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David Alman

@davidalman.bsky.social

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Airman + consultant + aero engineer interested in national strategy, domestic policy, environmentalism, good food, and all things aviation. Views = mine alone and not representative of anyone I work for. #airpower

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 22h

This thread is super interesting and I really had no idea about the popularity of XBox being minimal compared to PlayStation and does actually speak to the success of the Microsoft marketing team for convincing us all it was an actual competitor.

America Xanadu @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 23h

With all the Xbox news there's been a lot of discussion about the inevitable death of Xbox, and in a lot of these discussions both in essay and online, there's a lot of reverence for when Xbox was good, the 360, where they were so powerful they managed to match Sony's worst performing console.

Cumulative Worldwide Hardware Unit Sales (Sell-in)

PlayStation More than 102.4 million
(As of March 31, 2012)

PlayStation 2 More than 160.0 million
(As of March 31, 2012)

PSP (PlayStation Portable) More than 76.4 million
(As of March 31, 2012)

PlayStation 3 More than 87.4 million
(As of March 31, 2017)

PlayStation 4 More than 117 million
(As of June 30, 2022)

PlayStation 5 More than 80.2 million
(As of June 30, 2025)

Sales data provided by Sony Interactive

https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/

Xbox Sales Statistics

Xbox 360 is Microsoft’s best-selling Xbox video game console, with 85.73 million units sold as of February.

Xbox Series Number of Units Sold Since the Launch

Xbox 360 (X360) 85.73 million

Xbox One (XOne) 57.96 million

Xbox (XB) 24.65 million

Xbox Series X/S (XS) 27.68 million

Data provided by Statista

https://www.demandsage.com/xbox-statistics/

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David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social · 1d

Believe it or not, calls

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

jesus

To put the potential impact in perspective, I calculate that a market correction of the same magnitude as the dotcom crash could wipe out over $20trn in wealth for American households, equivalent to roughly 70% of American GDP in 2024. This is several times larger than the losses incurred during the crash of the early 2000s. The implications for consumption would be grave. Consumption growth is already weaker than it was preceding the dotcom crash. A shock of this magnitude could cut it by 3.5 percentage points, translating into a two-percentage-point hit to overall GDP growth, even before accounting for declines in investment.

The global fallout would be similarly severe. Foreign investors could face wealth losses exceeding $15trn, or about 20% of the rest of the world’s GDP. For comparison, the dotcom crash resulted in foreign losses of around $2trn, roughly $4trn in today’s money and less than 10% of rest-of-world GDP at the time. This stark increase in spillovers underscores how vulnerable global demand is to shocks originating in America.

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David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social · 1d

It’ll pump up like 10% right after I buy some puts

David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah there is enough grey area here that I think this is the correct coa.

House / Senate leadership: “we want to be clear, there is no legal authorization for the use of force - as such, this equates to murder. We are calling in all COCOM leaders to inform them that they too will be held liable.”

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Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social · 3d

A cartoon by Barry Blitt.

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Gina Fiore @marsecgina.bsky.social · 1d

Someone call the orcas

A photo showing a table full of Ayn Rand box sets

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David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social · 2d

So little rust on the right, just like John Paul Jones wanted it to be

David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao it’s so true

David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social · 3d

Is there a good essay or article explaining these arguments? (Sorry, layman here!)

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 3d

Did not know this about Old Bay

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David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social · 3d

Which one is this? Looks like GMT something…..

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David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social · 4d

The only thing that would make SV better would be removing the influence money has on politics.

Almost like we should tax billionaires more.

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social · 4d

Psychopath behavior

Recipe for terrible dates and divorces, unless two awful people find each other

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Sam Morey @pensandlighters.bsky.social · 4d

“Goldman Sachs is advising its investors that Subway on Fashion Ave is now hiring, a possible sign of an economic rebound.”

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John Bolton's Mustache @jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social · 4d

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 5d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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David Alman @davidalman.bsky.social · 5d

Look it’s not our fault we’re better at playing the game than everyone else…..

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 6d

The thing about this that's worth recalling is that it *wouldn't* even offend most Americans: just the group of reactionary grifters who make money by being professionally offended online.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 6d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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