2026-04-23T17:57:17Z https://yabu.me Jzero https://yabu.me/npub177f89py3mx5wkyy95tlsvwkxkv7ya420eqrjk5gxy4qxn5sehs0qu06uyx https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/000/015/396/original/af7bfa3c3a835bc8.jpg https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/000/015/396/original/af7bfa3c3a835bc8.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs04ynsatvyczgz4twcl2vgzllts240aaucuqswm9sd9xr099v8w0czyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7pu5zqexm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgh4dur7khmqah0nuag9uzc5w8yqtjrj0xylr3svd5h0va7wce3jsmpu6qa'>nevent1q…u6qa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is this a Bloom County reference?<br/><br/> <img src="https://m8y.org/bloomcounty.jpg"> 2025-12-12T23:20:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5aarwkvgu40nx0yxq0yqd9fmlwhwv7gz9l8upsne0ry5ea4r47szyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7pujlrq8s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs009vpj0u0llxwxa9paass5xcgxwy6hpg50lkseuu8xuuduzeur9qvq85x4'>nevent1q…85x4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As I have been saying for-freakin&#39;-ever!<br/><br/><a href="https://threadingthepearls.blogspot.com/2014/11/youre-doing-it-wrong-politics-as-if.html">https://threadingthepearls.blogspot.com/2014/11/youre-doing-it-wrong-politics-as-if.html</a><br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/298/952/142/601/861/original/c9b11a0ed8e9dfc0.png"> <br/> 2025-10-01T12:40:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsywgf4q6yfzx4sq37038emdmm2ve0yyym26yh20hk8x24gl5z9akszyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7puc72tcn Via my mother:<br/><br/>&#34;At my age when I say I&#39;m picking up a hottie at the club, I mean I&#39;m getting a rotisserie chicken from Costco.&#34; 2025-09-13T15:10:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsft5dz6kqrxzvcrm8d3wuhg2t0rz6gsvwfqf3hke76j9t0ump2q0szyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7puh0a34m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2pj0n4mr6qtmzxj9g3yj29hnkkkl5s9xap7k9qk2d5wd8hnl95use0fckw'>nevent1q…fckw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A: Maybe. If that would lead to policies that better serve the general welfare, which I think there is a good argument for, then from a consequentialist standpoint it would seem like a reasonable case to make (tho it would turn polling methodology into a battlefield).<br/><br/>For the record, tho, I&#39;m a sortitionist, as I think that random selection from among the voting age population would give us far better outcomes than the system we have now that selects for scruplelessness. 2025-08-14T13:01:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs09lnnuhw7vv76txt3vj944mtful52da99cehv8llh4yummq3wmfgzyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7punfcs77 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxn3jr6as5j33haqg7f7nfasrwnfzgj58fl4t55qcc6l35xf53tscsh88sv'>nevent1q…88sv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As Ed Whitfield once said, &#34;Most people think democracy means everybody gets to have a say, and I get to have my way.&#34; <br/><br/>That said, I do think that there is a lot of validity in the methodology of Gilens and Page (2014) showing the massive disconnect between popular sentiment as ascertained by polling numbers and political outcomes. 2025-08-14T12:38:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvpk4xkgqt8walxs3w89l6dyxy90j6sa6mx79p9hqlf4rpzqc9mdgzyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7puwku9dz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdeg6ntw6zynxjuhh5csc26f7fsux8d2j0mezjw332d0ypnglxpegfms6fv'>nevent1q…s6fv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here are the details<br/><a href="https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/25/ai-resorts-to-robot-blackmail-because-anthropic-asked-for-a-story-of-robot-blackmail/">https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/25/ai-resorts-to-robot-blackmail-because-anthropic-asked-for-a-story-of-robot-blackmail/</a> 2025-07-20T12:18:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyc8vnegcqx2k6v3fp0h0q9l2xs36mvpm0m2lpw8sldpds5pzryegzyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7pu8jzsfk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvtk77r07dd2dqgkwqqlfaaey9mjaf93yzlfewfxus372ccs3t9fs04x30q'>nevent1q…x30q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Anybody stepping up to do the actual experiment to find out if all those smart coders are, in fact, fooling themselves? Unlikely, I think. Why would true believers pay for research that might prove them wrong? If they were in it for the sake of scientific knowledge, maybe....but then, we&#39;d be having an entirely different conversation. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof and, &#34;bro, I swear this makes me faster!&#34; isn&#39;t that. 2025-06-10T18:03:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0a76qssrpj4s706w3kwwalrr2lfgxdzq0wknucl6c9ytssjzs4rgzyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7put4vrj3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst2dv2luzgrfve0mc5h5u0082j65ee6sl5ard39q8fzvlqt803cwcu5lkhz'>nevent1q…lkhz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mathing up a bunch of nonsense is basically all of neoclassical econ, imo. This is the natural result of economists convincing everyone that the correct way to understand economics is with equations. 