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Duncan Gates

@duncangates.me

R/stats addict in ed-tech, committed dilettante of linguistics, history, and the world in general.

Duncan Gates @duncangates.me · 06/08/2026

I mean I agree that nominal numbers have a substantive psychological effect but the real price of many things and specifically eating out has gone up too hasn’t it?

Two-panel line chart showing U.S. restaurant prices, overall inflation, and wages from 2010 to 2026, with all series indexed to 100 in 2010

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Duncan Gates @duncangates.me · 28/11/2024

I tried tracking down the source here and was unsuccessful, the CDC official data indicates that in the US it has gone up in the last 5 years which is consistent with other medical data I am aware of: wonder.cdc.gov/controller/s... Arguable that it is as a result of covid, but upwards trend.

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Duncan Gates @duncangates.me · 13/11/2024

Key word “voters beliefs”, there is no political compass messaging slider that can fix already broken beliefs that aren’t even real, gotta change the topic at that point. Generic dems ran better with swing voters

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Duncan Gates @duncangates.me · 13/11/2024

It was a lot of wasted effort campaigning for republican voted as it stands. Which direction do you suggest she should have gone?

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