This was weird, though now I get it. scala> 1 << 32 val res3: Int = 1 scala> (1 << 24) << 8 val res4: Int = 0

“That people move from representing the presidency to representing banks is so normal that we forget the costs: the private job done with the savvy to outfox one’s former public-sector colleagues, the public job done gently to keep open doors” @anandwrites.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...

#evergreen

and yet…

youtu.be/VOgFZfRVaww?...

suppose there were an elixir you could drink and become a giant, but if you did it would be inevitable you would, wittingly or not, step on some people like ants. would it be ethical to drink it?

“buildings are a bit like intellectual property, which also lasts longer than the economic horizon of the businesses that produce it. The economic argument for rent regulation is a bit like the argument for limiting patents and copyrights to a finite period.” // this is a very brilliant piece

an edit is always an addition, a delta in some form or a replacement. you want that, because history should be auditable to discourage malicious recontextualization of other people’s responses.

i’m with you there.

we have drafts now. which is huge, not just for drafts, but for composing on a phone with multiple pastes. now we just need edit. please.

He’s been using LLMs to summarize NLRB documents for years. He’s spent a lot of time manually reviewing the summaries. He’s about as expert a human as there is on the subject. It’s a mistake, I think, to imagine his apparent success with these tools are the mirages based on foolish naivety.

“LLMs are not just labor-replacing and productivity-expanding, but can, in some circumstances at least, enable the production of totally new things.” @mattbruenig.bsky.social mattbruenig.com/2026/02/10/t... ht @mitchsaid.bsky.social

how have we let this be our world? ht @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social

what did you think the “e” stood for?

(much to think about within the word “for” there.)

“not funding community groups to implement strategies designed by national NGOs, but funding community groups to design strategy, period. That requires funders to give up control. Most aren’t willing to do that. Which reveals what this is really about.” @lennecefer.bsky.social

come spring the ice will melt.

i did! sometimes i think economists’ definition of “real” is a deadpan gag, given how relentlessly it abstracts away from reality.

“Even a representative agent, forward-looking and fully aware of all the parameters surrounding them, can feel the vibecession.” @mtkonczal.bsky.social