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by cheriot 8y ago
1. Nobody is making that assumption. I already described two ways non-housing expenses go up with real estate. There are many more. 2. Cities need to build schools, water pipes, roads, traffic signals, etc when new people move to the area.
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by cheriot 8y ago
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/dec/... Google "homeless bus tickets" and a city name. Though the article makes it sound like expensive cities come out ahead with the va
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by cheriot 8y ago
Every city does it so until someone comes up with relevant numbers I have to assume it's a wash. The only time it comes up is when people want to justify treating people inhumanely because "they're not from here".
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by cheriot 8y ago
When housing gets more expensive it has a cascading effect. Need a plumber? That just got more expensive because that guy either has more expensive housing costs or commutes from farther away. Want a coffee? That coffee shop's rent has
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by cheriot 8y ago
No, limiting them to the highest bidders means they'll actually be used to bring in only the most talented and skilled. That will grow the size of the pie and the entire country wins. Resume the brain drain.
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by cheriot 8y ago
It's always companies that specialize in offshoring caught doing this. Why do these companies get H1B visas when there are companies willing to pay better that don't? Turn H1B into an auction. Lotteries are a terrible way to alloc
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by cheriot 9y ago
Would you say as soon as the IP packets leave my device it's not "my data" anymore? It's simplified too far.
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by cheriot 9y ago
There's a big gap between a "day fine" and taking someone's house because their kid stashed some drugs in the closet. One is proportional and happens on conviction while the other can be nuts.
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by cheriot 9y ago
Dividing up the world into monopolies that's vaguely reminiscent of the Merchant Kings[1]. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Merchant-Kings-Companies-Ruled-1600-1...
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by cheriot 9y ago
1. We'll get a cheaper dollar that makes US exports more competitive. 2. It will be harder for our government to do things that make the rest of the world hate us. US citizens might be better off with a less powerful government.
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by cheriot 9y ago
The guy is a doctor enrolled in YC. I doubt he'll end up on the street if his startup fails. A large part of other founders are engineers that can walk into a six figure job on relatively little notice. For all the talk of risking ever
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by cheriot 9y ago
Free trade vs protectionism is not a one dimensional spectrum. I can't recommend How Asia Works highly enough as a source of nuance in why protectionism has worked for some and not others. https://www.amazon.com/How-As
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by cheriot 9y ago
It can't happen in every city until the first one figures it out. The next step needed is often not the full solution.
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by cheriot 9y ago
Making people permanently dependent doesn't work either. This country has entire communities subsisting on Medicare and social security. We don't need more of them. There's plenty of space in the places that have jobs and no
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by cheriot 9y ago
Economics is how we allocate scarce resources. Outside the economy is where people go when their theory needs to ignore how shit works.
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by cheriot 9y ago
Solving big problems works better when you can solve the small problems they're composed of. First figure out how to catch, kill, or deter a mouse and then expand the solution to the rest of the house. You're way to focused on the
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by cheriot 9y ago
I'm glad you've been so selfless. That doesn't mean the Federal government is going to do the first thing about homelessness. Nor does it mean elasticity of demand has the same slope in all markets. The city of San Francisco
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by cheriot 9y ago
If you want to see what cheap housing and food without economic opportunity go to rural West Virginia. It doesn't work well. The first steps you describe need to be followed by incorporating people back into the economy.
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by cheriot 9y ago
There's cheaper housing outside of cities already and it doesn't solve the problem. Only housing near economic opportunity means anything. It's cities that have the jobs and make policies that drive up the cost of housing. Th
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by cheriot 9y ago
Let's be clear, you're arguing against data by waving your hands. Then using your "they're not from here" assertion to justify the city not dealing with the problem. Then suggesting that the Federal government shoul
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by cheriot 9y ago
Giving up until the Federal government solves the problem isn't good enough. Especially because nobody even knows what policies will work. It's better to experiment at the city level.
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by cheriot 9y ago
When we support all of the people that can be verified living and working in SF prior to their homelessness then we can use your excuse for shirking our responsibilities.
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by cheriot 9y ago
An American citizen that's liven in SF for years is not an immigrant by any reasonable definition. This is an important distinction because people that emphasize homeless as "not being from here" often use it to justify inhum
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by cheriot 9y ago
The owner of a safari camp showed me the line of beehives around their property. They were adding a new hive because the gap between two was big enough and elephants got in. Pachyderms also motivated the row of chili peppers around their ga
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by cheriot 9y ago
Plus the tax penalty of exercising those options when you leave! The only way companies will give up the ability to lock in talent is if enough people make it a condition of accepting the offer.
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by cheriot 9y ago
The debate is where that threshold is. 5 engineers, no. 1000 engineers, yes. But most engineering orgs are in between. I suspect microservices start to make a lot of sense at around 50 individual contributors. At that point you've got
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by cheriot 9y ago
Skepticism of bootcamps (and other non traditional paths) is not the same thing as agism. This industry is further along in figuring out the former than others, but you're right that it has further to go. It's just not the same as
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by cheriot 9y ago
Corporate profits have risen as a share of the economy[1] and, correspondingly, the share of gdp that's paid in wages and salary has been declining[2]. [1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1Pik [2] https:&#x2
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by cheriot 9y ago
Only to show offers on their site. There are some old Reddit AMAs where they discuss it.
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by cheriot 9y ago
Did they actually say they wanted someone younger? In many countries that's illegal age discrimination.

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