benjotron.bsky.social
Minneapolis-based engineer. Firmware, medical devices, humor, games, communication.
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Or we might apply game theory to examine the incentive structure for a Senator who is reluctant to expend political capital while enjoying comfortable margins, and whose risk aversion is a strategy that is reliably exploited by the GOP.
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The more I see the more I think it mirrors early search engines. Lots of ways to use them productively, even more scenarios where they are not helpful and a huge amount of trial and error for users to learn which is which.
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Never assumed you were left of liberal but "Democrats should do something proactive" is sort of becoming a radical position and possibly the only relevant issue so it's hard to tell anymore
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Ignore these galaxy brains, your reporting is useful.
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It does seem bad. But also if you look at the gerrymandering situation in the state, the makeup of the legislature is also not what WI voters want.
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And likewise, if you make your living explaining why moderation is the optimal strategy, ignoring how easily it's exploited by irrational actors, you just look stupid and evil.
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The strategy of moderating viewpoints to maximize future electoral gains certainly had its place. But when electoral gains are the primary goal and the strategy is repeatedly exploited by bad-faith opposition, you just look stupid and weak.
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Diversity of thought seems important. It's part of the reason you want diversity of background, age, experience, etc. Otherwise your institution develops blindspots. But mandating diversity of "viewpoint" seems like something else. Something backwards.
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Or when he's pressed to make sense of something inherently illogical, that's how he rationalizes it. Feels like the dynamic that emerges when any micromanager is in over their head, people have to reverse engineer something that makes sense to them out of the direction.
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I don't think liberals consider Trump "too smart." Seems ungenerous. But Democrats seem to be getting outsmarted pretty frequently so everyone has to resolve that contradiction somehow.
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Creating a human to solve a problem is a bad idea, whether it's a personal problem or an external macroeconomic problem.
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It's like seeing a house that's on fire and slipping a dollar into the mail slot.
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One of the most exploitable strategies I can imagine.
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Active listening? In this economy?
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But they still expect it to be collected later? Yikes.
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Terrible, lazy messaging in both screenshots.
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💔
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@amyklobuchar.com skip the next rally please
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Have fun in the primaries.
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Someone buy these guys a one-dimensional chess board please
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Sadly the pharma tariff is probably going to push my attention deficit deep into the red.
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I appreciate this post and liked it, I hope you consider our transaction to be mutually beneficial. No trade deficit intended.
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Oh no why do I feel seen
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I reached out to Aisha about a police response on my block and she got back to me. She's responsive in my book.
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Yeah, god knows they can't rely on their retirement savings anymore
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And the Dems just keep getting beaten by this strategy over and over.
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He's like a month away from printing thousand dollar bills with his face on them.
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@amyklobuchar.com please tell us what your strategy is and how many people you'd need to see in the street to change it
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Eating off my plate and expecting me to be happy they didn't close down the kitchen
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Hot take
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If I may, Sir, I've seen things on this site I've never spoke of... I know you're trying to defend Sam Raimi's honor, but there is no question that he died by his own hand. I loved Spider-Man, as I've loved you, @jamellebouie.net as your friends love you...
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They need a strategic leader. It's not just that they have bad strategies. It's that they keep getting strategically exploited by the same dumb strategies in the same way, over and over.
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Ugh I'm probably going there shortly
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@amyklobuchar.com boooo
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Injection Mold Tooling Fantasy Camp
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😕 why are we punching ourselves
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Feels kind of wild to be making a claim this specific about what candidates need to win any particular election in the current news environment.
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This image makes me want to buy a new keyboard, e-ink, monitor, timer, etc and I already have like 5 of each.
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Literal low bar?
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If you want to understand his plan I'd probably just google "limbic brain threat response" or something.
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www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Asked what Canada and Mexico needed to do to avoid sweeping new 25% tariffs, Trump said: “They have to balance out their trade, number one. We have deficits with almost every country — not every country, but almost — and we’re going to change it.”
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You beat me to this A+ joke.
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Seems like the perfect tool. Just trying to come up the learning curve at a reasonably sustainable rate.
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You've sent me down the Obsidian path...
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Artificial supply shock with no unemployment assistance, while the rest of the world moves on without us.