bump_fn posted:

im the idiot posting in the tech bubble thread who has never heard of incognito mode

Dixie Cretin Seaman posted:

i may be a hard partying ai researcher/business administrator with low moral standards who works for college recommendation letters, but im afraid i must pass, bc modeling work is for pussies

Chris Knight posted:

lol thiel

https://twitter.com/larsthewanderer/status/958929648833851392

FMguru posted:

capitalism ftw

https://twitter.com/AndyKroll/status/959115098697687040

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

https://twitter.com/ByRosenberg/status/960648430459617281

While neighboring Mountain View plans for 10,000 new homes and politicians throughout the state prioritize what they call a full-fledged housing crisis, Cupertino Mayor Darcy Paul sees things a little differently: He says the housing shortage in his city isn’t dire and doesn’t require drastic action.

His comments are drawing fire from activists who argue Cupertino is on the front lines of a massive housing shortage that’s forcing people to flee the Bay Area for more affordable places.

“It’s not at a point where anyone can justifiably say that we’re at a critical level where drastic measures must be taken,” Paul said during his recent “state of the city” speech, “but the data is telling us that we should pay more attention to ensuring that our housing stock keeps in balance with our job growth.”

“The circumstances are not dire. We have good options,” he continued.


hahahahahahaha



The median price of a Cupertino home is $2.2 million — a 21 percent increase from just a year ago, according to Zillow. That means even well-paid techies are struggling to live here. In 2015, Zillow says, a typical entry-level software engineer would have had to spend 55 percent of his or her monthly income to rent a home in Cupertino, or 69 percent to buy one.


nice

quote:

Budget cuts of up to $5 million next school year due to declining enrollment and increased costs are set to be discussed at the Cupertino Union School Board meeting this evening at 6 p.m.

In the next five years, enrollment at the Cupertino Unified School District is expected to fall by more than 1,200 students, according to enrollment projection consultants hired by the School Board.

“The projected difference from just October 2017 to October 2018 is by 478 students,” according to their report. “A decline by another 378 is forecast in the following year.”

By 2022, fewer than 16,800 students are expected to attend the school district’s schools compared with the current figure of 18,001.

“Soaring housing prices, including rents, since 2012 are believed to be the main cause of these declining numbers of younger students and births, with many young families no longer being able to afford living in the area,” according to a summary of the report’s findings.

ate all the Oreos posted:

https://twitter.com/scottbudman/status/960658293906579456

oh no what ever will these tragic victims do now

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

more like chinartino these days lol

crabrock posted:

when i try to use that it just deletes my facebook

Lutha Mahtin posted:

https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/960900739655548928

https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/960901415118946309

https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/960901463848370176

haveblue posted:

change the title to "tech bubble 451: it was a pleasure to burn VC"

Lutha Mahtin posted:

https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/961299812011290624

https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/961300056019124224

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

seriously his mother was a model how did that happen

lancemantis posted:

much like people have built youtube empires, many people have built facebook empires and loving with the algorithmic feed means their posts might not show up and ruin their numbers

lancemantis posted:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/12/south-bay-sf-residents-willing-to-pay-more-for-expanded-caltrain-service-poll-finds/

cool startup feel posted:

what if indentured servitude, but an app?


https://twitter.com/politico/status/963538896981319680

Jimmy Carter posted:

has there been anyone doing a Branch Davidian-style “hacker compound” in the mountains above Los Gatos yet? There’s still a bunch of land I see and it’s like 30 minutes to San Jose

Sagebrush posted:

also scott wiener is a real mixed bag. it seems like every time i read something about him my attitudes flip.

for instance, he got a bill passed that requires all san francisco employers to provide paid parental leave, regardless of gender. that's good!

but then he got another one through that closes the parks here at night, which was supposedly to prevent vandalism, but really just makes it easier to arrest the homeless. that's bad.

he started a bill to require california government documents to include a non-binary gender option on all forms. that's good!

but he sponsored the sugary drink tax that unfairly targets poor-person drinks (soda) while exempting rich person drinks (sweetened coffee and tea products). that's bad!

i still don't know what i think.

Sagebrush posted:

i think qirex was the one who posted the original most-san-francisco thing overheard at the ferry building: "my doula makes the best kale chips"

my personal most-san-francisco thing i've seen was while i was waiting outside a parking garage. a guy in a $100k tesla pulled in, parked in the space beside a $20k nissan leaf that was using the EV charger, hopped out, looked around for a second, then unplugged the leaf and stuck the cord in his own car and walked away. superficial eco-conscious liberalism that belies the loving over of anyone poorer than yourself

lancemantis posted:

really they're just suburbanizing cities now

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

eschaton posted:

lol Megan McArdle

Sagebrush posted:

everything in the car is controlled with the touchscreen because that's the future

want to open the glovebox? press this button on the touchscreen!
want to move the airflow from the vents? move this crosshair on the touchscreen!
want to adjust the cruise control speed? drag this slider on the touchscreen!
open the frunk or the charging port? touchscreen!
check your speed or the status of your turn signals? they're right there in the corner of the touchscreen, dummy!
open the loving doors? not the touchscreen, amazingly! but the door handles are an electrical button so they don't work if the car runs out of power. in that event, there is a manual release hidden under the armrest, but you aren't supposed to use it because it can rip off the door trim if you do.

sum total of physical controls: pedals, wheel, headlight/windshield wiper, drive mode selector, and two scroll wheels.



but it's fine because ol'musky says you won't be driving yourself anyway, any day now...

infernal machines posted:

model s (2014)



model x

President Beep posted:

lol if you buy software.

Cat Face Joe posted:

https://medium.com/taking-note/forget-work-life-balance-its-all-about-the-blend-ad3115ed1fa4

lol eat poo poo

lancemantis posted:

Wheany posted:

it's pretty remarkable how the people who get though the job interview process are the optimal choice for the position and not merely "good enough" (if they're a white dude)
and of course if the person hired is not a white dude, well then they're always a diversity hire and not even "good enough"

Wheany posted:

the main reason i've gotten every job i've had was because i knew a guy.

FamDav posted:

i thought ucsb was affirmative action for white people?