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Jeffrey Phillips Freeman

Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.

Pronouns: Sir / Mister

(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )

A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.

My stance on various issues:

Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed

GPG/PGP Fingerprint: 8B23 64CD 2403 6DCB 7531 01D0 052D DA8E 0506 CBCE

@skoombidoombis

> do you have the peer reviewed data for no minimum wage policies? What does the data show in an economy like for example the US without workers rights laws and minimum wage and such?

Since I would never promote the idea that we should abolish all workers rights of any kind, and honestly thats an odd ask, I do not have such data, nor have any real reason to aquire it since I would never promote that scenario and think it is rather obvious we wouldnt want such a thing.

> And how education funding affects workers skill?

My stance is that we provide all sorts of worker training, that includes trade school, higher education, and simple work training and other education.

but sure, if you'd like some data on how this kind of training can improve ones wages without invoking minimum wage, I can certainly get some for you. But that seems like quite the odd thing to question, are you trying to claim that training and skills has no effect on ones wage?

> Stop using numbers like a cudgel.

Its only a crudgel when they disagree with your world view. I am using numbers to describe reality, not a curdgel to promote a world view. Most of my life I strongly supported minimum wage until I bothered to look and see if it actually helped (the numbers), and they dont. When I see people suffering I care far more about ending their suffering than selling some agenda about how I think the world should work.

@aiono

May 18, 2025