David Wertheimer
@werty.bsky.social
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I wrote a little bit about my experience with the forecasting contest (hi Prof. Pugel!) netwert.com/ideapad/2025...
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I wrote a little bit about my experience with the forecasting contest (hi Prof. Pugel!) netwert.com/ideapad/2025...
Halfway through business school, and approaching age 30, I fell in love with macroeconomics and asked my professor about changing careers. He told me I was probably too far along my career path to start fresh as an economist. Obviously I should have gone for it. braff.co/advice/f/our...
Our contest has gone to the dogs
A few hours ago, while most of you were sleeping, we reached the checkered flag in the 10th annual Narcissist Forecasting Contest.
braff.co
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Halfway through business school, and approaching age 30, I fell in love with macroeconomics and asked my professor about changing careers. He told me I was probably too far along my career path to start fresh as an economist. Obviously I should have gone for it. braff.co/advice/f/our...
I play in a fun online poker tournament www.wrgpt.org where today I folded a hand that took a lot of thought. Afterward, I plugged the scenario into the big AI engines to see how they'd play it. I got great advice:
—ChatGPT: definitely call!
—Perplexity: definitely fold!
—Gemini: definitely reraise!
—ChatGPT: definitely call!
—Perplexity: definitely fold!
—Gemini: definitely reraise!
WRGPT.org
www.wrgpt.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I play in a fun online poker tournament www.wrgpt.org where today I folded a hand that took a lot of thought. Afterward, I plugged the scenario into the big AI engines to see how they'd play it. I got great advice:
—ChatGPT: definitely call!
—Perplexity: definitely fold!
—Gemini: definitely reraise!
—ChatGPT: definitely call!
—Perplexity: definitely fold!
—Gemini: definitely reraise!
This is low-key one of my favorite stats of the year, regarding ticketing drivers in NYC bus lanes: "The MTA states that ... just 9 percent of drivers commit a second bus-lane violation after being fined once."
www.westsiderag.com/2025/12/03/a...
www.westsiderag.com/2025/12/03/a...
Another Bus That Services the UWS to Get Automated Camera Ticketing System
The M57 bus in Manhattan. Photo Credit: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0. By Gus Saltonstall Over the past year and
www.westsiderag.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is low-key one of my favorite stats of the year, regarding ticketing drivers in NYC bus lanes: "The MTA states that ... just 9 percent of drivers commit a second bus-lane violation after being fined once."
www.westsiderag.com/2025/12/03/a...
www.westsiderag.com/2025/12/03/a...
Microsoft Teams says a person is “in a call” which is abrasive phrasing to this New Yorker who knows a person goes ON a call
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Microsoft Teams says a person is “in a call” which is abrasive phrasing to this New Yorker who knows a person goes ON a call
The New York City Marathon is spectacular for its amateur scale. But the ABC TV coverage hasn't shown any of that, just the pros, over and over. All I want on marathon morning is that great aerial of the masses running over the Verrazzano
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The New York City Marathon is spectacular for its amateur scale. But the ABC TV coverage hasn't shown any of that, just the pros, over and over. All I want on marathon morning is that great aerial of the masses running over the Verrazzano
I haven't seen the movie yet, but I did have a '93 SE-R, and while it may be a punchline here, back then it was a pretty perfect driver's car. (Pretty specific to use the SE-R, which Car & Driver said "finds gears as if by divine guidance".) maxread.substack.com/p/the-oscar-...
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
maxread.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I haven't seen the movie yet, but I did have a '93 SE-R, and while it may be a punchline here, back then it was a pretty perfect driver's car. (Pretty specific to use the SE-R, which Car & Driver said "finds gears as if by divine guidance".) maxread.substack.com/p/the-oscar-...
Five Guys email subject line: "We are more than just burgers!" Message shows a patty melt (burger on rye), BLT (baconburger without a burger), grilled cheese (cheeseburger without a burger) and hot dog (🤷...)
August 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Five Guys email subject line: "We are more than just burgers!" Message shows a patty melt (burger on rye), BLT (baconburger without a burger), grilled cheese (cheeseburger without a burger) and hot dog (🤷...)
