Now I imagining it like being outside a concert or other ticketed event: "Crates, who's selling? Who's buying?"

>if they're rational (an assumption that is debatable, of course)

Feels like crime is an almost perfect simulation of the free market: almost/ all of the non-rational actors will be crowded out by evolutionary pressure to be better at finding the highest expected values, where EV would be something like [difficulty to break in] x [best-guess value of access].

This is a total tangent. However note that the creator of the ‘free market’ idea, Adam Smith, wasn’t an advocate for zero law/regulation regulation.

In fact Chapter 10 of his “Wealth of Nations,” specifically states, “When the regulation, therefore, is in favour of the work-men, it is always just and equitable.” He goes on to explain that regulation that benefits the masters can wind up being unjust.

Smith’s concept of ‘laissez-faire’ was novel back in the day. But by today’s standards, some of his economic opinions might even be considered “collectivist.”

I hate getting old because I can never remember this when it's relevant.

Other than you seeing a thing you want to see, why? There’s a pretty well known story behind that. Also, this post was written by a mensch, so have some respect.

Oh interesting, maybe I shouldn’t have included the examples. They’re just what I happen to be busying myself with. What I winkingly called an anti social site is an experiment to see if people with share their authentic self if there’s no particular “karma” to be gained. I am all for a thousand flowers, including older strains.

Ah, an example of ... sorry I had missed the intent. Yes it would be so nice to be back in the days where common sense ruled and relied less on side loading bs to scrape every user that arrived at a site. I have always enjoyed forums that didn't rank, didn't use likes... etcetera.

Meh, Gehrig and Ruth are long since dead.

That sounds like a British phrase for pimping.

Takes a real bastard to do this.

…file.

You should sell those as a suite of tools for people in similar situations. The Palm one in particular should make for fun.

I know it’s not germane to the Signal issue, but this caught my eye, “who previously pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists”.

The case comes with a long statement about the Antifa “organization”. Just your weekly reminder we are living under an Orwellian administration. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/antifa-cell-members-convicted...

Nice to see you getting out now and then Rorschach.

its crazy that people downvote me. how is what im saying wrong? are the vc's just butthurt?

Do you feel like that post reads as a reasonable response that is engaging in good faith and is interested in hypothesis, antithesis, synthesis?

Because as someone constantly posting in bad faith I think we are on the same team.

yes, for sure. do you not?

No, it reads like a wild drive by comment from someone interested in throwing a bomb and departing.