Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

sfgate.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

421–430 of 1001 posts

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

#421

Post by galleywest200 »

hotpotamus wrote: post #192
kenneth wrote: post #151

I find it shocking that anyone still chooses to live in this broken city. I left >4 years ago and am never coming back. It's unfixable. Let's move the tech industry somewhere that isn't rotten to the core.

I wonder where it would move to? Does it seem a bit curious that a "rotten to the core" city would be so synonymous with the tech industry? Perhaps they are intertwined for a reason. Personally, I've never been there, but am somewhat curious to visit. Not so much after dark though.

Pacific Northwest already has a lot of giants, and no reason to live in Seattle itself. Microsoft, Valve, etc are over in the forested towns like Redmond. Nintendo is over in North Bend.

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

#422

Post by mb9000 »

short_sells_poo wrote: post #372
joemazerino wrote: post #361

I have commented on SF threads before regarding the violent crime. I don't think we have figured out if this was premeditated or not, but either way, SF is becoming incredibly dangerous. Progressive DA's and a neutered police force are to blame for the rise in violent crime. Many of my friends have taken their remote gigs and left SF in the last 3 years. What's the point in rolling the dice every time you walk outsid…

[flagged]

So the real victim here is the murderer?

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

#423

Post by polski-g »

martin_a wrote: post #103

Can someone very briefly wrap this whole "SF is broken"-situation up for somebody from Europe? I only ever read that it's "because of the policies" and there are lots of rather disturbing videos about SF making its rounds on YouTube. But what exactly happened? Did they just remove all the police? Did they gave out free drugs to everybody? I'm not interested in blaming political parties, I just want to get a quick gra…

You can put bad people in an insane asylum, or you can put them in prison. But you cannot leave them in society: https://twitter.com/KaseyKlimes/status/1632096902022832130

The left decided that regulating society's behavior was racist so they stopped doing it since 2014.

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

#424

Post by kardianos »

civilized wrote: post #312

I accompanied my wife to a conference in SF a few years ago. While walking along Market Street, returning to our hotel from picking up food for the kids, one of those dishevelled guys with big coats ran at me full tilt. I was forced to run across the middle of the street into traffic to get away from him. He pursued me, pulling out a gun and pointing it at me midway across the street. After I got across the street he…

For contrast, in many parts of Texas, that man assaulting you would have been dead.

People may not like it, but reality isn't some idealized abstract notion. Knowing what is good requires you to look carefully at what is.

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

#425

Post by kvathupo »

short_sells_poo wrote: post #372
joemazerino wrote: post #361

I have commented on SF threads before regarding the violent crime. I don't think we have figured out if this was premeditated or not, but either way, SF is becoming incredibly dangerous. Progressive DA's and a neutered police force are to blame for the rise in violent crime. Many of my friends have taken their remote gigs and left SF in the last 3 years. What's the point in rolling the dice every time you walk outsid…

[flagged]

I'd argue it's well-known that income inequality is an existential threat to America. That said, I'd also argue that people _do_ care, but the SF government bureaucracy has proven woefully inept at efficiently solving housing [1] and homelessness [2].

[1] - https://www.businessinsider.com/why-housing-is-so-expensive-...

[2] - https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/S-F-officials-w...

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

#426

Post by Gareth321 »

short_sells_poo wrote: post #372
joemazerino wrote: post #361

I have commented on SF threads before regarding the violent crime. I don't think we have figured out if this was premeditated or not, but either way, SF is becoming incredibly dangerous. Progressive DA's and a neutered police force are to blame for the rise in violent crime. Many of my friends have taken their remote gigs and left SF in the last 3 years. What's the point in rolling the dice every time you walk outsid…

[flagged]

This doesn't track. San Francisco has arguably the most generous social safety nets in the entire country. The city is spending upwards of $100k per homeless person. (https://www.hoover.org/research/only-san-francisco-61000-ten....) The more San Fran spends on social services, the worse their crime becomes. I don't think this has anything to do with social safety nets or disenfranchisement.

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

#427

Post by DrThunder »

short_sells_poo wrote: post #372
joemazerino wrote: post #361

I have commented on SF threads before regarding the violent crime. I don't think we have figured out if this was premeditated or not, but either way, SF is becoming incredibly dangerous. Progressive DA's and a neutered police force are to blame for the rise in violent crime. Many of my friends have taken their remote gigs and left SF in the last 3 years. What's the point in rolling the dice every time you walk outsid…

[flagged]

Right.... so, then why have progressive policies piled on top of progressive policies for DECADES in SF only served to turn it into a feces/needle ridden homeless encampment???

Not to worry though, because the SF government is now pushing $5 million reparation payouts and $1 housing for "black residents". According to you, this should fix everything right?

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

#428

Post by brookst »

joemazerino wrote: post #361

I have commented on SF threads before regarding the violent crime. I don't think we have figured out if this was premeditated or not, but either way, SF is becoming incredibly dangerous. Progressive DA's and a neutered police force are to blame for the rise in violent crime. Many of my friends have taken their remote gigs and left SF in the last 3 years. What's the point in rolling the dice every time you walk outsid…

It’s of questionable taste to use someone’s death to advance your politics when the facts are known and can be fairly used as evidence that your tribe is right about something.

It’s in poor taste indeed to acknowledge that you don’t know the facts of a murder, and to still insist that the killing supports your politics.

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

#429

Post by brodouevencode »

rswerve wrote: post #249
atdrummond wrote: post #158

Nothing will change. I was attacked in Christmas ‘21 in the Tenderloin, right after walking out of the KFC/Taco Bell on Eddy. Two cop cars drove by me and did nothing. It was only due to an ambulance finishing a run at Sutter and spotting me that I didn’t bleed out on the suitcase. I have video, proof of damages physical and financial, eyewitnesses and the info of the men who attacked me. SFPD will not arrest them be…

I don’t know your case, but it’s also possible that the police won’t make an arrest because police in America tend to go on low-key strike when a liberal prosecutor is elected, and then loudly proclaim that the DA is undermining the rule of law. This article is about a different kind of “police pullback,” but the underlying phenomenon—cops won’t work when they’re challenged—is the same. https://www.propublica.org/art…

> police in America tend to go on low-key strike when a liberal prosecutor is elected

It has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with demoralization. Most cops simply want to do their job and not consistently be undermined or called liars.

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

#430

Post by korroziya »

fredgrott wrote: post #381
joemazerino wrote: post #361

I have commented on SF threads before regarding the violent crime. I don't think we have figured out if this was premeditated or not, but either way, SF is becoming incredibly dangerous. Progressive DA's and a neutered police force are to blame for the rise in violent crime. Many of my friends have taken their remote gigs and left SF in the last 3 years. What's the point in rolling the dice every time you walk outsid…

when you can factually compare it to Bakersfield(higher crime rate and less inequality) then maybe your conclusion changes to something of more value.

[flagged]
Post reply on HN