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Student of many subjects, master of none.

In front of my screen. Katılım Haziran 2024
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Often Correct@OftCorrect·
@moultano Hard to overstate how much this undermines any effort you’re making to establish yourself as an observant and knowledgeable person that others should follow. 2% of all shoes sold in the US are leather soled, per Google Gemini. You have literally seen millions of them.
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Often Correct@OftCorrect·
@Empty_America I can't fathom how so many people who would likely score pretty well on an IQ test assert that either everything has gotten better or everything has gotten worse. I am on team life-is-net-worse but I'll cheerfully admit that genuine improvements are too many to count.
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VB Knives@Empty_America·
There have been some improvements: -much easier to make money outside of employment. - stuff like kid's shoes, milk, blue jeans much cheaper - serviceable tools are much cheaper at Harbor Freight - hunting/fishing/general environment better. - food is a lot better - Medical is FAR better - depending on State, in-state college can be cheaper. - A lot of central cities are much safer to visit. - depending on State, minimum wage is way higher. - used books are super cheap and easy to order.
NWO@NEETWorldOrder

A lot has changed in the United States in the last 25 years. None of it for the better. Though I suppose the writing was on the wall if I allow for honest retrospection.

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Often Correct@OftCorrect·
@AOC If AOC and I agree on something, it must be right.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC·
This is sad. I know as a politician these companies are going to spend a billion dollars against me for saying it but 🤷🏽‍♀️ Pervasive gambling is not good for society. It turns life into a casino, traps people in addiction & debt, surges domestic violence, and fosters manipulation.
Polymarket@Polymarket

We’re honored to announce MLB has named Polymarket as their Exclusive Prediction Market Exchange Partner. Polymarket 🤝 MLB

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Often Correct@OftCorrect·
@dilanesper We have no reason to think they didn’t detect the box cutters. No one had banned taking box cutters onto flights. Blades under 4 inches were allowed.
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Dilan Esper
Dilan Esper@dilanesper·
Everyone had private airport security before 9/11. We federalized it because the private guys didn't detect the box cutters used by the hijackers. We are now seeing that we are too immature in our budget process to have government security at airports.
Henri Pierre-Jacques@hpierrejacques

Wow found out today that SFO has its own private security after one of my founders in SF said "What security issues? It took me 20 minutes today." SF is truly different lol

