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by shuckles 2y ago
No, forcefully moving people around has not changed any minds and > publicly antagonize someone about they way they do something and imply your way is the enlightened way to score political points, don't be surprised when those peop
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That does not really describe what’s happening. The fix for asylum laws being abused is legislative, and in the last year fixes have been scuttled by Republican legislators. Sanctuary city laws are pretty reasonable policy statements about
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Depends what you mean. All the subsidized housing available is operated under the housing first model with no sobriety requirement. Is there sufficient housing on offer? Clearly not. But SF expanded subsidized housing inventory substantiall
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I made no value judgment about Republicans. That was your projection. The primary cause of border issues is dysfunction in the Senate that prevents asylum laws from being improved.
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I don't really buy this doomerism. The USA passed the biggest COVID safety net, in absolute and relative terms. It's still one of the best countries to get ahead. Most of its problems are not framed through grand narratives about
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Practically, to earn income in most parts of America, you need to own a car and pay rent on a single family home. That is a $800-$1000 additional expense versus living in a micro-studio and taking transit to work. For someone on the margins
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by shuckles 2y ago
And Finland is a country so there are less regional differences in policymaking. And Finland doesn't have balkanized healthcare systems. And Finland doesn't have suburban land use that sets a high minimum cost to participating in
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by shuckles 2y ago
There was no bad faith reasoning in my original comment. I, pretty evidently, understand the history of Housing First better than you do and am still convinced policy outcomes in Finland aren't very informative to San Francisco because
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by shuckles 2y ago
> Do you really think people who get evicted for not paying bills automatically get sent to a different city? When did I say that? > How do you propose your magic mechanism to send people from SF away the moment they become homeless?
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First of all, you cite data about Oakland when I was talking about San Francisco. The cities are different enough that it's worth noting. I will also state that I am well-informed about the matter and have few "misconceptions&quot
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That was not the logic of my comment, and it seems like you didn't try very hard to consider what I meant. For example: the "interesting and thoughtful" article linked describes Finland's "Housing First" model
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Across the entire country, Finland had 3x fewer homeless people at its worst than San Francisco the city does. The problem is of such different magnitudes that it's unlikely Finland has much to teach.
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It's very unlikely that former residents (in the sense of paying for housing for extended periods of time with their own wage income) comprise a significant portion of San Francisco's street homeless.
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> The only reasons that is seems like all homeless are addicts are... The Point in Time count data indicate the vast majority of homeless people have issues with drug abuse. A substantial majority of those also have dual diagnoses. Maybe
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My theoretical point that high rental yields can imply houses are a good asset to own without price spirals stands regardless of time period. The 20th century is relevant because it had long periods of time where homes could be bought at hi
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These aren't incompatible. Household sizes are falling and number of homes is an input to population, so you can have residents moving out on net while prices increase due to the remaining residents being more wealthy. California is an
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> Housing can't both be an investment and a basic need. Yes it can, and it was for large chunks of the 20th century. Imputed rent can have high yields and therefore imply good "investment" income for households with long t
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> People intuitively jump to the conclusion that the problem is caused by a lack of building. In my experience, people "intuitively" jump to basically every conclusion besides this one. "Greedy landlords" or "[fa
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by shuckles 2y ago
Your laptop storing a Wifi credential locally is terrifying?
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by shuckles 2y ago
I'm not sure how this is legal. My employer certainly could not clawback paid salary or bonuses if I violated a surprise NDA they sprung on me when leaving on good terms. Why can they clawback vested stock compensation?
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by shuckles 2y ago
The “improvement” it describes involves taking it from being nonfunctional to functional. The original comment I responded to suggested that it was previously a client side validation that could be easily bypassed.
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No I’m not. So if what you say is correct, why does this announcement have a section for “Factory Restore Protection” as a new feature if Android phones have already worked this way?
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Perhaps you are using "activation lock" to mean the carrier imposed requirement that some mobile phones are restricted to their network? On iOS, it seems like activation lock refers to exactly the feature that Android is touting f
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iPhone can be backed up to a Mac or PC.
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As an iOS user it’s a bit shocking to hear that Android hasn’t had a functional activation lock. iPhone has had that for almost 11 years. I suppose this is a case where Apple’s hardware and software integration is especially notable.
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I don't dispute Bill Gates might have been the business mind that drove Microsoft to its status today as the biggest software vendor to businesses on the planet. However, it's not because he was some sort of solo founder sigma gri
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Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen. If anything, Paul Allen was the instigator.
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Justin Phillips the author of this column is not a serious thinker. This piece, for example, cites a hodgepodge of unrelated facts and seems to blame the tech industry writ large for: redlining, neighborhood downzoning, white flight, and ge
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iOS does provide that, as Spotify has built a huge business on iOS while paying Apple nothing.
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The Play Store has similar fees for IAP and sales as Apple. When people complain about Apple charging developers, it’s not about the $100 annual cost of the developer program.

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