there's a parallel between nonprofit world and academia, where there's a constant tide of idealistic, hopeful people coming in the door, and the people on top are able to lever that commitment to The Cause to extract from them in a way that's harder when everyone's just there to make a buck

*tips fedora* 🎩

I'm fussy and don't like most LLM output, it doesn't say or code things the way I would want to

won't they revoke your economics licence if they catch you suggesting things like 'nationalising companies'?!

tv ads?

it feels a bit low but about the right order of magnitude (based on quickly googling stats it works out $25,000 per homeless person per year)

I get variations of that because I think people assume statisticians are not nice, or not good communicators! And… yeah I can be a grumpy old* man at times but if you care about doing things right I will be your best friend and have all the time in the world to help you

* in denial about my age

Likewise! If you ever make it to Melbourne do give me a yell!

I learned so much from talking to my grandparents (who grew up through the Great Depression and WW2, working class and rural) about their lives, and how lucky I had it in comparison!