this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2024
537 points (97.2% liked)

Technology

59329 readers
4634 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

The “Texas Miracle” loses some of its magic as Oracle announces it’s moving its new HQ out of Austin and Tesla lays off nearly 2,700 workers.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 19 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Well, I heard that Austin is very good and progressive, especially compared to the rest of Texas, and feels free of weird shit. But that was quite some time ago, and now it seems not to outweigh being in Texas anymore

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago

Unfortunately, you would still be a blue dot in a sea of red backwater thinking, human rights limiting, crazy religious, and racist people that make up Texas as a whole.

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The state government also hates the city and works to actively sabotage it. When they tried to reform their police after they murdered several protestors, the state took over the department. Despite being a small city, it has terrible transportation because the state never allocates any funding for it.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Austin is progressive compared to the rest of Texas, but that's faint praise.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago

A pretty low bar to set, I understand