Waffle House Index

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When this subsides, I recommend going to a waffle house if you’re in that part of the world.

They’re a cultural neutral turf. You see everyone there. It’s — and even more in times like these — a pretty touching and affirmational thing.

this is very bad because some 300+ waffle houses have closed in the eastern U.S. out of some 1400+.

All of them will close, maybe not at the same time but it will happen.

The halting problem is undecidable.

> based on the reputation of the restaurant chain Waffle House for staying open during extreme weather

This is fundamentally different than a weather event. The lockdown is to slow down spread of a disease. We CAN control that... unlike a natural disaster.

But hey, sure, let's feed the downward spiral of mass neurosis, maybe that negativity will help the economy.

Goodhart's law is relevant https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

2016 discussion on this index, specific to hurricanes etc https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15105662

And the poor HN discourse, IMO, recently https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22681417

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