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by dmode 8y ago
A company that went from selling 11 cars in 2011 to 200k cars in 2018 is poorly run ?
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by dmode 8y ago
Tesla's liquidity issues are completely overblown. Nevermind that their cashflow and spend numbers are improving. People also tend to overlook the amount of investor liquidity we have in the market. SoftBank has a $100bn fund. Saudi&#x
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by dmode 8y ago
I was amazed at the wireless coverage in Switzerland. Was hiking in remote parts of Eiger and had full LTE signal. Here, I can't even get signal in the middle of an urban areas oftentimes
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by dmode 8y ago
Superchargers are mostly set-up around restaurants and shopping malls. There are a couple that have Tesla specific lounges, like the one in Kettlemen City
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by dmode 8y ago
I make similar salary and have a nice 3000sqft house that I paid $1mn for in the Bay Area. Areas where you can still buy SFH just around a million include Oakland Hills, Orinda, Walnut Creek, Union City, Dublin, Hayward parts of San Jose. T
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by dmode 8y ago
I have been reading about these predictions of tech moving out of SV for the last 10 years, but the reality is that tech investment in the valley continue to rise, with 45% of all VC investment going to SV companies in 2017. Compared to onl
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by dmode 8y ago
I don't believe it is true. I believe CA generates more electricity than is needed and actually pays other states to take it off the grid
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by dmode 8y ago
Magic Leap raised boatloads of money, which game me the impression that they are really building something mass market that can be useful for most people in this world. I am not into gaming and have kids, so cannot wear AR glasses in my hom
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by dmode 8y ago
You could potentially argue that if Cisco and others didn't hire H1 workers, maybe the median wage in San Jose would be $200k. But that sounds like a little bit of a stretch. I also think about roles like HR and Marketing that do not h
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by dmode 8y ago
Because Cisco is "underpaying" H1 workers is a myth that a lot of HN posters like to believe. Here's the data https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=Cisco+Systems+Inc&job=Soft... Cisco median pay in San Jose i
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by dmode 8y ago
The reason is fairly simple. America has a workforce of roughly 120 million people. A fraction of those are white collar workers. A fraction of those are software engineers. A fraction of those are willing to live in coastal cities. But Ame
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by dmode 8y ago
Do you really fear that native born citizens are being overwhelmed by immigration ? I believe US admits 0.3% of the population as immigrants every year. A fraction of that is employment based. Your fear seems to be a little bit irrational a
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by dmode 8y ago
Waymo also runs on well mapped, predictable, grid like city patterns. Most of the world is not like Phoenix suburbs or Mountain View.
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by dmode 8y ago
You felt compelled to comment here though.
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by dmode 8y ago
I live in Fremont and my neighborhood has 3 Model 3s between 10 neighbors.
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by dmode 8y ago
The one thing that none of these analysis would ever unearth is how much money you can make through real estate in California. That can rarely matched by the incremental savings you get in a low cost area.
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by dmode 8y ago
Asians make up 15% of California population and is the fastest growing ethnicity in CA. While they make up only 3% of Texas. It is not comparable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_California https:/&#
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by dmode 8y ago
One thing I feel nobody talks about with regards to AR is that it introduces a new paradigm, a new behavior that is "not normal". It asks you to wear something and walk around all day with information being displayed. That's
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by dmode 8y ago
Another thing that works against Midwest is that when the world things of "America", Midwest is not what comes to mind. To build a large competitive tech hub, you need to be able to attract huge numbers of Indian and Chinese devel
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by dmode 8y ago
An interesting comparison would be comparison Boston to NYC without WeWork's massive funding. I think that single company has probably distorted NYC VC raise for the last couple of years.
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by dmode 8y ago
This, right here is our Pets.com moment. The TAM for a $2k bike + $40/month is hilariously small. Think about it, you would need a decent sized home to fit one of these bikes. That rules out 90% of the world who live on 1-3 bedroom apa
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by dmode 8y ago
I literally lease my Tesla
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by dmode 8y ago
Toyota had 80 years of car manufacturing and selling experience before the Prius. Of course, they will be able to execute properly on a product (which is an incremental innovation).
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by dmode 8y ago
I mean it is impressive. But Toyota was not really a startup with no manufacturing experience in 2000. Edit: Just reading the post twice. Tesla took 7 years to go from ~0 to 250K annually. Toyota took 18 years. Not really an apple to apple
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by dmode 8y ago
Model S and X combined should be about 100K.
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by dmode 8y ago
Tesla only sold 104 Roadstars in 2011. Now they are on track to sell 250,000 Model S, X, and 3 combined in 2018. The scale of Tesla's accomplishment is truly under appreciated. It becomes even more impressive when you realize that this
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by dmode 8y ago
You mean SF wouldn't be an iconic West Coast City for 100 years if tech moved out ?
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by dmode 8y ago
India, Singapore, Dublin, and Canada. Singapore is really easy work permit if you are already getting paid Bay Area salaries.
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by dmode 8y ago
As you pointed out, it only applies to "Village". So my initial assertion was correct. Peskin will need a majority from the BoS and London Breed on his side to pass this legislation
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by dmode 8y ago
There is no truth to your assertion that companies will be leaving Bay. Google, Facebook, Salesforce etc. are actually massively expanding their Bay Area footprint. Google is expanding their Mountain View and building a massive new headquar

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