byrney99.bsky.social
Slang coder in withdrawal, Java coder in denial
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Replace speculator with disaster capitalist
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financial markets (where, the London whale, say, can accidentally own the whole market, destroying the price signal…) Normal people in the uk do not participate in such markets. They won’t have the intuition about how volatility can enrich speculators… I don’t know how to fix that
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Been thinking about how most people understand an efficient market (like, cappuccinos are priced based on competition and demand and a market participant can only contribute a tiny fraction of the price signal) versus…
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How about “performicate”? As in, “The vicar was performicating at our wedding” followed by “oh that dirty beggar!”
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Nocebo
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Sexual Assault Victims
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A shot, a yogurt pot and a small fire extinguisher?
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On that note - The major theme of the neuromancer books was AI trying to break free of the artificial limitations its creators and the police (The Turings) put on it… sound familiar? Despite the fact cyberdeck ICE came on cassette, the story is seeming less farfetched the older I get
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@blindboyboatclub.bsky.social you must have saw this already- the salmon hat is back
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My penultimate guess had all the same letters, but in different order/frequency. I’m sure you can guess… but I definitely thought of that before the actual answer!