society if Microsoft made the default meeting length in Outlook/Teams 15 minutes

EVIL (headphone-less phone noise in public) TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DO NOTHING

no software product I regularly use is more exasperating and disappointing than Siri, and I use Microsoft Teams

I forgot I made an R package that scrapes the full text of RBA decisions and minutes - nice reminder from Stephen Kirchner 🌐 stephenkirchner.substack.com/p/measuring-un…

who is the Australian equivalent of Jennifer Pahlka?

Whatever you think of Krugman, it's insane the NYT drove him away paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-newsletter…

Get ready to enjoy your data in Excel

one thing I’ve been really disappointed to learn is true: sometimes it’s easiest to get on the blower and sort things out

LIFE HACK: you can just unsubscribe from newsletters you don’t like. Constantly sigh, like I did, every time ‘Noahpinion’ hits your inbox? Simply hit the big button

my favourite game

Similar thing happening here. Two media outlets failing to report that the coroner’s recommendations in this case specifically referred to throttle-powered e-bikes and *not* the pedal-powered variety. There’s a *significant* difference between the two.

I’m starting to think Mastodon is not going to take off

🚨new ep of the best econ podcast in the game is out 🚨

I've acquired a range of skills that didn't even exist 20 years ago, eg. I'm great at remembering exactly how many ads each different podcast kicks off with, so I know exactly how many times to hit fast forward

nowadays this person would just ask ChatGPT this question and be told “wow! Most people wouldn’t have such insight and innovative ideas”

[insert smug R user comment here]

I took 3 Econ 101 lectures and here's why I think GDP is completely useless yet experienced economists continue to use it.

More tweet threads should come with their own GitHub repos

“You say that X increases Y — yet we’ve seen X go up while Y goes down.” People who make arguments of this form can generally be ignored

Not a bad forecast from Paul Tilley (off by 2 years)