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by Inconel 10y ago
Apologies for the late response. I didn't mean to imply that it is easy being homeless in SF, only that it is in my experience easier relative to other parts of the country. Again, being homeless in SF sucks and is very difficult, but
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by Inconel 10y ago
Do you have a source on that 3% figure? I believe that only approximately 3% of Swiss watches are COSC[1] certified but I was also under the impression that all Rolex watches are COSC certified. I know Rolex by itself makes up over 50% of a
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by Inconel 10y ago
This is just a guess on my part since I always deny these permission requests but I would think maybe accepting the request would allow the website to notify a reader when new articles are posted? Maybe it's something like notification
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by Inconel 10y ago
Hmm, I didn't notice that but I just checked and it looks like I already have notifications blocked. Sorry I submitted such a site. I agree that it is very annoying.
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by Inconel 10y ago
Don't coastal urban voters, particularly if they're white, skew relatively wealthy compared to their rural counterparts though? On the one hand I agree that bad policy is still bad even if it does end up saving some jobs, but it s
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Inside Rolex's Manufacturing Facilities (2015)(hodinkee.com)
149 points by Inconel 10y ago|151 comments
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by Inconel 10y ago
I consider the continued expansion of mass surveillance to fit my definition of despicable. Drone strikes, particularly those directed at US citizens without trial, are also troubling for me. Obviously, Obama is neither the first nor last P
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by Inconel 10y ago
I agree that many people, particularly on the right, hold Obama to an unrealistic standard while willingly overlooking much more serious flaws among candidates they support. However, I'm not sure I agree that you can't attack the
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by Inconel 10y ago
I don't want to be dismissive of the concerns you've highlighted, they are certainly valid, and I'm no fan of Trump, and even less a fan of some of the people in his cabinet, but as someone who falls into some of the demograp
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by Inconel 10y ago
>those in positions to hire should not hire those with backgrounds in government I find the revolving door between government and private industry troubling but I'm not sure it would be a good idea to employ such a ban. This is obvi
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by Inconel 10y ago
Good point about the multi story garages. And I apologize if my comment came off as too dismissive. As you said, we're all dealing in anecdata here and your anecdotes are just as valid as mine. Although, I will reiterate that in my exp
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by Inconel 10y ago
I don't wish for this to be confrontational, but I think you may be underestimating how deeply debilitating substance abuse problems can be. I firmly believe that it is a disease and should be treated as such. It also isn't a self
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by Inconel 10y ago
I can imagine that it's possible to visit SF and not experience aggressive panhandling, the shouts of people with mental health issues, public urination and defecation, and open drug use, but I find it very hard to believe you could ex
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by Inconel 10y ago
I'm not at all surprised to see your comment being downvoted here but I largely agree. While most of the US is far too intolerant of homeless, and general issues of poverty, I think SF's brand of tolerance can sometimes swing too
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by Inconel 10y ago
I'll do my best to give some reasons but this list is by no means exhaustive. In general I would say there are two main issues at play, one is that SF is relatively welcoming of homeless people, the second is that most other US cities
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by Inconel 10y ago
I'm sure someone, likely making $150k-$200k in salary and too busy "disrupting" the pet food industry via drone delivery to have the time for volunteering in their community, will be along shortly to tell you what an awful pe
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by Inconel 10y ago
Prop 13, along with rent control, at least the non-means tested variety, are definitely huge impediments to allowing SF to become a more family friendly city. Much of the anti density/development uproar is rooted in those issues.
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by Inconel 10y ago
>Also countries with trade agreements are far less likely to go to war with each other. This was one of the main benefits of NAFTA with Mexico too. I'm not well versed in the details of NAFTA but are you contending that one of it&#x
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by Inconel 10y ago
Thanks, your point about the Declaration of Independence is a great analogy that makes a lot of sense to me.
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by Inconel 10y ago
Is this really the case? Watches and small mechanical things are an interest of mine so I watch the market pretty carefully but I can't readily think of any $1k and under watches that appreciate. New watches in that price range will be
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by Inconel 10y ago
I never went to college, I'm too dumb, poor, and undisciplined, but whenever I would visit friends at UCI, UCLA, UCR, etc, I would often be shocked at how nice many of the housing and general facilities were. Even the dorms, which I ha
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by Inconel 10y ago
I may be out of the loop on the newest app developments so please correct me if I'm wrong, but why haven't we seen these kind of all encompassing chat apps take off in the US/West? Has no one tried it yet or are Western users
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by Inconel 10y ago
>Even if you get legal rights from each one of the current owners, it still deprives the unborn children of their rights. Would you mind expanding on this a bit, I'm having trouble understanding what you mean? Does this only hold tr
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by Inconel 10y ago
I agree that this article, or at least the title, the article itself is actually pretty well written, is somewhat sensationalist, but I found it gratifying for two reasons. First, I had no idea about these kinds of land titles in Hawaii, pr
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by Inconel 10y ago
You're right, perhaps I shouldn't be so disparaging of SF NIMBYs, although likening their situation to the forced taking of land from Native Americans is surely overly sympathetic, if not down right insulting. For the record, I sp
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by Inconel 10y ago
It's a combination of a number of reasons but yes, it is in large part due to zoning and NIMBYism. SF and the Bay Area as a whole are incredibly expensive places to build housing. Much of the peninsula is completely hostile to density,
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Android One phones may be arriving in the United States in the coming months(androidpolice.com)
8 points by Inconel 10y ago|0 comments
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by Inconel 10y ago
As an immigrant to the US who's childhood path went from poor rural Texas, to poor urban Houston, to poor Oakland and then to SF, I share many of your sentiments. As an atheist in Texas, I often felt at odds with my peers and subsequen
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by Inconel 10y ago
You seem very sure by offering a guarantee, but how exactly would these companies go about bypassing city councils, regional authorities and current long term residents, many of whom seem quite hostile to the idea of density and housing? Su
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by Inconel 10y ago
As a former Bay Area resident who could probably not afford to live there with the current housing prices, I'm curious why you lay the blame at the tech companies? Is it because they offer high compensation, relative to other industrie

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