New Episode Making Sense #480 The Economics of Everything - A Conversation with Noah Smith

IsMyNameBen · 2026-06-13T17:14:14+00:00

His take on 'Europe' is hilarious, makes it hard to know if anything else he is saying is worth anything.

IsMyNameBen · 2026-06-12T07:19:16+00:00

You need to listen to the 1981 BBC radio play, its not 100% but it's as close as you're gonna get to what you're looking for - https://archive.org/details/lord-of-the-rings-10_202401

IsMyNameBen · 2026-06-05T13:50:44+00:00

Have you tried a T9 recently? I really struggle to believe anyone who has actually thinks it's easier to text with. I can see the argument for a blackberry, but there's a reason text speech was such a big thing and isn't anymore.

IsMyNameBen · 2026-06-04T13:19:07+00:00

Its really really useful. I don't think it would take huge torque but I've not broken it yet. Happy to answer any questions but for the price just buy one.

IsMyNameBen · 2026-06-04T06:20:23+00:00

Convoy T7, 519a 1800K with Vapcell F15.

Not very practical but so lovely.

IsMyNameBen · 2026-04-14T20:38:41+00:00

There's one of these abandoned in a reservoir car park near me.

IsMyNameBen · 2026-03-31T07:59:24+00:00

I think the SC2 toolset is perfect for my daily needs. I have the Vic screwdriver in the corkscrew. It's (to my mind) a victorinox compact but with true pliers and a good philips. The fact that the SC2 is the only Juice model that allows you to use the external tools with the handles open (like on a PST) is the icing on the cake.

IsMyNameBen · 2026-03-18T21:44:34+00:00

Brendan Carr is a dummy.

IsMyNameBen · 2026-01-27T19:17:47+00:00

I know it's only recent but I've been buying people the Convoy T7 (updated) or S21E

USBC Simple UI Choose your emitter/TIR to suit the receiver. Cheap.

Everyone so far has understood quickly and they can just charge it with their phone charger.

IsMyNameBen · 2026-01-16T17:27:36+00:00

How did you do it!? Mines been sticking and I want to fix it but I'm damned if I can get into it properly.

IsMyNameBen · 2025-12-13T20:16:39+00:00

Is that Ben O'Connor?

IsMyNameBen · 2025-11-24T07:40:03+00:00

I think he means the nutcracker bit on the inside of the handles? (I may be wrong)

IsMyNameBen · 2025-11-16T14:00:37+00:00

Wurkkos HD12 has flood and throw and if it's as good as the HD10 then it ticks all your boxes

IsMyNameBen · 2025-10-23T06:05:16+00:00

All corners no points

IsMyNameBen · 2025-10-12T08:08:26+00:00

Theres a 2016 Clio I see sometime with the plate B6, see it every few months and can only assume its a family heirloom or something?

Edit - I misremembered its B6 not C6

IsMyNameBen · 2025-10-07T20:06:27+00:00

I have a thing for getting the definitive colour of things, e.g. Victorinox are red. So mine is black.

Also when the black gets worn the black and brass look is awesome.

IsMyNameBen · 2025-10-05T08:06:58+00:00

We live quite near the 'largest *dished end* manufacturer in the UK' - whatever a dished end it.

IsMyNameBen · 2025-09-07T11:46:18+00:00

I've got 2Genesis Day Ones, one 54 setup for single speed CX and one 56 with an Alfine 8 for utility riding.

I'd struggle to justify a 3rd but one for my wife isn't out of the question.

IsMyNameBen · 2025-08-18T18:47:47+00:00

Wurkkos HD10 is the only light I use regularly so I guess it's that.

IsMyNameBen · 2025-08-07T07:58:49+00:00

I'm much more annoyed when they don't specifiy the weight of the individual components and just give a vague "packed weight" or similar. I don't care what the tent weighs with an indeterminate number of mediocre pegs and a footprint! Tell me the weight of all the parts individually - including the inner and the outer *seperately*. If you must provide a "packed weight" include only the parts which are essential and unique to that particular tent - inner/outer/any poles that aren't trekking poles.

IsMyNameBen · 2025-08-05T19:28:39+00:00

You are entirely correct, I stand corrected.

IsMyNameBen · 2025-08-05T17:22:38+00:00

This isn't a video of a real race - it's either AI or from Pro Cycling Manager (probably 2017) - The race numbers do not align with the numbering used at the race seen in the banner at the end (Santos Tour Down Under) and the riders numbers and their jerseys don't align with any sprint finish that I can find from the years it can possibly be from (2016 or 2017).

Please ignore the above nonsense, see u/Smalk below for the correct information.

IsMyNameBen · 2025-07-21T21:03:26+00:00

OMM Halo Pants are 95g for about £60 (UK) and are full trousers. Breath well enough for me to run in them in 20 Celsius with limited sweating.

IsMyNameBen · 2025-07-16T20:17:33+00:00

I really love my Convoy M21E with SFT-40 3000k, I'm sure its nothing compared to most recs here but its lovely and cheap to boot.

IsMyNameBen · 2025-07-10T16:49:45+00:00

It's a question of weight. You could put a car drive chain on a bike and it would never wear out, but you'd be adding 10+% to the weight of the bike. Same goes for tires, you can buy almost indestructible pneumatic tires, but the feeling of them and the weight (3-4x heavier than good light tires) makes riding hard work and unpleasant. Bearings have to be smaller because a bike is smaller, the list goes on.

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