2025-04-04T02:20:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszyec54ayza2xm8cgynj8nmstwsuqx5xqm727nkyvnguyjp66es7czyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7puse34kr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgwg73ac2fk662rekp3z9av3jlknndyq9xep5s6gghd3ltjtn7txc75q6ez'>nevent1q…q6ez</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Oops! Accidentally paid our CEO $6 million a year&#34; 2025-03-07T13:27:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyuuq0z3k6jyma5my76s8sk78uv40szmpaxwq0uaxcsnty38wufcczyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7pupyehq7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ua3paxx62dcgazp87q6gckdcv5ghazd3s6a7ugpmmap36lh5m5sa83wm8'>nevent1q…3wm8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For the most part, I think my State Uni profs were just repeating what they had been taught - i.e. boilerplate neoclassical economics - without thinking too much about it. They genuinely thought that they were being &#34;scientific&#34; and would often tell me that &#34;economics is a positive, not a normative, science. We talk about how things are, not how they should be.&#34; When I pointed out that that stance was itself a normative one, they were much confused. 2025-03-05T14:44:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxuqaklldrn7hd8d7hk2arwez8nvfvme3aty82a5dnpwvcec0ukugzyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7pu33n6ay In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg85hhx7cjg47p56sccgu303sp34kahlvpqm7t4g0fghfrl9fgrjs3dqf87'>nevent1q…qf87</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, I know (and have read a good bit of your writing), which is why getting a BA in econ was so painful for me. I&#39;m sitting here trying to explain the basics of logic to my f&#39;ing professors (except for my thesis advisor, thank gawd, who was a Marxian).<br/><br/>Me: Wait, so you&#39;re saying that if we take $50 from Bill Gates and give it to a homeless guy on the street we can&#39;t say that overall welfare has increased?!?<br/><br/>Them: Yes. 2025-03-05T14:37:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp68z69fah8v9g579pn8h9ylnaq8h73z4sc92jmq6vcnv9sju382qzyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7pu99x7rw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspnf77cgjsl63gs6nk0fmd308z8ueqqkkyyg2mz9grg6t8t0w38kqfxgavn'>nevent1q…gavn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I tried to make these kinds of arguments as an undergrad (though not in quite these terms) I was always told, &#34;no interpersonal comparisons of utility,&#34; which meant in practice that it was impermissible to make any arguments about redistributive policies and social welfare, since Pareto Efficiency demands that no one be made worse off &amp; any adjustments to current resource allocations would make at least one person worse off...so growth is the only answer...according to them. 2025-03-05T14:25:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszd8ulq0hfassa60ht0d4qhq29y5fj0jj9ltedu0n63gk86t3wmeqzyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7pu3658cu Right on schedule. If you&#39;ve been paying attention at any point during the last 20 odd years, this should come as no surprise.<br/><br/><a href="https://fair.org/home/ap-describes-musks-coup-as-penchant-for-dabbling/">https://fair.org/home/ap-describes-musks-coup-as-penchant-for-dabbling/</a><br/><br/><a href="https://fair.org/home/wapo-provides-cover-for-musks-government-takeover/">https://fair.org/home/wapo-provides-cover-for-musks-government-takeover/</a> 2025-02-17T01:02:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxrhetjp3lyay33wpkytazapy5wfkxd7xyk2e9xc4z7ftv928mf4gzyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7puxy3ap8 This was #Caturday in New Orleans.<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/895/512/114/476/416/original/ed2850c3d74a140f.png"> <br/> 2025-01-26T16:07:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0de64ygqa2lwc97hya8dzm4jzt52ewuymnnkfj3k7v43g58w8tygzyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7puxh3sxu Duffel Blog gets a 10/10 for this headline 🤣<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/850/435/816/523/320/original/eeb89027de891a5f.png"> <br/> 2025-01-18T17:03:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyx3k60hcjne6u69dc9rcq78rrqev5e8g7lcqmnydfxl03gxxlkmszyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7puchmrqj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0tumfp8hhwaqcdkjqy5hccnfx30lnpuacmqqe660mxy69yy3mnmsgy379y'>nevent1q…379y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Somewhere there is a factory pumping these things out by the thousands smdh. 2024-12-11T21:05:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsweg6zk2jwjque92wa5az86hqg20lcz0563emvkcl6yhy04egjxvgzyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7pujcelhq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxwy9mxp6z9qkt8ww99zm3s03fchkesk0nvyp604s6k7n4rvy2taqnm23lk'>nevent1q…23lk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Shitty. Plasma has a specific setting for turning off the touchpad when typing, so maybe it&#39;s a DE thing and not a linux thing? No idea about the battery life and other issues though. I&#39;ve never owned a new laptop, so battery life on mine has always been low and I&#39;ve always just assumed it&#39;s the age of the battery and not the OS. Not great to find out otherwise 🙄 2024-09-25T13:59:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsymr8m2ry39r2fhnuq0wexnr543havptkcznf5zksxneregavz2wczyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7puqc5h8k &#34;Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening.&#34; ~Chico Mendes (1944-1988)<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/198/159/202/222/466/original/a8c00307fe86ddd0.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-25T12:21:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0audcwrhf7j3na978gqn5xmv85edwjyfg5e3ygw60zzyrsugesdszyrmeyu5yj8v636cssk307p36c6encnk4flyqw263qcj5q6wjrx7puclvg55 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgvsycqk7p8qdujl9t2qtc0mwwf2mya3uva2vhneee9e9n2lhl8dqlzq63f'>nevent1q…q63f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The US is &#34;not corrupt&#34; in very similar ways. 2024-08-12T11:56:46Z