Yeah, I wasn’t very clear about what I meant.

I was talking about this part:

I generally prefer not to have a shared identity across communities

Same. It makes it much easier for someone to doxx you.

I see your point.

I think I would still like it. I don’t have a problem with it not being implemented because other people wouldn’t like it.

If you know who is being toxic, you can block them.

Another interesting concept that came from the discussion over that was “constructive downvote” - requirement of commenting why one downvotes a post.

I think I like that idea.

The 2008 crisis was a result of predatory lending practices and mortgage backed securities that were full of subprime mortgages and other toxic assets, and a burst real estate bubble. I don’t think it was a tech bubble like the dotcom bust.

Enron claimed to have some vague new means of lowering costs, acquiring revenue, and making the line go up. It would have been transformative for the power industry if it wasn’t straight-up fraud.

Well, they were gaming the rules in the California energy market. They were doing shit like causing blackouts so they could price gouge.

You’re welcome.

Tech bubbles come in two varieties: The ones that leave something behind, and the ones that leave nothing behind. Sometimes, it can be hard to guess what kind of bubble you’re living through until it pops and you find out the hard way.

Contrast that bubble with, say, cryptocurrency/NFTs, or the complex financial derivatives that led up to the 2008 financial crisis. These crises left behind very little reusable residue.

The 2008 financial crisis was not the result of a “tech” bubble.

I don’t know if I’d call 20 years a slap on the wrist, it is a significant chunk of time,

You’re correct. My use of the phrase wasn’t really appropriate.

if I recall correctly Epstein famously had a female accomplice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislaine_Maxwell

On 28 June 2022, Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison

slap on the wrist

I’m sure it has never occurred to them that there is any kind of dog that is not a lap dog.

Archive link appears broken, should be .ph:

https://archive.ph/7me3a

my hebrew is a little rusty

Is that like Roman numerals?