Posts by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
(DIR) Post #9tmfSHwXXfs5C9PBYG by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-04-07T00:48:40Z
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@klaatu Long story. It depends upon what you mean by capitalism, for example - the core element, or all the trappings that we've tacked on and still call capitalism for lack of better terminology. (Yes, I studied economics, and yes I specifically studied political economics under non-capitalist professors, so I'm probably well-qualified to answer your question.)
(DIR) Post #9tmksbFyrBimOXrdCK by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-04-07T01:49:27Z
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@klaatu The core element of capitalism comes down to private control of resources, with social regulation of dispute resolution and contracts. Please note that yes, this includes an explicit role for government or similar structure, and it does not imply the existence, or even the concept of money.Implicit in this is various forms of regulation defending the interests of various owners against each other (externalities like pollution, for example).
(DIR) Post #9tmmPsWXmLo3SU2lc0 by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-04-07T02:02:39Z
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@klaatu Taking this as a basis, the arguments for capitalism come from a variety of fronts. A prior poster mentioned diversity - because there is no controlling authority demanding a particular direction, diversity can work to offer multiple solutions. That's just one reason. Another reason is that capitalism promotes the accumulation of value by its built-in incentives. This means that you tend to have better reserves to face such a problem.
(DIR) Post #9tmmtPOMegDBnLIaZM by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-04-07T02:12:02Z
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@klaatu You're welcome. There's more. Capitalism's individual flexibility means that innovations to solve problems require less in the way of centralised gatekeeper approval (not zero, but less). This tends to speed adaptation for changed realities. Also, the chief criticism leveled at capitalism in this context (unequal treatment of elites) historically applies as much if not more to other systems.
(DIR) Post #9tmnBOCtncYPKfVg00 by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-04-07T02:13:20Z
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@klaatu I could go on, but those are some of the key factors.The chief problems of capitalism in the long run have solutions that are not incompatible with the benefits listed so far.
(DIR) Post #9tmosc16QlZ4ZKANN2 by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-04-07T02:34:18Z
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@klaatu Capitalism is based upon individual control of capital.Capital is an accumulated stock of value.Value is ultimately in the eye of the beholder.Cash is just another commodity, in that measure - the structures around individual control of value do not require any particular commodity as a component, money is simply a convenient medium of exchange.Fiat currency is a whole other topic, but you didn't ask about behavioural or monetary economics.
(DIR) Post #9uM3gdjaTQjF1VZIRs by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-04-24T02:35:04Z
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@amolith NFS.Or even FTP.
(DIR) Post #9vcP13J7Py33yraT2W by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-05-31T21:41:12Z
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@jordan31 @fribbledom As far as I can tell, antifa isn't an organisation so much as a collection of people who use excuses to engage their pent-up energies in violent dickheading.Maybe some of them are genuinely concerned about the rise of fascism, but I've yet to meet one who could even accurately describe fascism beyond being stuff they don't like.But it's probably similar in spirit to declaring the TEA parts (whatever that means) as a hate organisation.Just as stupid.
(DIR) Post #9vcs21WkQ3gpQ5mGMS by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-05-31T22:21:47Z
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@fribbledom Honestly, so far response has been pretty moderate.And a lot of the vandalism just seems pointless. I saw that apparently in Seattle one of the businesses that got it was Old Navy.Yeah, Old Navy is obviously the taproot of the fascist weed in the USA. I wonder what the mental giants who dreamed that stunt up were thinking. Or smoking.
(DIR) Post #9vcs22X8g5b4Xay5bs by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-05-31T23:09:22Z
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@cy @fribbledom Sure, the old COINTELPRO stuff is a plausible concern, but when Target and Old Navy are in the firing line, I have to seriously question the good faith of the protests.I mean, sure, all riled about police brutality. I got the memo. But how is wrecking a T-Mobile or a Nordstrom's going to move the needle? Is it some kind of four dimensional chess move intended to get police to commit more brutality, thereby justifying all-out socialist revolution? ... or ...?
(DIR) Post #9vcs23dCb22bwgoRhQ by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-05-31T23:46:13Z
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@fribbledom @cy I suspect that one of the major concerns of the police will be avoiding another rooftop koreans kind of situation, because it's an admission that they can't keep up, which opens a whole fresh can of worms around internecine violence, vigilanteeism and so on.And there are a hell of a lot of people who will take the side of communities defending their livelihoods against violent mobs, no matter how (purportedly) nobly motivated.
(DIR) Post #9vefAa0FDGMpZbFAVU by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-06-01T23:50:53Z
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@klaatu Short answer: no.Longer answer: martial law is a very, very, VERY difficult thing to do in the USA, and he's nowhere near the kind of situation that would even begin to create it.
(DIR) Post #9vepaLMvFCnBFym6sq by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-06-02T01:45:56Z
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@klaatu National curfew?Citation needed.Trump's speech was in the context of Washington, D.C. specifically.It's not blanket suppression either, but a specific response to rioting which has already claimed lives as well - and this is nothing new, well-supported in civilian law.You can check wikipedia for martial law if you're confused, but the military is not supplanting civilian processes or control, just buttressing them. That's the difference. Again, look it up.
(DIR) Post #9vesa0qLrAy3Se4eNk by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-06-02T02:20:22Z
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@klaatu He doesn't have the power to enforce a nationwide curfew, and it would be bottomlessly unlikely that he'd care to, or would apply one in, say, Helena MT. He does, however, have specific powers in DC, and mentioned the curfew specifically after referring to problems in DC. It's also possible that he's in communication with the grey aliens to support the reptilian invasion in opposition to the nordic infiltration around Area 51, but Occam's Razor says no.
(DIR) Post #9wHuwSu07Va9uEAB8K by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-06-20T22:22:28Z
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@CarlCravens Worth considering in some depth (and I've worked with a bunch of older programmers - and I agree with you about the value of experience).Many software teams are driven with a cowboy attitude, substituting insane pressures for sane management.Dealing with that stream of bullshit is something only the young are generally stupid enough to do - et voila, ageism as a built-in consequence.
(DIR) Post #9wapRkFbyoUWHcaCuW by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-06-30T01:20:24Z
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@CarlCravens An open question is to what extent the cognitive benefits of learning music justify its mandatory inclusion in an educational programme.After all, we teach kids algebra, and many of them loathe every second of it. We still do it.
(DIR) Post #9wbF3FzVQmcCIC28lE by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-06-30T06:07:19Z
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@CarlCravens The neuropsychological studies strongly suggest that it is beneficial.If the school is intended to strengthen the minds of children, then it is a plausible way of doing so, as part of a broad curriculum.But is it the one with the best bang per buck? I haven's seen the budgets.If I were to plan a curriculum for excellence, music would be in. If I were to plan a curriculum for adequacy, I'd tell people to do what they felt like, and do something else with my life.
(DIR) Post #9wkqIK9XgVwSGqPnFY by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-07-04T21:16:39Z
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@amolith Hang in there. Gigs online?
(DIR) Post #9wla45wqITRO3JczKK by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-07-05T05:49:52Z
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@amolith Some combination of rampant edgelordism, wannabe jacobins/neomarxists and folks who're hoping that if they join the right cults they can finally get hugs.I mean, that's my best guess based on your link.
(DIR) Post #9xIFHTY2B6lwBpEyqO by jankoekepan@mastodon.xyz
2020-07-21T00:02:27Z
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@AkuAnakTimur 97 - 32 = 6565 * 5 = 325325 / 9 ~ 36Roughly 36 degrees Centigrade