San Francisco? Extra like San Francisgo (Ep. 468)

Ben and Matt talk about how tech employees’ desire for distant work is driving a near-exodus from cities like San Francisco, the place the workplace emptiness charge has jumped to 19%. In the meantime, smaller cities like Tulsa, Oklahoma are actually paying distant employees to relocate. Additionally underneath dialogue: a D&D-inspired AI picture generator, the search engine designed to make builders extra environment friendly, and 3D-printing initiatives to enhance your oral hygiene. 

Episode notes:

San Francisco’s Mayor London Breed says a seismic shift (undoubtedly not an exodus) is underway as tech employees proceed working from dwelling and firms like Salesforce (the town’s largest personal employer) cut back workplace house. Breed says San Francisco misplaced $400 million in tax income in 2021, as corporations shuttered places of work or moved to different cities. San Francisco places of work haven’t been this empty since 2009.

The Wall Road Journal stories that 71 cities (and counting) are providing money grants and different incentives to lure distant employees from Silicon Valley to, say, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Should you’re a member in good standing of the Hellfire Membership (or any D&D group), try the free AI picture generator from AI Dungeon.

Customizable open search platform You.com debuts YouCode, a specialised search engine meant to extend developer effectivity. You.com permits customers to deploy AI to customise the sources they need to see, the order during which outcomes seem, and the way personal outcomes are, stories VentureBeat.

Matt is the proud proprietor of a brand new tongue scraper (TMI?), and Ben is 3D-printing him a personalized holder. What are associates for?

Immediately’s Lifeboat badge goes to person LuLuGaGa for his or her reply to the query Is there a strategy to create BottomBar utilizing SwiftUI?

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