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I’m Spartacus!

That’s a good question. I could see that there might be a lot of downward pressure to find this guy and make an example of him. Maybe they were just happy to find a patsy to take some of the pressure off.

-Aggressive tax on empty properties/units

I love how you’ve set up a false dichotomy to complain about lack of nuance.

Also, since there will be a bit of oil splattering, make sure to quickly secure your lid with clamps. Hope you have a blast!

I was at a sit down recently where the lowest tip selectable without entering a dollar amount was 18%. 10% used to be the standard for competent service, 15%-20% for outstanding service. Now the quality of service is worse because they’re underataffed, and they expect me to tip more?? Get real.

Makes me think of a trend in FTP gaming, where there was a correlation between play time and $ spent, so gaming companies would try and optimise for time played. They’d psychologically manipulate their players to spend more time in game with daily quests, battle passes, etc, all in an effort to raise revenues.

What they didn’t realise was that players spent time in game because it was fun, and they bought mtx because they enjoyed the game and wanted it to succeed. Optimising for play time had the opposite effect, and made the game a chore. Instead of raising revenues, they actually dropped.

This is why you always have to be careful when chasing metrics. If you pick wrong, it can have the opposite effect that you want.

I will save some fetid rotten tomatoes from the compost as a gift if these asshats ever come to my neck of town.

Some people have to learn to pull themselves up by their bootstraps! Isn’t that the conservative way? Bootstraps, Giuliani, bootstraps!

You better hope I don’t get no bullets on layaway!

What have you done!?

^^…would, ^^though

Word of the year? OK, well, you’re about a few years late, but better late than never I suppose.

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

Cool cool cool, looks like it’s trade war time. Surely this’ll be to the benefit of anyone.

Deal! Apologies for not sending our best.

I, for one, am happy to receive any of our progressive neighbours to the south. We’ll need all the help we can to not follow in the US’s footsteps.

OK, but what if I just add a 2nd moebius, and twisted them a little, and… oops, Klein bottle!

Thank you! It’s people like you who give others hope for a better future.

She died for Zundamon’s sins. 🙏

Yes, I think that’s probably it!

I recall hearing that there’s a correlation with being good at sports and having a birthday earlier in the school year. Reason being, at a young age, on average there’s a big advantage to being 6 months older, and that advantage can often result in a positive feedback loop. You get selected more for showing aptitude and thus receive more training, which results in being selected more.