Umbrarchist
@umbrarchist.bsky.social
Retired Boomer, Electrical Engineering dropout. Fixed computers for IBM anyway.
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Economics hobbyist specializing in Depreciation due to Planned Obsolescence. 11/16/24 day 0
🖖 Science Fiction aficionado 🚀
Economics hobbyist specializing in Depreciation due to Planned Obsolescence. 11/16/24 day 0
What is the NET Domestic Product?
What is the annual depreciation of automobiles?
Planned Obsolescence means working to replace stuff that was stupidly designed in the first place.
Run just to not fall behind and complain about the pollution.
Dumbass Economists!
What is the annual depreciation of automobiles?
Planned Obsolescence means working to replace stuff that was stupidly designed in the first place.
Run just to not fall behind and complain about the pollution.
Dumbass Economists!
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What is the NET Domestic Product?
What is the annual depreciation of automobiles?
Planned Obsolescence means working to replace stuff that was stupidly designed in the first place.
Run just to not fall behind and complain about the pollution.
Dumbass Economists!
What is the annual depreciation of automobiles?
Planned Obsolescence means working to replace stuff that was stupidly designed in the first place.
Run just to not fall behind and complain about the pollution.
Dumbass Economists!
Growth? That GDP bullshit?
What is NDP? Oh right Economists can't do algebra.
It's complicated!
It is like getting the whole picture in focus is too hard.
Dbl-Entry Accounting is SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS old. It could have been mandatory in schools since 1950. Ask an economist.
No they are too dumb!
What is NDP? Oh right Economists can't do algebra.
It's complicated!
It is like getting the whole picture in focus is too hard.
Dbl-Entry Accounting is SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS old. It could have been mandatory in schools since 1950. Ask an economist.
No they are too dumb!
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Growth? That GDP bullshit?
What is NDP? Oh right Economists can't do algebra.
It's complicated!
It is like getting the whole picture in focus is too hard.
Dbl-Entry Accounting is SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS old. It could have been mandatory in schools since 1950. Ask an economist.
No they are too dumb!
What is NDP? Oh right Economists can't do algebra.
It's complicated!
It is like getting the whole picture in focus is too hard.
Dbl-Entry Accounting is SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS old. It could have been mandatory in schools since 1950. Ask an economist.
No they are too dumb!
Does the total absence of numbers for the Depreciation of Durable Consumer Goods like cars and refrigerators and microwave ovens qualify as Bad Numbers?
What if Consumerism with Planned Obsolescence is nothing but High Technology Slavery?
What if Consumerism with Planned Obsolescence is nothing but High Technology Slavery?
November 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Does the total absence of numbers for the Depreciation of Durable Consumer Goods like cars and refrigerators and microwave ovens qualify as Bad Numbers?
What if Consumerism with Planned Obsolescence is nothing but High Technology Slavery?
What if Consumerism with Planned Obsolescence is nothing but High Technology Slavery?
Karl Marx used the word 'depreciation' 100+ times in Das Kapital.
Adam Smith used the word 'education' 80 times in Wealth of Nations.
Neither of them ever saw a Planned Obsolescence Economy. Ask an economist why depreciation of automobiles and other consumer goods is not in the NET DP equation?
Adam Smith used the word 'education' 80 times in Wealth of Nations.
Neither of them ever saw a Planned Obsolescence Economy. Ask an economist why depreciation of automobiles and other consumer goods is not in the NET DP equation?
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Karl Marx used the word 'depreciation' 100+ times in Das Kapital.
Adam Smith used the word 'education' 80 times in Wealth of Nations.
Neither of them ever saw a Planned Obsolescence Economy. Ask an economist why depreciation of automobiles and other consumer goods is not in the NET DP equation?
Adam Smith used the word 'education' 80 times in Wealth of Nations.
Neither of them ever saw a Planned Obsolescence Economy. Ask an economist why depreciation of automobiles and other consumer goods is not in the NET DP equation?
I am being blocked by PhD economists because I am pointing out that they cannot do Algebra.
Where have they been specifying the annual depreciation of automobiles since the Moon Landing?
Ask an AI for that data. The results are amusing.
Where have they been specifying the annual depreciation of automobiles since the Moon Landing?
Ask an AI for that data. The results are amusing.
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I am being blocked by PhD economists because I am pointing out that they cannot do Algebra.
Where have they been specifying the annual depreciation of automobiles since the Moon Landing?
Ask an AI for that data. The results are amusing.
Where have they been specifying the annual depreciation of automobiles since the Moon Landing?
Ask an AI for that data. The results are amusing.
I read The Hobbit long, long, long ago. Then I read LOTR.
When I finished I asked myself, "Why did I do that?"
I have never read it again.
The Vorkosigan series is way better. Conan too.
When I finished I asked myself, "Why did I do that?"
I have never read it again.
The Vorkosigan series is way better. Conan too.
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I read The Hobbit long, long, long ago. Then I read LOTR.
When I finished I asked myself, "Why did I do that?"
I have never read it again.
The Vorkosigan series is way better. Conan too.
When I finished I asked myself, "Why did I do that?"
I have never read it again.
