That’s not an either/or question.

I mean, there’s nothing wrong with improving yourself for the sake of improving yourself.

The last DM I got was Nicole, sadly.

There’s definitely a lot of people who overestimate what they bring to a relationship, and I think women are more prone to it than men because they’re typically the ones being pursued.

I wouldn’t want to meet other Lemmy users in person, let alone date them.

And sending emails, social media, video calls, taking notes, pretty sure they can even run things like power point presentations now.

Purely physically speaking, pretty much everyone gets less attractive as they get older.

There is, of course, a maturity gap, which is a whole different problem.

While it may sound like a lot of work, it truly takes an afternoon and some unused RAM on your PC to make happen, then you’re set up!

This shit is why open source software has a bad reputation.

Fund it through a tax on subscriptions for streaming or software. Piss off the tax dodging US companies at the same time.

I’d say a chunk of his social circle is men and women like that, this behaviour has white guilt written all over it.

For most people, a tablet is a direct replacement for a laptop anyway, especially with a wireless keyboard. I run software for work that, as far as I know, is Windows only, but most people will be fine with a tablet, or even just a phone.

It sounds like a mixture of Chromebooks, and people simply not owning a traditional computer.

Either way, it seems to be mostly Google that’s winning here.

There are some spectacularly stupid people in this thread, that are apparently refusing to accept that renovations are a thing.

It’s quite bizarre.

You did ask why the property would be vacant, and that’s one answer.

That type of value increase is pretty rare, and by no means guaranteed. And even if it’s true, you could make even more money still by tenanting the property.

Paying rates, insurance, taxes, and maintenance on an empty property isn’t an investment, it’s a liability.

This is almost certainly a myth, and I don’t know why so many people believe it.

That’s what I figured they meant.

% per 100k? This person is making a valid point, but it’s undermined somewhat by the fact they’ve clearly fucked up something.

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renovation

I’ve noticed people haven’t been talking about it anywhere near as much in the last few years. I used them briefly, but at the time you couldn’t do things like download an album without making a playlist with that album in it.

It was very weird.