Xeynon
@xeynon.bsky.social
Typical straight white USian dude (sports, craft beers, outdoorsy stuff, history podcasts, etc.) who refuses to pretend I don't have it good. Philly fan. Militantly pro-democracy shitlib. Free trader. YIMBY AF. Trying to help save my country from itself.
He only knew it from years of experience in the local market, though. There's no way you could capture all of it in an algorithm or a data set, even a very complex one. And his knowledge was specific to the DC area market. Every metro in the country has its own unique info set like that.
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
He only knew it from years of experience in the local market, though. There's no way you could capture all of it in an algorithm or a data set, even a very complex one. And his knowledge was specific to the DC area market. Every metro in the country has its own unique info set like that.
Stuff like which buildings would need an expensive boiler replacement soon, which had HOAs that were about to vote to change the by-laws, which were involved in weird legal disputes. All of this affected the price and ease of purchasing/owning a given home greatly.
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Stuff like which buildings would need an expensive boiler replacement soon, which had HOAs that were about to vote to change the by-laws, which were involved in weird legal disputes. All of this affected the price and ease of purchasing/owning a given home greatly.
I think that's part of it, but even with objective information, there is just too much miscellaneous but pertinent data to put into an equation. When I was shopping for my condo, my buyer's agent knew all kinds of stuff that would never fit in a Zillow database entry.
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I think that's part of it, but even with objective information, there is just too much miscellaneous but pertinent data to put into an equation. When I was shopping for my condo, my buyer's agent knew all kinds of stuff that would never fit in a Zillow database entry.
Try them all for state crimes and go for maximal penalties. Easily enough solved.
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Try them all for state crimes and go for maximal penalties. Easily enough solved.
Sure seems like Ukraine would be justified in sabotaging Russian critical infrastructure in response.
Moscow is very cold and dark this time of year. Wouldn't want to see it without light or heat.
Moscow is very cold and dark this time of year. Wouldn't want to see it without light or heat.
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Sure seems like Ukraine would be justified in sabotaging Russian critical infrastructure in response.
Moscow is very cold and dark this time of year. Wouldn't want to see it without light or heat.
Moscow is very cold and dark this time of year. Wouldn't want to see it without light or heat.
None of those people sold out to Putin like Trump has. Come on.
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
None of those people sold out to Putin like Trump has. Come on.
Russia would get its ass handed to it if it actually attacked NATO and I feel like Putin is smart enough to know that.
But on the other hand he's sure acting like he wants to attack NATO.
But on the other hand he's sure acting like he wants to attack NATO.
December 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Russia would get its ass handed to it if it actually attacked NATO and I feel like Putin is smart enough to know that.
But on the other hand he's sure acting like he wants to attack NATO.
But on the other hand he's sure acting like he wants to attack NATO.
There are many such cases, and the idea of replacing human knowledge for this kind of thing predates AI (businesses have been talking about standardization for decades), but it's definitely accelerated of late. Tech bros are nothing if not overconfident though. Walking Dunning Kruger test cases.
December 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There are many such cases, and the idea of replacing human knowledge for this kind of thing predates AI (businesses have been talking about standardization for decades), but it's definitely accelerated of late. Tech bros are nothing if not overconfident though. Walking Dunning Kruger test cases.
Real estate is a good example of the kind of industry that seems easy to boil down to an algorithm composed of known variables on the surface but actually involves a lot of deep and often idiosyncratic knowledge computers can't replicate in practice.
December 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Real estate is a good example of the kind of industry that seems easy to boil down to an algorithm composed of known variables on the surface but actually involves a lot of deep and often idiosyncratic knowledge computers can't replicate in practice.
I was never one to end friendships over politics before, but I've completely cut off not just friends but family members over Trump. Supporting him indicates a level of moral depravity I cannot abide.
December 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I was never one to end friendships over politics before, but I've completely cut off not just friends but family members over Trump. Supporting him indicates a level of moral depravity I cannot abide.
I mean, this is true, but it's not like other countries don't elect terrible people at times too. This is a longstanding danger to democracy everywhere. America just isn't exceptional.
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I mean, this is true, but it's not like other countries don't elect terrible people at times too. This is a longstanding danger to democracy everywhere. America just isn't exceptional.
I remembered that about Lizza since he left the New Yorker under suspect circumstances during MeToo.
Everyone involved is sordid and tawdry and gross at best, criminal at worst. Just one of those stories that makes you feel worse about humanity.
