Claudius
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Avoiding Tiberius & Caligula by reading history on my farm
The right answer is build a lot more power.
Making things more efficient is fine too, but we need a lot more power - nuclear power.
Making things more efficient is fine too, but we need a lot more power - nuclear power.
The winter peak is coming. There are numerous potential solutions out there, from right-sized heat pumps to geo-exchange (ground source heat pumps) and thermal storage to thermostatic control. Time to work on the right mix to meet the moment.
By 2034, ISO New England predicts winter peak demand will nearly match summer peak demand as the electrification of heating accelerates. Read more: bit.ly/4iXpIAD
May 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The right answer is build a lot more power.
Making things more efficient is fine too, but we need a lot more power - nuclear power.
Making things more efficient is fine too, but we need a lot more power - nuclear power.
My assumption on TV analysts is the overlap between "really great analysts" and "people who are good on tv" AND "people who want to be on tv" is tiny compared to people who can fake 1 and have 2 & 3
Clarifying: “analysts” here is people on TV
April 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My assumption on TV analysts is the overlap between "really great analysts" and "people who are good on tv" AND "people who want to be on tv" is tiny compared to people who can fake 1 and have 2 & 3
If I recall, he has said this is common and had a meaningful effect on his career.
Which yea is a great endorsement of his skills as an actor but has to suck.
Which yea is a great endorsement of his skills as an actor but has to suck.
i'll fess up: for the last like fifteen years i despised Jesse Eisenberg on reflex. anytime he came up in a movie I'd say, nah, not for me, fuck that guy.
turns out i just hated Mark Zuckerberg so much my hate boomeranged around to Jesse. kinda a compliment to his acting when you think about it
turns out i just hated Mark Zuckerberg so much my hate boomeranged around to Jesse. kinda a compliment to his acting when you think about it
March 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If I recall, he has said this is common and had a meaningful effect on his career.
Which yea is a great endorsement of his skills as an actor but has to suck.
Which yea is a great endorsement of his skills as an actor but has to suck.
This thread is interesting but this particular post does not ring true.
if anything it seems modern supermarkets very much compete on price, selection, & service. Trader Joe's, Whole foods etc. And the major ones seem to try to follow suit.
if anything it seems modern supermarkets very much compete on price, selection, & service. Trader Joe's, Whole foods etc. And the major ones seem to try to follow suit.
12. Other supermarket chains followed suit, embarking on a wave of mergers to enhance their power as major buyers. Scale—not efficiency, innovation, service, selection, or anything else—became the main driver of success in retail.
December 1, 2024 at 3:23 PM
This thread is interesting but this particular post does not ring true.
if anything it seems modern supermarkets very much compete on price, selection, & service. Trader Joe's, Whole foods etc. And the major ones seem to try to follow suit.
if anything it seems modern supermarkets very much compete on price, selection, & service. Trader Joe's, Whole foods etc. And the major ones seem to try to follow suit.
It's also unclear to me that criminal events happened.
The obvious just reward would have been letting them go bankrupt, but then that would collapse our economy.
Even in retrospect I struggle to think what a truly good outcome is, except perhaps more demand side support.
The obvious just reward would have been letting them go bankrupt, but then that would collapse our economy.
Even in retrospect I struggle to think what a truly good outcome is, except perhaps more demand side support.
An underrated explanation for why bankers weren't sent to prison after the 2008 financial crisis is that when prosecutors brought what they thought was a winning case, the two guys got acquitted.
www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/b...
2 Bear Stearns Fund Leaders Are Acquitted (Published 2009)
A jury found that two managers did not lie by presenting an upbeat picture while their funds plummeted in value.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:41 PM
It's also unclear to me that criminal events happened.
The obvious just reward would have been letting them go bankrupt, but then that would collapse our economy.
Even in retrospect I struggle to think what a truly good outcome is, except perhaps more demand side support.
The obvious just reward would have been letting them go bankrupt, but then that would collapse our economy.
Even in retrospect I struggle to think what a truly good outcome is, except perhaps more demand side support.
I disagree with this.
It's wrong to say "Americans believe superman is real & wait for him to come "
It's more like "Americans believe superman is real & we all have a bit of him in us & should do what we can"
It's wrong to say "Americans believe superman is real & wait for him to come "
It's more like "Americans believe superman is real & we all have a bit of him in us & should do what we can"
The US has a Superman problem. I'm talking capital S, Kal-El, last son of Krypton Superman.
Here's what I mean. Americans believe that good prevails because good always prevails. That things will work out. That once you beat the bad guy, you've won and you don't have to worry about him any more.
Here's what I mean. Americans believe that good prevails because good always prevails. That things will work out. That once you beat the bad guy, you've won and you don't have to worry about him any more.
November 8, 2024 at 4:16 AM
I disagree with this.
It's wrong to say "Americans believe superman is real & wait for him to come "
It's more like "Americans believe superman is real & we all have a bit of him in us & should do what we can"
It's wrong to say "Americans believe superman is real & wait for him to come "
It's more like "Americans believe superman is real & we all have a bit of him in us & should do what we can"
Happily, capitalism is the most popular of the things listed. A positive sign for our future.
According to the new NBC News poll, the only major figure in America more popular than Taylor Swift is ... Tim Walz. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
September 22, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Happily, capitalism is the most popular of the things listed. A positive sign for our future.
