TedShiller

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by TedShiller 4y ago
I don't see any downside to a 4 day work week. Workers should expect to get paid 4/5 of what they made before, but it could be well worth it.
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by TedShiller 4y ago
> Oh neat, I always wanted to be a litterbug Exactly. We're worried about plastic pollution in the wilderness unless it's floating in the air, got it.
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Neither is the lack of luxury housing
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Do they also suffer from insufficient Lamborghinis?
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by TedShiller 4y ago
> S.F. needs more housing Always funny to see this taken at face value. SF doesn’t “need” housing. People want to pay less for housing. Not the same thing at all.
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by TedShiller 4y ago
I changed my mind too. Turns out it's really dangerous.
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Apple refuses that in the same way that you refuse to eat moldy food. You like fresh food right?
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by TedShiller 4y ago
It’s not short anything. Other states have housing.
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by TedShiller 4y ago
You like crime?
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Wow that’s actually terrible news. Who wants more pollution crowding traffic and crime?
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Every housing topic on HN ends with the guy saying “… but Japan!”. Funny thing is that guy never lives in Japan.
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Relevant book written by Sir David MacKay (Cambridge/Caltech professor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._C._MacKay https://www.withouthotair.com/
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by TedShiller 4y ago
People think more housing lowers housing costs. Those people have never been to a big city.
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Good. More housing/highways is not the answer.
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by TedShiller 4y ago
I really don't understand why people are thirsty in the desert when they don't have water. Why are they so impotent?
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by TedShiller 4y ago
The most shocking part for me was that someone was willing to pay $280
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by TedShiller 4y ago
It’s only simple if you don’t care about crime, pollution, etc. Then, it’s very simple yes.
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Airtable was a really cool startup when they came out in 2012. There was nothing else like it. Now, with their mass layoffs, and free alternatives, it makes you wonder if they can survive as a company.
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by TedShiller 4y ago
> I have my eye on Chicago. There’s always something going on You're right about that part
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by TedShiller 4y ago
> thinking reasonably about things that are uncomfortable to contemplate, like arguments against your religious beliefs Good exercise for democrats: acknowledge that the Hunter Biden laptop was not fake, that negative news about the gove
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by TedShiller 4y ago
easy to say
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Anyone who has seen a lithium mining site in person will be a LOT less enthused about EV vehicles in general. And if you actually live near a lithium mining site... lets just say EV vehicles will be the worst thing that's ever happened
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Worked out great actually. Less pollution, less crowding and noise, less crime, more nature, cleaner.
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by TedShiller 4y ago
> It has zero to do with "being too good to hire their own students" and everything to do with diversity of thought. I 100% agree with it. If you think universities have diversity of thought you haven’t been to a university in
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Nothing wrong with that, I wish I did too
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by TedShiller 4y ago
It feels like talking to recently elected politicians
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by TedShiller 4y ago
this tweet makes no sense
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by TedShiller 4y ago
No
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by TedShiller 4y ago
NYC/SF could learn a lot from lack of crime in Tokyo
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by TedShiller 4y ago
Denser areas aren’t worth it if you like peace and quiet, nature, and physical safety.

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