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Alex Godofsky

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Alex Godofsky

@AlexGodofsky

Dad, husband, actuary. #pensions "More like Mr. Goofsky"

Fairfax, VA

Joined June 2011

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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
Jul 11, 2021
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the retweets are not to the correct, nor the dunks to the stupid, neither yet followers to the witty, nor yet bannings to rulebreakers, nor yet blue checks to men of distinction; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
Aug 8, 2025
I think it's correct for a newspaper to assume its readers aren't familiar with eigenvectors.
Boaz Barak
@boazbaraktcs
Aug 8, 2025
Has no one at the @nytimes taken a linear algebra class?
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
Aug 14, 2025
Daughter's first grade summer reading list from her school emphasized that she should be reading "anything that peaks your interest".
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
Apr 28, 2025
So wait, no one even knows why 60 million people across 2 countries have been without power for 6 hours?
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
May 9, 2025
Every conversation with an anarchist on this site is just this exchange on endless repeat.
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
May 30, 2024
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@krownnist
May 29, 2024
bumble added “intimacy without commitment” to the list of what people are looking for. im so jealous of everyone who found love before the internet because this is pure hell
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
Dec 26, 2023
Every time I use aluminum foil I look at the "Established 1947" on the box and think to myself "hehe. I know why you were established 1947."
Grant Slatton
@GrantSlatton
Dec 26, 2023
We don't talk enough about how insane aluminum foil is Imagine telling some ancient person we have so much abundance in our time that we use very thin metal as a disposable paper-like wrapping and it costs essentially nothing
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
Jan 3, 2025
The problem with the Civ series' attempt to make itself less Eurocentric is that the actual history of the world is Eurocentric.
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
Mar 29, 2024
I refuse to believe that "doesn't know how to pack a suitcase" is a thing. You put the stuff in the suitcase and zip it up. My toddler, 20 months old, has spent a majority of her life practicing putting items into containers, and I'm confident she'll have zippers down soon.
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
May 6, 2025
if you guys think the current batch of zoomer boys is right-wing wait until you get the first generation of these kids who grew up with their moms thinking they're orcs
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
Aug 2, 2025
it's kind of awkward that 14 words is actually a very normal sentence length
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
Jul 9, 2025
For the past 25 years I have listened to people dismiss nuclear because it would take 10 years to come online.
Tyler Norris
@tylerhnorris
Jul 8, 2025
Few ideas capture the delusional state of US energy discourse quite like the belief that new nuclear reactors will materially support load growth before the mid-2030s
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
Jul 16, 2025
I'm willing to make a deal where everyone over 65 pays no taxes and also they receive no government benefits or services
Nick Adams
@NickAdamsinUSA
Jul 15, 2025
There is absolutely no rational reason for a 65 year old who owns their home to still be paying property taxes. It's absurd.
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofsky
Feb 27, 2024
Every day on this site we have a conversation like: Mentally ill communist: Peeing on the other people at the bus stop is a legitimate form of protest Centrists: But how does that help? Leftists: Don't police him! Right wingers: I should be allowed to shoot people who pee on me
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