alexcouper

Stupid idea probably, but here it is:

Housing in Iceland

The housing market is something of a stable investment. Typically. People need somewhere to live. Population growth happens. Houses get more expensive.

In Iceland (in the capital region), the average sale price of a property in 2001 was 12mkr in 2001[0]. In 2015 the average was 37mkr. For first time buyers entering the market they now need an average 7mkr deposit in order to secure a 80:20 mortgage. A rather daunting feat compared with the 2.4mkr required in 2001.

(As a comparison, inflation (which wages at best track) would value that 12mkr property as 23mkr by 2015 - and that's with the 18% average of 2008 following the crash)

Give people a way to climb

alexcouper

The Thing Is...

People want to work from different locations. They like the climate, their partners need to study, they have a long distance relationship that they'd like to make short distance, or they just want to try living abroad.

In my case it's a bit of a few things:

• Winters suck.
• We've always said we should try living in a 3rd country for a bit - one that is neither Iceland not UK.
• I'd love to have more daytime hours available with my kid, and either work early or late, whilst still getting the benefits of working alongside others.

alexcouper

Keybase proof

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• I am alexcouper on github.
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To claim this, I am signing this object:

alexcouper

import time

def fred():
    return '2'

def do_it():
    my_list = []
    count = 0
    while 1:
        count += 1

alexcouper

If you're using this, try

https://github.com/alexcouper/captainhook

At the time of writing it provides git hook checks for pdb, pep8 and python3 syntax straight out of the box.