Prod Allo

August 25, 2024, 6:38 PMAugust 25, 2024, 6:42 PM Chill Political Economy

No, this is not correct. There is very much a tradeoff, definitionally. “Allocative efficiency” refers to producing goods and services that meet consumer demand, e.g. producing the colors of cars that people want to buy. It is future-oriented, generally. However, Pareto efficiency (rather, optimality) is where a person cannot be made better off without making someone else worse off. The two concepts are related (sometimes) but not the same thing at all. To expand that thought a bit, Pareto efficiency is about finding the correct balance between allocative and productive efficiency, not just concentrating on allocative efficiency alone¹.

The person who wrote that is confused and should read their textbooks again, but more closely this time.

It is trivial to run a thought experiment where one could crash the entire economy by concentrating on allocative efficiency exclusively. Not very Pareto optimal then, really.

Shape of the Possible

August 25, 2024, 5:07 PMAugust 25, 2024, 6:11 PM Chill Amusing, Clowns

For some reason I can’t stop thinking about how often people on Reddit (and other places) are fervently insistent that things are “impossible” that have already been occurring for years. I can’t help but feel that has some sort of meaning, is some sort of indicator of both a disconnection from reality and that it’s just difficult to stay apprised of what’s occurring in such a rapidly-changing world.

It’s mystifying that those types are so insistent about it when it’d take all of two minutes of research to show that that they are wrong. For instance, it’s a common Reddit trope to declare that voice cloning is impossible or that it takes an enormous quantity of samples. But I went to Speechify, gave it 30 seconds of a sample reading and it cloned my voice 95% accurately. It’d pass just fine over a crappy cell phone and anyone would be fooled.

I just am having trouble getting past the fact that things that are now trivially easy so many people are strangely rabid about their impossibility.

Go Bot

August 25, 2024, 4:47 PM Chill Tech

I do not want AI anything in a single thing I use, deal with, manage or make. Fuck all of that.

Sat

August 25, 2024, 4:37 PMSeptember 15, 2024, 4:31 PM Chill First Ten

Deg

August 25, 2024, 3:39 PMAugust 25, 2024, 3:39 PM Chill Clowns

Clown-ass degrowthers at it again.

I bet many of the degrowth types are also anti-vax.

Better Duck

August 25, 2024, 2:03 PM Chill Trynabe Funny

Things to say while having sex?

“Have you ever thought about what would happen if a million chihuahuas fought a million ducks? And the ducks had tiny missiles launchers on their backs?”

Ship Friend

August 25, 2024, 2:02 PM Chill Culture

My best friend is 30 years older. Here’s what she’s taught me about life.

There should be a whole lot more of this, even though socially busted-ass Gen Z finds it creepy.

Pugnacious

August 25, 2024, 6:00 AMAugust 25, 2024, 7:15 AM Chill Rant

We should change the name of “pig butchering” (as in the scam) to “pug butchering.” Those defective inbred living genetic abortions should be cleared off this planet and anyone who breeds them jammed in the slammer. Let’s have the language reflect that.

FDC

August 25, 2024, 5:22 AMAugust 25, 2024, 5:38 AM Chill Amusing

This is hilarious (and accurate): Female Delusion Calculator.

Social media has led all too many women to believe in the fact they have a shot at obtaining that 0.6% of the male population. Good luck with that. When you have 80% of women competing for 0.6% of the available men, the dating market becomes what you see now.

Social media has ruined women’s minds. Not only women’s minds, but they are particularly bad off now. Since I am happy as I am, I just feel sad for them as I stand on the sidelines looking on, amused and confused.

Entre Ses Bras (live) – Cécile Corbel & Pomme

August 25, 2024, 5:17 AM Chill Music Video, Video

Cette vidéo pourrait avoir plus de pixels, mais la chanson est très charmante, comme un jour de printemps.

Ad Libitum

August 25, 2024, 3:21 AM Chill Tech

Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10.

One of the trillion reasons I use Windows only when I absolutely have to. Fuck that OS and everything about it. And the dumbass motherfuckers who lie about it.

Considering

August 25, 2024, 12:38 AMAugust 25, 2024, 12:39 AM Chill Political Economy

As recently as five years ago, this was widely said to be impossible. But it turned out to not even be that hard, considering. (This is per capita, but still very positive.)

One Two

August 25, 2024, 12:33 AM Chill Clowns, Politics

My hope is that Harris will trump Trump by enough of a margin that the highly-likely coup attempt will fizzle. We have more important shit to do than defend the republic against the divorced dads/incel brigade. We must get ready for probable war with China and likely war with Russia while dealing with climate change.

And that is quite enough, thank you.