“NEW YORKERS WITH TECH SKILLS WERE APPALLED WHEN THEY TRIED TO MAKE VACCINE APPOINTMENTS FOR OLDER RELATIVES. THEY KNEW THERE WAS A BETTER WAY.” There is a better way than the vaccine “Lord of the Flies” rollout that states like Minnesota are counting on to get senior citizens inoculated against COVID-19. Huge Ma, “a 31-year-old software engineer for Airbnb, was stunned when he tried to …
Archives for March 2021
Ohio Leaving No One Behind: Testing Satellite Broadband Technology
Late last year, Ohio officials announced that they were launching a pilot program to bring broadband Internet service to unserved regions of the state using StarLink “low-orbit satellite technology developed by SpaceX.” If successful, this state-of-the-art technology will provide download speeds “in excess of the government’s definition of high-speed Internet” service. Satellite broadband …
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Duluth Taxpayers Finally Hit a Hole-In-One
Duluth, Minn. is currently home to not one, but two, city-owned, 27- hole golf courses. Operating costs for both public golf courses costs city taxpayers, many of whom never set foot on either course, is $100,000 per year. These operating costs are on top of the more than nearly $3 million in debt the city has racked up over the years operating both golf courses. Considering that in …
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