butstillbad99

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   by butstillbad99 8y ago

   Don’t get me wrong; I would expect salaries for remote programmers in rural areas to be higher than typical for the area. But the future is not going to be something like hundreds of thousands a year in a town where average of cost of livin
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   by butstillbad99 8y ago

   To you an employee it makes no sense. To an investor it does. Human history is filled with stories of seeking cheaper labor. Have you not been following the anxiety over offshoring? Why did all that manufacturing go to China? Cities in Amer
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   by butstillbad99 8y ago

   Did you expect the utility to eat the costs of lower consumption despite their costs going up? I doubt the dip in water use was enough to offset the wear on infra that needs to be dealt with. Or the labor costs to do that maintenance which
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   by butstillbad99 8y ago

   You seem to assume SF salaries will be offered in places that are also super cheap? Do you expect founders and investors to ignore the cost of living reality in Nowheresville just cause?
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   by butstillbad99 8y ago

   Thanks for the clinical discussion around environmental droughts. As usual such technical views ignore the on-the-ground experience for people to provide context for the language you’re criticizing. Yes, to the ecosystem itself, in a vacuum