the_optimist

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by the_optimist 2y ago
There is little-to-zero validation or uniqueness check currently, and there are near-zero verifiable data points. We can count envelopes/ballots and eyeball signatures, and there is batch-level attachment between the two. Everything el
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by the_optimist 2y ago
Correct. It’s a very straightforward algebraic correction that reflects both supply and demand. The demand is implicit and equal to production. You consumed it but you didn’t produce it. The demand is internal but the supply is not. This eq
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by the_optimist 2y ago
The ID check is productive at 1) registration - ensure eligibility and 2) at ballot casting - ensure the voter is registered and unique. The match will inherently enumerate voters. Your outside assumptions that a) id requirements disenfranc
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by the_optimist 2y ago
There is no magic here. Ballots have no identifiers attached to them. Fraudulent ballots are indistinguishable from real ballots. Envelopes do have identifiers attached to them but are separated from ballots. It is not always necessary to s
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by the_optimist 2y ago
Leading off the article with Yglesias shows the guy has little idea what he’s proposing to discuss. Imports can reduce GDP because the import is imported and not domestically produced. The formula identifies specifically: that which is cons
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by the_optimist 2y ago
My comment is broad-based and not directed at you specifically.
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by the_optimist 2y ago
Stigliz’ enthusiasm for “correcting” markets never seemed to extend to reducing his hypothetical information asymmetries, but rather tipped toward intervention. This disposition plays well with bureaucracy with whom he enjoys the most ferve
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by the_optimist 2y ago
Some of Benoit Mandelbrot’s seminal work focused on Operational Hydrology. This work informed subsequent developments in extreme value theory. Frequency and level of tail risk events may not be characterizable by moments. https:/&#x2F
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by the_optimist 2y ago
What qualifies to you as a home? Is it “nice”? Fully finished? Large? In a nice area? In an area with good weather? In good repair?
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by the_optimist 2y ago
Spoken like someone who has never taken 300-500 level econ.
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by the_optimist 2y ago
There is no such slippery-ness or slippage. The system is fundamentally assessable with basic accounting and Econ 101. No, the 401k is not a coup. No, class-warfare advocates cannot fundamentally create value, improve the economy, or the be
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by the_optimist 2y ago
Thousands of years of more severe precedent challenges have been overcome. You are stronger than you think. The light you seek is within you.
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by the_optimist 2y ago
The efficacy of bureaucratic destruction is explicit in warfare guidance [0]. We pretend peacetime is different. It’s not. So among non-EU-dwellers, let’s raise a glass to our fallen competitors and erstwhile comrades. Better than Nordstrea
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by the_optimist 2y ago
This comment is pretty obviously spreading “fear, uncertainty, and doubt.”
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by the_optimist 2y ago
I suggest whistleblowing carries no particular journalistic weight. But you mentioned whistleblowing, not me. To reiterate for clarity: published truth is an unmitigated good.
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by the_optimist 2y ago
As mentioned, this highly-subjective, parochial, hegemonic view survives neither border crossing nor the reality that rules apply only to rule-abiders. It is non-viable in a cooperative, networked world. It enforces the lowest-common-defini
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by the_optimist 2y ago
This relies on an artificial and false morality. You reference “correct guidelines.” Please cite them, and what is definitely good and bad outside a local construct within a modern Westphalian political nation state. Separately: Should nati
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by the_optimist 2y ago
You take the self-contradictory position that “publishing the truth is never bad,” but in some cases “how you publish the truth” is bad. You weight the perceived interpretation by the consumer of information against the information itself.
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by the_optimist 2y ago
It’s the only question worth asking, ever, about law: when the law is inevitably misused, how bad is the outcome?
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by the_optimist 2y ago
Can you articulate an equilibrium of political economy that reflects your redesign? Like what’s the role of politics in economics?
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by the_optimist 2y ago
The company “failed to provide written notice of quotas” to employees, as required. Tape a sheet of paper on the wall with the numbers, done. Meanwhile, the antipathy of jealousy is palpable.
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by the_optimist 2y ago
“Old Brew” can be more valuable. You must check the vintage and terrioir.
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by the_optimist 2y ago
Rather than this relatively low-effort idea, just think about the other marginalized groups for which appeal could be curried: - orphans and widowers - statutorily limited peoples - losers of the womb lottery - the soft in spirit - students
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by the_optimist 2y ago
It’s not competitive because policy has been designed to make it expensive. This is underhanded and leads to circular reasoning. Nuclear is similarly expensive. Wind and solar would be even more expensive without extraordinary policy suppor
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by the_optimist 3y ago
Guy seems like a panicky type. Would like to see him hop in a car with my relatives. Is FSD perfect? No. Much better than many human drivers? Yes.
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by the_optimist 3y ago
Seems you’re assuming this premise. Who exactly do you think would or should muster economic decisions? On what basis would they act? The line of argument you’re developing is a well-explored garden path. I encourage you to continue develop
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by the_optimist 3y ago
To fix this problem, you should stop consuming and buy only high-returning assets, including the stock of the company you work for. Or simply start your own company, you’ll own 100%. Surely this will produce another Buffet.
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by the_optimist 3y ago
Doesn’t make sense.
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by the_optimist 3y ago
Odd phrasing here, given the allusion to Jim Jones, the avowed Socialist.
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by the_optimist 3y ago
Capitalism and freedom live in union. All forms of socialism involve slavery.

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