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Where does the land of "la unica solución" seem to be heading? Are you more likely to wind up with somewhat more protection from robbery, getting robbed at chai

Where does the land of "la unica solución" seem to be heading? Are you more likely to wind up with somewhat more protection from robbery, getting robbed at chainsaw-point (beats getting dropped out of a helicopter), or somewhere in between? Lagniappe: https://d22fxaf9t8d39k.cloudfront.net/bfaefbf26f795ff226ff08c5ee0db0a7be53f93122fdfed73970e8c814baa2b0172628.png https://d22fxaf9t8d39k.cloudfront.net/bfaefbf26f795ff226ff08... [we had someone in recently who seemed very well educated for taking a job as a cuidador de caballos, but it turned out to be dual purpose: during the 6-month visa we could arrange, he managed (in surprisingly few physical trips) to do all the italian bureaucracy wrangling he'd needed to get their passport]

kragen 2y ago
Possibly less protection against random bandits, less protection against official corruption, and decaying infrastructure as well. We'll see; I'm surprised things haven't gotten any worse than they have (I was expecting general strikes to unseat our ideologue months ago) but it remains to be seen how things work out. The official plan is a transition to capitalism, but that depends on private investment. And what fool would invest their own money in Argentina, knowing they'll lose their investment after the next election?
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  Maybe Milei could issue a BoludoCoin? EDIT: no, that's already a thing https://boludocoin.com https://boludocoin.com :|
gradschoolfail 2y ago
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=907381 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=907381 Is the sage skeptical of education eg (Carleton again, the hidden fortress?)
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  Carleton? Being a hacker and not an economist, I have a simplistic view of public expenditures: With a computer, we pay a certain amount for the base package of hardware + software, and a certain amount for whatever peripherals or applications/services we wish to acquire on top of that base. Everyone complains that these base packages are bloated, yet it turns out that they're cheap enough that only a dedicated few (retro builders? arch users?) are revealed as willing to assume the inconvenience of unbundling. In a society, we pay a certain amount (taxes*) for the base provision of (public) goods and services, and a certain amount (private expenditure) for whatever goods and services we wish to acquire on top of that base. Everyone complains that these base packages are bloated, yet it turns out... Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCGu5Z_vaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCGu5Z_vaps * these days; in older, poorer, times there was corvée for both public and private purposes.
  - gradschoolfail 2y ago
    CC Veblens alma mater, here CU. Table 3, (basic,infra)hardware+software in quadrant “club goods”, solved except in minds of some recalcitrant VCs, contentious is the diametrically opposite one.
    - 082349872349872 2y ago
      Is the diametrically opposite quadrant the tragic one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-mile_limit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-mile_limit was one way to "regulate" fisheries Do the Houthis have anything to add to the conversation that started (or at least we join it) in 1455 ("Mare clausum"), continued through 1609 (Mare Liberum) and 1635 (Mare Clausum), followed by the very pragmatic 1702 (De dominio maris) which technology superseded enough to arrive at 1982 (UNCLOS)? Designori would approve of the pragmatism of waiting to come up theories, first seeing what could work in practice, including having listened to the ultima ratio regum; eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abvgtlL50Rk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abvgtlL50Rk EDIT: to what degree is the "front page" the equivalent of being within 12 nm off the "coast" of HN? EDIT2: Figure 1 explains why public expenditure is so contentious — no Schelling points EDIT3: "club goods" also explains why I am not as anti-tax as modal vocal HN: when I'm a member of a club, I pay my dues EDIT4: plenty of "contested" here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone#/media/File:Exclusive_Economic_Zones_by_boundary_type.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone#/media...

kragen 2y ago

Possibly less protection against random bandits, less protection against official corruption, and decaying infrastructure as well. We'll see; I'm surprised things haven't gotten any worse than they have (I was expecting general strikes to unseat our ideologue months ago) but it remains to be seen how things work out. The official plan is a transition to capitalism, but that depends on private investment. And what fool would invest their own money in Argentina, knowing they'll lose their investment after the next election?

082349872349872 2y ago
Maybe Milei could issue a BoludoCoin? EDIT: no, that's already a thing https://boludocoin.com https://boludocoin.com :|

gradschoolfail 2y ago

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=907381 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=907381 Is the sage skeptical of education eg (Carleton again, the hidden fortress?)

082349872349872 2y ago
Carleton? Being a hacker and not an economist, I have a simplistic view of public expenditures: With a computer, we pay a certain amount for the base package of hardware + software, and a certain amount for whatever peripherals or applications/services we wish to acquire on top of that base. Everyone complains that these base packages are bloated, yet it turns out that they're cheap enough that only a dedicated few (retro builders? arch users?) are revealed as willing to assume the inconvenience of unbundling. In a society, we pay a certain amount (taxes*) for the base provision of (public) goods and services, and a certain amount (private expenditure) for whatever goods and services we wish to acquire on top of that base. Everyone complains that these base packages are bloated, yet it turns out... Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCGu5Z_vaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCGu5Z_vaps * these days; in older, poorer, times there was corvée for both public and private purposes.
- gradschoolfail 2y ago
  CC Veblens alma mater, here CU. Table 3, (basic,infra)hardware+software in quadrant “club goods”, solved except in minds of some recalcitrant VCs, contentious is the diametrically opposite one.
  - 082349872349872 2y ago
    Is the diametrically opposite quadrant the tragic one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-mile_limit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-mile_limit was one way to "regulate" fisheries Do the Houthis have anything to add to the conversation that started (or at least we join it) in 1455 ("Mare clausum"), continued through 1609 (Mare Liberum) and 1635 (Mare Clausum), followed by the very pragmatic 1702 (De dominio maris) which technology superseded enough to arrive at 1982 (UNCLOS)? Designori would approve of the pragmatism of waiting to come up theories, first seeing what could work in practice, including having listened to the ultima ratio regum; eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abvgtlL50Rk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abvgtlL50Rk EDIT: to what degree is the "front page" the equivalent of being within 12 nm off the "coast" of HN? EDIT2: Figure 1 explains why public expenditure is so contentious — no Schelling points EDIT3: "club goods" also explains why I am not as anti-tax as modal vocal HN: when I'm a member of a club, I pay my dues EDIT4: plenty of "contested" here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone#/media/File:Exclusive_Economic_Zones_by_boundary_type.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone#/media...