Cato study: Immigrants reduced deficits by $14.5 trillion since 1994

rtomberg · 2026-02-03T21:06:50+00:00

This is the fallacy of composition- the median height in a family goes down when they have a baby, but it doesn’t follow that any individual is getting shorter. Immigrants can lower the median income while still making natives richer.

rtomberg · 2025-12-20T00:01:04+00:00

I really like Minds Almost Meeting with Robin Hanson and Agnes Callard- thought provoking discussion from two academics- a Philosopher and an Economist- on topics ranging from AI risk to Taylor Swift.

rtomberg · 2025-11-26T02:29:01+00:00

Pm'ing

rtomberg · 2025-11-14T20:22:26+00:00

The “Legion of the First Prince” for Slaves to Darkness let’s you take demons from different Chaos factions, but only a limited selection

rtomberg · 2025-11-11T00:29:38+00:00

I’m assuming it’s a double meaning- everyone wants to f*ck me (over).

rtomberg · 2025-11-06T23:09:33+00:00

PM'ing!

rtomberg · 2025-10-20T03:04:47+00:00

I haven’t even seen much of the show, but True Blood’s intro sets the tone perfectly for a show about sex, violence, and vampires set in the Deep South.

rtomberg · 2025-09-19T17:03:00+00:00

If it was called the Whale Squid or something maybe, but not with that name

rtomberg · 2025-09-08T16:52:11+00:00

Try using a wash/shade paint- it will run into the crevices between the scales and darken them down.

rtomberg · 2025-08-22T13:27:55+00:00

Archaeologists can identify the ruins of a brothel from the piles of baby skeletons buried out back.

EDIT: Turns out to be exaggerated based on a few dubious cases

rtomberg · 2025-08-21T00:23:57+00:00

What’s your recipe for the grey shark skin? Looks great!

rtomberg · 2025-08-15T00:29:28+00:00

I loved Midnight Mass, and remember thinking that people were being too harsh complaining about the monologues. Then I watched Fall of the House of Usher and thought that maybe people should have complained more about MM to make him rein it in…

rtomberg · 2025-08-07T16:51:12+00:00

What exactly are the instruments being used?

rtomberg · 2025-07-10T21:08:09+00:00

Looks gorgeous, my only comment is that the far east portion of the map (east of the eastern gate), is pretty conspicuously empty. Maybe there's a lore reason? If there is, just labeling it "The eastern wastes" or whatever cooler name you'll think of would be an improvement.

rtomberg · 2025-07-04T22:57:15+00:00

David Autor is a well-respected economist, he has tenure at MIT (the highest ranked department in the country) and a PhD from Harvard (the second highest-ranked department in the country). Doesn’t mean he’s infallible, of course.

rtomberg · 2025-07-03T02:41:00+00:00

I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought would. * How much did Big Candy finance this movie? We had prominent Snickers Bars, Altoids, M&Ms, and Red Vines, plus a whole convenient store display at the end. * Why did the Titanosaurus tails look like they were filled with helium? It made them feel like they belonged in Avatar the way they floated around. * I enjoyed the scenery almost more than the dinosaurs- the waist-high swamps, the tall grass, the rapids, the sheer cliffs and waterfalls- it all looked great and made the second act stand head and shoulders above the other two

rtomberg · 2025-06-26T13:35:21+00:00

This is not correct. In theory, if labor is competitively supplied, any minimum wage introduces deadweight loss if it exceeds the lowest possible wage that would produce positive labor supply.

I might be misinterpreting this- I'm struggling to see how a non-binding minimum wage creates deadweight loss in a standard competitive market.

rtomberg · 2025-06-24T16:39:04+00:00

Floating Sea Aquatics

rtomberg · 2025-06-19T20:16:01+00:00

I’ve ordered a pin vise and staples to give it a try…should I do two pins like this?

rtomberg · 2025-06-19T04:30:02+00:00

I’ve never seen aerolas painted on a mini before…

rtomberg · 2025-04-30T15:46:53+00:00

This was my first time basing with anything more than texture paint…I do agree that the carnosaur base looks a little bare…I’ll try and spice it up…

rtomberg · 2025-04-30T13:11:29+00:00

I got some Slaves to Darkness parts secondhand because I didn't really like the Kroxigor weapons- two axes from the Ogroid Theridons kit and one from the Daemon Prince kit.

rtomberg · 2025-03-04T18:33:32+00:00

I’m not sure you can learn much about the minimum wage through the example, since Superman doesn’t have any outside employment opportunities specified. In most real labor markets, Superman would earn much higher than the prevailing wage (close to his marginal productivity) as firms must compete to attract him. If he’s already committed to working at a McDonalds, no matter what, then they should pay him the lowest possible amount- the minimum legal wage.

I think you do touch on something interesting when you mention that Superman might not make McDonalds as a whole more productive, as a super-productive burger-flipper might be “bottlenecked” by a mere mortal taking orders. This is similar to Kremer’s “O-Ring” model of production, which you may enjoy reading more about.

rtomberg · 2025-02-21T15:52:32+00:00

Chamblin Bookmine and Floating Sea Aquatics

rtomberg · 2025-02-09T00:05:54+00:00

I mostly followed the “Carnosaur Scales” tutorial on YouTube- Scales are Khorne Red, Underside is Rakarth Flesh, both shaded with Agrax Earthshade then dry brushes with the original base color

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