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Tucker Carlson@TuckerCarlson·
Professor Jiang Xueqin on how this war is likely to go and what happens to the world. (0:00) How Will the Iran War Be Resolved? (7:33) The 3 Major Trends We Will See Due to This War (11:28) Will Japan Become a Nuclear-Armed Power? (16:06) The Future of South Korea (20:12) The Energy Crisis (25:23) The Future of the GCC and Iran (29:57) The Greater Israel Project (35:11) How US Ground Troops Will Change the War (36:46) Prof. Xueqin’s Advice to Donald Trump (38:49) Is It Possible for the US to Get Israel Under Control? (45:03) What Role Does Trump Play in All This? (48:21) The Future of North America (54:59) Are We Seeing the End of Europe? (1:00:58) How Many Americans Truly Understand What’s Happening in the World? (1:03:50) The Effort to Destroy Western Civilization
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Often Correct@OftCorrect·
@HamptonPrezcott Oddly I was chatting w/ Grok about parking lot costs today so I can put some numbers on it. Best study we have found that underground parking typically runs 20k more per spot than parking deck: 52k above to 73k under. But that was from 2020, so probably 30k per spot now.
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Often Correct@OftCorrect·
@lymanstoneky @Ancestry I suspect it would make zero financial sense unless the costs approached zero. Normies might find it amusing to know how much Neanderthal they had in them, but there are very gene nerds like you who want to know their percentage of western hunter gatherer (or whatever).
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Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬
Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬@lymanstoneky·
It is TRULY INSANE that @Ancestry has not rolled out an Ancient DNA platform that shows you your relatedness to ~every aDNA sample available. Insane. This is such an easy layup for them. The reference data is already public!!
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Often Correct@OftCorrect·
@Resurrec_Ted @FischerKing64 No. GAAP framework bans laughable fictions, like payroll taxes being different than income taxes, like the ability of one part of a single org (SSA) to lend to the rest of that organization or that this lending creates any repayment obligation. Surplus happened.
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Entropid@Resurrec_Ted·
90s budget was never actually balanced in a GAAP framework that any corporation would have to use. The "surplus" was merely collection of social security revenue in excess of payouts because it reflected boomer peak earning years and preceded their retirements. The issues with the entitlement state and the Ponzi nature of these geriatric welfare programs was known even then. The actuarial forecasts in the late 90s were still quite grim.
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Often Correct@OftCorrect·
Worded that way, it's a reasonable argument. I apologize for assuming your first comment was pure snark and for responding in kind. And I'd agree that's probably some of it, though I'd also point out that, but for us all interacting online now, Euros would be blissfully unaware of MAGA sentiment and both sides would be unable to keep upping the insults and the ill will.
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WhiteShip
WhiteShip@WhiteShip7m·
@OftCorrect @malmesburyman It is actually. MAGA is a hive mind and an attack on Europe by the administration calls for an attack on Europe by all the drones who also can’t think for themselves. Greenland was the best, most utterly pathetic example.
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malmesburyman@malmesburyman·
Americans were more tolerant of European arrogance when the continent had a reputation for cultured sophistication and industrial capability. Any American who remembers the Europe of 20+ years ago has observed the stark decline. And it’s not just because of migrants crowding around the Eiffel Tower. German cars are crap now. Luxury clothing is made with thinner fabrics & the styling is plebeian. French wine is overpriced relative to its quality. There’s no new high art or really any new major cultural or intellectual production coming out of Europe, and the popular culture is not just Americanized, it’s increasingly Africanized. Meanwhile activists are vandalizing art museums and Crown Jewels are being stolen from the Louvre by subsaharans. And all of this is happening as European governments buy energy from Russia while asking America to fund a proxy war against Russia. And yet we hear from European leaders and media the same tones of arrogance and moral superiority as we did back in 2003. The result of all this is that now rather than evoking feelings of annoyance and even a touch of embarrassment, because of the admiration Americans had toward European culture, Americans are now feeling a growing disrespect and even a certain contempt for Europe. It’s not a healthy dynamic, and I’m not at all praising it, but it is born out of European decline and the mismatch in self-estimation Americans are observing between European attitudes and European reality.
eugyppius@eugyppius1

MAGA accounts on here routinely express more hatred, rejection, and vilification of Europeans than they do of their country’s genuine geopolitical rivals and enemies. It’s amazing but true.

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WhiteShip@WhiteShip7m·
@OftCorrect @malmesburyman It might also be because you threatened to invade Greenland and placed asymmetric tariffs on us for virtually no reason at all.
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Often Correct@OftCorrect·
@PositivFuturist I'm sorry, did you just actually write a post asserting that you're smart enough to know the future of bond prices, energy production and AI - 3 immensely complex things - but not smart enough to figure out the easy steps to translate that knowledge into immense wealth?
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Andy@PositivFuturist·
Given the impending bond market crisis, energy crisis, probable AI bubble burst etc.. What should we buy to survive?
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@Austen Corporate wealth is irrelevant to proper spend. ROI alone should drive the decision. Hell, it's far more important for money-losing companies that employees spend any dollar that returns >$1.
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Often Correct@OftCorrect·
@Empty_America The OP interpretation of the data, and yours – that women didn't used to prefer tall men so much - isn't the only consistent one. Perhaps the tall men then, as now, didn't get married and reproduce b/c their height let them get too many women to settle for one.
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VB Knives@Empty_America·
Until very recently, there was a sort of stigma attached to excessive height. "Tall guys" were often dorky, uncoordinated, bad posture, skinny, etc. Even in the 90s, most guys over 6'1" were not "cool" at all.
nativistconcern@nativistconcern

In the 1950s, 5ft8 men had more initial marriage success and reproductive success than 6ft2 men. That's not to say they were more attractive, but society functioned. Female mate selection is now largely about impressing other women, looking good in internet photos and chasing media created fantasies. These evo-psych professionals have every justification for women making our species extinct but never mention the real social and psychological dynamics.

