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From their perspective, of course it would be unfortunate that your parents cannot continue to have their lifestyle subsidized. For the rest of us, that money could gladly be used for schools, infrastructure, etc

Luckily, if someone is being priced out by fair property taxes, they still own a valuable asset.

Try the San Gabriel valley.

The smoke point of olive oil varies significantly from extra light to extra virgin. Extra virgin actually has a much lower smoke point than canola oil.

In a pandemic, incentivizing people to stay home instead of working is exactly what we should be doing.

If you think a 2.4% tax is extremist, in a city that already has a much lower tax burden than most tech hubs, then Seattle might not a good cultural fit. Perhaps the south or Midwest would align better?

> of all the large "FANGish" tech companies, Uber actually has the most experience with non-HQ teams building business-critical systems.

Tangential, but the core product of AWS, EC2, was developed in South Africa and (largely) continues to be today.

Your comment illustrates how REST forces you towards an OOP-style: https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/03/execution-in-kingdo...

Centrist political analysts of The Atlantic sort hate Twitter. They have to engage with the platform with their job and are constantly dunked on by the online left, who are far better at Twitter than they are.

The Twitter users are the same volunteers canvassing, phone banking, and donating to drive the left’s resurgent mass movement.

Also, note how the article accepted the Warren campaign’s story about Bernie Sanders making a sexist statement as a matter of fact.

Pretending homeless people are transient and from elsewhere is a persistent myth used to dehumanize them. In a 2018 study, only 6% of homeless people reported being from out-of-state: https://theevergrey.com/seahomeless-coming-to-seattle-for-se...

> 9. Global carbon emissions are not reduced, mostly because of lack of initiative by China and 3rd world countries.

Wealthy nations have produced massive emissions during their industrialization, and continue to do so on a per-capita basis. The global north has the responsibility to cut back to a greater extent so poorer countries can develop.

From other discussions of the book, I’ve heard it is inflected with libertarian politics. Did you find that distracting while reading it?

The Nordic model shows that it is possible to have a highly unionized workforce with free higher education, free healthcare, and social welfare. They have been very effective in fighting poverty this way.

It sounds like you are mixing the positive and normative. Yes, corporations now don't represent the values of their workers and lobby for all kinds of awful things. Yes, there is no social net now provided by unions or the government in the United States.

But wouldn't it be excellent if these things were true?

Union organizers are fighting power to improve the material conditions of all tech workers. It sounds like you need some class analysis.

This is an accurate description of how pedestrians view drivers.

You said it yourself. Why should the Eastside get to avoid having homeless and subsided housing in their backyard? Certainly the employers of Eastside residents have contributed to the rise in Seattle home prices.

There are slower shipping options available, often with a small credit incentive.