> So suicide rate can't be used as a proxy for measuring employee conditions. Except everyone mentions the Foxconn Suicides as a major problem. Giving actual n

> So suicide rate can't be used as a proxy for measuring employee conditions. Except everyone mentions the Foxconn Suicides as a major problem. Giving actual numbers is a way to remedy that specific bit of untruth. > my favorite bit is where they try to shock us with the half-life of Uranium For the people who don't know: Long half-life means lower radiation over any given period. The really hot stuff, the stuff that throws off a lot of radiation per second, doesn't last long precisely because it's throwing away so much energy to get to a more stable state. Isotopes that stick around longer do so because they're more stable, and so have less energy to throw away every second.