The Vorkosigan series is way better. Conan too.
No further comment required.
November 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
No further comment required.
"In fact,"🆓Markets"work best with"perfect information"."
That is funny as hell because I worked for IBM.
I NeVeR saw the word 'benchmark' in IBM documentation. I had to write my own. Anyone who bought a DataMaster 23 was an idiot.
That is funny as hell because I worked for IBM.
I NeVeR saw the word 'benchmark' in IBM documentation. I had to write my own. Anyone who bought a DataMaster 23 was an idiot.
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"In fact,"🆓Markets"work best with"perfect information"."
That is funny as hell because I worked for IBM.
I NeVeR saw the word 'benchmark' in IBM documentation. I had to write my own. Anyone who bought a DataMaster 23 was an idiot.
That is funny as hell because I worked for IBM.
I NeVeR saw the word 'benchmark' in IBM documentation. I had to write my own. Anyone who bought a DataMaster 23 was an idiot.
Markets are an abstraction in people's heads. There is only human behavior.
But machines do wear out and fail.
So where is the data for Demand Side Depreciation to put into the NET Domestic Product equation?
But machines do wear out and fail.
So where is the data for Demand Side Depreciation to put into the NET Domestic Product equation?
November 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Markets are an abstraction in people's heads. There is only human behavior.
But machines do wear out and fail.
So where is the data for Demand Side Depreciation to put into the NET Domestic Product equation?
But machines do wear out and fail.
So where is the data for Demand Side Depreciation to put into the NET Domestic Product equation?
What did Adam Smith say about the Planned Obsolescence of Automobiles?
Did he suggest that economists should have figured out Planned Obsolescence by 1980, a Decade after the Moon Landing?
Ask ChatGPT if economists are lying about Demand Side Depreciation in the Net Domestic Product equation.
Did he suggest that economists should have figured out Planned Obsolescence by 1980, a Decade after the Moon Landing?
Ask ChatGPT if economists are lying about Demand Side Depreciation in the Net Domestic Product equation.
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What did Adam Smith say about the Planned Obsolescence of Automobiles?
Did he suggest that economists should have figured out Planned Obsolescence by 1980, a Decade after the Moon Landing?
Ask ChatGPT if economists are lying about Demand Side Depreciation in the Net Domestic Product equation.
Did he suggest that economists should have figured out Planned Obsolescence by 1980, a Decade after the Moon Landing?
Ask ChatGPT if economists are lying about Demand Side Depreciation in the Net Domestic Product equation.
Getting economists to do Algebra correctly by putting Demand Side Depreciation into the NET Domestic Product equation. It can't be to important since I noticed it in 1976 and the world 🌍 has not come to an end, Yet!
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Getting economists to do Algebra correctly by putting Demand Side Depreciation into the NET Domestic Product equation. It can't be to important since I noticed it in 1976 and the world 🌍 has not come to an end, Yet!
Robert E. Howard plumbs the depths of the Internet.
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Robert E. Howard plumbs the depths of the Internet.
Yeah, PhD economists seem to have a problem with Demand Side Depreciation.
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Yeah, PhD economists seem to have a problem with Demand Side Depreciation.
"fact-based economics" ???
Do Automobiles purchased by consumers wear out and therefore Depreciate? Where is the Data on the annual depreciation of consumer cars for the last 30 years?
There were 200,000,000 motor vehicles in the US in 1995.
Do Automobiles purchased by consumers wear out and therefore Depreciate? Where is the Data on the annual depreciation of consumer cars for the last 30 years?
There were 200,000,000 motor vehicles in the US in 1995.
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"fact-based economics" ???
Do Automobiles purchased by consumers wear out and therefore Depreciate? Where is the Data on the annual depreciation of consumer cars for the last 30 years?
There were 200,000,000 motor vehicles in the US in 1995.
Do Automobiles purchased by consumers wear out and therefore Depreciate? Where is the Data on the annual depreciation of consumer cars for the last 30 years?
There were 200,000,000 motor vehicles in the US in 1995.
Yeah, just another day on the job. 😔
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yeah, just another day on the job. 😔
This has to violate some cosmic science fiction law.
The planet may implode.
The planet may implode.
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This has to violate some cosmic science fiction law.
The planet may implode.
The planet may implode.
How about everybody understanding 700 year old double entry accounting and being able to do it with their pocket supercomputers.
When do economists suggest that? Accounting could have been mandatory since 1950.
chevan.info/depreciation...
When do economists suggest that? Accounting could have been mandatory since 1950.
chevan.info/depreciation...
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
How about everybody understanding 700 year old double entry accounting and being able to do it with their pocket supercomputers.
When do economists suggest that? Accounting could have been mandatory since 1950.
chevan.info/depreciation...
When do economists suggest that? Accounting could have been mandatory since 1950.
chevan.info/depreciation...
How many Automobiles have been manufactured and trashed since WWII?
What have economists said about the depreciation of all of those machines?
Karl Marx used the word 'depreciation' 100+ times in Das Kapital. No cars back then!
Could Planned Obsolescence be high-tech wage slavery?
What is NET DP?
What have economists said about the depreciation of all of those machines?
