I thought X/Twitter had stopped paying rent in SF.. so maybe this is related to that?
Twitter kills its San Francisco headquarters, will relocate to South Bay
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Because in reality, as in statistically, SF is actually not that dangerous. People say this about any vaguely blue city, which is almost all of them. But they forget Urban areas are very dense. You're actually more likely, per capita, to die to gun violence in rural America. It's just very hard to see that because the coverage isn't there and the actual amount of deaths is lower.
I have a feeling you're including suicide in "gun violence" here which doesn't really make sense (suicide isn't violence regardless of your feelings about guns generally). I would also expect suicide by gun to be disproportionately higher in rural areas but I can't exactly articulate why I think that.
Most non-suicide gun violence is gang related and you're going to have a tough time convincing anyone there's more gang activity in rural Nebraska than there is in inner city Chicago.
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#363Why is the title of the HN post changed to read "Twitter", when the linked article title states correctly "X", and is otherwise identical?
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The 17th largest city in the US is mid-sized?
From my perspective living in Asia I’d place it on par with a small rural village
This is a very funny comment. Small rural villages in China do not have 61 story buildings.
Non-major cities do, but not “small rural villages”.
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That was already the case before Musk bought it.
What? No it wasn't! You used to be able to view entire Twitter threads without being logged in. It was also possible to go to someone's account page and see their posts in reverse chronological order. The latter went away shortly after Musk took over. The former took a little longer, but is now gone as well. In many cases you can't even view a single tweet without the site trying to get you to log in.
I clearly remember it wasn't, they would pop up with a login page as soon as you scrolled down.
Re: Twitter kills its San Francisco headquarters, will relocate to South Bay
#366Why is the title of the HN post changed to read "Twitter", when the linked article title states correctly "X", and is otherwise identical?
I did that because I don't know anyone who doesn't still call it Twitter.
Re: Twitter kills its San Francisco headquarters, will relocate to South Bay
#367Twitter was given a famously sweet deal by the city to occupy that troubled stretch of Market St. In the time I lived nearby (until the pandemic) the area never really improved. San Francisco has an odd tolerance for the tent communities, no just that it largely allows them, but that it allows them in and around the busiest and most publicly-utilized transit hubs and the city center.
What do you think the city should do with the tent communities?
Remove them, many are causing ADA violations. You don't get to break the law because you feel like it.
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#368As 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?
If you hate everything people generally like about European cities, you might like San Jose.
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#369Realistically, X is better than its ever been; community notes have been a game-changer in terms of fact-checking. Higher quality and much more balanced.
Community notes sometimes provide useful context I'll grant you that... but often they are just a popularity contest to see which side can upvote which community note.
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Did you think it would collapse when he canned the 80%
Revenue is down by a larger percentage than the headcount, right? I think that counts as "collapse" by any reasonable definition.
Well, based on today’s activity there is apparently some conspiracy involved.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1820849880283107725?s=46&t=alZ...