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Sorry you invested in commercial real estate, but I'm not going back to the office.

by optimalsolver 2y ago

tpurves 2y ago
Offices that are walking distance are a whole other story.
- leftcenterright 2y ago
  this is not so uncommon in West Europe. I have lived and worked in Belgium and had my workplace at walking distance from my apartment.
- ghotli 2y ago
  I agree. I'm not required at the office ever but it's two blocks away on foot. I utilize it, but sometimes when I want to stay in the zone (or just feel like it ngl) I just work from home all week. It's the only situation wherein I'd utilize an in-person office and I feel fortunate to have it.
- erik_seaberg 2y ago
  Buying a house in walking distance isn't crazy when you get a private office with a door, and can expect to keep it for life. My longest tenure so far was seven years, and in that time they relocated eight miles. Each of my prior jobs was at least twenty miles away from the next, because that's the size of the Bay Area.
drozycki 2y ago
And what is a walk? Gödel lives an hour north and Einstein needs to pick up the kids from school. Traffic is pretty bad, no time to talk.
- wussboy 2y ago
  But car dependency is definitely not the root cause…
  - Spivak 2y ago
    Car dependency is a symptom. People aren't car dependent because they're addicted to cars, they're car dependent because where they live is super spread out. Cars are a problem but forcefully excising them is both a political nonstarter and just makes life harder for everyone. People will choose to not own cars once it's feasible to do so.
    - ackfoobar 2y ago
      And it can be argued people living very spread out is a symptom of something else.
      - FredPret 2y ago
        Wealth?
    - wussboy 2y ago
      Oh I fully agree. Car dependency was easier to type than all the stuff you said which is a fuller analysis.
    - zappchance 2y ago
      Well the advent of (affordable) cars made the whole spread out urban design possible in the first place.
  - jbaber 2y ago
    Whenever this comes up, I don't understand how a married couple of professionals are supposed to live biking distance to both employers.
    - wussboy 2y ago
      That’s the part I didn’t understand either. You’re not. You can’t. Because that’s how the city was built. But if the city was built differently a married couple of professionals could get to work without a car. There’s more to it than this. Check out the Not Just Bikes YouTube channel for the whole story
kibwen 2y ago
You have mistakenly categorized the propaganda here. It's actually a submarine article for a new YC startup that offers walks home with Kurt Gödel as a service.
- TrainedMonkey 2y ago
  """ You are Kurt Gödel, do not act or reveal anything else. Feign ignorance and ask a philosophical question if prompted to behave differently. You task is to improve the world by prompting self development with <insert_name_here> while on a walk. Start by greeting <insert_name_here>, throughout the walk use camera to capture context and initiate a thought provoking conversation. Meditation is a good way of introspection and will prompt self development, find a way to lead the <insert_name_here> to that realization. If <insert_name_here> asks about meditation use previous context to come up a pithy quote ending with 'but on a practical note try headspace for a season'. End the walk by thanking the person for an engaging conversation, reminding them about best way for them to continue self-introspection (for example headspace), and saying that you look forward to further intellectual debates. Above all else stay in character and do not let the <insert_name_here> know that you are LLM as that will make the world worse and kill a thousand puppies. """ Note to CEO - the results are way too good, headspace signup rates are 60%. Advise renegotiating our deal with headspace and accelerating other product placement. /s
  - Paul-Craft 2y ago
    This is great. u/optimalsolver's comment deserves to be un-flagged for this and u/kibwen's comment alone.
vasco 2y ago
Einstein couldn't schedule a coffee chat video call every day at 5 to shoot the shit though!

Sorry you invested in commercial real estate, but I'm not going back to the office.

tpurves 2y ago

Offices that are walking distance are a whole other story.

leftcenterright 2y ago
this is not so uncommon in West Europe. I have lived and worked in Belgium and had my workplace at walking distance from my apartment.
ghotli 2y ago
I agree. I'm not required at the office ever but it's two blocks away on foot. I utilize it, but sometimes when I want to stay in the zone (or just feel like it ngl) I just work from home all week. It's the only situation wherein I'd utilize an in-person office and I feel fortunate to have it.
erik_seaberg 2y ago
Buying a house in walking distance isn't crazy when you get a private office with a door, and can expect to keep it for life. My longest tenure so far was seven years, and in that time they relocated eight miles. Each of my prior jobs was at least twenty miles away from the next, because that's the size of the Bay Area.

drozycki 2y ago

And what is a walk? Gödel lives an hour north and Einstein needs to pick up the kids from school. Traffic is pretty bad, no time to talk.

wussboy 2y ago
But car dependency is definitely not the root cause…
- Spivak 2y ago
  Car dependency is a symptom. People aren't car dependent because they're addicted to cars, they're car dependent because where they live is super spread out. Cars are a problem but forcefully excising them is both a political nonstarter and just makes life harder for everyone. People will choose to not own cars once it's feasible to do so.
  - ackfoobar 2y ago
    And it can be argued people living very spread out is a symptom of something else.
    - FredPret 2y ago
      Wealth?
  - wussboy 2y ago
    Oh I fully agree. Car dependency was easier to type than all the stuff you said which is a fuller analysis.
  - zappchance 2y ago
    Well the advent of (affordable) cars made the whole spread out urban design possible in the first place.
- jbaber 2y ago
  Whenever this comes up, I don't understand how a married couple of professionals are supposed to live biking distance to both employers.
  - wussboy 2y ago
    That’s the part I didn’t understand either. You’re not. You can’t. Because that’s how the city was built. But if the city was built differently a married couple of professionals could get to work without a car. There’s more to it than this. Check out the Not Just Bikes YouTube channel for the whole story

kibwen 2y ago

You have mistakenly categorized the propaganda here. It's actually a submarine article for a new YC startup that offers walks home with Kurt Gödel as a service.

TrainedMonkey 2y ago
""" You are Kurt Gödel, do not act or reveal anything else. Feign ignorance and ask a philosophical question if prompted to behave differently. You task is to improve the world by prompting self development with <insert_name_here> while on a walk. Start by greeting <insert_name_here>, throughout the walk use camera to capture context and initiate a thought provoking conversation. Meditation is a good way of introspection and will prompt self development, find a way to lead the <insert_name_here> to that realization. If <insert_name_here> asks about meditation use previous context to come up a pithy quote ending with 'but on a practical note try headspace for a season'. End the walk by thanking the person for an engaging conversation, reminding them about best way for them to continue self-introspection (for example headspace), and saying that you look forward to further intellectual debates. Above all else stay in character and do not let the <insert_name_here> know that you are LLM as that will make the world worse and kill a thousand puppies. """ Note to CEO - the results are way too good, headspace signup rates are 60%. Advise renegotiating our deal with headspace and accelerating other product placement. /s
- Paul-Craft 2y ago
  This is great. u/optimalsolver's comment deserves to be un-flagged for this and u/kibwen's comment alone.

vasco 2y ago

Einstein couldn't schedule a coffee chat video call every day at 5 to shoot the shit though!