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by jpao79 9y ago
Agree - I think many of the recent examples of Silicon Valley issues in the media seem more related to Silicon Valley VCs who inherit more traits from NYC finance, sales and hedge fund/investment banking than the hacker in the garage i
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by jpao79 9y ago
Downtown San Jose's re-development would be pretty big for Morgan Hill. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/14/real-estate-a-develope... http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Goog
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by jpao79 9y ago
I think part of the challenge becomes if the startup gets into a situation where it needs to get acquired/acqui-hired by Google/Facebook/Apple/Cisco/Salesforce/Oracle/Uber. Will potential acquirers want t
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by jpao79 9y ago
Reno is pretty sweet, pretty decent outdoor activities. Up and coming downtown too. Plus your friends who stay in the Bay Area can visit you on the weekend during the ski season. I remember when I was in semiconductor sales engineer I vis
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by jpao79 9y ago
Been meaning to checkout Morgan Hill. I hear downtown Morgan Hill is pretty happening these days. I also noticed that there is a self-driving car company down there: http://velodynelidar.com Are there any other interesting tech
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by jpao79 9y ago
Within Monterey/Santa Cruz proper that is true, but there is quite a bit of farmland in Salinas for single family homes. Water might be an issue. Going north, you could head toward Rohnert Park/Sonoma. SamA and PG will just need
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by jpao79 9y ago
He (and Sam Altman for all YC companies) should have the startup(s) all de-locate to the same town that's within driving distance of the Silicon Valley. I bet you could convince a lot of tech people to move to Santa Cruz or Monterey.
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by jpao79 9y ago
Or maybe arm US public libraries with free to checkout Kindles that have no hardware for WiFi or LTE support and simply are cached with the latest videos from Khan Academy and a significant portion of the most read portions of Wikipedia. T
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by jpao79 9y ago
I really do think there is a pretty sise-able market at least in California for people looking to reduce their intake of meat but not wanting to go full vegan. People who like the taste of a good burger but want to be healthier (more fiber
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by jpao79 9y ago
I think the idea put forth in the Conservatives for Climate Change Action is that instead of the proceeds from the carbon tax accessed on US carbon producers (and indirectly average US consumers/citizens) going to developing countries
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by jpao79 9y ago
Does this proposal from a conservative group represent a good solution? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/opinion/a-conservative-ca... https://www.ted.com/talks/ted_halstead_a_clima
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by jpao79 9y ago
The issue with universal basic income is that it will basically cause serious inflation in rental housing and consumer discretionary retail in first tier cities (NYC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, etc.) as well as time wasting online
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by jpao79 9y ago
Agreed! Even then though you still need to get it past the existing NIMBY population. I think buying them out via cash payments is really the only way to get existing NIMBYs on board with high density residential units which were not zone
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by jpao79 9y ago
I think the issue as it stands is that the current residents have only 2 options: A.) Approve high density housing and then see the value of their current house drop (and rental income drop if they are landlords) and their schools, grocery
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by jpao79 9y ago
Maybe this is a better way of measuring progress instead of GDP and productivity? TED: Which country does the most good for the world? Simon Arnholt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X7fZoDs9KU And maybe instead of re-distri
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by jpao79 9y ago
A few questions for HN: 1.) Do you think San Jose will ever become "a thing" for tech startups? Is there enough to do there? There is a WeWork and San Pedro Square in downtown San Jose. Or is a waterfront view what make San Fra
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by jpao79 13y ago
An interesting addition to that would be any tax revenues originating from such country would be earmarked/donated to go back directly to that country to improve environmental, labor or human rights standards. By donating it back to t
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by jpao79 13y ago
"And I have other friends who are homeowners, but the majority of people I know are renters, and I keep teasing my friends who are economically vulnerable that maybe they should go to Vallejo or Stockton, which are in economic crisis,
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Ask HN: Are there new scenarios enabled by the for officespace with datacenter?
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by jpao79 17y ago
I have a fairly solid startup idea that I would like to pursue. Is it better to take the leap (i.e. should I give my 2 weeks notice from my current job), create a rough prototype of the product and then try to find co-founders based on the