Didn’t SF do this for some kind of summit of Asian politicians recently? I thought it was funny that a city known for claiming nothing can be done about encampments cleaned it all up overnight.
Stunning lack of empathy (and a healthy dose of DRTFA) on display in the comments. The point isn't that undesirables get cleaned up during Olympics, it's that it's being done in a way that's not humane. There are support networks in place that people are being ripped out of and not being replaced.
> “They are hiding the misery under the rug,” he said. “If this really was a dignified solution to the problem, people would be fighting to get on the buses. They’re not. We are in the process of making life impossible for these people and those who support them.”
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 48.2 ms ] thread> “They are hiding the misery under the rug,” he said. “If this really was a dignified solution to the problem, people would be fighting to get on the buses. They’re not. We are in the process of making life impossible for these people and those who support them.”
Which is very typical of HN and the tech community in general. Maybe the downturn will reset tech people's humility a bit.