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Upvoting you because I've heard similar stories from Burning Man regarding Google founders, and in particular Eric Schmidt.

An Update On This Meme It's Time

Seafloor mining, pipeline inspections, wildlife conservation, fiber optic links, ship inspections, port monitoring, de-mining...

You hit the nail on the head; and articulated this very well.

It's akin to a cheater who suspects everyone else is cheating, including their partner.

Prescient, upvoted!

Strange how this didn't make the front page. #dang

I had to provide a passport to purchase a throwaway T-Mobile data SIM in Germany. Seems normal to me.

Kinda a click bait title, commenter above said they should add "for SaaS companies"

I agree with this. We'd be on a slippery slope to idiocracy.

(Maybe we're already there!)

x2.

I stopped replying because it's just classic entitled NIMBY-ism happening here. You're not going to get through to them.

I know you think this seems very logical, sane - but you have a tell "outside city limits" - you want these people rounded up and bused out. it's not a solution.

Sane policing, treatment programs, and massive development is the solution.

Luxury isn't necessarily about price (although it's a common component) - it's an ephemeral combination of prestige, exclusivity, quality, and wealth/taste projection.

I hate that In The Valley of the Gods was cancelled for this.

It's more around $25-$35 when you factor in all overhead.

The bigger problem here is that Allbirds ISNT a luxury brand.

They've drank the Silicon Valley cool-aid of growth above all else, the "reforge" growth-hack school of tips and tricks to optimize conversion rates and customer retention, without actually building a storied brand - which is what a real luxury brand is (see: LVMH's holdings, Hermes, or more recently Aesop).

There's no storied history, hell - their LOGO isn't on their products. They're PERFECTLY ripe for generic disruption.

If they had hired real brand marketers, not growth addicts over-analyzing CAC/LTV/AOV formulas all day, they'd have a more defensible position in the marketplace.

By the way, your analogy of sunglasses is flawed - those cheap sunglasses look, feel, and function cheaply.

Happy to help.

bobbybottleservice (at) me (dot) com

(it's a throwaway alias - don't make a judgement on the name.)

bobbybottleservice (at) me (dot) com

(it's a throwaway alias - don't make a judgement on the name.)

bobbybottleservice (at) me (dot) com

(it's a throwaway alias - don't make a judgement on the name.)

I'm a marketer here. If you want some help, reply. I'm happy to grab coffee in the Bay Area and help give early direction to your startup.

You know I meaningfully contribute more than most people here, right?

I just imagine this commenter standing there smugly "yes, I contributed. snort I mean WHY would anyone build a PORT city on the WATER??"

All of this posturing, and I trust that it’s largely really China, just reeks of insecurity.

China is driving the world’s biggest lifted truck.

Remarkable how banks just, always win.

You just need to learn some basics. "I would like" "I feel like" "Where is" "Hello, goodbye, Good day"

I usually stay in Verdun or Hochelaga... I'm not a stranger to the city.

How should I see this as anything but whining about producing lazy, resource intensive, non-UI-guideline adhering Electron apps?

Looking at you - Slack, Todoist, Monday.com. Your apps are very bad (and your native apps are Electron lies!)

Disagree. Montreal is as if Paris and Brooklyn had a baby.

I no nowhere else on the North American continent that has as much nightlife (except Miami), as many restaurants (except NYC), as many universities (???) and young people (???) and just "stuff to do"

The city has a very lived-in feeling and great architecture. Completely the opposite of California.

I hardly think this problem, while absolutely abhorrent, is unique to Montreal.

When’s the last time you’ve been? I’ve found everyone to be extremely friendly, even in the east (French) side of the island.

All you need to do is learn “I’m sorry, I don’t speak French - but I’m learning!”

This might be off topic, but I highly encourage anyone to visit Montreal - ideally in summer, but even in winter. It's the most vibrant city in Canada, and the 2nd best city in North America (behind NYC).

If you want to discover precisely what the Bay Area is missing when people talk about "culture" - Montreal has it.

Note: I'm a 30+ year Bay Area native.