"Sergey Brin says Google could reach AGI if employees worked harder and were in the office more, saying '60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity'."
Employee: I see. What do we get for killing ourselves in that fashion?
Brin: We'll fire you because AI can do your job.
As hunger in Hawai‘i reaches critical levels, our food bank hui across the state is grateful to share that we received a $1 million #AirbnbCommunityFund grant from @Airbnb and the Airbnb Host Community.
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The amount of misinformation being shared in Hawaii is astonishing. The governor keeps quoting a count of 89k short-term rentals in the state.
https://t.co/NijRjVwHEk
While he hasn't shared the source of his data, it aligns with figures calculated by the local hotel lobbyist group.
What does the data actually show? There are just 40,000 active short-term rentals in the entire state, less than half of the amount quoted by the governor.
We estimate that those 40k listings generated nearly $3 billion in revenue for hosts and significantly more in economic activity in the state.
As communities in Hawaii now look to pass their own legislation, its imperative that the are looking at real data and not just what it fed to them by the hotel lobby looking to protect their own interests.
Recently I found what I think is the sole copy of the 1971 Waikiki Transportation Plan. Compared to what exists today, it was a fairly radical guide to make Waikiki more pedestrian friendly, with an emphasis on pedestrian malls and plazas. Ala Wai promenade would’ve also been 1/2