Mr Fulffykins yawned. The endless eons stretched before his dainty paws; the process to become immortal had uplifted his intelligence. It was worse than just being an immortal cat.

He yawned again and cursed his existence; how old was he now? One or was it two billion. It didn’t matter, really what was a billion years when compared to infinity.

The old instincts flared; something moved like a small mammal. The hunger burned; that million year hunger, no food, nothing to catch. Just dust and desolation.

I’d compare you to a colostomy bag, but they are at least useful!

Party planning is going well for president Trump’s upcoming 90th birthday; now in his 11th year of his second term. He said via his speaking box “this will be the greatest party, possibly ever in the history of the world, many people are saying it”

Thanks.

4 was such a big one; I knew I couldn’t do it justice in a shortish post. But it is a fundamental assumption that is very wrong.

You are correct; information asymmetry is one big driver of people making “non-rational” choices.

I see it as an unstable economic model; it will either devolve to capitalism with monopolies capturing most if not all sectors; or devolve into communism with a single state-like entity controlling everything. At which point; no matter which way it went; it will collapse under its own weight.

The way it swings will depend on the people who are there at the start.

The modern version of libertarianism that we see most of; is based off some really bad assumptions:

• (1) the market is perfect
• (2) barriers to entry are irrelevant
• (3) monopoly is not bad
• (4) humans are rational actors
• (5) if the market can’t address the issue, it is irrelevant

(1) The market is perfect:
This leads to the assumption that all regulation is bad; and that it merely works to reduce personal freedoms and the ability of the market to produce things in the most efficient way possible.

It completely ignores history and the reason regulatory bodies were created. It also ignores that the market is not a thing unto itself; but is composed of people (see 4).

(2) Barriers to entry are irrelevant:
This follows directly from (1); even the simplest business has some barrier to entry. You have to buy somethings that your business needs to run. These are real costs, and will provide a barrier. Obviously, the bigger the barrier then more entrenched players have an advantage (see 3)

(3) Monopoly is not bad:
This is a subtle acknowledgment that (1 & 2) are completely false. Basically it is a cope, that even if monopolies form; clearly this is the market producing the most efficient production framework.

This ignores history; the major monopolies that were broken up. The crazy shit that went on to protect their monopoly status.

(4) Humans are rational actors:
Most economic models assume that consumers will make rational choices; they will make the most economically rational choices. Libertarians (in my experience) love this.

This ignores so much of reality; it also assumes that the values of all are the same as their own.

There is really too much in this point to cover here. So many things that we actually do make no sense if you were a rational actor, such as brand loyalty.

(5) If the market can’t address the issue, it is irrelevant:
There are many things that the market cannot address; but in the libertarian model these things are ignored.

e.g. fire fighting; this is the classic example where a market solution didn’t work.

But equally; policing; education; major infrastructure; functional health systems. There are so many examples; where if left to a purely market solution, simply would not get done.

Keep your flexibility… Almost impossible to get out back once it’s gone.

You can do alright, but keeping it is soooooo much easier. It will never get back to what you had if you don’t work to keep it.

Kurzgesagt covered it nicely.

Long time Mint enjoyer, the ONLY caveat I would put on that is I doesn’t yet have stable for support Wayland.

For a beginner, having the ability to run android apps via waydroid could be a real draw card.

Wayland support is coming, but it isn’t here yet.

I don’t mind waiting…the 9yo however does mind 🤷‍♂️

That happened to me a few years back, a friend just had his clutch fail in his car. I started thinking how to make a better way to transfer power from motor to wheels.

Turns out I just reinvented the fluid coupling used in automatic transmissions…needless to say my idea wasn’t that impressive after that.

Quintin Tarantino is a hack.

Other than Pulp Fiction, none of his movies any good.

Hey, this is linkedin, the satire/reality slider gets really fuzzy in the middle.

45M

I’m probably in better shape now, than when I was in my late 20’s and defiantly in my 30’s.

I go rock climbing once a week. And general running around with my 3 boys… For the exercise part.

But about 90% out the improvement is, I have a way better diet. If you can’t identify it by eye, severely limit how much of it you eat.

If you can’t confidently state “hey, that is a bit of broccoli” or “that’s beef mince” etc…don’t eat much of it.

Fruit, vegetables, meat, spices, simple grains, rice… Keep your ingredients simple, it will pay dividends in health long term.

But it works…probably should not use that as a test for things on your body…

It’s all good if it works…NO!

Oh hell no.

Coffee is black!!!

I can’t stand oak milk, almond milk is all I drink…I can’t get past the oat taste.

Strangely I eat porridge every morning for breakfast.

I agree with Anon…using a computer with no blockers etc…it is just shit.

This, could work.

But depending on personality issues… It could just escalate the issue.

Something something magical shell history

I’ll put in a word for my preferred sport here.

My super energetic boy has been rock climbing since 7.

Strength, flexibility, balance, self confidence, progression is based on solving problems, climbs are graded.