Boing Boing BBS

How Google's Sidewalk Labs has outmaneuvered Toronto in its bid to build a "smart city"

HMSGoose February 15, 2018, 6:15pm 2

Are you kidding, that’s plenty of room to both live AND work for Google!

You’re welcome, citizen, for finally making your pointless, innefficient life a part of something worthwhile!

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