It's nice but just a giant college town.
Places like Philly remind me that Boston isn’t actually a city. I still like it, but it’s not an actual city.
September 5, 2024 at 4:06 PM
It's nice but just a giant college town.
Reposted by Claudius
I urge y'all to read the last couple of paragraphs of this article carefully. The links between Rafael Correa, as well as members of his party, and narcotraficantes can no longer be hidden.
Explosive revelations by Ecuador's top prosecutor showed links between cartels and officials, a move that might be “kicking the hornet’s nest,” a professor who specializes in Latin America said. nyti.ms/3NYIGKA
Ecuador’s Attorney General Took on Drug Gangs. Then Chaos Broke Out.
Explosive revelations by the country’s top prosecutor showed links between cartels and officials, a move that might be “kicking the hornet’s nest.”
nyti.ms
January 13, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I urge y'all to read the last couple of paragraphs of this article carefully. The links between Rafael Correa, as well as members of his party, and narcotraficantes can no longer be hidden.
Go kosher dairy restaurant servers
January 6, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Go kosher dairy restaurant servers
Reposted by Claudius
Every year during the holidays, the New York Transit Museum in cooperation with the MTA sends out an eight-car 1930s subway train for festive nostalgia rides. It's always a big hit! The cars have vintage ads too.
December 2, 2023 at 5:31 PM
Every year during the holidays, the New York Transit Museum in cooperation with the MTA sends out an eight-car 1930s subway train for festive nostalgia rides. It's always a big hit! The cars have vintage ads too.
Watched this with some friends and we were just staggered about the whole thing.
But there really are people like that. Thankfully honor doesn't require we duel. Blocking suffices.
But there really are people like that. Thankfully honor doesn't require we duel. Blocking suffices.
i watched THE DUELISTS last night — had somehow missed ridley’s first feature — and i think the period trappings really obscure how this is an insane movie about the most psychotic hater imaginable
November 28, 2023 at 4:55 PM
Watched this with some friends and we were just staggered about the whole thing.
But there really are people like that. Thankfully honor doesn't require we duel. Blocking suffices.
But there really are people like that. Thankfully honor doesn't require we duel. Blocking suffices.
I think for funding start ups in the defense space the VCs are fine.
I wouldn't want them taking over an existing one though.
I wouldn't want them taking over an existing one though.
Similar reasons for why I am skeptical about VC in defense manufacturing.
Venture capital killed a 151-year-old magazine that I and so many other people were proud to work for, until, of course, we were all laid off a few weeks ago.
November 28, 2023 at 4:45 PM
I think for funding start ups in the defense space the VCs are fine.
I wouldn't want them taking over an existing one though.
I wouldn't want them taking over an existing one though.
Man I feel like all I see people talk about on here is Trump and Elon. And like those guys are important sure but it seems like it's all I see.
Any recs of people to follow who post about like interesting stuff - business, tech, history etc?
Any recs of people to follow who post about like interesting stuff - business, tech, history etc?
November 18, 2023 at 3:24 PM
Man I feel like all I see people talk about on here is Trump and Elon. And like those guys are important sure but it seems like it's all I see.
Any recs of people to follow who post about like interesting stuff - business, tech, history etc?
Any recs of people to follow who post about like interesting stuff - business, tech, history etc?
I mean on the one hand I get it in the other, probably not really applicable.
September 16, 2023 at 6:26 PM
I mean on the one hand I get it in the other, probably not really applicable.
Considering it's shitty for revenue in practice the only actual reason is to be a punitive tax on success "to make sure they have less power"
But of course there are many axis of power and billionaires can be quite weak.
Just ask the Koch's how the ex-im bank is doing.
But of course there are many axis of power and billionaires can be quite weak.
Just ask the Koch's how the ex-im bank is doing.
Periodic reminder that a billionaire tax isn’t just about revenue, it also prevents them from having practically limitless power
July 1, 2023 at 10:00 PM
Considering it's shitty for revenue in practice the only actual reason is to be a punitive tax on success "to make sure they have less power"
But of course there are many axis of power and billionaires can be quite weak.
Just ask the Koch's how the ex-im bank is doing.
But of course there are many axis of power and billionaires can be quite weak.
Just ask the Koch's how the ex-im bank is doing.
I don't support special carve outs for billionaires, what I oppose is specifically targeting them.
I oppose that because it's linked with a larger system that has a horrific record for the humans unfortunate enough to be under them.
I oppose that because it's linked with a larger system that has a horrific record for the humans unfortunate enough to be under them.
May 2, 2023 at 11:45 PM
I don't support special carve outs for billionaires, what I oppose is specifically targeting them.
I oppose that because it's linked with a larger system that has a horrific record for the humans unfortunate enough to be under them.
I oppose that because it's linked with a larger system that has a horrific record for the humans unfortunate enough to be under them.
I've long avoided being an active poster, since I don't have any particular desire for attention, nor do I have anything profound to say.
But perhaps I can contribute by being funny or smart occasionally.
You can be the judge.
But perhaps I can contribute by being funny or smart occasionally.
You can be the judge.
April 30, 2023 at 6:42 PM
I've long avoided being an active poster, since I don't have any particular desire for attention, nor do I have anything profound to say.
But perhaps I can contribute by being funny or smart occasionally.
You can be the judge.
But perhaps I can contribute by being funny or smart occasionally.
You can be the judge.