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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.