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Flats' developments are very piecemeal with much of East and West still wasteland, Whiskey Island is an industrial mess with no hints of development, there have been failed projects for DECADES by the Browns stadium, and there is virtually nothing at the 55th marina. We barely have interest in developing around water as it is, so what is the likelhoood that 450 additional acres would be any different. Sure it would be nice to have a Central Park, Boston Commons, Grant Park, Veterans Park, etc, but we can't even develop the current existing land by the lake and river. Burke isn't going anywhere, and if it were, I'm still pretty bearish. The city needs leadership and ultra wealthy visionaries to make this happen.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-ftx-ceo-says-hes-never-seen-such-a-complete-absence-of-trustworthy-information-and-he-presided-over-enrons-bankruptcy-11668691648?siteid=yhoof2 An auditor in the metaverse. No proper tracking of cash or employees. New FTX CEO describes Sam Bankman-Fried’s haphazard Well, crypto investors wanted something decentralized and with limited regulations and interventions, then that's what they got. Fools and their money... something something departed.

Was that around Christmas or New Years break? I recall having an additonal 4 days off after the holiday. Had to go back to school on a Friday, but it was an amazing 2 weeks, 4 days off.

The cold and lack of sunny days are very hard. Perhaps cozy if you have a family and friends, but isolating and demotivating if you don't. And who wants to go to work when it's pitch black and come home when it's getting dark for multiple months. It's just a sh*tty deal. The desert sucks, but I get the draw.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/14/cryptocom-ceo-says-will-prove-naysayers-wrong-amid-ftx-contagion-fears.html Crypto.com CEO downplays FTX contagion fears, says he’ll prove naysayers wrong as withdrawals rise That's a big whoops. Crypto investors must have balls of steel. Or brains of mush. Of both.

The Federal Open Market Committee made that 2% determination in January 2012 based on employment, inflation and long-term interest rates. Who knows...

They may ease rate increases, but I don't see then lowering rates. Historically federal interest rates run 1.6% more than inflation (taking into account a few blips here and there). That all dramatically changed during the 2008 recession when those numbers by and large inverted due to the Fed desperately trying to stimulate the economy. Then we all got a bit greedy and shortsighted with the stock markets. And it didn't help a certain orange traitor was pressuring the Fed to maintain unhealthy, artificial rates when the economy was rebounding. We need the numbers to flip back to their natural states. 3.3% inflation and 4.9% interest is the historic average. Seems like a decent barometer of a relatively stable economy.

An absolutely wonderful idea. Wish I could have been there.

The downtown ecosystem is so different now; I can't blame developers for hitting the pause button. There's just no point in spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a pretty new building that will likely never again be at capacity. Maybe all new commercial buildings of a certain height will need an integrated partial residential component to make sense.

Good lord, do you ever say anything postive?

What percentage of people even recognize him? 10%? 5%?

Pugu's last post was Febuary 6. Then some to breathe during the ban Jcw92 joins over a month later. That sweet spot of about 6 weeks. He's backkkkk

Stock is up about 5 percent. Guess there's some silver lining in shedding jobs.

Well that was thoroughly depressing. True though. The Wal-Mart there was a nightmare. Maybe not Steelyard bad, but not good either.

Does there even have to be a true standalone complex? Sublet space somewhere for servers, essential and skeletal staff, and police vehicles, full remote for everyone else and the courts, ankle bracelets for all non-violent offenders, smaller scale structure (perhaps an addition to the Juvi building) for the real dirt bags? Call it modern day bail reform.

Did you see the mirthmobile?

Benches are an easy topic, we either have them or we don't. Institutionalizing the visibly mentally ill and criminalizing panhandling are much more difficult topics. So we focus on the former.

Holy s-hit, that is stunning.

Well, the CEO has had a few choice words about that decision lately, but I understand your point.

If Progressive, any company really, is embracing a hybrid or full remote workforce, why would they want to incur all the costs of closing/selling existing branches, then renting or buying expensive property downtown? If anything they should be downscaling or modernizing existing property for the skeletal staffs. Of course I wish downtown Cleveland was bustling with businesses again. I'm just not following your logic here.

"the canopy that surrounds the stadium will cover 65% of all seats in the stadium and will help mitigate wind for fans" Raise your hand if you believe that crap.

I think presentation has a lot to do with these challenges. The public needs to be excited about next level innovations (even if they aren't as advanced as they let on). Zukerberg does not have the showmanship needed to make consumers and developers interested in the various Horizon platforms and metaverse as a whole. He's no Jobs. He's not even a Musk. I also think the lack of goodwill is part of the problem. Save for MAGA loons and Russian/Pakistani data and troll farms, Facebook doesn't seem to have much overt support these days, regardless of its rebranding. Does the company even have a Board of Directors at this point? I can't believe they've been radio silent about this guy's misplaced vision and inability to articulate it.

Don't give Musk any ideas. Actually, wait, let him buy the company as well and shut down operations. Meta today is not Facebook of 2004. Both need to die; too much of society just can't handle social media. All that aside, why on earth is Zukenberg so gungho about creating the next Matrix and willing to spend tens of billions (hundreds eventually?) to get there? Is there pent up demand for humans to grow even more isolated than we are already? And even if people were to use the software, what tangible benefits are there? I can see gamers enjoying a more immersive experience, porn addicts too. But are people really going to be using it for college courses, to see an opera from 5,000 miles away, to re-enact great battles, to interact with long-lost cousins or family shut-ins, etc? Basically all that s-hit in Ready Player One. The metaverse just seems so defeatist.

I'm with you there. How hard is it to commission some painters and at least make the exterior look interesting.

You guys have convinced me. I WON'T be cynical on this latest plan... or at least will make every effort not to. God I want the lake and river to be legit attractions. It's just absolute maddening, and we're all ten years older than ten years ago. When you read lakefront development articles from the 60s and 70s that mirror these discussions, and now all those posters and planners are geriatrics or dead, damn, change is slow, life is fast. How the f did we build things so quickly once upon a time.