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You mean specifically in the chiefs stadium?

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But i wasn't taught any of this in school either, so for some reason we live in a capitalist society that skips over teaching the most basic, fundamental requirements of operating capitalism. bsky.app/profile/majd...

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In any sane/educated society, conservatives would be first in line to lash out at the anti-competitive, user-captive, game-rigging, corrupt bullshit that tech companies, oil companies, medical companies, investment funds, etc. pull on a daily basis.

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I really wonder what the world would be like if Americans took anti-competitive business practices as personally threatening as we've been trained to distrust whatever "communism" meant to inheritance-class conservatives.

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Summary: Any hope for capitalism functioning to our benefit REQUIRES that individual users demand competition. If you catch yourself thinking product or brand loyalty is a virtue, then i'm sorry to say, you are being an idiot mark.

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Obviously maximizing competition should also extend to politics. This stuff becomes way more manageable with laws & systemic solutions that force competition. Like insider trading is a huge corruption drain on the whole system with zero social benefit, so the laws against it need to be enforced.

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But in fairness, capitalism also demands that everyone pay attention to the stock market, otherwise we all get fleeced by the few scammers running it. (Like how capitalism's answer to scalpers is for everyone to become a reseller on the side, making career scalping nonviable. Competition again!)

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And sadly, a lot of very smart/powerful/unprincipled people have been incentivized to invest their life skills into getting ahead in the meme casino that is the stock market instead of doing anything useful or creative with their lives.

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Unfortunately the stock market layer on top of capitalism always favors the player-focused view. That's because pumping stocks benefits greatly from name recognition.

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To me it's obvious that the product-focused view is more sensible. (It's also obvious to me that capitalism needs universal basic income and universal health care to maximize competition, because so many great ideas die to employer health insurance handcuffs, but that's a tangent for another time.)

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Maintaining a level playing field is essential, so allowing past successes to be leveraged into retention moats and head starts is a huge net negative. Users are RESPONSIBLE for enforcing competition by proactively migrating to new products when old ones (inevitably) become problematic.

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2. Product/customer-focused: Goods and services consistently improve when fair competition is maximized. The system does not require or depend on individual geniuses or great leaders, because competition will always find/forge more.

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Consumers aren't required to pay attention to changes in the market or to actively demand competition, because the masters of humanity know best anyway.

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Uneven playing fields aren't a problem because doing whatever it takes to win rigged games further proves exceptionalism, which is assumed to be transferable regardless of which competition you managed to win. Nepotism isn't a problem if you believe superiority can be inherited.

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1. Player/entrepreneur-focused: Capitalism exists as an arena for individuals to prove themselves the masters of humanity, after which their opinions must be obeyed until they either die or somehow manage to piss away their fortune despite having massive advantages in any venture.

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Seems to me there's two main ways to perceive capitalism: player-focused and product-focused.

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With VERY few exceptions (like certain kinds of math & games with simple win conditions), GenAI can't verify anything. So it's like adding more guys into your group who repeat what they heard from another guy. You get easy/fast answers, but it reduces the reliability of info in the group overall.

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One way i think about question-answering GenAI: In any large group of people, there are some highly reliable experts who consistently go out of their way to verify what they share, there are some intentional liars, and there are people who just pass along what they've heard (more or less).

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I wonder if the most beneficial thing the chess community can do for humanity in this moment is act as a testbed for achieving consensus on a reasonable, verifiable limit on how deep engines should calculate. Otherwise what are we doing? Burning compute to solve chess faster? For whose benefit?

Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Theseus would've been all about live service games. Matchup chart of Theseus. Fireball trap of Theseus. Jungle of Theseus. Optimal combo route of Theseus. You're plus after that? of Theseus haha

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Knowing how little of value GenAI has produced across nearly every profession, isn't it wild how much of "AI adoption" is performative virtue signaling from people who made freaking out about virtue signaling their whole identity for years?

Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Props to Messi for actually retiring from international play when it made sense. Couldn't have been an easy choice with Argentina being a legit contender. I have a lot respect for people who pass the baton when it's time. Not everyone has the humility to do that.

Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Nepal's per-capita greenhouse emissions rank in the world's bottom 10. If your country burns significantly hotter, please consider donating to direct relief efforts and to climate action today. Even if it turns out the glacier was knocked over by a particularly strong goat, you won't regret helping.

