amtc80

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by amtc80 2y ago
Eh, Apple is like the company that moved their supply chain overseas. And essentially made industries, and Tim Cook CEO, because of it.
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by amtc80 2y ago
Being educated isn't really representative of Hacker News. There are very clear dynamics here where being more knowledgeable makes the discussions irrelevant. There are generally two ways of doing hard things. Either you are knowledgea
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by amtc80 2y ago
You don't need the same space. That is the point. Yes, if I lived in a suburb I would also want more space because everything else would be harder to do. I'm not arguing against their assumption. I said most, that isn't them.
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by amtc80 2y ago
That is still affordability. When cities are expensive you get more for you money in a suburb. A hobby room, home office or cooking space. But the cost of suburbs are inherently expensive. So when cities are affordable you get more for your
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by amtc80 2y ago
It isn't illogical. Americans move to suburbs because there aren't enough affordable cities. Then they complain about the cost of gas, energy, housing and taxes which are inherently worse with lower density. Suburbs aren't fo
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by amtc80 2y ago
I'm not asking startups to change politics. The opposite. It is often literally like I said. You ask someone do you support startups? Yes. Do you support innovation? Yes. Do you support education? Yes. So where in your region can I liv
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by amtc80 2y ago
> Almost everyone except politicians is critical of big corporations, yet they're ever growing like a tumor, leaving small mom-and-pop businesses by the wayside. Unfortunately that isn't really true. Many might think the idea o
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by amtc80 2y ago
Unsafe air travel has been regulated out of existence in the best regions. Piloting a small airplane in a random country is still dangerous though. Unfortunately it is hard to avoid doing the equivalent in a car. In theory it would be possi
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by amtc80 2y ago
I've seen that many times over by now, sort of done it myself. It doesn't really work. You end up replacing one problem for another. There is also a heavy dose of procrastination and escapism related to it. Think about how many co
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by amtc80 2y ago
> Can I stiff my Uber driver if I don't agree with their politics? That would be an example of the opposite. Uber is pretty much a tracker (peer-to-peer platform) for unlicensed taxis.
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by amtc80 2y ago
Surely you have already seen it, but for anyone else that finds this interesting there is "No Maps for These Territories". A close to 25 year old documentary with Gibson talking that is still enjoyable. Can be found on The Interne