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I'll see your bullshit puffery, and raise you. I'm part owner of an NFL franchise, and it only cost me $250.
Green Bay?
It is -- and can be -- the only one.
A Silicon Valley Dream Collapses in Allegations of Fraud
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#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you been outside of the US? Coming from Europe, SF is utterly shocking. I've never seen anywhere else like it. Government provides a lot of support for low-income and homeless people in EU.
Have you been around in EU? Governments' ability to help varies from one extreme to the other. There is no guaranteed EU treatment.
Yes I've traveled quite extensively and nothing has ever come close to SF. I don't for a moment pretend to understand all the issues that contribute to this. I'm simply making an anecdotal observation based on my own experiences.
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can judge, but SF goes further than any city I've seen to provide services to the homeless. So much so that it's a mild weather Mecca to many. So you can turn up your nose and go back home to a city that likely ships them here or "takes care of it" so you don't see it -- but you are being naive. The poor will always be with us, and we are judged by how we treat them.
Have you been outside of the US? Coming from Europe, SF is utterly shocking. I've never seen anywhere else like it. Government provides a lot of support for low-income and homeless people in EU.
The EU is too big to speak of a one entity. And things are changing too.
I lived in the third largest city in Sweden, and when I moved in there were the handful (like, probably less than 5) of homeless beggars that everyone knew. There were probably more homeless but they were sheltered by the state.
But by the time I moved out, in front of every supermarket there was a Romanian beggar with her head down.
I'll agree SF is definitely on a completely different level though. I've never seen anyone defecate in public outside of SF (and yeah I've been to China)
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#94Finally, a photo of Isaac Choi https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/09/01/business/01STARTU...
Here is some more information including a contact number.
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Registrant Email: MYSUBS@HALLFORONE.COMRe: A Silicon Valley Dream Collapses in Allegations of Fraud
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I even saw some reading books at the park. I mean... homeless people read books. Seems like a good use of time to me when you're unemployed and homeless. It sounds like you think is a problem for some reason?
It's just not something I see homeless people do. So I was quite unfamiliar with the sight. Everyone has the right to do what they want with their time, but for me, I would imagine trying to find a proper job would be more important. Off course, I don't know about their situation so I shouldn't judge.
If you see a non-homeless person reading a book, do you automatically assume they are neglecting their spouse, kids and job? And do you not have anything more important to do than read HN?
Sometimes people need leisure, homeless or not.
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You can judge, but SF goes further than any city I've seen to provide services to the homeless... That's nice to hear! I do realize now that my comment is naive; definitely only a tiny snapshot from the limited time that I spent over there and is not a complete picture or a total impression of the place. But I still do wish that SV had a better situation/solution to these otherwise normal people problems.
San Francisco alone spends 241 million on homelessness per year. Most places deal with these "normal people problems" by criminalizing it to the point where people leave to places like SF or are jailed.
Well, that's a lot of money! I hope it's being effectively used.
Since it's SV we're talking about, this money could probably be used to find a better solution with a better outcome to the problem of homelessness all across America. And then other states can follow suit!
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In those countries do they imprison people that refuse help? If not, then I don't see how they can do any better with people that refuse to stay clean or refuse help entirely.
If a homeless person refuses help, it's probably not because they actively want to live an unstable, day-to-day life, not knowing where or what they'll eat tonight. It's because the government has failed them in the past in its attempts to help. Not every government has decided that putting a permanent roof over the heads of anyone who needs it is a bad use of taxpayer's money.
>It's because the government has failed them in the past in its attempts to help.
No, this is incorrect. If someone continues to choose getting high over help, it has very little to do with the government failing them. Additionally, homeless people with mental disorders that make them paranoid or forgetful can refuse it regardless of past experiences.
>it's probably not because they actively want to live an unstable, day-to-day life, not knowing where or what they'll eat tonight.
No, but they may actively want something incompatible (like heroin or cocaine) more.
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you been outside of the US? Coming from Europe, SF is utterly shocking. I've never seen anywhere else like it. Government provides a lot of support for low-income and homeless people in EU.
Have you been to southern Italy? The homeless/squatter situation I saw there was very similar.
Not further than Sorrento.
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#99I'm curious - did NYTimes amend the title of their article? I'm asking because the title of this post on HN doesn't correspond to the title on NYTimes and I was under the impression the submission guideline here says to use the 'original title'. In addition, I read the NYTimes article before I saw this posting on HN and while the NYTimes article questioned 3 items on his resume, I can't conclude his entire resume is…
It looks to me like the submitter broke the HN guidelines by rewriting the title when it was neither misleading nor linkbait. (The submitted title was "WrkRiot CEO's entire resume fraudulent", and we've since changed it to the NYT headline.) Not 100% sure, though, because NYT has a habit of changing its headlines.
Submitters: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait" is one of the site rules here. Please follow it, and especially please don't rewrite titles to make them more dramatic.
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#100Finally a poster I like: http://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i-w600/keep-calm-and-don-t-...
We've banned this account for breaking the HN guidelines. Personal attacks aren't allowed here, nor this kind of mob behavior.