Michael Carniol

He who fights with #Reviewer2 should look to it that he himself does not become a #Reviewer2. And if you gaze long into a reviewer’s comments, the reviewer’s comments also gaze into you.

It’s a mild to moderate form of Tony Hsieh syndrome.

1.0: I thought the ends justify a tolerating a little inurement, but maybe this has gone too far.
2.0: you call that inurement? I’ll raise you an inurement.

Romanticizing “noblesse oblige” is an implicit acknowledgement of just how bad things are.

See Yo

I am pretty sure there was a jump in car widths in the early 2000’s due to the introduction of side-impact air bags and crumple zones.

Any of Shakespeare’s comedies.
But adding Tom Clancy’s to the histories could be awesome.

Ask who you can contact if law enforcement asks you to disclose information that you worry might violate FERPA. In a public forum if possible.

This is history of real estate prices on Manhattan’s west side since 1960s: 1) gay men move in, make neighborhood safe. 2) prices go up. 3) families move to newly safe neighborhood. 4) prices go up. 5) neighborhood now unaffordable for young gay men. Find new neighborhood. repeat.

I guess there are two parties in NYC: the rent is too damn high party and the rent is too damn low party.

I think it’s a Venn diagram of eugenecism, kayfabe, and narcissism.

Personalizing care has been an aim for medical research for a long time, but using it as a tool for price discrimination is a brilliant move for pharma marketing.

No one tell him about the GAO.

It’ll be lies, damned lies, and a bigger beautifuller BLS.

Sure feels like Russia is winning the Cold War.

I meant interest rate policy, but yes that policy uncertainty too.

Policy uncertainty is a raise without a raise. It’s the magic that made the soft landing work.

What we talk about when we talk about distributable cash flows.

Reads like a @stephenking.bsky.social novella.

Kayfabe econmics

I have been saying that “global warming” sounds too pleasant; something like “Torrential thunderstorms 12 months a year” would be more effective.

If only they had admitted him to art school.

It’s OSTK rebranded.

What was that JP Morgan quote about character again?

Late Round Rejects

Calling BBB Big Ugly or Big Awful is not visceral enough. I suggest No Gestapo Left Behind.

“It worked because… at the heart of it, [m]illions of humans living in fragile habitats prone to mechanical and environmental breakdowns and degradation, and with limited natural resources, we’re better off relying on each other than trying to go it alone.”

Never mind that, I want the t-shirt that says EBITDA.

Risk management is about identifying potential points of failure and then introducing systems to monitor and control those points. These systems intentionally entail INefficiency.

I second Starship Troopers