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Twitter kills its San Francisco headquarters, will relocate to South Bay

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Post by llamaimperative »

loceng wrote: post #100
loceng wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Until Boring Company sets up multiple pickup points with Loop and Hyperloop tunnels; then will arguably be a max 20-30 minute ride. The dynamics of travel will dramatically change multiple industries, save for if the status quo establishment and industrial complexes through regulatory capture prevent the rapid expansion of the paradigm shift in transport that Boring Company is rapidly developing; the technology of wh…

Hey dang, what exactly in my comment above warrants -5 (or more) downvotes?

Extreme sycophancy without much critical thought.

Might as well argue he’s going to give all his employees time machines to go buy $AAPL in the 90s as part of their comp plan. Would also get downvoted.

Re: Twitter kills its San Francisco headquarters, will relocate to South Bay

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Post by vundercind »

loceng wrote: post #82
ebabani wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How big is their network so far?

I haven't looked into it recently, however their Las Vegas network is going and expanding; 40 million people per year travel to Vegas, a great testbed and for exposure.

Is that the one that’s just teslas driving in a pretty normal tunnel at fairly unimpressive speeds & throughput?

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Post by coffeebeqn »

loceng wrote: post #100
loceng wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Until Boring Company sets up multiple pickup points with Loop and Hyperloop tunnels; then will arguably be a max 20-30 minute ride. The dynamics of travel will dramatically change multiple industries, save for if the status quo establishment and industrial complexes through regulatory capture prevent the rapid expansion of the paradigm shift in transport that Boring Company is rapidly developing; the technology of wh…

Hey dang, what exactly in my comment above warrants -5 (or more) downvotes?

You’re telling people to commute with a thing that doesn’t and very unlikely ever will exist?

Re: Twitter kills its San Francisco headquarters, will relocate to South Bay

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Post by wesleywt »

andrewinardeer wrote: post #74
jagermo wrote: post #47

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probably got kicked out since Elon did not want to pay rent. Maybe the locks got changed.

Why would X have gotten kicked out for unpaid rent? The building manager stopped any and all proceedings against X for the two months of alleged unpaid rent.

Because Twitter doesn't pay rent. IDK?

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Post by rwmj »

anonzzzies wrote: post #37
lrvick wrote: post #36

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There's free speech and there's amplification of speech. When Musk talks about "free speech" being denied what he's really complaining about is his views aren't being amplified. Obviously he can create a webpage somewhere and write whatever he wants on it (free speech), but that wouldn't be amplified so that's not what he wants. This is presumably also the reason he set fire to so much money buying Twitter.

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Post by jsheard »

TheAdamist wrote: post #93
fabian2k wrote: post #31

Doing this on a few weeks notice seems rather insane to me. Unless you have very good remote work options this is very disruptive for employees.

Thats generally the point with sudden disruptive moves - high attrition. Reduce the headcount without having to be in the news for layoffs.

They've already cut about 80% of their workforce since Elon took over, I'm not sure how much more attrition they can take. Sure the site still mostly works in the technical sense, but the way it works now has led to a significant decline in revenue and active users.

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Post by hellisothers »

ionwake wrote: post #80

As a UK chap, can someone give me their opinion on if San Jose is a more pleasant place to live than San Fran these days?

Aside from how you define “pleasant” there is a considerable vibe difference, SF feels more cosmopolitan and SJ more metropolitan. No judgement either way, pros and cons to both.

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Post by uxp100 »

zknill wrote: post #51

I don't know US commutes, or US geography too well. But it seems these two locations are about 45mins-1hr drive from each other. Where do folks actually live in those areas? Is it that a 30min drive north to San Fran becomes a 30min drive south to San Jose?

People actually live everywhere in the Bay Area, and do every commute, and there is extensive mediocre transit in the South Bay. Commuting Santa Cruz into town, Livermore into town, every single suburb has people going to San Francisco, or to another suburb, or San Jose, or Oakland. In heavy traffic they are much longer than 1 hr apart, and the fastest train is 1hr 10min iirc.
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