San Francisco things

[Skipper44]

Nice hats

[michigancat]

I'll probably read this.

Uncanny Valley? is a rare first-person glimpse into high-flying, reckless startup culture at a time of unchecked ambition, unregulated surveillance, wild fortune, and accelerating political power. With wit, candor, and warmth, Anna deftly charts the tech industry’s shift from self-appointed world savior to democracy-endangering liability, alongside a personal narrative of aspiration, ambivalence, and disillusionment.

https://twitter.com/annawiener/status/1195013532477054976

Took place in San Francisco, so pretty germane to the thread. Written more for beginners, not that insightful. Heavier on summary, lighter on quirky, detailed examples.

Brands are featured prominently, but she uses zero brand names. "Australian work boots," "The cat octopus company," etc. At times, trying to figure them out was the most enjoyable aspect of the book.

Some of her descriptions made me smile. Like, "we all showed up for the meeting in the board room, everyone dressed like they were ready to traverse a glacier."

I'm reading this now and it's great. She does a nice job communicating the vibe of SF and startups/tech.

[michigancat]

Cross post with SF things

https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1290052534451580928

https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1290135080808062977

These people suck so much

So this guy is a total VC douchebag who hits enter in about half his tweets but he did introduce me to VC brags

 https://twitter.com/VCBrags

https://twitter.com/VCBrags/status/1289256064416804864

https://twitter.com/VCBrags/status/1287312395451457536

https://twitter.com/VCBrags/status/1287311769342488578

[pissclams]

unleashed

[ben ji]

Cross post with SF things

https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1290052534451580928

https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1290135080808062977

These people suck so much

So this guy is a total VC douchebag who hits enter in about half his tweets but he did introduce me to VC brags

 https://twitter.com/VCBrags

https://twitter.com/VCBrags/status/1289256064416804864

https://twitter.com/VCBrags/status/1287312395451457536

https://twitter.com/VCBrags/status/1287311769342488578

Lol, thank you for this.

[Pete]

Let's get Wacky that backyard teaching gig for about $100K.

[michigancat]

https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1290722693847945217

[Pete]

Why the "yikes?" do you think?  I read that and didn't see anything different from any other request to make something a landmark or whatever.

[michigancat]

Why the "yikes?" do you think?  I read that and didn't see anything different from any other request to make something a landmark or whatever.

I think the NIMBY hypocrisy is a little more blatant than most cases

[Dugout DickStone]

Why the "yikes?" do you think?  I read that and didn't see anything different from any other request to make something a landmark or whatever.

He wants affordable housing.  Just not on his street

[Pete]

Do they know that the new development will be "affordable housing?"  Seems like a super pricey place for a developer to invest in affordable housing, doesn't it?

[Trim]

Do they know that the new development will be "affordable housing?"  Seems like a super pricey place for a developer to invest in affordable housing, doesn't it?

The development itself won’t be. The idea is that increasing the amount of home supply in the area helps the supply/demand ratio that makes the market so unaffordable.

[sys]

the most san francisco thing yet.

[michigancat]

Do they know that the new development will be "affordable housing?"  Seems like a super pricey place for a developer to invest in affordable housing, doesn't it?

One of the 10 units would be low income

[Pete]

Do they know that the new development will be "affordable housing?"  Seems like a super pricey place for a developer to invest in affordable housing, doesn't it?

The development itself won’t be. The idea is that increasing the amount of home supply in the area helps the supply/demand ratio that makes the market so unaffordable.

Well crap, then why aren't they all up in arms trying to get every building in the area condemned via eminent domain and soviet style sky scrapper housing blocks put in their place?

[Trim]

Do they know that the new development will be "affordable housing?"  Seems like a super pricey place for a developer to invest in affordable housing, doesn't it?

The development itself won’t be. The idea is that increasing the amount of home supply in the area helps the supply/demand ratio that makes the market so unaffordable.

Well crap, then why aren't they all up in arms trying to get every building in the area condemned via eminent domain and soviet style sky scrapper housing blocks put in their place?

From what I've seen of that Reich, he probably is but in other areas that aren't the one he lives in.

[michigancat]

https://twitter.com/ButcherBoy415/status/1290669576452153345

also LOL @ the replies complaining about the use of "Frisco"

[star seed 7]

I've never heard the Karl thing before

[michigancat]

I've never heard the Karl thing before

I thought I mentioned it. People thought it was really cute and funny and it was usually pretty awful

[mocat]

i don't think victorian houses existing is the cause of the housing shortage in SF.  but maybe it is!

[sys]

i don't think victorian houses existing is the cause of the housing shortage in SF.  but maybe it is!

oh, yeah it absolutely is.  one of the major causes.

[mocat]

yeah it's hard for me to wrap my head around the amount of extant 19th century buildings in SF. in KC approximately all of them were torn down to make parking lots. when there is a proposal to tear down another one for a jimmy johns or hopcat or whatever it makes me boil with rage.

sf population peaked in 1950 at almost 800k, not reached again until 2000. now it's almost 900k, so i guess the extra 100k is just too much for the predominately 2-3 story buildings to handle?

[chum1]

It's kinda shitty that people get displaced, but a lot of this comes across to me as "I want to be able to live wherever I want whatever my income." And I don't have much sympathy for that because if you're entertaining the idea of living in San Francisco, you could probably afford to live in 99% of the places in the US. That's not enough choice for you???

[sys]

i'd frame it more as that there is demand for another million housing units (more actually).  like outside of the financial district and nearby, everything is 2-3 stories and there is easily demand to tear down everything a and replace them with 6*-50 story buildings.

the situation is quite a bit worse than just the sf numbers indicate, because the bay area is like a hundred stupid little towns.


* - six because apparently that is how many stories you can build with wood-frame construction.  anything more and you have to move to steel frame.

[Pete]

It's kinda shitty that people get displaced, but a lot of this comes across to me as "I want to be able to live wherever I want whatever my income." And I don't have much sympathy for that because if you're entertaining the idea of living in San Francisco, you could probably afford to live in 99% of the places in the US. That's not enough choice for you???

This sums up my feelings as well.  Every day that goes by with successful remote working, the more I feel like this stance is affirmed.