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Saddle on up to a stool and spill the beans about your day, fire away with them questions, or let loose and give us the lowdown on your wild and woolly life. We're all ears, so don't hold back!
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What's your view on structural modeling in economics? I'm debating whether to write down a structural model of user behavior on Stacker News. Not sure if it's a worthwhile endeavor though.
I started off as a structural micro guy, but later moved away from it because they take way too long to work with, and the juice usually wasn't worth the squeeze. At a more fundamental level, no one should believe these structural models as accurate depictions of reality anyway, so why bother? Now I prefer to just focus on solid reduced form empirical results that tell a story, and I've also had better publishing success that way.
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I feel similarly. When I've done anything structural it's been because I wasn't getting consistent results across similarly plausible specifications.
I almost entirely do reduced form estimation and that's what I primarily trained in. If you have a neat toy model of stacker behavior, I'd say go for it, but the incentives (and how well they're understood) don't strike me as being straightforward to model. It seems to me like you'd need to define different types of stackers and articulate the rewards system.
I would be very interested in trying to understand how closely behavior aligns with the rewards incentives, though. I've always thought that most of us are probably leaving lots of sats on the table by not optimizing.
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62 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 3h
One of the unexpected benefits of pr review/testing is testing code paths I hadn't tested in awhile and finding bugs.
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Started off with 3 cups of hot coffee. At least that's a positive so far.
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How do I access archived territories on Mobile? @ek
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84 sats \ 1 reply \ @AG 3h
Check this list of archived territories for sale #698471 , there are probably more now
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 3h
This is a nice post!! I was thinking of reviving the territory for gadgets but I can’t remember the name of it all. This list doesn’t have it
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60 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 5h
If you want to visit them directly, there isn't a way on mobile. The best way to find a specific archived territory is to use search, e.g. input ~some_archived_territory.
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80 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG 3h
what's the way to see all archived territories on desktop?
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284 sats \ 18 replies \ @ek 5h
I don't work for SN anymore, please ask @k00b or @sox
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Man this is heartbreaking
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127 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 2h
I just realized you've been around since #9274, that's impressive
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79 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 3h
:/
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Oh shit when did that happen?
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237 sats \ 12 replies \ @ek 4h
I resigned last week, but I have been away from work since November
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Ah, sad to hear. Hope you're on to something bigger and better! i'll miss getting PR comments from you
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203 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 3h
I have some plans, yeah! But I don't want to spoil them by sharing them too soon
It feels better to tell what I’ve already done, not what I’m going to do
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Ah, I see. Well I hope everything’s alright! You did great work with the team
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199 sats \ 8 replies \ @ek 4h
Thanks! I'm doing well, and I’ll still be around for shitposting, haha
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110 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 2h
For example, here's a quality shitpost of how well I'm doing:
click here for with music (@1:11 and @1:29)
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I was unsure if I should know who this was or not...
Glad to hear it
Thanks for all the great work you did
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111 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 3h
That is good! I would really miss you around here @ek
121 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 6h
Where is the discussion around BIP 110 (née BIP 444) taking place? The last response on the mailing list thread was November 11.
Seems like the PR hasn't had much going on for a few weeks either (other than BIP number assignment).
Am I just missing it?
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102 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 6h
Does anyone know of a source for a list of the nyms of those who joined the cypherpunks mail list in the nineties?
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 6h
make FIOA to the gov agency :)
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what the hell happened in August 2025, with 82k zombie items?! also, what is considered a "zombie item?"
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It was that user who came in creating articles and deleting them to win the bet
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Zombie items are unpaid ones, and they’re messing with the item ID, making it climb when it shouldn’t!
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ah, so someone wanted to claim a specific item number, like #1,000,000;
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oh wow, what a mess...
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33 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 7h
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These are the important numbers for this topic. Maybe I should’ve posted it in ~charts_and_numbers? Ahaha
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1AM Thursday morning I get a knock on my door. It's my dad, and he's asking if the family dog is with me. I say no. He tells me she's missing and hurries off with a flashlight.
I get dressed, grab a couple flashlights and join my parents in the search. It doesn't take long before my dad says, "There's tons of blood. Scurrying track marks; she's gone."
I was stunned. That stupid little dog that's always barking indoors and hurting my ears, barking at nothing and barking at me when I wear odd outfits. That dog that leaves piles of shit on the lawn that I have to pick up before I mow. That dog that goes into the most annoying of attack modes and has to be locked in the other room when any of my sibling's dogs visit. With the weakest voice, my mom thanks me for helping before giving me a hug. We're both holding back tears. She slowly walks back to the house.
We trace the coyote tracks looking for remains. All we find are pools of blood soaked into the snow.
I'm never going to see the dog again and I'm choking up. Christmas 2024 was her last Christmas. The last time I pet her warm soft belly was two weeks ago after she saw me get home after a bike ride-- an unusual day when she was happy to see me. The last time I saw her was family dinner on Monday. It was just a regular day where she slurped water from her bowl and stared at me begging for a piece of chicken. It's over. That was the last time.
This dog that I didn't like much is dead, and yet I've been crying ever since. I wish I could have had some more time with her.
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Damn, I felt so sad reading this... stay strong!
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I hope she gave those coyotes hell.
RIP little one
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37 sats \ 1 reply \ @Angie 10h
He escuchado de adicciones de todo tipo, y hasta asociaciones para vencerlas. No se sí está adicción es mala o dejá secuelas pero me estoy volviendo adicta a está plataforma, será porque si no la uso pierdo mi sombrero o me desarman toda 😂 , sigo con mí crisis de migraña, y debo estar lo más calmada posible asi que voy a desconectarme un rato o este amor me va a...💯
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¡la adicción a interactuar con personas reales y bienintencionadas en el ámbito digital es una buena adicción! es como una especie de fogata digital;
nuestros creadores han dotado a los seres humanos de un gen que nos hace adictos a la luz solar (un dato poco conocido); quizás puedas aliviar tus migrañas con más a la luz del amanecer y del atardecer;
¿cuáles son tus condiciones de vida?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG0RA 11h

The SN P2P Marketplace Tutorials, Guidelines, Tips & Tricks! A collection of posts that will help you learn and thrive in the market! Always pinned in the top ~AGORA section for you to access when most needed.
Read more: #942038

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the Force is using the Darth-dog all the time; the Darth-cat gets to decide whether to use the Force at all today;
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hahahahaha
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