Favorite Rejects 2022-06-01

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

What?! Taiwan don't be sucky like this.

Lily Kuo @lilkuo

After the national security law in Hong Kong, Taiwan became a refuge for fleeing activists and supporters of the protests. Now their applications for long-term residency are increasingly being rejected or left pending indefinitely. Many are leaving. https://t.co/NyrJrP1Keh

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Twitter is the tech company equivalent of the city of San Francisco. Its natural advantages are so huge that it never has to do anything well.

Alan Cole @AlanMCole

These surveys are often like: "If you had an unexpected expense, would you pay it in literal cash?" "No, I'd put it on credit card, like a normal person." "So you'd have to go into debt, got it." "Well no I'd sell stocks if needed to cover it." "Got it, you live in squalor."

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

I have no problem with mocking high earners like this but these stats are worth keeping in mind when thinking about that famous stat about households who can't cover a $400 expense without borrowing. Having bad cash management and being poor are totally different issues. https://t.co/tOoMlGt8co

wanye @_wayneburkett

It you ask a left-NIMBY whether supply drives down prices, they’ll say no. If you ask investors they’ll tell you straight out, “oh, for sure, we actively avoid areas where new housing is allowed.”

Moses Kagan @moseskagan

For the record: 1. Compared to other cities, LA builds almost nothing 2. That said, what we do build tends to be concentrated in a few neighborhoods where zoning allows it 3. We specifically try to avoid buying in those neighborhoods

Nat Bullard @NatBullard

A bit of a milestone: After 130 years or so of growth, the global fleet of cars with only an internal combustion engine will probably peak in 2022. EVs are already the auto industry's sales growth driver. Soon they will be the fleet growth driver too. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The Onion @TheOnion

Off-Duty Officer Instinctively Reaches To Turn Off Body Cam During Argument With Wife bit.ly/3m6tfBy

Noah Witherspoon @mahalis

this tracks. I’m a pretty good debugger and it’s not from being ~smart~ or knowledgeable it’s just a whole lot of patience and stubbornness.

Clive Thompson @pomeranian99

I interviewed over 200 software developers for my book "Coders" What's the one trait they generally all shared? An ability to tolerate epic, constant, grinding, Sisphyean frustration Even more important than "being logical", really My essay on this: https://t.co/ajt31qWxmr

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Like for better or worse, it's not the NRA that is pushing for a less aggressive approach to punishing people for breaking DC's gun laws.

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Deliberate, pre-planned election theft has become the GOP's default strategy in key states.

Heidi Przybyla @HeidiReports

EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s going to be an army’: Tapes reveal GOP plan to contest elections https://t.co/BDdx8QaMpM via @politico THE HIGHLIGHTS:

Joe Golden @JoeGoJoeGo

Layoffs generate bad press and demoralize the remaining team. I think we will see more companies end remote work programs to spur resignations. That's what Elon is probably doing. This isn’t exactly a new idea. Marissa Mayer did this in 2013 at Yahoo!

The New York Times @nytimes

Elon Musk told SpaceX and Tesla employees that they were required to “spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week.” Those who did not do so would be fired, he wrote in a memo. https://t.co/eOwVV5UIGp https://t.co/pHzcnIDHm1