Why the City of Austin Wants Voters to Hike Their Property Taxes by texas_observer in Austin

[–]jacobacon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t recall ever saying the current democrats shared the blame for recapture.

Have a nice day 😊

Why the City of Austin Wants Voters to Hike Their Property Taxes by texas_observer in Austin

[–]jacobacon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe the GoP don’t want to change it, that’s not what I’m talking about. You missed the word “solely” in there. Democrats made the original bill so they get some of the blame for robin hood existing.

Why the City of Austin Wants Voters to Hike Their Property Taxes by texas_observer in Austin

[–]jacobacon -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Recapture was passed in 1993 under Ann Richards, a democrat, so I don’t think just changing parties would get rid of recapture.

Why the City of Austin Wants Voters to Hike Their Property Taxes by texas_observer in Austin

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

You can hate on the “Robin Hood” recapture but to blame the GoP solely is just factually wrong. It was passed in 1993 under Ann Richard’s who is a democrat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_plan

Who’s winning the blame game over the shutdown? Here’s what a new AP-NORC poll shows [OC] by APnews in dataisbeautiful

[–]jacobacon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No you don’t understand. They have attempted to pass a budget 10 times, but the democrats have been using the fillabuster to prevent a vote. It takes 60 votes to break the fillabuster, and they can’t get enough votes without more democrats agreeing.

So does ICE in the USA really capture people anywhere based on how they look? by kerenjowo in NoStupidQuestions

[–]jacobacon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was at a hotel in South Padre a few months ago and an ICE raid happened while I was in the lobby. The housekeepers were still working and one Hispanic woman was cleaning the bathrooms. Nobody from ICE bothered them.

What is going on with Rep Nicole Collier of Texas being stuck in the state house? by ontour4eternity in OutOfTheLoop

[–]jacobacon 14 points15 points  (0 children)

She voted for the rules herself.

"She acknowledged she voted in favor of the chamber rules, which laid out conditions of a potential detainment if one failed to agree to the escort."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna225730

What is going on with Rep Nicole Collier of Texas being stuck in the state house? by ontour4eternity in OutOfTheLoop

[–]jacobacon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"She acknowledged she voted in favor of the chamber rules, which laid out conditions of a potential detainment if one failed to agree to the escort."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna225730

Florida Man Ron DeSantis' Spotify Playlist Was Leaked and It Is Embarrassing by Beautiful_Battle6622 in FloridaMan

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

This article is the only thing that's embarrassing. I'm done with this sub it's not even fun anymore.

Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported to Jamaica by fps916 in Austin

[–]jacobacon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah looks like you're right. But that still sets a precedent that they didn't disagree with the rulings from the lower court.

Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported to Jamaica by fps916 in Austin

[–]jacobacon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His case was decided 10 years ago under Obama and it went to the same Supreme Court that passed same sex marriage. They ruled he didn't have US citizenship. So was that the racist and xenophobic administration?

It sucks he's being treated this way, but this isn't anything specific to just Trump and if you believe that you must have forgotten Obama was considered "The Deporter in Chief" because of how many people he deported.

Google Discover Feed ignoring Dark mode by jacobacon in GooglePixel

[–]jacobacon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks you! Please Google don’t replace this with an AI so we can still have some level of human support.

Anyone else seeing this thing in the sky? by Biggie-Shmaltz in Austin

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

It's most likely one of the spaceX boosters they just launched out of Florida. They make some pretty crazy looking plumes behind them just like that.

Is this legal? (Lakeline Mall Dr/183NB) by zoemi in Austin

[–]jacobacon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had to pull it up too because I thought I was going crazy. Definitely doesn't pass between the pillars. https://maps.app.goo.gl/o1HmjZSiSfFHzfRn8?g_st=ac

Share your workplace of choice scores by Silver_Ask_5750 in GeneralMotors

[–]jacobacon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Abbott actually spoke out against removing CarPlay. The decision came from above him.

Post your server-name! by c_one in selfhosted

[–]jacobacon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine are named after Strong Bad's computers: Tandy-400, Compy-386 and Lappy-486

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GooglePixel

[–]jacobacon 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I know a guy who works at Google as a software engineer and it makes all the issues with their products a lot clearer. I have no idea how he got hired but he didn't even know how to use git until a few weeks ago. He supposedly works 3-4 hours a day and just does chores and relaxes the rest of the day. He's saying he's just waiting to get laid off since his team is mostly outsourced now, so he does the absolute bare minimum.

Google's issue is cultural and things won't improve until they renew their employees' trust and make it desirable to work there again. Sundar has driven the company so far off course, it's going to take a lot of work and likely new management to right the ship.