@admitsWrongIfProven @Alon yes!
we are the worst and that's why we're different. (negative exceptionalism)
we are the best and that's why we're different. (positive exceptionalism)
"The connection between negative exceptionalism and bad practices is that negative exceptionalism always tells the reformer: 'we’re ungovernable, this can’t possibly work here.'" @Alon https://pedestrianobservations.com/2022/08/18/negative-exceptionalism-and-fake-self-criticism/ ht #MarketUrbanism
"The fundamental problem is that most layers in the software stack are highly concentrated, starting with the three operating systems. Network effects and economies of scale apply at every layer. Remember "no-one ever gets fired for buying IBM"? At the Ethereum layer, it is "no-one ever gets fired using Geth" because, if there was ever a big problem with Geth, the blame would be so widely shared." #DavidRosenthal #DSHR on how "Decentralized Systems Aren't" https://blog.dshr.org/2024/04/decentralized-systems-arent.html
@Transportist You really shouldn't say that.
the word "fuchsia" is kind of funny when naively sounded out.
@mike_kraft i agree. return on capital is a constraint, not a purpose.
the path to freedom isn't to make hairshirt consumer choices, but to retake for the broad public and deploy state power. cf @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/12/give-me-convenience/
[new draft post] Indirection and the character of capitalism (Part II) https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2024/04/11/indirection-and-the-character-of-capitalism-part-ii/index.html
days like today i'm so grateful for the thunder.
@John your attack was motivated by the noblest ideals.
“Fresh Kitchen” wasn’t the first thing I thought.
Big pink circle with FK written in it, then “Fresh Kitchen” just beneath.
@LouisIngenthron it’s supposed to be possible to register if you are homeless, but it looks pretty daunting. we treat prisoners and the homeless terribly in this country. one thing they have in common is both groups are substantially disenfranchised.
for which party do the homeless primarily vote?
somehow that's a demo you never see in the crosstabs.
@kentwillard it’s fun that gold and silver now fall on a hot inflation print.
(editing to fix not -> now, i see silver has now recovered!)
@Transportist i was thinking since he’s trading off confusion anyway if bobby jr might not find a johnson to run with.
we found this on the street a couple of days ago.
a scratched-up “Kennedy and Johnson” campaign button.
Would you read an e-book on an Apple Vision Pro?
I’m grateful to @simondlr for his thoughts on approval voting, in a newsletter that is thoughtful and interesting in general. I’ve never seen a squirrel carry her babies from one place to another. I hope I do someday. https://sceneswithsimon.com/p/where-to-start-your-story
if you traveled yesterday to see the eclipse, you were leapin’ and hoppin’ on a moonshadow.
@Alon (it’s only an excerpt from the thread, which is worth reading in full. the original hebrew thread is linked at the end of the english translation.)