It is flat-out ridiculous that I am leading a macroeconomic forecasting contest against 150 other folks including some serious professionals. But hey, check me out (at bottom) braff.co/advice/f/not...
August 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It is flat-out ridiculous that I am leading a macroeconomic forecasting contest against 150 other folks including some serious professionals. But hey, check me out (at bottom) braff.co/advice/f/not...
I don't know how I feel about the methodology, but saying "'How Soon Is Now?' is the most underrated song of the decade" is a pretty inarguable statement www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/the-most-u...
The Most Underrated 1980s Song
Using data to weigh in on an important topic
www.cantgetmuchhigher.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I don't know how I feel about the methodology, but saying "'How Soon Is Now?' is the most underrated song of the decade" is a pretty inarguable statement www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/the-most-u...
Slightly diminish a band: LL Tepid J
Slightly diminish a band: Queens of the Paleolithic Era
Slightly diminish a band: Jane’s Craving
August 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Slightly diminish a band: LL Tepid J
Slightly diminish a band: Stone Temple Copilots
Slightly diminish a band: Queens of the Paleolithic Era
Slightly diminish a band: Jane’s Craving
August 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Stone Temple Copilots
Slightly diminish a band: Queens of the Paleolithic Era
Slightly diminish a band: Jane’s Craving
Slightly diminish a band: Grand Funk Model Railroad
August 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Queens of the Paleolithic Era
Slightly diminish a band: Jane’s Craving
Slightly diminish a band: Grand Funk Model Railroad
Slightly diminish a band: G. Love and Ketchup
August 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Jane’s Craving
Slightly diminish a band: Grand Funk Model Railroad
Slightly diminish a band: G. Love and Ketchup
Slightly diminish a band: Frankie Goes to East L.A.
August 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Grand Funk Model Railroad
Slightly diminish a band: G. Love and Ketchup
Slightly diminish a band: Frankie Goes to East L.A.
Slightly diminish a band: KC and the Partly Cloudy Band
August 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Slightly diminish a band: G. Love and Ketchup
Slightly diminish a band: Frankie Goes to East L.A.
Slightly diminish a band: KC and the Partly Cloudy Band
Slightly diminish a band: Jog-DMC
August 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Frankie Goes to East L.A.
Slightly diminish a band: KC and the Partly Cloudy Band
Slightly diminish a band: Jog-DMC
Slightly diminish a band: Clap Your Hands Say I Guess So
August 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Slightly diminish a band: KC and the Partly Cloudy Band
Slightly diminish a band: Jog-DMC
Slightly diminish a band: Clap Your Hands Say I Guess So
Slightly diminish a band: Cigarettes After Foreplay
Told you I could do this all day
Told you I could do this all day
August 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Slightly diminish a band: Jog-DMC
Slightly diminish a band: Clap Your Hands Say I Guess So
Slightly diminish a band: Cigarettes After Foreplay
Told you I could do this all day
Told you I could do this all day
Slightly diminish a band: Spin Physician’s Assistants
August 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Slightly diminish a band: Clap Your Hands Say I Guess So
Slightly diminish a band: Cigarettes After Foreplay
Told you I could do this all day
Told you I could do this all day
Slightly diminish a band: Spin Physician’s Assistants
Slightly diminish a band: the Gamma Band
August 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Slightly diminish a band: Cigarettes After Foreplay
Told you I could do this all day
Told you I could do this all day
Slightly diminish a band: Spin Physician’s Assistants
Slightly diminish a band: the Gamma Band
Slightly diminish a band: Subarctic Monkeys
August 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Slightly diminish a band: Spin Physician’s Assistants
Slightly diminish a band: the Gamma Band
Slightly diminish a band: Subarctic Monkeys
Slightly diminish a band: the Wu-Tang Affiliate Partnership
August 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Slightly diminish a band: the Gamma Band
Slightly diminish a band: Subarctic Monkeys
Slightly diminish a band: the Wu-Tang Affiliate Partnership
Slightly diminish a band: the Auxiliary Police
August 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Slightly diminish a band: Subarctic Monkeys