The old bloomberg 404 from some years ago was pretty good: https://web.archive.org/web/20160311202451/http://www.bloomb...
Ironically, I’m getting an offline message from IA now.
The Financial Times’ 404 page
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Re: The Financial Times’ 404 page
#42Love it!
Here's mine (the site is very old -from last century): https://cmarshall.net/Error_404.html
Inspired by Douglas Adams (From HGTTG).
Re: The Financial Times’ 404 page
#43"The best outcome was unachievable, so you arrived here instead"
Story of a surprising proportion of human existence.
"While you probably do have what it takes to be a doctor, which would have been an optimal outcome for many sick people (and a sub-optimal outcome for protectionist, labor-supply limiting organizations), at some point in life you were not permitted to continue attempting to become a doctor. This could have happened because you failed biochem, failed the MCAT, or ran out of money along the way. And now, by path of least resistence, you are selling medical devices."
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#44The level of care and attention to detail isn't limited just to their 404's - I find the FT is the best paper out there for macro issues.
FT is one of the few papers online that I feel is worth paying for. I agree they are good on macro issues for sure.
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#45The level of care and attention to detail isn't limited just to their 404's - I find the FT is the best paper out there for macro issues.
I think I recall Chomsky saying something along the lines that the financial press is the most reliable because it isn't in their economic interest to mislead their audience.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Tragedy of the commons strikes again.
To pick on a comment probably not meant as serious economics: It is most emphatically not a tragedy of the commons. We don't commonly own FT.com or share in its use. It is privately owned and thus a tragedy for FT's owners, if it significantly impacts their profits. Probably not.
They know. They're referring to the page this thread is about, which lists Tragedy of the Commons as a reason for a 404 with this explanation:
> Everyone wanted to view this page, but no-one was willing to maintain it.
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#47I love it. So much. Does anyone else get a ~10vh white bar at the bottom when they begin scrolling?
No. Possibly your ad blocker is trying to get rid of the Nikkei footer and only doing half the job?
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#48Siemens has a pong game on there 404 page. https://new.siemens.com/de/dhhji
I like this one! Rather fun to play also.
Re: The Financial Times’ 404 page
#49The level of care and attention to detail isn't limited just to their 404's - I find the FT is the best paper out there for macro issues.
I think I recall Chomsky saying something along the lines that the financial press is the most reliable because it isn't in their economic interest to mislead their audience.
One of the most eye opening experiences I've had related to press was working in a hedge fund and being able to access paid political research reports.
No BS, no childish manipulation, just crude analysis of a bunch of people competing for power.
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#50> Socialism
If you were to get the page you wanted you might get a better page than someone else, which would be unfair. This way at least everyone gets the same.
I chuckled. FT is going to get angry tweets about their 404 page.