Robert Ewing
ecorat.com
Robert Ewing
@ecorat.com
World class nerd, public servant, economist statistician and senior executive.
How do prices change over time, and how does that change what you can buy? Let’s do some time travel back to October 22 1974. (1/8)
October 27, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Statistician: the cup is. 51.3% full, with 95% confidence interval from 49.3-53.3%.
Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Astronomer: the cup is half water and half dark water.

🧪🔭🌌⭐️🪐
Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Mircobiologist: the cup is full. Just look at what grew on this plate when wd swabbed the inside of the cup and the sequences we recovered from the filtered air.

🧪🧫
September 3, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Ewing: Yeah, it’s not good for you.

Well, don’t need to worry about truth in advertising rules at least…
Lakdawalla: I’m running out of steam

Lolsob
PAK: CHEATERS NEVER WIN

lol
August 16, 2024 at 7:09 AM
I’m so old that the first computer program I wrote had to fit in 1kb of memory. And had to be retyped every time the computer was turned off because there wasn’t any storage.
I'm so old I saved the first computer program I wrote to the computer's (audio) cassette tape drive, in BASIC.
June 26, 2024 at 4:25 AM
This is a real ‘what happened here’ situation. @garius.bsky.social
May 8, 2024 at 9:24 AM
I think reading this is what having a stroke feels like…

(Just part of the suffering @molly.wiki has to go through to watch crypto land…)
Schnibbles grow on every realm across the Munchable's world. Each realm has their own unique and distinctive schniblet. When creating an account for the Munchables, you must choose the location of your snuggery.
"Munchables" crypto game exploited for $62.5 million

March 26, 2024
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=munchables-hack
March 27, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Glad to finally find a use for one of my many hoarded Domain Names, so I have a new name here now.

To celebrate, here's Bing's interpretation of an Economic Rat...
March 1, 2024 at 10:07 AM
I have been recalcitrant in providing #ProofofCat - hopefully this makes up for it…
February 13, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Reminder to new users here:

A ‘K’ on an Intel chip number means unlocked with onboard graphics
A ‘KF’ means unlocked and no onboard graphics
And ‘F’ means locked and no onboard graphics
Reminder to new users here:

Sea snails that live near hydrothermal vents build themselves shells made of iron
February 7, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Citrix: ‘Your journey of digital experience starts now’

You are the app I use to log into work, chill out my dude…
January 18, 2024 at 10:04 PM