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There is no conspiracy or rigging- it’s because of sunlight > Additionally for working parents, the hours one can work largely must coincide with school hours as well as times of day when the more affordable option of group childcare, as
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4y ago
People can drive under the influence, over the speed limit, distracted or with road rage Vs autonomous driving where none of those impediments come into play
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4y ago
> regulators who are willing to put the live of other road users at risk for the sake of your toy What about the regulators that allow drunk and distracted drivers everywhere
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4y ago
How would you get verified as celebrity X ? How can a cow get human ID ?
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4y ago
But what does that mean for going to college? You just want to get a college degree and ppl are bringing up your ancestors- wtf
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> why don’t universities use socioeconomic status (SES) alone for admissions? Why ? What does SES have to do with going to college ?
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4y ago
> Having a freshman class filled with people who’s parents wanted their kids to get into a good school isn’t the goal. Interesting - what is the goal according to you ?
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4y ago
But how do you know you got the lowest price ? What if another hotel was willing to go lower ?
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4y ago
> People are forced into them if they want to buy a house They’re not - they’re free to buy a house without an HOA
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4y ago
Can’t imagine the latency of playing phone tag with X hotels trying to find the lowest price at a particular date/# of nights/# of people
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4y ago
Totally different scenarios
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4y ago
> “This is not about side hustles or moonlighting," and said these were people holding down two, full-time synchronous jobs "trying to be in two meetings at once, etc". Tough to juggle two 8 hour jobs during the same 8 hou
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4y ago
I like the idea - I don’t like giving out my mentors, colleagues, friends emails
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4y ago
> the issue is that the extra profits generated by dynamic pricing are going to ticketmaster rather than to artists. Are you sure? TFA: > Ticketmaster has done something that is very lucrative for itself and for artists Scalpers can h
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4y ago
Haha the author: > I know it is different now, because, in 2009, while I was in college, I bought and sold tickets for the Bruce Springsteen tour that pissed everyone off Fuck off
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4y ago
> As EVs become more common, more landlords will be driven to invest in vehicle charging. Can EVs become more common without tenants being able to charge them ?
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4y ago
> The Americans sought to achieve this with strategic precision bombing. The UK sought to do so with mass bombing campaigns targeting industrial workers. Note also that the British had been subjected to night bombing raids themselves
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4y ago
> It takes many months to develop new housing in the U.S. Applies to SF and SV too - and to the other citied
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4y ago
Maybe he had to be convinced of it Would have been better if others had done it before, but no one did I like that he encouraged governors to do the same thing at the state level, so an opportunity to do more good - hope all of them do it
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4y ago
> One of the bigger conflicts that societies have is that as they move from whatever traditional identity have they have find a set of common values that still makes for a common goal. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness What more
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4y ago
A psychologist I know told me “a man that lives with his parents is a castrated man” So bad for him for missing out on the adult experience - that said, who’s who to tell you how to behave ? Nobody asked to be born - we all just showed up,
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4y ago
There are cow pastures right on campus They have tried building more, but I think someone found an endangered frog or bird living on a creek by the new development site
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4y ago
> Plenty of students want to live off campus, as adults, instead of being on campus. Sounds like an adult choice to me then > It’s unconscionable that the city would be so un-accommodating to students while exploiting them for rent mo
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4y ago
> People are clearly demonstrating a desire to move to these cities. Yes, they demonstrate a desire to move into these cities in their current non-hypergrowth form Then you follow up and make that desire a reality by putting a down payme
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4y ago
When does growth stop ? What’s the end-game ? As a techie, Santa Cruz renter and UCSC parent, I sympathize with the author But living here and going to school here are choices, UC Davis, Merced & Berkeley exist I’m sure someone can co
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4y ago
UCSC sits on 2,000 acres Unconscionable that they off-load student housing onto the city of Santa Cruz Gavin Newsom should lead by example and guarantee that no UC student will go homeless
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4y ago
> There are now ways to get rich by doing good work, That sounds like different test too
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> The Chinese government hates free Taiwan and may invade but its a good idea to be suspicious of US government claims about the intentions of their enemy of the week. Wait, why does the Chinese government hate a free Taiwan ? US gov was
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4y ago
> Why not just judge people based on their individual self and content of their character Because it’s hard to do
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4y ago
> they can change what ever rent they want They can’t - rent prices are set by the market Also in a high interest risk free rate of return is more appealing Why buy a house that can break down, not rent when you can park it in a bank
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