this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
1769 points (98.7% liked)

Technology

59422 readers
3865 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
 

Leaked Zoom all-hands: CEO says employees must return to offices because they can't be as innovative or get to know each other on Zoom::Zoom CEO Eric Yuan discussed the benefits of in-person work in a leaked meeting.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You'd be wrong. Local homeowners don't vote on new construction. That's not how any of that works.

[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Homeowners absolutely have a say in their local elections, and there are many cases where they've directly prevented projects from moving towards.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

...by convincing regulators

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Local homeowners vote on zoning policy tho so he's basically being correct, just not about the mechanism.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Local homeowners typically vote on representatives who then set local zoning laws. But either way, guess what that's called? Yep, regulation.