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Home Demo at Google VC's (Kevin Rose) House on Potrero Hill
- iwasphone 13y agoWhoa: "To this end, we now make our first clear demand of Google. We demand that Google give three billion dollars to an anarchist organization of our choosing. This money will then be used to create autonomous, anti-capitalist, and anti-racist communities throughout the Bay Area and Northern California. In these communities, whether in San Francisco or in the woods, no one will ever have to pay rent and housing will be free. With this three billion from Google, we will solve the housing crisis in the Bay Area and prove to the world that an anarchist world is not only possible but in fact irrepressible. If given the chance, most humans will pursue a course towards increased freedom and greater liberty. As it stands, only people like Kevin Rose are given the opportunity to reshape their world, and look at what they do with those opportunities. We know that your security advisors are taking our analysis seriously..."
- ink 13y agoGive us the 3 billion we deserve...
- gyardley 13y agoHow much do you think it would actually cost to move them along to the infighting, corruption, and discrediting implosion stage of their social movement? Thirty thousand, maybe? Google should just give them that as a 'down-payment' and let them spend the next three years fighting over it.
- seeingfurther 13y agoRaccoons are about the only group that should be protesting Kevin Rose.
- jokoon 13y agowhy is this even on the frontpage of HN ? (sorry if I sound like a redditor)
- tptacek 13y agoIt shouldn't be, and won't be for long.
- seeingfurther 13y agoHow does that work exactly? I know comments are moderated and titles are changed, but I thought the actual post appearance and order was purely an algorithm. What criteria do the mods use to pull stories. Genially curious, I had no idea. Seems like a good one... depending on your answer. EDIT: a word.
- tptacek 13y agoUsers above a certain level of karma can "flag" stories, which pulls them down from the front page and also potentially kills the story (this one wasn't killed, but is weighted down); also, the moderator has been knocking this story down from HN all day as it pops up in different venues.
- mburst 13y agoI think a lot of people up vote things without reading the actual article.
- tzs 13y agoOne of the focuses of HN is startups, especially startups backed by Y Combinator (the people that own HN). Y Combinator strongly urges (perhaps even requires) startups they back to be in or relocate to San Francisco. Another focus is the tech industry beyond just startups, and many of the most discussed companies here are either in San Francisco, or if not a large number of their workers live there. It should not be hard to see why stories about or that give information on a group that is trying to intimidate and threaten tech workers in San Francisco, and would like to drive the tech industry and its employees out of the city, would be of interest to a large fraction of HN readership.
- steve_benjamins 13y ago"With this three billion from Google, we will solve the housing crisis in the Bay Area" Huh.
- Russell91 13y agoArticles like these are the reason I'd really like to see a downvote button :(
- vince_refiti 13y agoNot supporting picking on Kevin Rose, but what to do when a large influx of money and moneyed people causes the cost of living to skyrocket for the locals?
- thecolorblue 13y agoDid anyone else click on the link hoping for a demonstration of a Google Ventures product at Kevin Rose's house? I was a little disappointed.