farzinadil

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by farzinadil 3y ago
If you can, you should visit Redwood National Park.
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by farzinadil 3y ago
While I was in university I was working on this (now abandoned) project https://flyingcarz.io/ which tracks changes in used car prices. Talking about this project helped me get an internship at CDK Global, a company that pr
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by farzinadil 3y ago
exactly. vaccines weren't exactly a prescription drug but without taking them you were basically a second class citizen
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by farzinadil 3y ago
Businesses understand their clientele. In a free market, businesses like Gucci might elect to go cashless, while grocery stores, gas stations, and local government will continue to take cash without being forced to since it is in their econ
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by farzinadil 3y ago
Businesses understand their clientele. Some businesses cater to clientele on the lower end of the economic spectrum while other businesses are on the opposite end. Businesses that fall into the former category would likely continue to accep
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by farzinadil 3y ago
If a high end retailer like Gucci decided to stop accepting cash, who exactly would that harm?
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by farzinadil 3y ago
Nothing about a business dealing with cash is free. From security, transport, accounting, etc. There are costs involved in dealing with both forms of payments.
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by farzinadil 3y ago
If the state can compel businesses into taking cash, the state can compel businesses into accepting cards. For the record I don't support either and believe it's up to every business to decide what form of payments to accept.
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by farzinadil 3y ago
I would rather Walmart and Home Depot be forced to accept mobile payments than this. (But I don't really support either case)
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by farzinadil 3y ago
Ridiculous. Why not also then force cash only businesses into taking card and mobile payments also?
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by farzinadil 3y ago
Arguably the housing supply shortage is a better problem to have than a population shortage problem ie Japan. The supply shortage can be amended with construction. The population shortage ... not so easy. There are many problems with a decl
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by farzinadil 3y ago
Unfortunately, MUNI is not grade separated and the Muni trains do have to interface with traffic. Still easier than cars but similar challenges. And unlike the private industry in SF, the public agencies seem allergic to technology.
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by farzinadil 3y ago
I think the best way to do that is installing better fare gates that prevent fare evasion. Seems reasonable to believe anti-social people on BART causing trouble are fare evaders and a crack down on fare evasion would keep them off the syst
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by farzinadil 3y ago
Not saying it applies to everyone. I'm sure they matter to some. But i'd also bet there are many people that would launch their own start up or work for one if housing costs were less of a concern.
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by farzinadil 3y ago
There are benefits from economies of agglomeration that are lost when relocating to distant areas for affordability which is the main reason the midwest or other parts of the country haven't been able to scale up startup economies. If
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by farzinadil 3y ago
Or someone/some company/government should look into building a new city somewhere in America. Avoid the NIMBYs entirely. Kind of like what Culdesac Tempe is doing but bigger. Maybe if Culdesac Tempe turns out to be successful some
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by farzinadil 3y ago
BART is struggling to fund it's operations currently as ridership is down significantly from per-pandemic. Bart is already constructing a 5 mile extension into downtown San Jose and Santa Clara. But BART should not prioritize any more
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by farzinadil 3y ago
The public transit needs more ridership. Hasn't recovered as well as other cities from pre-2020 and is very low currently. Ridership would increase with transit oriented development (TOD). A lot of good opportunities for TOD around BAR
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by farzinadil 3y ago
The population would absolutely be higher and the economy would be better. More startups and more people willing to work for startups since housing costs are less of a burden.
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by farzinadil 3y ago
Those people are delusional. They should see how the doom loop worked out for detroit.