Report Card on Red State America

@athousandyoung said
Don’t forget the Plutonium

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/09/history-internet/

To coordinate such efforts, a rapid way to exchange data between various universities and laboratories was needed. This bring us to J. C. R. Licklider who is largely responsible for the theoretical basis of the Internet, an “Intergalactic Computer Network.” His idea was to create a network where many different computer systems would be interconnected to one another to quickly exchange data, rather than have individual systems setup, each one connecting to some other individual system.

He thought up the idea after having to deal with three separate systems connecting to computers in Santa Monica, the University of California, Berkeley, and a system at MIT

The first use of this network took place on October 29, 1969 at 10:30 pm and was a communication between UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute.

Kansas has produced 2 Nobel Laureates. CA, 18. Apparently NY rules the roost with 65!

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/6uhpz7/us_nobel_laureates_by_state_or_country_of_birth_oc/

@athousandyoung said
We have an ocean for one. More varied microclimates (both skiing and surfing in the same state) 5 of the top 10 best universities in the world, much stronger economy, bigger airport, world dominating companies in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, and a more varied agricultural sector with rare goods like avocados, excellent wines…

@sh76 said
That California, despite some of the best weather in the world, unlimited natural beauty, tremendous mineral resources and being home to silicon valley, manages to to have governed itself into the problems it suffers from now, will forever stand as a wonder of what poor government can ruin.

Ever since Tesla moved to Texas their stock has steadily dropped. Apple stock, based in CA, has steadily risen in that time period. There’s a reason why Silicon Valley is located in CA.

@athousandyoung said
It is true that when Reagan shut down the mental hospitals those people ended up homeless and we refuse to tax landlords effectively. These sorts of policies are causing problems. Also the conservative communities in the eastern half of the state keep getting zapped by Jewish space lasers and their underfunded fire departments (low taxes ftw amirite?) can’t handle th ...[text shortened]... ke that’s a geographic feature lol

What’s an example of a good government that CA should emulate?