$9000 is a couple of years of fuel for a lot of people. Other incentives (cheaper rego, no FBT, etc) may apply to you depending on your position/state.
You're also likely to spend significantly less in maintenance due to simpler systems with less wearable parts.
> They're stupid inflated right now. Pre pandemic, they were selling for ~7500 used in the US.
Some stats indicate that second hand car prices are plummeting at the moment now that supply chains are normalising. I suspect this won't extend to electric cars which kind of have their own supply-side problems though!
I guess Datomic is the most mature system, which uses a persistent in-memory index structure, mapped to a common on-disk storage system.
That said, nowadays it should probably be possible to store the persistent data structure in a log-structured file for instance and to make use of fast random-reads of enterprise PCIe SSDs without the indirection of another data store / index to traverse for each index page.
I found Migadu through a HN post like this and can't recommend them enough. It feels like having my own mail server without the headaches. The pricing model works for me and I find the control panel really well laid out. I don't think I could return to an email provider that leases emails at my own domain back to me.
While I don't disagree, a secure location with a trusted proctor is not simple or easy for all cases: students may be studying remotely/at home, which could be in a rural area with no accessible proctoring, or internationally with no trusted proctoring.
And that is not always due to their own wishes: covid lockdowns, unavailability of international flights or other governmental restrictions may be keeping them there.
This is a process problem. The correct order to do things is: pull permit to fix plumbing, that permit will allow you to connect to the city water for testing purposes once you've proven the system will hold pressure (initial inspection), then when you're connected to the water an additional inspection will be done to verify working plumbing, if thats the only outstanding issue you can apply for a certificate of occupancy, otherwise you move onto other work.
Dealing with the government on things like this can be EXTREMELY frustrating especially if you're not used to running in those circles. Its a lot of things to learn and the people involved assume you know everything and when you get difficult they have a million ways to make your life more annoying.
The city will not issue the permits to do the work. FULL STOP.
I literally already have a city water connection and it's costing me a hundred bucks a month just to sit there unused because I can't get the permits to fix the plumbing... So what would you do in that situation?
According to the city website, there is a vacancy in the planning commission. Apply for it, you'll probably have a lot more success getting the permits you need if they see an official making the requests.
Ah dang. I was a bit worried I low-balled that number. You might've already seen this, but you tried this guide for finding one? There's a register of advisers in aus, could shop around a bit?
How on earth is that worth it when a similar era e.g. mazda 3 is $13000?