Can you tell me what city this is? For me this would be reason enough to move.

That is great! Thanks for all you do for others.

I don’t know where you are located. I am in the US and a co-op is just a corporation so all the things that apply to a private corporation apply to a co-op. When applying for grants there are no differentiators that I can think of. One advantage for a co-op here is that there are no passive investors.

This is kinda off the subject but do you live this life? Would you like to code something for no money that would help people?

To me the opposite appears true. Beyond economy -of-scale can you give me some examples?

That’s a much higher percentage than I expected.

Benevolent capital is out there, especially in the startup phase. I find it arrogant and ignorant, but available. It does require risk-sharing which I find doesn’t fit the vision of the borrower.

I’m a better bookkeeper than I am a coder. I would join.

So many roles can be fractionalized that it seems doable.

Strategic leadership and consensus might be difficult. Design by committee could be the biggest enemy.

What can be done to change this?

I think a lot of people need someone to blame for their own unhappiness, too. I would like to see this change, but I am not sure how it can be done.

This might be tangentially relevant https://fed.dyne.org/post/146187

So what I am now hearing is it is hard for them to get seed money.

You are the hero we need

So you are saying employees in employee owned companies are rent seeking social parasites?

Beyond just game studios, why aren’t there more employee owned companies?

When Starbucks was unionizing I made the comment that if I were the corporation I would just get out and let the employees run it. I got flamed for this attitude. What is so terrible about employee owned companies?

An old IBM commercial:

https://youtu.be/wzFhBGKU6HA?si=NX5vVi6QhSPOOFTS

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Anaheim has a free teir.

I just found this article:

https://everyday-reading.com/where-you-can-get-a-non-resident-library-card/

There is always the pirate life for those too. I have seen some small libraries with 3d printers and vr setups that seem to go somewhat unused. Those interest me.

I really love the idea of collecting library cards. I was collecting casino cards for a while but this sounds much more fun.

Sorry to hear that. I live in the road and have had smaller libraries offer cards to me after getting several temporary passes. I think they like inflating their usage stats to help with funding so maybe they sometimes bend the rules. I might try and push the limits. It sounds like a fun quest.

I got one online from the Houston Library some time ago.

Laptops