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by jpao79 8y ago
Definitely didn't mean to advocate for campus based housing or worker warehouses. The proposal was that Mountain View (Google), Menlo Park (Facebook), Cupertino (Apple) are all big enough such that equivalent high density housing could
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by jpao79 8y ago
Agreed. If Menlo Park can't convince its current residents to build more housing, it should share the tax base that the 2,000 new employees bring in with the adjacent neighboring towns which do build the housing in order to help them
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by jpao79 8y ago
A better rule than SB827 would be a rule for every office worker employed in the city, there must be an equivalent housing unit provided by that same city such that the jobs per resident ratio is maintained. If Menlo Park wants to allow Fac
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by jpao79 8y ago
Agreed. I'd be curious if Chariot (now part of Ford Mobility) might have helped or would there still not have been enough riders in your neighborhood to make Chariot service reliable enough. https://www.chariot.com/cit
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by jpao79 8y ago
"regulatory burdens push their prices up artificially.." That has been known to happen in California with PG&E and CPUC. Doing a quick Google for PG&E rate increase: https://www.pge.com/en_US/about-pg
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by jpao79 8y ago
There is an aspect of this that is not just strictly about carbon/$ and/or carbon/watthr. There is an aspect of creating a viable alternative in California to the 'charge what you feel like monopoly that leads to annual
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by jpao79 8y ago
I'm not clear on why SB827 high density housing near transit and solar panels for single family homes are mutually exclusive. A solar rooftop on a 4 story high density building is like a rounding error compared to all the other costs.
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by jpao79 8y ago
Plus with respect to Google there's this: https://www.curbed.com/2017/12/5/16738120/google-san-jose-ca... Google’s plans may turn Diridon Station—an expanding transit hub with a high-speed rail stop
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by jpao79 8y ago
True, but its a pretty close approximation to Pleasanton, Dublin, Antioch, Concord, Brentwood, etc. I'd imagine its not that much hotter than anywhere in Texas, Arizona and not as dreary as the Pacific Northwest and not simultaneously
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by jpao79 8y ago
If it's climate, access to outdoor activities, diverse population, downtown hipster living, near by university, maybe Sacramento, CA would be a good fit: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-tec
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by jpao79 8y ago
Yes, SF has physical limitations related to the geography being surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on the fourth side. Starting a 2nd Stripe Headquarters in Downtown San Jose near the proposed Didiron Transit Village like Goog
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by jpao79 8y ago
How do we know that remote telecommuting work isn't working? If you could telecommute to work and could live virtually anywhere, Kansas would not likely be at the top of the list due to a somewhat harsh winter climate. I'd imagi
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by jpao79 8y ago
The goal should not be to replace public schools with charters schools, but work with public schools to fill every other gap in the school day (i.e. 3pm-6pm) and school year (i.e. summer, holidays) with additional MOOC assisted tutoring for
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by jpao79 8y ago
I think the key that legislatures should focus on is up-zoning industrial lots near transit with large state tax incentives (i.e. capital gains tax exemption) for owners of 100 acre industrial lots near transit if multiple land owners sell
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by jpao79 8y ago
Rich Dad Poor Dad has some interesting concepts. The book actually is really poorly written (and a bit scammy) but these video synopsis actually do a decent job of describing the concepts of passive income and differentiating between emplo
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by jpao79 8y ago
I really like this website: https://teleport.org/welcome
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by jpao79 8y ago
I find these guy inspiring: Backyard aeroponics: self-sustaining farm for Wisconsin cold - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4gsnFJRAB0 Internet of Farming: Arduino-based, backyard aquaponics - https://www.youtube
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by jpao79 8y ago
What's interesting is if you look at percentage household spending, food and healthcare are really the only recurring ones that are not trending downward: - housing - trending downward when not attempting to live in dense urban area (i
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by jpao79 9y ago
I also think people might overlook BrandonM's follow-up reply to dhouston's reply on April 6th - "All of your feedback was well-thought-out and appreciated; I only hope that I was able to give you a sneak preview of some of t
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by jpao79 9y ago
I agree - Uber's definitely not going to fare well. Maybe Travis' thinking/realization was that Uber is just an app and maybe the major auto manufacturers will realize that and not want to pay the Uber Tax and just put their
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by jpao79 9y ago
Cool - was not aware of that one. At some point during the qualification process, multiple self driving competing car vendors should be put in the same test bed at the same time for a month of continuous 24/7 driving. The test bed sho
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by jpao79 9y ago
Isn't this where a humanoid robot (i.e. some sort of Boston Dynamics type robot) doing random, erratic stuff might be handy? Maybe put a bunch of them in a test track area like this one in Concord, California. Gomentum is Silicon Vall
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by jpao79 9y ago
Here's an interesting paper by some Columbia grad students that I've been meaning to read: http://sustainability.ei.columbia.edu/files/2014/07/Navigati... Also check out the MSCI links in my other c
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by jpao79 9y ago
Here is a one attempt at using environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration factors to create an index of companies that are measured beyond just the basic plain vanilla profitability/market cap metrics: https://ww
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by jpao79 9y ago
What happens if the 'rail' was actually a specific, demarcated line that autonomous self-driving cars used on specifically selected roads that augmented existing public transportation options? That would alert human drivers/
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by jpao79 9y ago
Or at least have the self driving cars driving only along specific routes well marked, well maintained autonomous driving routes similar to light rail/bus lanes so pedestrians know to be extra careful. And for long haul trucking applic
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by jpao79 9y ago
Here's an example of a 'privatized' but urban walkable village with 'public' spaces in Silicon Valley: http://www.spur.org/news/2016-08-10/urban-design-deconstruct... It's pretty nic
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by jpao79 9y ago
Definitely impressive. I think the challenge once the construction is completed is who will handle the ongoing maintenance for the homes. Without the proper HOA type agreements in place, once the newness wears off, it could become like an
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by jpao79 9y ago
Good point - should have thought about coding when posting to HN. It does look like someone is leading the effort already. The key would be to keep the overhead low and encourage the participants to mentor each other somehow. https:&#x2F
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by jpao79 9y ago
Here are some interesting initiatives with interesting challenges: https://www.khanacademy.org/resources/out-of-school-time-pro... "Students who find themselves in prisons, jails, and correctional facilities have

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