Alec Stapp

Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 22:25 UTC

Contender for favorite chart of all time: Predictions vs. Reality for solar energy.

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 07, 2023 at 21:32 UTC

We need to make it easier to build transmission lines

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 07, 2023 at 19:50 UTC

"Yes in God's Backyard" is such a fun pro-housing idea

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 06, 2023 at 20:41 UTC

This might be the best explanation I’ve seen for the divergence between consumer sentiment and economic data

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 04, 2023 at 02:04 UTC

One way to solve the “shortage” of environmental review experts: Don’t require >4,000-page environmental reviews for things like congestion pricing.

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 03, 2023 at 13:47 UTC

New research finds the COVID vaccines saved 2.4 million lives

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 02, 2023 at 23:21 UTC

Love when a bill has a name like this rather than some contrived acronym

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 01, 2023 at 15:43 UTC

In a high interest rate, high inflation environment, protectionist measures like the Jones Act hurt even more. Need to repeal these inefficient polices ASAP so we can build.

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 31, 2023 at 22:35 UTC

Good news of the day: Verdict in major class action lawsuit finds that the National Association of Realtors conspired to maintain 6% commissions in violation of US antitrust laws.

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 30, 2023 at 03:50 UTC

But I was told the app was setting all-time records…

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 26, 2023 at 21:05 UTC

Occasional reminder:

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 26, 2023 at 17:21 UTC

I think about this list from Eli Dourado a lot. Progress is a policy choice.

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 25, 2023 at 21:46 UTC

Fixed-price contracts have much better incentives than cost-plus contracts. If Boeing can't make money on fixed-price contracts, then that's a Boeing problem, not a government contracting problem.

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 24, 2023 at 20:58 UTC

many such cases

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 23, 2023 at 21:53 UTC

Full post is worth reading: www.ben-evans.com/benedictevan...

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 23, 2023 at 21:52 UTC

Spot on from Benedict Evans

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 20, 2023 at 13:39 UTC

Drivers used to just mow down kids, look at these numbers

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 19, 2023 at 21:00 UTC

www.barrons.com/articles/int...

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 19, 2023 at 21:00 UTC

"Foreign nationals make up more than 60% of advanced STEM degree students at US universities in the technical fields for chip industry jobs. The US trains foreigners in its world-class education system, but immigration policies make it difficult for US companies to hire them."

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 18, 2023 at 20:45 UTC

Good incremental reform: Letting immigrants renew their visas in the US (rather than forcing them to leave the country to wait in backlogs at foreign consulates)

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 17, 2023 at 19:51 UTC

Good news of the day: TurboTax and other tax prep industry lobbyists have failed to stop the IRS from offering free tax filing

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 17, 2023 at 14:38 UTC

hell yeah

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 17, 2023 at 14:27 UTC

TIL the record for fastest train speed in the US — 295 kmph — was achieved by mounting two jet engines from a B-36 bomber to a normal diesel railcar.

www.construction-physics.com/p/the-long-s...

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 14, 2023 at 01:00 UTC

lol it's actually ClearPath newsletter design

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 13, 2023 at 23:51 UTC

Good news: The US military is investing in advanced geothermal, a clean and reliable source of energy

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 12, 2023 at 21:17 UTC

The leadership of Operation Warp Speed made a lot of personal sacrifices to deliver a safe and effective vaccine in record time.

And they get almost no credit.

www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/10...

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 10, 2023 at 16:48 UTC

This is a supply-side story about oxy and fentanyl, not a demand-side story about despair: www.slowboring.com/p/the-deaths...

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 10, 2023 at 16:47 UTC

“Deaths of Despair” was such a powerful meme that almost no one stopped to question if it was true. “Overdoses from Opioids” is actually the correct explanation.

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Alec Stapp @alecstapp.bsky.social [ View ] Oct 10, 2023 at 12:15 UTC

“This is a system designed to cause chaos in the information environment, and it is working by design.”

www.platformer.news/p/how-the-at...

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