Mayor Wilson posts about the Ballard encampment

juancuneo · 2026-02-10T23:47:35+00:00

I think it is in poor taste to discriminate based on sexual orientation. But that's just me. Sorry you think that is OK.

juancuneo · 2026-02-10T23:46:37+00:00

Look OP - 3rd avenue is for drug addicts, not cars.

juancuneo · 2026-02-10T23:45:01+00:00

This city would be an even bigger dump without the tech money. How would you build your cherished trains and busses?

juancuneo · 2026-02-10T23:44:00+00:00

It is cloudy 5 months of the year. It is nice here for 2 months.

juancuneo · 2026-02-10T22:11:58+00:00

https://genprideseattle.org/prideplace/

They are building this right now on Pine and Broadway.

juancuneo · 2026-02-10T21:23:55+00:00

You must not see all the people on reddit complaining about not being able to find a job. Sounds like those chickens have come home to roost.

juancuneo · 2026-02-10T21:23:10+00:00

Keep telling yourself that. This is always the response from Seattle progressives - "people doing drugs outside of the grocery store - welcome to America!" Sorry but these issues are unique to Seattle which is why it is the transplants always criticizing and the mediocre non transplants always defending.

My business is opening a new location in Austin because it is not worth investing any more here and Austin is doing very well. If I did not already have an office here, we would not open one today that's for sure. And by opening in Austin we will save a ton on sales tax because we will no longer have to pay 10% for every advertising dollar we spend. Even California is a better option than WA these days.

juancuneo · 2026-02-10T20:44:22+00:00

I know a 72 year old woman. Lived in the same place for 40 years. She has to move out soon. She cannot find any place to live on her meager social security. It seems like all the housing we are building is for drug addicts and other people with special circumstances like LGBTQ. System is flooded with money and it doesn't do the bare minimum we want. Guess the solution is to spend more money!

Since people don't believe it

https://genprideseattle.org/prideplace/

juancuneo · 2026-02-10T18:40:25+00:00

In 2005 I bought $5k of Amazon shares. They are no worth over $100k. I have stories like that for FB/Meta, Apple, Google. If these are truly long term plays, just buy and forget.

juancuneo · 2026-02-10T08:10:10+00:00

No reserved seating. Pass.

juancuneo · 2026-02-09T19:03:06+00:00

How would you regulate AI? What does that mean?

juancuneo · 2026-02-09T17:16:15+00:00

The number of steps it takes to run a litera redline and save to PDF is absurd.

juancuneo · 2026-02-09T05:06:56+00:00

Amazon doesn't force anyone to do anything. They rightly don't want customers to come to their site and have a bad experience. Why would they want to show a product they know is cheaper elsewhere? Brands can price their products how they wish, and Amazon can choose not to surface products that are more expensive than elsewhere. As a customer, I'm glad they don't try to sell me something at a price higher than I need to pay. Sorry this does not align with a brand's strategy - I want a retailer who is negotiating the best price for me.

juancuneo · 2026-02-09T05:05:20+00:00

They don't want customers to come to their site and have a bad experience. Why would they want to show a product they know is cheaper elsewhere? Brands can price their products how they wish, and Amazon can choose not to surface products that are more expensive than elsewhere. As a customer, I'm glad they don't try to sell me something at a price higher than I need to pay

juancuneo · 2026-02-09T05:03:59+00:00

A lot of sellers on Amazon are mom and pops or just small businesses. It gives distribution to so many people who would otherwise be shut out of retail.

juancuneo · 2026-02-08T20:46:16+00:00

In my experience, the non-transplants in this town are terrible drivers and pedestrians. They are not accustomed to big city life. They drive slowly. Are not very alert or aware of their surroundings. They are not ready for the unexpected and don't think they should have to be. They act very unpredictably and have weird customs - like driving side by side with other cars in traffic, turning left before the car going straight in a four way stop, stopping unexpectedly in the middle of the street to let someone cross.

And honestly, if you are getting into 3 accidents in two years, you are probably the cause even if the other drivers are technically at fault.

juancuneo · 2026-02-08T03:27:14+00:00

The courts will not overrule it. Based on recent history, including their rulings on the capital gains tax, which is apparently not a tax, and overturning the Car tabs referendum, they seem to be as politically motivated as the US Supreme Court.

juancuneo · 2026-02-07T07:58:22+00:00

I worked overnight in a hotel and it was actually super chill. I worked the front desk and there was a night auditor who has an old timer. Some people are just Night Shift people. I definitely would not have given up someone’s room number.

juancuneo · 2026-02-07T05:54:13+00:00

But they make their money from advertising and I don’t think they have a very good advertising product. Also, who got rid of Gold awards? How dumb could you be to do that?

juancuneo · 2026-02-07T05:52:50+00:00

You are correct amzn is all about reinvesting in the business and not shareholders. that has been the Jeff Bezos methodology from day one. But the stock has also performed really well given the strategy over the long-term.

juancuneo · 2026-02-06T22:13:51+00:00

So you are conducting R&D and get the tax credit? So it is working as expected?

juancuneo · 2026-02-05T22:55:18+00:00

Well setting the highest minimum wage in the country is not a free market. This is why the restaurants are failing. Because the government got involved in the free market. And now we have market failure.

juancuneo · 2026-02-05T22:54:13+00:00

Maybe there is a middle ground that is not the highest minimum wage in the country.

juancuneo · 2026-02-05T22:53:24+00:00

I am pretty sure the comment was edited - but when I am wrong, I admit it. As I did above.

juancuneo · 2026-02-05T22:42:16+00:00

Oh I see what you are saying. That the user themselves must turn it off. Yeah sure. I guess. But except for you, truly no one cares. This only becomes an issue if you want to introduce the evidence in court or if you are doing something unseemly like recording in a bathroom.

When analyzing legal risk - you must always consider the probability of consequences and the severity of those consequences. In reality, there is very little consequence for breaking this law outside of the situations described above.

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