Jacob Baskin

Computer programmer and transportation enthusiast.

[Jacob Baskin @jacobbaskin]

@bobbyfijan @TheStroBro PSLF tho

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@bobbyfijan @TheStroBro One reason why the worst schools are the best funded per student is that as families pull their kids, enrollment shrinks but the costs don't. Look at those class sizes! It's not like they've been pumping money into administration, they've got a 500-person school with 278 kids

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@bobbyfijan @TheStroBro It's the median household income! And you can earn it at 23, with generous benefits and pension. I'm not saying teachers are getting rich but they're paying market rate.

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@bobbyfijan @TheStroBro First year NYC DOE teacher with a master's gets $80k plus benefits

[Jacob Baskin @jacobbaskin]

Guy who applies for a job at Anthropic in order to advance AI safety by publicly resigning

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@mattyglesias I think it's pretty clear in retrospect that Strom Thurmond was more dangerous to America than McCarthy.

[Jacob Baskin @jacobbaskin]

@ModeledBehavior Not directly but:
"...the final 2026 severely adverse scenario is characterized by a severe global recession triggered by an abrupt decline in risk appetite that causes substantial declines in risky asset prices"
so, yes

[Jacob Baskin @jacobbaskin]

Me: that person seems smart why don’t I follow them
X: oh, you like smart people? Well here are some dumb people who try to dunk on them for engagement! Enjoy!

[Jacob Baskin @jacobbaskin]

Ok I’m done here, I know I can click Following but it’s not enough, the For You page is an infohazard. I don’t follow those people on purpose!

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@GregHBurnham The labor theory of chess value? (Knights are worth the most points because they’re the hardest to carve)

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@GregHBurnham I feel for GPT, my board eval is also not good enough to tell you that being up the exchange is worth losing the very nice bishop

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@mattyglesias @ArmandDoma Easier to leave Zuck on read than to turn him away at your door while he says “wait! I brought soup”

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@Rheiji1 @mattyglesias @KathyHochul Yes! Making new construction easier and cheaper in NYC makes living here more affordable.

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@Rheiji1 @mattyglesias @KathyHochul I’m asserting that the person who lives in the marginal (gas-heated) new multifamily building in NY has a lower carbon footprint there than they would if they lived elsewhere

[Jacob Baskin @jacobbaskin]

@mattyglesias @KathyHochul New Yorkers’ carbon footprints are already so low that prioritizing affordability over decarbonization is plausibly net positive even from a pure climate change perspective

[Jacob Baskin @jacobbaskin]

@katrosenfield @dilanesper I am looking out over my happy garden shaded by literally 8 skyscrapers. Nobody pisses into my yard. I can still grow tomatoes. It’ll be fine.

[Jordan Schneider @jordanschneider]

can we please just not

[David Shor @davidshor]

We are on track to reduce our compute advantage over China from 33 to 1 to 1.2 to one because @nvidia and Jensen Huang put millions of dollars in Trump’s pocket in order to enrich themselves at the rest of our expense

[Jacob Baskin @jacobbaskin]

Does the LIRR even need Atlantic Yards with the new Atlantic shuttle service plan? Can we just fill in the gigantic money pit with dirt and start over?

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

A decades-old agreement to build hundreds of affordable housing units at the stalled site surrounding the Barclays Center is getting a makeover: https://t.co/E1TpNt4sVY

[Jacob Baskin @jacobbaskin]

@captgouda24 I’m with you, I think this was a rare CHH miss, but she can still be right on the pragmatics. Lots of things are illegal that should be legal, but some of those are actively bad in practice, so unless you’re in debate club, why focus on those ones?