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@foomagemindset @AndyMasley of course, what i mean to say is that EAs tend to be less interested in those higher level questions and more interested in the types of things that can be debated within an empirical framework despite the philosophical questions being quite interesting to many people

@NeastWS @AndyMasley its a fair answer, though it begs the question of what utils and neuron equivalents are and of what they’re worth.

EA ideas suffer from a particular problem where many people who've been significantly influenced by them still feel like endorsing any part of the worldview means endorsing all the people and orgs who are currently operating under the EA umbrella. But the ideas are general enough that this seems like saying you can't identify with capitalism without vouching for every self-described capitalist. I think this is an underrated reason more people aren't vocal about the EA ideas they've found valuable. And I'd like to see that change. I don't really care whether someone calls themselves "an EA" or want them to endorse any one thing that's happening or make the brand high status. It's because it's a real deep loss when people can't even point their audience toward the ideas that shaped how they think about the world. The ideas deserve guideposts pointing new people toward them. There are plenty of influential people who I know have been shaped by the basic EA framework who could serve their audiences well by just saying what they liked and what they didn't, but that influence stays mostly invisible unless you already know to look for it. I think it's on people into EA to show that in promoting specific ideas we're not just trying to make the brand or people high status, but it's also on people who have been influenced a lot by these ideas to take a bit of a leap for the sake of the ideas themselves.

@rob_mcrobberson @ComputerEnjoye1 @JoePostingg what's your 5 minute power w/kg?

@ComputerEnjoye1 @NeastWS @JoePostingg i did an actual vo2 max test once (10 years ago?) and it was like 63 or something so i figure theres some error cause im older and weaker. garmins gonna garmin

I couldn't jog a mile four years ago, turns out you can just do stuff

@foomagemindset @AndyMasley yes and no obviously there are underlying assumptions about what is good, but EA tends towards arguing about how to calculate utils and his number of neurons effects equivalence of shrimp lives vs human lives saved

@NeastWS @AndyMasley Surely what is good or bad cannot be a matter of mere empiricism? That question must precede any on effectiveness. Is that all worked out in EA?

@tysonbrody the best passive aggressive move would be to tell stores how to better optimize their layout

@NeastWS yes I think it would be nice to find out more about the latter.

why is door dash scanning shelves? is this retail data collection beyond "where items are?"

@JoePostingg path dependency ftw

Dawg

@constans may be a gap between "why the articles get written" and "why they get published"

I thought — and mostly still think— that articles on polyamory exist to satisfy our desire to read about trashy, dramatic, and salacious things we’d never do ourselves. BUT I’m starting to wonder if these articles aren’t part of someone’s desire to “normalize” these relationships

@DeepDishEnjoyer Trump: "why would it matter that you told everyone you were planning contingencies for a year, I am asking Congress for $200B but saying the war will end any day now, we can just say stuff it's fine"

trump: "hey bibi can you pls tell the world the war is ending soon" bibi: "lol we already told everyone we are planning contingencies for a year" trump: "trust me just do it they're fuckiung retarded i need my stocks up NOW" bibi: "sir yes sir" ES: -.09%

@JoePostingg as a thrifty consumer, I'm glad the price signals I send will be better incorporated with this efficient system

This rocks, retagging everything in the store was by far the worst part of every retail job I've ever had.

@JoePostingg @ComputerEnjoye1 which is an odd way to estimate vo2max but is a good way to measure cardiovascular fitness

@ComputerEnjoye1 The Garmin one is supposed to be pretty accurate, but it's not a treadmill test obviously it's some algorithm based on your heart rate at a given speed compared to your max heart rate and then it uses your recovery for additional validation

@xenocryptsite so real spending per employee is up substantially, I guess that would mean fewer staffing per dollar spent of course that also goes up if restaurants are keeping the same staffing but selling fancier dishes with high priced ingredients, spending more on rent etc

Well again the claim is that there was less under-staffing in like the 80s and 90s, I think. x.com/i/status/20346…

This is interesting but logically, if you think there's "widespread under-staffing" despite the prime-age employment rate being near historic highs, then you need to reallocate the "missing workers" from somewhere else (or have an even higher employment rate, longer hours...).

@xenocryptsite whereas real spending at those establishments is above Feb 2020, albeit slower at times the past couple years

@xenocryptsite as a share of private employment, it's 4% below the Feb 2020 peak, back down to 2014 levels it was steadily growing from 2000-2017 then flattened, post COVID recovery was quick, basically flattened in mid 2022

@tysonbrody Trump convinced Bibi not to do it, he's very powerful Bibi would never disobey him Bibi just forgot, simple mistake could happen to anyone, in no way reflects a lack of respect for Trump

Now Trump is saying he coordinated with Netanyahu about the strike on Iran's gas but told him not to do it. He wants us to believe he knew about it but didn't do anything about it when Netanyahu proceeded to ignore him?

@tysonbrody wishcasting a regime collapse

Is there somewhere it is being reported? All I can see are these stories attributed to a "source close to the Revolutionary Guard" from an Israeli outlet.

@DeepDishEnjoyer I don't think they are going to try to do it but every time someone explains why it's a bad idea it makes it sound more and more like they're going to do it

@tysonbrody it's enough to say you're gonna end the blockade

Israeli news reporting trump is planning to 'end' the blockade somehow. is one marine unit enough for that?

@BrichRyan @yhdistyminen I think Kirk did an impressive job of mobilizing young people, using provocative *rhetoric and tactics* to promote fairly standard conservative ideas, adding little insight into the political philosophy and policy spaces "Debate me bro" videos were his innovation, not *ideas*

@BrichRyan @yhdistyminen I agree with OP (who identifies as a man fyi) that political violence should not be normalized, I was simply saying that the riots in response to MLK's assassination reflected how much he meant to those communities at the time, even before King's legacy was filtered through media

The right very badly wanted this to be true––they relished the idea that libs and lefties were thirsty for Charlie's blood––but the overwhelming majority response was some variant of "I didn't like Charlie, but I don't think political violence should be normalized"