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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
Why is that cynical/implying this is bad? IMO We need more tenements. Someone making 50k/year working in a central city should be able to chose if they want a bigger unit and a commute, or a bed to crash in and a walk to work. The
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
Developers build luxury units not because constructing middle income housing not “economically viable” but rather because constructing middle income housing has essentially been banned in most cities by modern zoning codes and building regu
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
The academics/experts in the field generally consider 2.1 to be replacement level fertility because: Accidental deaths before having kids Gay/Lesbian kids Kids that “want” to have kids but for whatever reason are unable to
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
You need to re evaluate your priors WRT “london, nyc are building a lot of housing”. The rate of housing supply growth in both of those cities is near historic lows and below the rate needed to support natural population growth (residents h
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
Uber has shown great growth in markets during recessions: ex Brazil. The theory is that ridesharing is a driver constrained market, and during recessions, more people drive for uber to make ends meet. Also, people invest less in large purch
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
Running fraud detection models Giant EMR clusters to develop fraud models Running a giant dynamic marketplace Running giant EMR jobs for pricing/demand
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
I don’t think most people living in these “opportunity zones” are going to be happy with people basically being tax incentivized to make housing more expensive in the area in which they live, thus making life harder for them.
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
The doctors don’t create the bills, or even really influence billing. The billing issues are caused by hospital administrators who are mostly MBAs or Policy masters, and they’re negotiating with MBAs in insurance companies.
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
Which burbs, the burbs are usually the definition of artificial scarcity. Setbacks, minimum lot sizes, FAR restrictions are all a suburban concept for the most part.
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
You think it’s better that they return money to the fat cat investors then to invest in their own products?
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
You lost me when you acted like property owners in California are poor and need protection. They have seen some of the greatest unearned wealth increases by sitting on their butts doing nothing in the past generations. Meanwhile, the low in
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
That is already the case right now, anyone can be held without bail
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
Medical bills, home prices, education prices.... It has definitely hit main street
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
No, citywide this is a good number. Richmond district or south of Cesar Chavez things are a lot cheaper
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
“Ridesharing isn’t a profitable business” - this isn’t true. Uber and Lyft both have many cities that have positive unit economics. IIRC the North American market as a whole is profitable for both companies. Both companies are losing money
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
The data stops in 2013, There was huge growth in tech startups in 2013 - 2015 I agree we have an issue with anticompetitive behaviors and monopolistic practices though.
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
In 2012, when the article was written
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by 0xB31B1B 8y ago
Student loans, housing costs, job prospects, healthcare, childcare. People are making a rational decision to avoid children they can’t afford. We as a society need to re-examine the causes of rising costs of essentials so reproduction is no
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
It’s 50% Saudi money
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
No, there is a taxable event in the case of a stock sale
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
200k range is L4 at most big cos and mega unicorns. So 2.5 - 5 years exp. I studied chemical engineering in school, started at a bigger company, then small start up, then to Uber. Reached 300k this year w promo from L4 to L5.
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
Yes, but some Algo and AI researchers earn way way more.
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
300 tc is pretty standard for FAANG and the big unicorns. I pull down 330k w 5 years experience at a Uber. 180 cash, 150k equity. I’m incredibly average, 5 years exp.
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
Yea, most self driving miles are simulated, not done in meat space.
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
Biggest factor to control for is drunk driving, which is ~30% of all deaths IIRC.
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
They fired basically every executive and the new CEO has been building the c suite from a fresh start. He’s made a bunch of good moves so far and seems like a mensch.
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
I volunteer in the SFBA for housing and transit advocacy. A loud minority of people already fight transit and successfully prevent it or water it down. The type of people who fight transit also fight housing. There isn’t really much headway
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
Basically, Uber is paying google 250m instead of paying AL 250m in earnouts he was supposed to get. All in all good for Uber.
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
You’re forgetting family offices. Family offices are huge and growing LPs in PE and VC.
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by 0xB31B1B 9y ago
What does this have to do with lyft?

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