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I would take a photo to demonstrate my phone falling but i would need my phone to do that. Also bad design!

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There's so much bad design in the world. Like today i put my phone at the edge of the bed, then later i leaned on the bed to get up, and my phone fell down. It didn't have to be this way!

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Kind of a chaotic game overall, but that Messi goal in Philadelphia was fun to watch. Gotta say i'm a fan of Messi playing on shaky/flawed teams to close out his career. Putting up big numbers in both directions. #SoccerHype youtube.com/watch?v=K_PA...

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Messi Hits FILTHY Stutter Step Scores Tiebreaker Goal vs. Philadelphia Union!

YouTube video by Major League Soccer

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The new Spider-Man movie is pretty good imo. It's weird how Sony understands the need for A/B-list supporting characters for mainline Spidey movies, but still uses C/D-list characters for offshoots (which need the most help).

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Nitpicking minor details & choosing weird hills to die on are what niche subject matter critics are supposed to do! (Or at least can't help doing.) If you can take away a few new perspectives or insights from what they offer, they've done their job. No one owns the final say. Make up your own mind.

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Finally got around to watching The Odyssey yesterday. I thought it was really good! Also read a couple critical articles making the rounds. I thought those were pretty good too. If you're new to professional criticism, you gotta understand that it's normal to be annoyed by half of what they say.

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The game industry has never really understood celebrity power like movies/films do. Game studios are too afraid to let creatives be seen, for several reasons. They prefer to present their studio brand or main char as the celebrity, but there's only like 4-5 studios i trust enough to shift attention.

Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Now that it's over, i still think Messi should retire from international play. It's fair to say Argentina would've lost every knockout stage of WC2026 without Messi AND they lost to Spain because he was too old to run. Put 2008-2020 Messi into any Scaloni squad, they probably beat Spain. It's time.

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Not sure if Thor's "my dead friends were stronger" speech was inspirational but could be good! youtube.com/watch?v=irVN...

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Avengers: Doomsday | Official Trailer | In Theaters December 18

YouTube video by Marvel Entertainment

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Spain deserved to win, but that was an awful match to watch. Enzo ruined any chance of a decent finish. Neither of his yellow cards were forced by Spain. No one who likes soccer wants to see 10 vs 11 ending 1-0 in extra time, but world cup finals suck more often than not. bsky.app/profile/majd...

No one who likes soccer wants to see 10 vs 11 ending 1-0 in extra time. But that's how it goes, world cup finals suck more often than not. And Spain are deserving winners, just incredible match control throughout. Anyway lots of fun moments along the way to the final, so i had a good time overall.

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Enzo ruined whatever chance there was of this being a decent game. Neither of his yellow cards were forced by Spain. Just another slogfest 1-0 extra time final in the end :(

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Messi has been fouled pretty much every time he's touched the ball with any Spanish player nearby. No one's playing delicate football out there.

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Possession-above-all football is really painful to watch without a clinical scorer. Worst game of the tournament so far.

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Madonna 3/10 Muppets/Dudamel 8/10 BTS 5/10? Bieber -2/10 Shakira 8/10 Random kids 4/10

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Acoustic Bieber added nothing. Who asked for this? Can't believe they roped the Ronaldinhos into this.

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If you haven't seen many Spain games, this is what they're all like. Not many dangerous scoring opportunities either way. On a good day, you might get a beautiful sequence of passes all the way through to goal. On a bad day, 0.1 xG for everyone!

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World Cup final starting strong with at least 5x "Why is HE here??" before kickoff. Y'all ready for 35-minute halftime?!

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I hope Messi has a good game in his final world cup final, because he's brought me countless "How did he do that??" moments of joy over the years. It wouldn't be the first time he's played well against possession-heavy teams. I think Spain are slight favorites, but it'll be a fascinating matchup.

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It's rare to get such a clear narrative arc for a team within only a few games. England gutted it out against Mexico for a defensive win, fell back into the same mindset too early against Argentina, then consciously tried to advance the ball against France even when momentum was against them.

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Maj @majdotdev.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Lol this game. Coaches laughing too.

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There's like a billion dollars of salaries & transfer fees on the field. No one wants to answer for injuries. In a weird way, England starting their bench was a smart move.