@drewcastillo I still have lots of MP3s on my phone, from back when you kickstarted Zombies, Run. :-/ (I mean, there have been several new phones since then, but it’s the same collection of MP3s.)
@drewcastillo I still have lots of MP3s on my phone, from back when you kickstarted Zombies, Run. :-/ (I mean, there have been several new phones since then, but it’s the same collection of MP3s.)
@drewcastillo I’m toying with the idea of getting back to Zombies, Run! I really enjoyed it, back in the day.
@gelliottmorris.com Maybe. I think it’s more a matter of who was a debtor (farmers and small businessmen who needed to borrow to buy seeds or raw materials) versus a creditor (the wealthy). Since there were no credit cards and virtually no consumer debt, ordinary people didn’t have debts to be wiped out or made ruinous
@gelliottmorris.com by inflation or deflation.
@gelliottmorris.com You don’t need a gold standard, but a gold standard made it somewhat automatic, unless you explicitly revalued.
And I’m not really arguing for or against, so much as pointing out that “kids these days” don’t know what they’re asking for, when they want prices to go back to what they were.
@gelliottmorris.com Back when we were on a gold standard, inflation was often undone, to back to the (usually pre-war) gold parity. The result was usually a years-long grinding depression.
Could we do that again? Yes we could!
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@Miraz It’s a very good book. And it may be somewhat more nuanced than my brief review gives it credit for. There’s a good bit about places (like New Zealand and Australia) where it may legit be too sunny for more than brief sun exposure. And about skin color, which also makes a big difference.
@numericcitizen As near as I can tell, it’s there to monetize the writing of Nazis, with enough non-Nazis to provide some cover for the firm.
@Miraz Thanks! I like any photo of me with a sword, but especially artistic ones!
@hollyhoneychurch Yep. Wildfire smoke. It’s just annoying here. A few hours north, where I lived as a boy, the AQI is truly terrible.
@hollyhoneychurch The air is not lovely here (east-central Illinois, where the AQI is presently 165 = unhealthy). BUT! Today I the two air cleaner devices I ordered—one for upstairs and one for downstairs—arrived! So the air is lovely inside, even if it’s not so lovely outside.
@philipbrewer.net Thank you!