Doug Swain @dswain@mastodon.social

In today's episode of Life During Isolation, it's been interesting to see normies start to learn what video/voice/text chats are. Unaware you're supposed to be muted while talking shit, leaving cameras on while you're making lunch, on and on. This is like tech/corporate life 101 stuff.

We really are in a bubble all of our own! Welcome, though.

These are out of control. Wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StLHe6eFxC0

Anyway, to lighten the mood, here's a dank Jojo me-me. #jojo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EqQ19w1NoU

Maybe just don't prepare at all and let the fallout happen? No because our society depends on the economy which doesn't prepare for downturns.

Some degree of planning should be done. Right? Anything at all?

Develop a social safety net? No because too much taxation and everyone needs to spend more.

Companies required to develop reserves? No because companies need to deliver for shareholders always and now, future be damned for some reason.

Individuals develop their own reserves? No because individuals need to spend as much as possible, and salaries need to be minimized to maximize profits for companies.

I find this frustrating: "Keeping too large of a rainy day fund also could have economywide implications. If every company maintained an enormous cash cushion, there would be less capital to fund new investments. All else being equal, less capital means higher interest rates, which could slow economic growth. 'It’s very costly to have lots of cash sitting around,'..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/28/recession-economy-coronavirus/

So what options do we have as a society to avoid scenarios like this one?

In today's episode of Life During Isolation, I did a hobo version of a workout by doing exercises in my shed. Mostly by hugging/throwing a cinder block over my head, body weight stuff, and a light run afterward.

I know this is sorta fine, but I really should figure out something better.

Somebody in a HS math class, 2005: "When am I going to need to understand what the graph of 2^x looks like?"
2020:

#fsharp #piday #programming

Whew - right under the wire, but I got my π day entry done! This time around is Chudnovsky's Algorithm. Happy 🥧 Day everyone!

https://github.com/pseudoramble/pi-day.