Quantumfreakonomics
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Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
TNW is too close to TND. Not a realistic option.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
Dating: How does one answer the, “what do you do for fun,” question? I’m pretty sure I can’t tell her that I like watching insane political YouTubers, following stupid internet drama, watching football, and analyzing classical music scores (or can I? I’ve never actually tried this).
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
An elite media team like Mamdani's would be able to find the exact photo composition and tone needed to pull that off. The more general rule is, "never let the public see your moments of weakness". A single bad photo would backfire.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
Actually yes, I consider the journalist reports of surveillance footage more credible. There is an entire cottage industry around bullshit doctor's notes.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
This is some real boomer advice. Not quite as bad as, "go to yoga class to meet girls," but it's up there. Doctor's notes are magical bureaucratic talismans, but politics is a street sport. People are too cynical for that nowadays.
There is also no reason to go into the doctor's office for the flu unless you need inpatient hospitalization. You get an over-the-counter flu test, make a telehealth appointment, and ask for Tamiflu. There's nothing else they can do for you unless you need oxygen.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
To be clear, we only have a few journalists' word that the purported video exists and depicts what it claims to depict. I don't think the NYT would lie about this kind of thing, but it's hard to convey that sort of intuition. Why not release the footage? I can think of a few reasons:
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Privacy: It feels insulting to be forced to release security footage of one's own home.
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Security: It might not be a good idea to give the entire universe of wackos information about your home security system, especially if you are a controversial politician.
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Game Theory: Being forced into releasing information to correct a baldfaced lie is in some sense giving in to threats, therefore incentivizing more baldfaced lies.
It's hard to know the correct course of action in these situations. Obama waited way too long to release his birth certificate, and we are still living with the consequences. Donald Trump first became a major figure in conservative politics because he was the only respectable person (at the time, Trump was considered respectable) willing to publically question where Obama was born.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
It depends on the context. I would not want to use any -igger word in a situation where it could refer to a person. "Digger" is what you call a piece of construction equipment
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
Digger is currently on pace to be one of the biggest financial bombs of all time, at least Top 5, maybe Top 3
It’s pretty hard to get IRL hype going when nobody wants to say the name of the film in public.
walks up to watercooler “Hey, did you guys see DIGGER? Yeah, DIGGER, the movie. It’s called DIGGER. Tom Cruise is DIGGER.”
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
The Israeli rape dogs story had a quoted source who attested that they personally were raped by a dog. In the Ohio mental hospital story I have seen vague assertions of anonymous tips, but no one has reported (as far as I have seen) that a source told them that they personally saw Talarico at the facility.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
As someone who has no idea what is going on in Pennsylvania state politics, I'm surprised you expected someone to try and bail these guys out. Legal gambling is a lot less popular nowadays than it was even a couple of years ago. The double-whammy of """daily fantasy sports""" and "prediction" markets means that the fig leaf of plausible deniability is now completely gone.
Quantumfreakonomics
4d ago
What were the hackers after? Ransom ware?
Seems like pure destruction to me, most likely from a nation state (who else would have motive, means, and opportunity?). Maybe it's retaliation for that Russian bot farm that got blown up?
Quantumfreakonomics
4d ago
12 days off with the flu is a long time, but not an insanely long time. So far the only evidence I've seen of the Ohio loony bin theory is
It also doesn't inspire confidence that the supposed, "More recordings from the Lindner Hope Center about to drop in the morning" still haven't dropped. Seems like a more effective line of attack would be to speculate about what * ahem * other infectious diseases he might have contracted on the campaign trail.
Quantumfreakonomics
5d ago
This may be shocking to professional software engineers, but most companies do not put systems on a VPN prior to those systems being hacked.
If he had gotten away with it SBF would currently hold a 10% stake in Anthropic. I fully believe that he would do it all again if he had the chance.
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