Sebrof

The fact that the order of execution isn't the same as the order it is written confused me at first (maybe I missed that in some 101 intro idk). So now I build the query in the order it is executed ('from' first, then 'where', etc.)

I still get confused about the more complicated queries, but the above helps with 99% of what I actually use it for. I'm not doing anything crazy

Best of luck in your career journey. Being able to work with data + having actual values is a big plus!

Thank you, and oscardejarjayes, for responding! Hopefully I can get started on vol 2 one day... year... decade... . I get too bogged down in supplemental material that I neglect the source

Entropy's not evil, just misunderstood!

You could likely still use the capital book club even if you are behind (assuming the questions are on, or adjacent-ish to, Capital).

I fell behind and debated on posting there or not, and comrade @Cowbee@hexbear.net suggested posting anyway. Cowbee and @oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net could chime in too for suggested practices.

There are other book clubs too, but I can't speak to their rules

Tbh, the engagement in last year's Capital thread started to wane after the first couple of chapters. I fell behind, and I'm sure many others did. I'm a slow reader lol. And there was probably a sense amongst us that once one is behind we shouldn't post in the older threads, or maybe we felt that our posts in the older threads weren't going to be noticed anyway - so some people (like me) just stopped posting. Life happened :(

There's also feelings of embarrassment or shame in feeling behind that we may just need to power through, or remind ourselves that people on Hexbear won't actually care if we fall behind in reading. Post anyway.

Even if it's hard to have an ongoing book club in those threads, they may still be a good central place to post questions on whatever topic or chapter is on your mind.

A comment thread discussing some of this: https://hexbear.net/comment/6802005

I'd still like to hear a mod give the final piece of advice, but I was getting a sense that it's okay to post in older threads if that's where you are in the book.

Yeah, I was looking into it, and like @FloridaBoi@hexbear.net said it is mostly the driver driving an EV as if it were a regular gas car. Which is a mistake I would make too if I were driving one. They have regenerative breaking and that instant response that you mentioned. That in addition to cues we are used to in automobiles (sounds, vibrations, etc) being absent in most EVs causes motion sickness.

At least that's what I tiktok told me..

I've never had a pleasant experience in one, I've always gotten sick.

The few times I've ridden in a Tesla I've gotten car sickness and thrown up.

I accept it as God's punishment

Do Chinese EVs make you hurl your lunch every time you sit in the passenger seat?

You can prove anything I guess if you just make shit up. Tankies destroyed

Late to the party, and this isn't about Cybersyn, but if you want something to read about Soviet planning you may find this worth reading

https://invent-the-future.org/2017/12/why-doesnt-the-soviet-union-exist-any-more-part-2-economic-stagnation/#fnref:17

Also for Cybersyn, you can look for Raul Espejo (mentioned in the comments) and Stafford Beer. Both worked on Cybersyn. You can read about the Viable System Model, which is Beer's theory on what makes a system, well, viable

As I still have my mouth, allow me to do the honors

I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace

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Black Rose Anarchist Federation - Novo General Megathread for the 6th-12th of February 2026

Bulletins and International News Discussion from February 2nd to February 8th, 2026 - The European Satrapies Are Revolting

😔😔😔

Freedom Road Socialist Organization - Novo General Megathread for the 30th of January to 6th of February 2026

Freedom Road Socialist Organization - Novo General Megathread for the 30th of January to 6th of February 2026

Freedom Road Socialist Organization - Novo General Megathread for the 30th of January to 6th of February 2026

But at what cost.

But at what cost.

Parenti haters are coping hard after their pro US state Anarchist professor got caught in the didler's list.

💪💪💪

Pope Leo XIV brings not peace but a sword to AI oligarchs and a slop-mad world in new address, says it's 'Turning people into passive consumers of unthought thoughts'

Anyone have any good recs for learning about Cybersyn?

US Senators are FURIOUS at Canada For Affordable Chinese EV Deal

Angela Yvonne Davis - Novo General Megathread for the 23th-29th of January 2026

Donald, that's enough!

White people are at it again, white Jesus wasn't enough

I am the sum of my parts

Cool, here's some low-fi beats for all the budding school shooters and ICE recruits out there

Petition to impeach Donald Trump approaches major milestone

You could have given Trump the Nobel. You could have avoided this war. The blood is on your hands now.

The Rise of AI Denialism

STEM nerd here to remind you LIBERAL arts students to suck it up and get DEFUNDED

The Economist here to remind you dum dums that actually the bubble is a good thing

BREAKING NEWS: Economist Sticks Head out of own Ass Just Long Enough to Notice State of World

Some Pics of my Nepenthes, i.e. Tropical Pitcher Plant

China is so evil that when it does good it just does more evil

ChatGPT Has a Stroke When You Ask It This Specific Question

They thought they were making technological breakthroughs. It was an AI-sparked delusion

Price, Value, and Exploitation using Input-Output Tables - Part 6: Resolving the Transformation Problem and Future Directions

Price, Value, and Exploitation using Input-Output Tables - Part 5: Some Worked Examples

Price, Value, and Exploitation using Input-Output Tables - Part 4: Capitalists, Profit, and Exploitation

Price, Value, and Exploitation using Input-Output Tables - Part 3: A Worker-Only Economy with Means of Production

Price, Value, and Exploitation using Input-Output Tables - Part 2: A Pure-Labor Economy

Price, Value, and Exploitation using Input-Output Tables - Part 1: Introduction