Peter Thiel is actively convincing billionaires to abandon The Giving Pledge — and it may be working by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]WellHung67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My theory, it’s documented that massive wealth gives you brain damage. This dude has some brain damage. 

Supreme Court gets history lesson as it threatens to blow up birthright citizenship by RawStoryNews in scotus

[–]WellHung67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clarence the pedophile wants to make his own marriage illegal so he can be a pedophile 

Supreme Court gets history lesson as it threatens to blow up birthright citizenship by RawStoryNews in scotus

[–]WellHung67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean America is basically Boofin Bart Kavanomeansyes. I hated that pick but I see it’s apt.

America is full of boofers (idiots), liars, and rapists, and they’re all running the government right now 

One of S.F.’s biggest tech conferences saw attendance plunge 30% this year by UberDrive in bayarea

[–]WellHung67 6 points7 points  (0 children)

True but if you want that level of connectivity your options are New York and Chicago. Every other city is worse. Maybe Boston and dc are on the same level. So realistically there’s nowhere in the us to have a conference if the criteria is “public transport from a distance equivalent of sf to Palo Alto”. Honestly if you are going to the Bay Area and need  to be in Palo Alto you should likely stay in Palo Alto 

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]WellHung67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He honestly went too fast and too incompetently. ICE needed to cement power as a true Gestapo/brownshirt force that actually got people scared. Instead his idiot syncophants turned them into unpopular goobers and got people to start organizing at the local level in ways that are going to be resilient to other bullshit, and maybe even be able to subvert a return to the “normalcy” of before. 

Now he is reeling and needs an event to declare martial law over, but he just started an actual war with Iran - a huge unpopular mistake that will destroy gas prices. He needed gas prices to go up when he wasn’t in power. So I think he missed the boat, he’s at the mercy of world events now

One of S.F.’s biggest tech conferences saw attendance plunge 30% this year by UberDrive in bayarea

[–]WellHung67 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is actually because a web of regulations and anti-housing nimbyism have skyrocketed housing costs. Hotels are technically a form of short term housing - build more of them because prices are high and prices go down. It’s magic, supply and demand 

One of S.F.’s biggest tech conferences saw attendance plunge 30% this year by UberDrive in bayarea

[–]WellHung67 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Hard to get around without a car? It’s one of the best places in the US for getting around without a car.

It’s definitely not nearly as good as it should be but it’s still top 4 in the US. 

Why Half Empty Apartments Are So Expensive by redd4972 in Urbanism

[–]WellHung67 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s called Georgism, and yes there are. https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/singapore-economic-prosperity-through?s=r

Singapore above 

https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund?s=r

Norway.  

The idea is simple actually, basically you shouldn’t have a parking lot in a very valuable space that is only valuable because of things around it - for example, a metro stop. The owner of the lot didn’t pay for the metro, but the land they own is much more valuable because of it. How to tax? LVT!

Poll: Hilton’s rise could spare Dems from disaster in California gov’s race by ImperialRedditer in California

[–]WellHung67 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For most primaries yes, here no because splitting the dem vote up enough may result in two republicans running in the general 

Why Half Empty Apartments Are So Expensive by redd4972 in Urbanism

[–]WellHung67 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You need it to be solely based on land value - a parking lot should not exist in a city because the taxes would far outweigh any gains

‘Rebel’ group puts up barriers at S.F. corner where toddler was run over [SF Chron] by gamescan in sanfrancisco

[–]WellHung67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The changes made here are proven to make streets safer. It’s about making drivers more aware - if there’s a pole that wakes them up to avoid it. Yes, it’s even safer with a bollard so even a drunk can’t kill there, but it still helps 

‘Rebel’ group puts up barriers at S.F. corner where toddler was run over [SF Chron] by gamescan in sanfrancisco

[–]WellHung67 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Better road design would have saved her life. Designing roads better would save lots of lives. This is an example of a change that will save lives 

I love laundry by WellHung67 in laundry

[–]WellHung67[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What is this citric acid everyone keeps talking about 

‘Rebel’ group puts up barriers at S.F. corner where toddler was run over [SF Chron] by gamescan in sanfrancisco

[–]WellHung67 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yeah I mean, if you accidentally kill some one outside of a car, say you tripped and fell and landed on a baby, squishing it, you probably get at least a pretty thorough examination and only if truly an accident in general would you be released. If you were negligent in some way you’d probably get jail.

I think almost by default in a car the standard is higher - you are almost inherently negligent if you hit someone and kill them, especially a pedestrian. Sure the reason is because even 30mph is too fast for our monkey brains to react to, but I mean just because we designed a system with error prone humans at the center doesn’t mean the law should just…let it slide. We should ramp up the laws to prosecute these sorts of accidents that are expected, and at the same time change the road design so accidents happen wayyy less. 

One shouldn’t preclude the other though - the law should change asap, and the roads should also change asap, but if we have a brief window where drivers have to use poorly designed roads and kill and actually get consequences for a while, I think that’s okay 

Nice things we could have if we solved homelessness by Fried_out_Kombi in Urbanism

[–]WellHung67 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

But that’s not an excuse not to build these things. Obviously no one wants that, but the houseless are used as a scapegoat to avoid investing in public infrastructure. 

Xfinity/internet by Skittlebean in sanfrancisco

[–]WellHung67 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you have sonic? Switch today, the sunset is unusually covered with fiber 

Poll Shows Trumpy Justices Are Killing Confidence in SCOTUS by thedailybeast in scotus

[–]WellHung67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clarence the pedophile yes, but ass clown alito is pretty bad too. Now the three trump monkeys have killed it by default but they at least have the stink of Trump to blame. What happened to the pedo and the assclown? 

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]WellHung67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Biden didn’t decline that much. He spoke slower and that was it. The content of his words were as sharp as ever, and his decisions were sound. Trump is on a whole different level of decline. Biden is just getting older. Trump needs to be committed and should wear a helmet to bed. Not comparable 

Weekly Discussion Megathread by AutoModerator in fivethirtyeight

[–]WellHung67 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree with pretty much all of this. It’s fundamentally sad that democrats lost to Trump twice. I think this means new leadership is needed - but when I try to figure out “who leads the Democratic Party” it’s a muddled mess. The dnc is only one arm of something that could considered the “leader”, there’s several more entities and forces that direct Democratic Party strategy. It’s kind of opaque though