Notices by Michael Dekker (dekk@hachyderm.io)

@inthehands We need to move from a social contract that provides returns on labor to owners of capital, to one that provides returns on capital to owners of labor. We can’t because racists would rather work for The Man and be poor than work for a co-op and share wealth with people of color.

@inthehands it’s a bit cathartic for me to really confront the tension that’s been simmering for years.

@inthehands if the day comes when autonomous vehicles have demonstrably better driving records than alert+competent human drivers, then let’s talk about liability waivers. But this car on that software? That’s simply unsafe.

@inthehands $50B pays Bukele to put 2 million people in 50 CECOTS.

@inthehands I just contacted my Senators and asked them to extract concessions from GOP in exchange for a tariff vote. My focus was on return of prisoners illegally removed to el salvador and international students kidnapped by ICE.

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@inthehands see the paragraph starting “Conversion…”. As a person who has to deal with the resulting errors, the conversion was not successful. https://www.cms.gov/files/document/medicareadvantageprescriptiondrug-systemjuly2024paymentinformationg.pdf

@inthehands can’t connect on either line. Hope that means she’s getting an earful.

@inthehands The opposite. But Tesla may be the last to recognize the decline in MV, so possible that mass action could get many lease returned before MV offers drop.

@inthehands I’m curious whether the market value Tesla is willing to give for breaking a lease aligns with the prices they are trying to charge. I would think any Tesla owner can use the app to find out lease break terms. If enough people are willing to crowdsource this data you can populate a model. https://www.tesla.com/support/leasing/end-lease-early

@inthehands I’m curious whether the market value Tesla is willing to give you for breaking a lease aligns with the prices we are trying to charge. I would think any Tesla owner can use the app to find out lease break terms. If enough people are willing to crowdsource this data you can populate a model. https://www.tesla.com/support/leasing/end-lease-early

@inthehands Trump jumped in to interrupt when Zelensky started to tell how the war affects the American people. Trump doesn’t want us to know how a Russian defeat of Kyiv will hurt us.

@inthehands The belief by Republicans that Republican presidents are better for the economy defies all logic and evidence.

@inthehands Let’s enthusiastically recognize Bezos for his unequivocal declaration of support for personal reproductive liberty, open borders, free trade, the rights of workers to organize and collectively bargain, etc. Make him say, “Not that kind of liberty.”

@inthehands Agreed. Let’s stipulate that the truck bomb doesn’t count. The CT is 1 per 10k. The Pinto is reportedly 1 per 100k. That’s my 1 oom. 1 per 400k for all vehicles is another .5 oom.

@inthehands that’s what I’m missing. It’s just car fire fatalities? 2 events is not enough for 4 significant digits, but 10 per 100k is a full oom greater than 1.

@inthehands https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963/113981297225973149

@inthehands Simpler: While the rule of law has never applied equally to the rich, the illusion that it does has been lifted. So many people who have been or should be in prison are being gifted direct access to power. It changes how we process expectations of justice. More people are thinking, “the only justice this person will ever see must come from me.”

@inthehands The word you’re looking for is incompetence. Never assume malice when incompetence is an available explanation. Quality survey construction is far more difficult and time consuming than most people imagine, and few can do it well. As others have noted, the poor survey wording likely arises out of student inexperience, and also student failure to use survey construction resources.

@aubilenon If comparing feet to miles I would use miles and report feet as 0, 0.0, or <0.1 miles depending.