In most cases because it is impossible to find out who is doing the calling because the numbers are spoofed.
For example, when my phone receives a call from my own phone number am I going to sue myself? There is no way to track down the actual caller in most cases.
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Their stuff is a nightmare to use, and is insanely expensive.
Always nice when we get to just swap it out for something like Canary or even Ignition although folks are always trying to trash the Ignition Historian when it works well for most use cases people need to solve.
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I don't think it would be better off without the gigafactory, I think it would be better off without such a steep investment in one company.
Sure, there will be tax and other money spent where the people live and work, but I'm not seeing how that will be enough of a boost to the economy to justify $1.3B in incentives given to Tesla, especially when their ask was for less than half of that amount.
I'm not against long-shots that take time to mature, as long as those are part of a diversified investment portfolio.
The legislators gave up or severely decreased tax incentives to other industries to make up the gap. Could Tesla be worth all of that in the long run? Possibly, still, I think it would be wise to continue to invest some of the money in other ventures rather than putting it all in on Tesla.
I agree, I'm just not sure that having to give up existing tax incentives to other industries to fund a $1.3B subsidy to one company is the way to go about generating new industry in the area.
There is a small group of start-ups in the area that seem to be doing well for themselves and every so often there is talk of Reno becoming the next Silicon Valley, so I think the SAAS sector is covered.
Reno also has Sierra Nevada Corp, which was in competition with SpaceX and Boeing on some space related ventures for whatever that is worth.
The problem I have with Musk's use of government money is that his companies most reliant on the money are still reporting net losses after being in business for a decade. Maybe in the "start-up" world of hoping to make a big exit he is successful, still, I don't know how anyone can call this Musk being successful. Maybe he will be down the road, but I don't see it that way.
I'm originally from Reno NV, which will be directly impacted by the gigafactory. I think NV took a huge gamble on the tax incentives there, including cutting huge amounts of funding for other, much more diverse industries. As NV has seen, focusing on one or two extremely unstable industries (gambling and mining) can quickly put you in a bind when things go south, the economy, price of rare metals, etc. They are simply banking on Tesla as a third pillar of industry, one without a track record of returning on its investment in the form of profits. If things continue on the same track they have been with Tesla, I don't see NV getting a very good return on investment in the long run.
Also, no one is taking into account the skilled manufacturing workforce (or lack thereof) in Reno, the existing manufacturing going on there, and the fact that either people will need to either come from out of state, or be poached from just about every manufacturing company in the area to supply Tesla's workforce requirements. If manufacturing in Reno is brought to its knees to support Tesla how is that any better than not having Tesla there in the first place?
Finally, the location of the gigafactory is going to lead people to live in Reno, but the factory is in a different county. Therefore the burden of all of the extra children, traffic, government services, etc., will be focused in an area not receiving any money from the overall package for those services.
While I hope someone besides Musk and his shareholders can take part in the upside of all of this investment, I personally don't see it coming to fruition anytime soon.
The general consensus having lived in Reno and seen all of the pushes over the last 30 years for it to become the next hub of various industries is it is close to everywhere else. The other main draw is the lack of taxes.
The potential for the new Tesla battery facility being located here is a good marketing bullet point. If it materializes it will change the local economy at least in the short term during construction and possibly beyond. If it doesn't happen here it will be another failed attempt to lure huge business to the area. Other notable pushes have been for shipping/industrial manufacturing which resulted in a new Wal-Mart mega-warehouse and some upgrades to other facilities and another push for pharmaceutical companies such as Genentech to open facilities in the area that fizzled out.
There have been a lot of marketing pushes over the last couple of years trying to make Reno seem like the great new destination city. I think this article is in that same vein.
There is a decent push locally with events like One Million Cups* going on to promote local companies. Included in that group are things like the Reno Collective and GirlMade among a myriad of other businesses ranging from art retreats to internet of things hardware. Also in that group is Abbi Agency which is the firm behind a lot of the marketing pushes about the area in general.
Personally I see the push for Reno to become the next Silicon Valley, Boulder CO, etc. as a good idea in theory, just one that is not using a clear message. I don't see the messaging as delivering a clear idea about "Why Reno?", instead it is more of a "Reno can be like..." message.
I would say the area has potential as far as people capable of both making and pushing really hard for something to happen to make Reno great, I'm just not sure if the culture is ready for that to come to fruition. Reno is overall a very conservative, old-boy type of place and hasn't been the most accepting of change, at least in my opinion.
*Full disclosure, my industrial automation company, Precise Integration, has been involved in the One Million Cups group locally in Reno.
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Given Nathan's business model I don't see how this is a risky move for him to make. He sells products and will likely continue to earn money on those even without investing additional hours of work during the year.
It would really only be a big risk if he was to stop putting in hours AND take his products off the market for the rest of the year.
I agree this would be a very scary proposition as a freelancer with a direct correlation between hours worked and revenue.
For example, when my phone receives a call from my own phone number am I going to sue myself? There is no way to track down the actual caller in most cases.