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@nativistconcern Your interpretation of the data - that women didn't used to prefer tall men so much - isn't the only one consistent with the observation. Perhaps the tall men then, as now, didn't get married and reproduce b/c their height let them get too many women to settle for one.
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nativistconcern@nativistconcern·
In the 1950s, 5ft8 men had more initial marriage success and reproductive success than 6ft2 men. That's not to say they were more attractive, but society functioned. Female mate selection is now largely about impressing other women, looking good in internet photos and chasing media created fantasies. These evo-psych professionals have every justification for women making our species extinct but never mention the real social and psychological dynamics.
Macken@MackenMurphy

Why Women Love Tall Men - How much does height matter? (0:00 and 2:52) - Why, exactly, do women love tall men? (0:10) - Are there cultures where women don't care about height? Why don't they? (1:27) - Are any men "too tall" for women? What's ideal? (1:52)

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Guilliman@RGuilliman40k·
@bryan_caplan In my own experience, this is true of the arts but absolutely false for the sciences. Watched plenty of AP chem & physics students who scored 3 - 4s get their asses handed too them in orgo or physics II after thinking they had the pre-reqs down through AP credits.
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Bryan Caplan@bryan_caplan·
APs are getting easier, but they are still highly meritocratic compared to not just high school grades but college grades. Most students who get an A in a college class would be lucky to get a 3 on the corresponding AP.
Michael Torres@MindofTorres

This is what grade inflation looks like. AP exams suddenly became easier. So when your local school, district, or state touts record AP participation and passage rates ... now you know why. Source: fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme…

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Often Correct@OftCorrect·
@phl43 Surely they'd stop at giving him inferior wine and cheese at meals.
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@UrbanCourtyard It's a terrible poll that combines two independent variables as if they're necessarily conjoined. There's no way to infer whether the preference is for living space or sprawl or both.
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Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist
Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist@UrbanCourtyard·
Don’t misread this. It doesn’t show a preference for sprawl, but a preference for space. The survey forces a tradeoff between Bigger home/far away or smaller home/walkable So people choose space. But that doesn’t mean they want long drive, isolation, car dependence It means that’s the only way the current system delivers family-sized housing. We’ve never actually offered the real alternative, which is family-scale homes + walkable neighborhoods. We should offer that and survey people to find out how they like space AND amenities/ convenience
Pew Research Center@pewresearch

Majority of Americans prefer spread-out communities with big houses. More: pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…

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@yacineMTB Maybe, maybe not. When Iraq left Kuwait in early 91, it set about 3/4 of kuwait's oil wells on fire. Experts said they'd burn for years and destroy K's econ b/c they couldn't be put out. In reality, K quickly extinguished them with seawater. Production recovered in a yr.
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@MadelaineLucyH At least half of all videos of good guys confronting bad guys feature a woman running in and assaulting the good guys for being mean.
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Madelaine Hanson@MadelaineLucyH·
If it was just 1%…why does every woman you’ve ever met have the same story? Why haven’t you done something about this terrible, one in a hundred man?
Brian Atlas@BrianAtlas

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@WillManidis They will legally mandate that OpenAI revive 4o b/c it will immediately concede whatever idiotic points they wish to make and call them brilliant.
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Will Manidis@WillManidis·
we're at most like 6 months away from congress forcing testimony out of a language model and we're all forced to sit here and watch 535 people sit there and read political talking points at claude voice mode
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