Brendan Halpin

Sociologist in Limerick

Mostly playing with unrealistic computer models of real world processes

Emacs, Stata, Shiny & Rstats, Julia, Python

Linux on the desktop since about 1997

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Brendan Halpin
bthalpin@mastodon.social

RE: https://journa.host/@mathewi/115985125373328108

I didn't know about the 2nd and the 4th, and the 2nd doesn't surprise me (I had speculated he'd go for a massive cash bribe, but benefit in kind makes sense too) but arresting Obama?!!? That would melt brains in a way that shooting white people only warms the surface.

January 30, 2026
Brendan Halpin
bthalpin@mastodon.social

RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@jon_valdes/115969049226623700

This is an interesting observation.

It is worth noting that aviation is an extraordinarily regulated activity, with extraordinary safety benefits historically (and huge profitability nonetheless), and that this sort of regulation is hotly opposed by the advocates of capitalist innovation.

January 30, 2026