🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@paul I found it to be a arelatively simple static site engine overall. But it does take some time to learn the language. If there is something in particular that confuses you just let me know.

@hankg The current writeup for vercel is detailed and works across all three of my sites.

@garyackerman You do if you run a tech support company :)

@DavidM_yeg

Its not their perception of what "it ought to be" though, its their perception of what is. That perception may be true it may not. But even if it isnt true its equally as important as it effects the truth.

How people perceive the economy, particularly over long periods of time, effect how they spend and invest, and that has very real quantifiable long term results.

You simply cant seperate one from the other, which is why the stock markets value is a very critical metric and neccesary (among many factors) in assessing both the current situation but more importantly what the economy will look like in the future.

@realcaseyrollins

@DavidM_yeg

Well stock prices are a great measure of **perceived** economic health.

@realcaseyrollins

@DavidM_yeg

fair

@realcaseyrollins

@DavidM_yeg

Its more nuanced than that. Some changes will and do happen instantly, others may take a life time. For example stock prices will usually suddenly shift around an election. This effect is immediate and will ripple out to effect the economy. These effects are usually the day of the election and repeated on inauguration day.

Public perception can have huge impacts on economy but the much larger and long lasting effects tend to take time as you say.

@realcaseyrollins

Trees are just crystalized air of a sort. Nearly all the material that makes up a tree comes from air and water.

Thats a weird response to a COVID research scientist telling you something...

@Gbudd

Yup exactly... I find it hilarious how this guy took my comment as an attack on COVID rather than as a "wow maybe we should try to prevent the flu better"... People like this guy is why we have these social problems.

@BlueWaver22

LOL I am a COVID research scientist and just got blocked for this.... Maybe the reason he never heard from a scientist is because he blocks scientists who tell him?

@BlueWaver22 I am a COVID research scientist... Yes you did, you literally just heard it from one.

@BlueWaver22 For some perspective that is the exact same rate the Flu has killed people int he USA for decades. The annual death due to flu in the USA is very slightly less than 1000 a week...

@realcaseyrollins We havent had a "good" president in yours or my lifetime. Trump did things intentionally to look good due to the idiocy of the american people at the expense of actual long term harm constantly.

For example people will say he did good on economy by looking at unemployment or stock figures. When the truth is he engaged in massive QE on a level never before conducting in US history. It has the known effect of creating a short term temporary spike in economy at the expense of massive crippling long term inflation. Everyone was screaming foul. Now here we are suffering from those effects but because Trump manipulated the situation everyone is going to blame it on Biden instead.

Thats **not** a good president, thats a president with an ego, a president who cares how people see him, not what good he actually does.

@realcaseyrollins

I mean, I find them both to be so far into the absolute shit category that comparing them is a pointless exercise. Its like debating which pedophile would make a better babysitter.

@falken Something to fill the void and loneliness of not having a girlfriend? :)