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What would you like from Microcovid.org? How valuable would it be to you?
Nels Nelson3-1

Agree with adjustment for rapid tests. Otherwise, the results are overly conservative.

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4Sameerishere
My willingness to pay for incorporating rapid tests: $100 (relatively low because I think I can just apply this post manually pretty easily). If there is significant variation across available tests then my WTP would rise to $200+. 
Come Build Affordable Housing!
Nels Nelson40

Agree with Jeff on this one. This program is interesting because it is 100% affordable, so you don't have market-rate renters/buyers cross-subsidizing affordable renters/buyers -- instead the developer's bottom line takes a hit. This hit is compensated with increased density. While this is a great start, it still requires a lottery system for applicants, which is inherently inequitable to those who are not selected but have a need, and it points to the fact that density restrictions are arbitrary! i.e. the city decides that for this case density isn't harm... (read more)

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4jefftk
I'm hopeful that we can build enough that we don't even need a lottery, because the market price for affordable housing will fall below the maximum the city allows them to charge.
Lifelong investments
Nels Nelson10

What about post-life investments? Are you already thinking about some kind of mechanism to keep this website up and hosted after you are gone?

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Wrist Update
Nels Nelson20

You previously wrote that you were looking for a better solution to dictation than Google Keep - have you found anything else that works well?

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