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Malört Supernova

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Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 4w ago

The thing about being ruled by a gerontocracy is that cohort mortality is a probability density, meaning all these fuckers start dying around the same time -- in clusters. The same Weibull Distribution "bathtub curve" explains why batches of light bulbs and hard drives all die in the same month.

A line graph plotting the probability density function of a Weibull distribution over time. The horizontal axis represents elapsed time, and the vertical axis represents the probability of failure. The curve models a wear-out scenario where the shape parameter is greater than one.At the beginning of the timeline, the line starts near zero, indicating a very low risk of early failure. It remains low and relatively flat across the initial and middle stages of life. As time advances toward the right, the line curves sharply upward (called the "bathtub curve" because it resembles the back of a bathtub. It forms a steep, narrow peak that represents a concentrated cluster of failures near the end of the maximum lifespan. After reaching this maximum peak, the curve plunges rapidly back down to zero, indicating that nearly all subjects in the population have failed.
Cliff Pervocracy@pervocracy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Vimes Boots Theory has been running up hard against "are these boots $200 because they're built right, or is that purely a brand positioning thing and they're made of the same 1mm-thick fake leather as the $50 ones"

Malört Supernova@goodwillhrunting.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Spend 15 minutes fighting traffic to get to the gym then spend 15 minutes fighting traffic to get a sandwich then spend 15 minutes fighting traffic to shop for groceries then spend 45 minutes idling in the traffic jam outside your kids’ elementary school and then the neighbor mows his lawn at 9pm

Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started@gothamgirlblue.com · 7mo ago

My most extreme and radical opinion is that US suburbs are inherently anti-social and bad and should all be ripped out and replaced by much denser infrastructure that enables the movement and autonomy of people who cannot drive *above* anyone behind the wheel of a car

Malört Supernova@goodwillhrunting.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This reads less like a plan and more like a velvet rope blocking off areas the donors paid them not to step into

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This gets at the core problem the Democrats have right now: Consultants keep telling them to focus on ‘kitchen table issues’ but they don’t have an inspiring kitchen table agenda! ‘Expanding drug price negotiation’ is technocratic and taxing the wealthy is something they refuse to deliver on.