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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"Options? Less." How so, given that more people are able to write software, and it's easier to create something than ever before? "And when the business dies now? Now you're fucked." How is that any different t
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
I'm going to challenge those citations, then.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
It was doing much, much, much less.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
This really does smack of elitism. Not everyone simply has the time to do that.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
It's paid attention to pretty much everywhere. Down in southern California, the homeless problem in LA and Orange County gets covered pretty regularly. I suspect you hear more about SV homelessness here because this is a pretty SV heav
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
We're talking about someone who's struggling to get by in SV. Where are they going to get the money to move their family to the Midwest?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
But here's the thing: SV still needs 7-11 clerks, still needs fast food workers, still needs coffee baristas, and still needs all of those lower income positions. Automation is nowhere near eliminating all of those positions yet. So if
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"- Work with builders to remove all regulations that prevent building." This would end disastrously. "All those earthquake safety regulations, those are really preventing me from building." "Those environmental regu
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Part of holding those officials accountable is reporting on what they're doing. And, quite frankly, no, they should not be able to make deals like this. Not without the city voting on it. There is precisely zero reason why this is need
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
We don't have to assume they'd do that. How many municipalities around the country have given massive tax breaks for theme parks or sports stadiums, despite every bit of research saying they don't pan out?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Jobs after you're done in office?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Does that count the amount of free press Trump received during the campaign?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"That is not correct. Bitfinex didn't list Bitcoin Gold. They listed a future contract of Bitcoin Gold (though the naming "token" is a bit confusing)." That's still pretty scammy.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
I cannot disagree more. The private market would choose to not service lower income neighborhoods. That may be an exercising of their liberty, but it comes at an expense of all the people living in those areas.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
You are, of course, entirely right.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
No, I don't think the laws are most of the reason why it's rare. It's probably more that other municipalities have seen the huge fights put up by the incumbents that tie the projects up in legal battles for years that have ha
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
But, isn't the whole point of this to access Google services? If you didn't want them on your phone, why are you still using them?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
They're both smartphone platforms. Of course they're going to be compared to one another.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Considering municipal is not an option in most of the country, franchise agreements are the only other way.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
I, for one, don't give a shit that they think they own it. I care about the level of service, and I'm entirely in favor of eminent domain to just take it, since they've proven they can't provide service worth a damn.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
What's the market incentive to provide service in lower income, inner-city neighborhoods?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
That's not entirely true. There is a very good reason for some of them: To ensure that lower income areas are serviced. Usually, a municipality will make servicing those areas a requirement of getting the franchise. Now, if we have mun
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"One of the things the environmental law clinic at Northwestern does is identify municipal water/sewer systems that are not in compliance with the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. There are many such systems, and invar
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"Having helped shepherd municipal broadband initiatives along, I'm sorry to say that your requirements are a hill too far for almost all consumers. They don't care about the level of provider selection you want, they simply w
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Remember, we're talking about sales, here. If they can make a cent, they'll do it.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Just because someone doesn't need it doesn't mean they can't be convinced to buy it.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Hell, most of the OS projects that get posted here have that very same problem. When I go to a project's site, I should be able to tell what they do and what they're for within 5-10 seconds, preferably without any scrolling (depen
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
I wouldn't be comfortable agreeing to that statement.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
They made a statement of fact, but it wasn't really relevant to the comment it was replying to.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
They generally have jobs that are the least likely to be flexible with start and end hours.

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