how do you distinguish between writers who may often be mistaken from writers who are disingenuous and perhaps not worth bothering with?

kind of a surprising coincidence.

for both Ethereum and Bitcoin the circulating supply graph looks like a smoothed version of the (log) price graph, which is not a relationship i'd expect.

i think the explanation is just that, for both, supply grow declines over time, and both have "matured" in the sense their price growth rate is much lower than in their days of early foment.

still interesting.

from
https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=ETH&category=Supply&m=supply.Current
https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=BTC&category=Supply&m=supply.Current

i’ve never tried it, but i was intrigued.

Elon Musk has really ruined ketamine for me.

the first time his entourage enthused he had a mandate, he said that wasn’t his thing and asked where Laura was.

#microfiction

“Confronted with the helplessness of a real disaster that can only be solved through the collective action you've been told is both impossible and a Communist plot, you retreat to an individualistic disaster fantasy that you can play an outsized role in. Every crisis – the climate emergency, poverty, a toxic environment – is replaced by ‘bad people’ and you can go get them.” @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/24/mall-ninja-prophecy/ ht @shonin@mastodon.world @GhostOnTheHalfShell

i pay them for a subscription year after year, and still i am the product. https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/113532655132113457 ht @schmidt_fu

@amerika @pluralistic yeah. basically agree.

@amerika @pluralistic i’m fine with that, though i see little of it in either american political party. “leadership skills” and professional education are largely orthogonal. lawyers are no more or less prone to it than any other profession.

@amerika @pluralistic you are missing the point.

we could elect microbiologists and water purification experts, but they couldn’t ensure the bridges won’t fall. an elected government, whoever gets elected, needs to be able to recruit, manage, supervise, and yes sometimes discipline expertise.

“Mostly, we elect lawyers. Lawyers can do many things, but if you ask a lawyer to tell you how to make your drinking water safe, you will likely die a horrible death.” @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/21/policy-based-evidence/ ht @mikeolson

@admitsWrongIfProven @Hyolobrika antitrust is a start and absolutely necessary. but i don’t think on its own it’s sufficient. https://zirk.us/@interfluidity/113534160360556906

the truth is out there. and it’s coming for you.

real americans grift.

@Hyolobrika No one is arguing people shouldn’t be allowed to say anything. People should be allowed to say overt falsehoods. It’s institutions of authority and potentially of reach that might be regulated.

@admitsWrongIfProven an economy that makes, say, 70% of the public feel like they are doing well and getting richer, regardless of what is happening to the other 30%.

@ZaneSelvans there is not. but there are degrees. one reason for civilized people to contribute under capitalism is to create conditions under which it might be reformed towards social democracy. but if that kind if reformist change seems off the table?

@Hyolobrika the government arbitrates truth in jury trials. it does not prejudge it. it sets up procedures that are ex ante viewpoint neutral. ex post, a losing party might call foul (and rights to appeal are part of the procedure). but ultimately this procedure does adjudication truth and falsehood, as a matter of social outcome if not in the eyes of God, over matters of important controversy. of course it sometimes errs.

do you object?

is it ethical to contribute to a good economy under a bad state?

@artcollisions fingers crossed. but he seems much better, three days into the antibiotic.

@artcollisions he was sluggish and coughing, but not really complaining. during the days when his fever was down, he'd have a bit more energy. every day we thought he could go back to school tomorrow. every night we took his temperature and, nope.