Everyone involved is sordid and tawdry and gross at best, criminal at worst. Just one of those stories that makes you feel worse about humanity.
December 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I remembered that about Lizza since he left the New Yorker under suspect circumstances during MeToo.
Everyone involved is sordid and tawdry and gross at best, criminal at worst. Just one of those stories that makes you feel worse about humanity.
Everyone involved is sordid and tawdry and gross at best, criminal at worst. Just one of those stories that makes you feel worse about humanity.
The whole scandal just endlessly grosses me out. I read Lizza's first substack post but have just picked up bits and pieces of the rest of the story by osmosis and against my will since.
December 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The whole scandal just endlessly grosses me out. I read Lizza's first substack post but have just picked up bits and pieces of the rest of the story by osmosis and against my will since.
Hungary should have its EU membership suspended until Orban is gone.
December 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Hungary should have its EU membership suspended until Orban is gone.
Nuzzi is a terrible person and an incompetent ethical nightmare of a journalist.
Lizza and RFK Jr. also suck, but there's zero reason to have any sympathy for her.
Lizza and RFK Jr. also suck, but there's zero reason to have any sympathy for her.
December 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Nuzzi is a terrible person and an incompetent ethical nightmare of a journalist.
Lizza and RFK Jr. also suck, but there's zero reason to have any sympathy for her.
Lizza and RFK Jr. also suck, but there's zero reason to have any sympathy for her.
I don't know that Allred really qualifies as a "centrist" (he was pretty much a median Dem ideologically in the House, not a blue dog), but he did significantly outrun Harris in 2024. It wasn't a great year for Dems in Texas.
December 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I don't know that Allred really qualifies as a "centrist" (he was pretty much a median Dem ideologically in the House, not a blue dog), but he did significantly outrun Harris in 2024. It wasn't a great year for Dems in Texas.
How about if we're resetting to 1997 we also return Russia to some semblance of democracy and Putin to obscurity? That might be a worthwhile tradeoff.
December 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
How about if we're resetting to 1997 we also return Russia to some semblance of democracy and Putin to obscurity? That might be a worthwhile tradeoff.
It is a completely logical reading of the post I responded to, and it was worth pointing out that reading is historically inaccurate.
There's zero reason for you to be a snarky asshole about it to a stranger on the internet, you know. Life's better when you're not dick to people for no reason.
There's zero reason for you to be a snarky asshole about it to a stranger on the internet, you know. Life's better when you're not dick to people for no reason.
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It is a completely logical reading of the post I responded to, and it was worth pointing out that reading is historically inaccurate.
There's zero reason for you to be a snarky asshole about it to a stranger on the internet, you know. Life's better when you're not dick to people for no reason.
There's zero reason for you to be a snarky asshole about it to a stranger on the internet, you know. Life's better when you're not dick to people for no reason.
Yes but them having the power and privilege does not mean that the country was exclusively theirs or should be described as such.
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes but them having the power and privilege does not mean that the country was exclusively theirs or should be described as such.
I say this as a white nominally Christian man myself - the idea that it is "our country" in any exclusive sense is ahistorical balderdash.
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I say this as a white nominally Christian man myself - the idea that it is "our country" in any exclusive sense is ahistorical balderdash.
The country as it was founded and the country as it exists today are two different things.
Minorities, women, and non-Christians contributed heavily to the 90%+ of it that didn't exist at the founding.
To say nothing of physical infrastructure that was built by non-white immigrants and slaves.
Minorities, women, and non-Christians contributed heavily to the 90%+ of it that didn't exist at the founding.
To say nothing of physical infrastructure that was built by non-white immigrants and slaves.
December 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The country as it was founded and the country as it exists today are two different things.
Minorities, women, and non-Christians contributed heavily to the 90%+ of it that didn't exist at the founding.
To say nothing of physical infrastructure that was built by non-white immigrants and slaves.
Minorities, women, and non-Christians contributed heavily to the 90%+ of it that didn't exist at the founding.
To say nothing of physical infrastructure that was built by non-white immigrants and slaves.
She lives in Canada so they're having some extradition problems.
December 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
She lives in Canada so they're having some extradition problems.
Fortunately starting a deeply unpopular war will not be an effective distraction, it will only suck him farther down the drain.
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fortunately starting a deeply unpopular war will not be an effective distraction, it will only suck him farther down the drain.
It's not the historical norm, though. That's a myth. This country from the start was built partially by people who weren't white male Christians.
December 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's not the historical norm, though. That's a myth. This country from the start was built partially by people who weren't white male Christians.