely hated seeing Linux posts with this fucking turd each time. Very demeaning and completely ruins the community. I feel like his personality is just trash and he’s always in a “roll your eyes / deep sigh” mood.





I watched this awhile ago and it was very interesting how they made super small games for NES.
https://youtu.be/ZWQ0591PAxM