Colin

730 posts

Colin

Colin

@Captain_Quark

Katılım Mart 2010
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Colin
Colin@Captain_Quark·
@tradered86 @patapackala @maxtmcc Probably, but citizens aren't directly interfacing with Muggle food - they're unfamiliar with Muggle money. Now the economist in me is thinking about trade and currency exchange - if, say, wholesalers are spending Muggle money on food, where do they get those pounds?
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Max@maxtmcc·
The Harry Potter economy seems to have basically no private sector? Everyone either works for the Ministry or something probably funded by the Ministry (healthcare) or is some kind of small business owner. Education is almost nonexistent. There’s some entertainment jobs ig
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Colin
Colin@Captain_Quark·
@patapackala @maxtmcc It's canon that you can't make food from magic, so there'd at least be a food production economy.
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Pat Packala@patapackala·
I mean, when you're a wizard, what kind of scarcity do you have? It seems the only thing you need is community based services (like pubs and newspapers), schools, hospitals, and producing magic paraphernalia. Everything else can be obtained through magic. And you need a large governing body to prevent wrongdoing when there are so many more opportunities to commit wrongdoing
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Colin
Colin@Captain_Quark·
@Jay_Dog_11 @BarryRoland19 Right, they help existing tenants, who importantly are the ones voting for the politicians currently in place.
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Jay@Jay_Dog_11·
@BarryRoland19 They only help existing tenants or tenants who want to live in the same unit for the rest of their lives because they will never be able to afford to move. For most people, rent control is a conviction to poverty
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BarryRoland19
BarryRoland19@BarryRoland19·
Before the eviction moratorium and massive government funding into “tenant advocacy” groups and stricter limits on security deposits, I housed: 1. People who were literally homeless the day before I accepted them 2. People with no verifiable income, just their word, because they seemed honest and hardworking 3. Families with no credit, who owned their own business and could prove income I dumped a sizable % of net worth into these neglected areas. And I was happy to take a chance on people. Since then, absolutely fuck no to rolling the dice on a tenant. And other than detached ADUs, I haven’t put a dollar more into these areas. Had 6 months of vacancy on a unit recently because I refused to budge an inch. Who are these policies *really* helping?
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Colin
Colin@Captain_Quark·
@eternalism_4eva @meatballtimes Or just limit applications per day or per cycle. If, say, each student could only send out 20 college applications, they'd be a lot more careful about where they apply. Or, like, only 2 job applications per day. But you'd need a centralized system to enforce that.
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eternalist
eternalist@eternalism_4eva·
@meatballtimes the solution in all of these cases is just adding money money is the universal, fungible fiction whose appropriate level can be discovered by the market charge per swipe, charge per application, let the market determine the cost
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Colin
Colin@Captain_Quark·
@ChadMoran @JeebsTX That's not what inert means - it still changes pressure with temperature, like any gas. It just won't react with anything, including your tire lining.
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Chad Moran
Chad Moran@ChadMoran·
@JeebsTX Nitrogen is an inert gas. Meaning it won't change pressure with outside temps. Nitrogen itself is not a scam. Charging that much, is.
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Colin@Captain_Quark·
@Henry_George63 @dmtrubman Right, nonprofits are partially about grift, but mostly about dodging public sector unions. The only way to make state capacity possible is to take a harder stand against union excess.
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Nuclear Henry George
Nuclear Henry George@Henry_George63·
@dmtrubman Can’t develop state capacity when you can’t do merit pay or fire bad employees and have to provide crazy generous pensions
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奶奶 capital
奶奶 capital@testinprodcap·
@TheStalwart hear me out: you fill it with water and then the oil floats to the top.
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Joe Weisenthal
Joe Weisenthal@TheStalwart·
Here is something I had not realized. Functionally, the US' strategic petroleum reserve may have less capacity than the stated figures. Should stocks fall below a certain threshold, it could damage the structural integrity of the actual storage facility. ft.com/content/2b002c…
Joe Weisenthal tweet media
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Underdog WNBA@UnderdogWNBA·
WNBA and WNBPA officially announce tentative agreement on a new 7-year CBA. Details:
Underdog WNBA tweet mediaUnderdog WNBA tweet media
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Colin
Colin@Captain_Quark·
@RameshBotha @JeremiahDJohns I wouldn't call Trump unremarkable - he genuinely has a crazy ability to bring people into his cult, which is a truly rare skill.
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Jeremiah Johnson 🌐
Jeremiah Johnson 🌐@JeremiahDJohns·
The devotion to Great Leader is so strong that candidates in an election year are taking absolutely *suicidal* stances like "shut up and stop complaining about gas prices" Unbelievable how strong the MAGA cult of personality is
Igor Bobic@igorbobic

Minnesota GOP Senate candidate on rising gas prices: "Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further until this thing is over and these gas prices come back down again. Let's just try to be patriots about this"

