Re:Microsoft and Google overstate job creation at Chile data...
by bix6 on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @08:03PM
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O wow I didn’t realize bike repair shops were 1M+ sq ft!
You could fit every bike in your city in there lol.
Re:Microsoft and Google overstate job creation at Chile data...
by Cheer2171 on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @08:09PM
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A bike shop or other small retail business brings jobs and benefits to the local community. A data center brings pollution and practically no new permenant jobs or benefits specifically to that community, only to the cloud.
But don't worry about it, this is something an $850/hr consultant is paid to not understand.
Re:Microsoft and Google overstate job creation at Chile data...
by fluoridation on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @07:32PM
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Okay. Did the bike shop get a tax break to be set up? If not then your ironic analogy has failed.
I think there was some kind of corruption as to how they get to just repair bikes without giving me anything. I've been a local for way longer than these people.
EDIT: And yes, they do get government money. SF has a city program to encourage local businesses or something so they get grants. Besides all businesses are eligible for SBA loans and no one asked me if they should be.