David Faden
@util.bsky.social
Father, husband, software engineer, and analyst, interested in California native plants, Bayes, utilitarianism. Trying to stay curious about many things.
Oops. And is this first time I forgot the alt text?
October 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Oops. And is this first time I forgot the alt text?
Following this short article on the history of US "anti-vagrancy" laws www.law.virginia.edu/scholarship/... to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papachr....
United States Vagrancy Laws | Risa Goluboff | 640716
www.law.virginia.edu
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Following this short article on the history of US "anti-vagrancy" laws www.law.virginia.edu/scholarship/... to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papachr....
This was started on October 19th so took around 8 days to sprout.
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This was started on October 19th so took around 8 days to sprout.
I also see that this book is going to draw partly on the work of Charlie Munger. I've got a few comments on Munger's work here: blog.revfad.com/2024/05/19/s....
Short reviews: “A Mind at Play”, “Poor Charlie’s Almanack”, and “The Man Who Solved the Market” – Revfad Blog
blog.revfad.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I also see that this book is going to draw partly on the work of Charlie Munger. I've got a few comments on Munger's work here: blog.revfad.com/2024/05/19/s....
Still, I think I'm going to enjoy this book. I heard about it from seantime.substack.com/p/the-metric..., which I'll recommend again.
The Metric is Not the Product
or, The Map is Not the Territory
seantime.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Still, I think I'm going to enjoy this book. I heard about it from seantime.substack.com/p/the-metric..., which I'll recommend again.
By "perfect information", you could imagine knowing "the best decision", but that seems like cheating. I think it is valuable to make a distinction between information and reasoning since different modes of thinking are important in addressing limitations in each: statistics vs heuristics, etc.
October 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
By "perfect information", you could imagine knowing "the best decision", but that seems like cheating. I think it is valuable to make a distinction between information and reasoning since different modes of thinking are important in addressing limitations in each: statistics vs heuristics, etc.
Nope! I'll check it out. Thanks!
October 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Nope! I'll check it out. Thanks!