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Colin
Colin@Captain_Quark·
@RudeOnion @allie__voss I mostly like what he does but I don't like his whole shtick of demonizing and making fun of his guests.
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RudeOnion💀
RudeOnion💀@RudeOnion·
I like Caleb Hammer more - I think he's a little more realistic, at least for people who aren't drowning in debt (he doesn't hate credit cards, for example, but says certain people definitely shouldn't use them). I think most would agree on a lot of major things, it's more the details that are different.
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Allie ✞
Allie ✞@allie__voss·
People hate on Dave Ramsey but honestly he's the best advice for a lot of people It's oversimplified if you're financially stable, but otherwise most people genuinely just need to hear "DO NOT BUY A NEW CAR"
Britt Ortega@evergreenqveen

People in my local mommy group are such mindless consumers they will post “should I buy a new car? I really can’t afford it and if I lost my job we would be screwed” AND EVERY MOM IS TELLING HER A NEW CAR IS SMART

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zindaballer
zindaballer@jogo_bonito00·
@nomoredawg STL has Chicago-tier and NYC-tier nothing. Don’t ever mention those two cities in the same sentence as STL.
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Cal 🦀 (THIS IS MARCH)
Cal 🦀 (THIS IS MARCH)@nomoredawg·
Is St. Louis the most tragic big city in the U.S.? It basically has Chicago-tier architecture and urban fabric and New York-tier parks, but has an anemic local economy and Houston's transportation system.
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Colin
Colin@Captain_Quark·
@NiaEducational @MrDanielBuck But this is asking about comparing to previous years. Sure, lots of kids struggle with the bathroom, but it's even more kids this year.
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Nia Educational
Nia Educational@NiaEducational·
This study surveyed 1029 teachers and 85% were preschool teachers. Secondly the item that says “potty training/using the bathroom without assistance” is vague. This could mean anything like having trouble unbuttoning pants, playing in the bathroom and other behaviors. Going to the bathroom at school is different than going at home. Preschoolers and kindergartners have always had issues tying shoes.
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Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform”
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform”@MrDanielBuck·
New Survey: 50% of kindergarten teachers report their students are having more difficulty using bathroom on their own? Look, schools cannot function if parents don't do even the basic minimum in teaching their own children to toilet independently What a disheartening survey
Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” tweet media
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Colin
Colin@Captain_Quark·
@MoneyIsClear @WatcherontheWeb I think supply and demand still applies - most people have some price that they'd be willing to move for. But wages aren't high enough yet to get them to.
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Money Is Clear💰
Money Is Clear💰@MoneyIsClear·
@WatcherontheWeb Both things are true at once. 500,000 electricians needed nationally, but local markets are oversaturated. The shortage isn't everywhere, it's in places nobody wants to relocate to for the salary being offered. Supply and demand breaks down when the supply can't afford to move.
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The Watcher On The Web
The Watcher On The Web@WatcherontheWeb·
Good friend was an electrician with his own business Can't currently find work, even working for somebody else, had to shut his shop down. 6 other electricians within 100 miles have gone out of business this year as well Tell me again how many we need?
Jason Shuman@JasonrShuman

The US needs 500,000 new electricians this decade. Apprenticeships take 5 years. Microsoft’s Brad Smith says it’s the #1 thing slowing data center expansion. The AI bottleneck isn’t chips. It’s the trades.

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weirdoffmain@weirdoffmain·
@willystaley The Japanese learned to build up. So stupid. Put a shop on the second floor.
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Joel Moran
Joel Moran@joelvmoran·
The Timberwolves should move East. NBA can’t fumble this opportunity. - Star power with Anthony Edwards - Close to Milwaukee, Chicago, and Detroit - Would be a real threat to make the Finals It’s a no brainer
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Colin
Colin@Captain_Quark·
@joelvmoran @ocainchester What about divisions in the West? I propose: 1. Sonics, Blazers, Warriors, Kings 2. Lakers, Clippers, Suns, Las Vegas 3. Jazz, Nuggets, Thunder, Mavericks 4. Spurs, Rockets, Grizzlies, Pelicans
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Joel Moran
Joel Moran@joelvmoran·
@ocainchester Four divisions 1: knicks, Celtics, nets, 76ers 2: bucks, wolves, pistons, bulls 3: pacers, cavaliers, raptors, wizards 4: heat, magic, hornets, hawks
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Dan Morenoff
Dan Morenoff@MorenoffDan·
@dieworkwear Isn’t this just a way of saying that everyone prices to what the market will bear? Cuisines reprice according to demand. Smoked brisket skyrocketed as it got appreciated more broadly. Same with Thai. What I’m saying is that it’s not racism, just a sign to build the audience.
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Colin
Colin@Captain_Quark·
@chriscapguy @SamQuinnCBS What other issues? The issue was too many games, which inevitably leads to back to banks.
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