H.P. Hovercraft posted:

lol i didn't see the vegas one

https://twitter.com/ByRosenberg/status/971916409348304896

hifi posted:

flakeloaf posted:

wait a furlong is 200 metres

what the gently caress kind of animal are you skinning

Dixie Cretin Seaman posted:

it was my one-eyed weasel, op (another victim of male genital mutilation)

Sagebrush posted:

Alternately it's 20 standard rolls of pennies. 4x5, about the size of a lantern battery.

I can't picture a million people though, no. Ten large stadiums-full, I guess?

FrozenVent posted:

now drop a nuke in the center of that grid

that’s a

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

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The beautiful thing about technology is the way it enables us to do our jobs and live our lives at the same time (as long as company policy allows for it and bosses don't exploit it). Being able to work from home -- or anywhere -- when needed means we can travel more, spend time with the people we love and easily tend to personal matters. It also means we can stay in touch with our family and friends when we're away from work. FaceTime changed my life because it truly makes me feel like I can be with my family when I'm traveling for work.

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Some of my best work-related ideas have come to me while watching a basketball game, visiting a museum, seeing a play or meeting someone new during vacation.

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While technology has its challenges, I for one am grateful for the way it has blurred boundaries, ultimately helping me and my team feel more connected and inspired in both our work and our lives.

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Thirty years of wandering into new communities and living (even briefly) like a local have taught me that the awesome power of travel for energy and learning is endless.

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

https://twitter.com/Inc/status/972101626810044416

i'm not quoting anything outta that shitass article except that the writer's name has "poon" in it

Xaris posted:

ah yes the 30-40-something+ year old version of the college senior chick who just got back from a study abroad

Jonny 290 posted:

on a recent flight i sat next to a gap year kid coming back from 4 months in India and became perilously ill for a whole week

FCKGW posted:

https://twitter.com/michaelbatnick/status/972177158561988608

flakeloaf posted:

the one pica people are not willing to put in their mouths

FCKGW posted:

https://twitter.com/michaelbatnick/status/972177158561988608

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

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Laundry is a waiting game, and now the the owner of the Wash Land laundromat at 2918 Mission will have to wait even longer to find out if he can raze the circa-1924 building in favor of a 75-unit housing development, after the Board of Supervisors put off a vote on the project to determine whether or not the facility is historically significant.

The housing proposal, in the works since 2014 and approved by the Planning Commission in December, invokes California’s state density bonus law to go over and above the zoning for the block.

The plan as of Tuesday’s hearing is as follows:

To demolish a 5,200 square-foot, single-story, approximately 15- foot-tall commercial building and to construct an eight-story, 84-foot, 8-inch-tall 67,314 square foot mixed-use building with 75 dwelling units and 6,724 sq. ft. of ground floor retail.

[...] Under the State Law, a housing development that includes affordable housing is entitled to additional density, concessions and incentives, and waivers from development standards that might otherwise preclude the construction.

The site is just a block away from the 24th Street BART station. The developer and property owner says the laundromat is a money loser in today’s Mission, noting that the building and parking lot are more valuable as new development.

MissionLocal called the project a “no-brainer” in 2017, but it has since faced a marathon of delays, largely because some neighbors call it too large and bulky for the neighborhood (criticisms with which some planning commissioners agreed), while groups like the Mission Economic Development Agency criticized it for not including enough affordable housing.

Mission resident Anthony Martorana complained in a letter to the Board of Supervisors this week:

This project does not take into consideration the people of the neighborhood . It is a rectangular box 84-foot-tall looking over the children’s school, casting shades and eliminating views from adjoining properties. The planning code states to grant a conditional use the’ project is necessary, desirable and compatible with the neighborhood. This project has none of the above.

Tuesday’s hearing might have been the final hurdle for the new building, but Supervisor Hillary Ronen, citing an appeal, scuttled the decision until at least early summer.


“With the support of both the appellant and the project sponsor [...] the continuance will allow for the project to be further evaluated to determine its potential significance as a historic resource,” said Ronen.

“We do not know for certain how long that will take, but my best guess is about four to five months,” she added, pushing the next hearing to June 19.

Nobody spoke up during public comment on the continuance, and the motion passed unanimously.

hobbesmaster posted:

theres no way hq2 was ever going to be west of the rockies

Alpha Mayo posted:

is hq2 the thing where its really an Amazon City and you get paid in Amazon Bucks to spend and live through Amazon? or did i dream that up and thats still like 10 years away from becoming reality

haveblue posted:

hq2 is not going to be a company town (barely, by the letter of the law) although it will have a huge effect on the local economy

bob dobbs is dead posted:

isn't it between nyc and dc now, basically?

both are big enough for amazon to merely be a big effect

hobbesmaster posted:

amazon bought a ton of office space in NYC before this all started - HQ2 is probably going there

NYC hasn't really bothered giving them any incentives either

Jonny 290 posted:

on a recent flight i sat next to a gap year kid coming back from 4 months in India and became perilously ill for a whole week

atomicthumbs posted:

why the gently caress is san francisco still allowing construction of new office space

hobbesmaster posted:

amazon bought a ton of office space in NYC before this all started - HQ2 is probably going there

NYC hasn't really bothered giving them any incentives either

hobbesmaster posted:

amazon bought a ton of office space in NYC before this all started - HQ2 is probably going there

NYC hasn't really bothered giving them any incentives either

Rex-Goliath posted:

yeah it's gonna be nyc or dc

*extremely* long shot pittsburgh or austin but i highly highly doubt it

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

what makes you think nyc or dc as opposed to, say, atlanta