Karl Marx used the word 'depreciation' 100+ times in Das Kapital. No cars back then!
Could Planned Obsolescence be high-tech wage slavery?
What is NET DP?
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
How many Automobiles have been manufactured and trashed since WWII?
What have economists said about the depreciation of all of those machines?
Karl Marx used the word 'depreciation' 100+ times in Das Kapital. No cars back then!
Could Planned Obsolescence be high-tech wage slavery?
What is NET DP?
What have economists said about the depreciation of all of those machines?
Karl Marx used the word 'depreciation' 100+ times in Das Kapital. No cars back then!
Could Planned Obsolescence be high-tech wage slavery?
What is NET DP?
Is depreciation a Law of Economics resulting from the Laws of Physics?
What have economists been saying about the annual depreciation of automobiles since whenever they figured out Planned Obsolescence?
Have Economists figured out Planned Obsolescence since 1980?
What is the NET Domestic Product?
What have economists been saying about the annual depreciation of automobiles since whenever they figured out Planned Obsolescence?
Have Economists figured out Planned Obsolescence since 1980?
What is the NET Domestic Product?
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Is depreciation a Law of Economics resulting from the Laws of Physics?
What have economists been saying about the annual depreciation of automobiles since whenever they figured out Planned Obsolescence?
Have Economists figured out Planned Obsolescence since 1980?
What is the NET Domestic Product?
What have economists been saying about the annual depreciation of automobiles since whenever they figured out Planned Obsolescence?
Have Economists figured out Planned Obsolescence since 1980?
What is the NET Domestic Product?
Trumpression!
One obvious difference about the Great Depression from now is that it was not preceded by 70 yrs of planned obsolescence in automobiles.
That would have been the American Civil War.
No Cars! 🚔 😆
The NET Domestic Product has slipped the minds of the entire Economics Profession! 🤑
One obvious difference about the Great Depression from now is that it was not preceded by 70 yrs of planned obsolescence in automobiles.
That would have been the American Civil War.
No Cars! 🚔 😆
The NET Domestic Product has slipped the minds of the entire Economics Profession! 🤑
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Trumpression!
One obvious difference about the Great Depression from now is that it was not preceded by 70 yrs of planned obsolescence in automobiles.
That would have been the American Civil War.
No Cars! 🚔 😆
The NET Domestic Product has slipped the minds of the entire Economics Profession! 🤑
One obvious difference about the Great Depression from now is that it was not preceded by 70 yrs of planned obsolescence in automobiles.
That would have been the American Civil War.
No Cars! 🚔 😆
The NET Domestic Product has slipped the minds of the entire Economics Profession! 🤑
Notice that Economists with PhDs cannot tell the American people what they lose on the depreciation of automobiles every year.
What is Planned Obsolescence?
What is the NET Domestic Product?
Can Economists do algebra?
What is Planned Obsolescence?
What is the NET Domestic Product?
Can Economists do algebra?
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Notice that Economists with PhDs cannot tell the American people what they lose on the depreciation of automobiles every year.
What is Planned Obsolescence?
What is the NET Domestic Product?
Can Economists do algebra?
What is Planned Obsolescence?
What is the NET Domestic Product?
Can Economists do algebra?
This is why I am having a little war with the Economics Profession.
They say nothing about the depreciation of the junk, including automobiles. Running a planet on defective Algebra makes so much sense.
I have been blocked by a bunch of PhD economists. Some Marxists don't like me either.
They say nothing about the depreciation of the junk, including automobiles. Running a planet on defective Algebra makes so much sense.
I have been blocked by a bunch of PhD economists. Some Marxists don't like me either.
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This is why I am having a little war with the Economics Profession.
They say nothing about the depreciation of the junk, including automobiles. Running a planet on defective Algebra makes so much sense.
I have been blocked by a bunch of PhD economists. Some Marxists don't like me either.
They say nothing about the depreciation of the junk, including automobiles. Running a planet on defective Algebra makes so much sense.
I have been blocked by a bunch of PhD economists. Some Marxists don't like me either.
Automobiles purchased by consumers are not regarded as Capital. They are consumer goods, like bananas.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Automobiles purchased by consumers are not regarded as Capital. They are consumer goods, like bananas.
LOL
I worked for IBM but I noticed that there were things that I was not being told.
Get an Economics textbook and look up the Net Domestic Product. Then try to find the annual depreciation of automobiles purchased by consumers since 1980.
What experts are required for such simple concepts?
I worked for IBM but I noticed that there were things that I was not being told.
Get an Economics textbook and look up the Net Domestic Product. Then try to find the annual depreciation of automobiles purchased by consumers since 1980.
What experts are required for such simple concepts?
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
LOL
I worked for IBM but I noticed that there were things that I was not being told.
Get an Economics textbook and look up the Net Domestic Product. Then try to find the annual depreciation of automobiles purchased by consumers since 1980.
What experts are required for such simple concepts?
I worked for IBM but I noticed that there were things that I was not being told.
Get an Economics textbook and look up the Net Domestic Product. Then try to find the annual depreciation of automobiles purchased by consumers since 1980.
What experts are required for such simple concepts?