Notices by Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com), page 31
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 23-Sep-2022 16:44:52 EDT 
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I don't believe it's sarcastic. Kim Kitsurugi is a good character from a good video game, so this is more likely a recognition nod than a snark. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 23-Sep-2022 13:38:03 EDT
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The main secondary character in the RPG video game Disco Elysium that I recommend to anyone. Stellar writing, few videogame-y gimmicks, it's accessible and serious and fun and sad and hopeful. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 23-Sep-2022 13:22:52 EDT
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Sure, but what are the chances orange-pants actually asked for it? -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 23-Sep-2022 13:10:07 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
♲ @REMAKEGOAT@twitter.com: I hope the lady that went on CBS news with a framed picture of Kim Kitsuragi behind her is having a good day today.
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 23-Sep-2022 11:53:00 EDT
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Stumbled upon this in a Twitter thread about Tesla's car insurance pricing based on recorded behavior, and now I'm upset. #WellThisFuckingSucks
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 22-Sep-2022 13:20:07 EDT
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♲ @DelibBuriedCmx@twitter.com: Lil’ Rushmos
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 22-Sep-2022 13:20:06 EDT
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♲ @DelibBuriedCmx@twitter.com: The AD vs The App
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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 22-Sep-2022 07:52:06 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
Here's how it started: friendica.mrpetovan.com/displa…
Basically, after the first one I found on the sidewalk in 2019, I started to buy unsorted LEGO bins and completing sets from them. I like building as many different sets as possible, but I can't keep all of them for space reasons. So I started to put the completed sets for sale right away, and I also put a few loose parts for sale here and there.
Last month, for space reasons again, I put the rest of my parts collection for sale as well, but my loose parts inventory hadn't been kept as tidy as my store inventory, so I started getting several orders where I was missing one or more parts. I spent a lot of time over the past month just checking my current inventory and adjusting my store's numbers, and it isn't quite done yet. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2022 23:22:53 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
This is week my #LEGO hobby has been pretty frustrating. I've made a few inventory errors that are taking a while to resolve because I've had to order the missing parts, but then one of them was the wrong color, and a couple more orders I received were disappointing, with missing or damaged parts like an $11 (!) rare stickered part that was listed as damaged. And that's without counting the packages from Canada that take an unknowable amount of time to arrive, unlike domestic packages that have tracking and pretty accurate delivery estimates.
I've also had a weird interaction with a Czech buyer who placed an order for an expensive set, then didn't pay the invoice, so I reported them for not paying the order. The report went through after complete silence from them for a full week, which allowed me to put the set back for sale, and then they placed a new order for the same set. This time I sent them an email before issuing the invoice, and they ended up haggling over the price, which never happened to me before. After agreeing on a price, I issued the invoice that they paid the next day, but then I realized I was missing a minifigure for the set that I apparently sold independently 6 months ago (!).
I've ordered a replacement figure and I sent them an email to inform them of the delay but I haven't got any answer from them in a few days. Granted, most buyers and sellers have been responsive and I was able to move their case forward, but the silence of the few others always gets to me and I haven't been feeling good about the whole endeavor. Now, if it had been any other activity, I might have already given up, but I've invested so much money and time that I feel like I have to power through, and I can't wait for better days. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2022 11:05:34 EDT
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None of his tweets so far had any factual ground to stand on. It's the slowest Gish gallop I've ever seen, and it just doesn't work this way. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2022 10:50:13 EDT
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@Brian Ó had a good suggestion in this vein: friendica.mrpetovan.com/displa… -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2022 10:43:53 EDT
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Thanks Brian, this is perfect! -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2022 10:35:23 EDT
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Not bad, but what would it look like to show that I'm against permanent tattoos for myself? -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2022 10:33:12 EDT
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Oh this is absolutely brilliant! I was thinking initially a tattoo of the "Post No Bills" sign you can see on some public walls, but this is next-level. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2022 10:31:50 EDT
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Oh no, he tripled down! I'm comparing the acquisition price of different means of transportation, OK? And a subway implies infrastructure, while cars don't necessarily. The amortizing and operating costs are something else, not necessarily to the benefit of the rail when you see the subventions for <a couple of French transport authorities>
We're now so far away from the original point which was, for the people who just joined, "collectivism is bad", that we have reached stratospheric levels of bad faith or abyssal levels of ignorance, you decide. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2022 10:27:37 EDT
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I can't think of any single thing that would define me as statically and permanently as a tattoo does, so any tattoo would be too reducing or inaccurate after a while, and I absolutely cannot have that level of inaccuracy in my life. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-2022 10:09:26 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
People often get tattoos to permanently show a part of their identity.
What tattoo could I get that would show that I’m furiously against tattoos for myself? -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Sep-2022 18:38:43 EDT
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I fully agree with you, and I feel like it should warrant more news articles about them, instead of systematically bashing social sciences. Now, I know the reason for this bias, but it doesn't make it any less wrong. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Sep-2022 18:23:20 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
Case in point, today a French self-declared doctor of economics tweeted the following: The new subway line in <French city> costs 1.342 billion € with the goal of transporting 110,000 riders/day, so 12,200 €/person, the price of a car! It's the choice of collectivism🤮
When rightfully criticized on the method of comparing completely unrelated numbers, he doubled-down:
➡️We are building TOO MUCH public transit in France110,000 riders/day is a goal, and the same person can make multiple trips the same day (<French city>: 215,000 residents), so it would be more than 12,200 € per user (for the cost of construction). Even worse!
Now, I know exactly why he published both of these tweets, he worked from the conclusion back and used whatever numbers were on hand to prove his point. But to see this process used by a self-declared doctor of economics casts an awful shadow on the university program he may have followed and possibly on the whole academic field at once. -
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Sep-2022 17:11:02 EDT
Hypolite Petovan
Social sciences often get criticized for not being sciences or too ideological, not always undeservedly, but I came to realize that economics are actually worse on both fronts. The ideological bias is in favor of the status quo, so it doesn’t warrant attention-grabbing headlines.
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