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by 1cvmask 5y ago
I am using the academic definition of rational actor. But the true irrational ones are the voters. They elect the same folks with a track record of serving the corporate elites and then get upset when the same politicians act against them.
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
When you are privileged you have no extra weight or leg up over someone else on standardized tests. That’s why it is the privileged elite who decry tests and call for “diversity.” Under the guise and mask of diversity they try to maintain a
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Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids Covid disaster(news.yahoo.com)
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
Amazon is a rational company and acts in its own interest. The politicians we elect act in Amazons interest. So we are to fault for this. No hiding the truth. If we to change (a big if) we have to not vote for the corporate politicians. Til
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
The original source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
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Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020)(oonwoye.com)
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Math Suffers from White Supremacy, According to a Bill Gates-Funded Course(newsweek.com)
8 points by 1cvmask 5y ago|1 comments
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Math suffers from white supremacy according to the Education Trust that created the Equitable Math curriculum funded in part by Bill Gates. Trying to get the right answer is white supremacy. https://www.newsweek.com/math-suf
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
You can structure a DAO where the principals govern and the others are issued a worthless advisory token like the recent DAO to buy the paper Constitution.
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Australian govt’s betrayal of Julian Assange and detail his prison torment(thegrayzone.com)
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They only bought YouTube because Google Videos failed miserably against it. The brand name was so strong by then and the name is great. Too bad Instagram and selfies are not named YouPhoto or YouFoto.
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
You just nailed it. That it is the virtue signaling politics of San Francisco. The policymakers in California are only interested in exploiting politics to posture for purposes of self-esteem, branding, status and tribalism. It reminds me o
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The media’s belated rush to judgment on the Trump dossier(cjr.org)
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Ford, GM Step into Chip Business(wsj.com)
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
I am glad that they posted this with the subtitle instead of the original title "Cultural Revolutions" which was posted a couple of days ago and sadly got no traction. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29247018
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
Thanks for posting that for the world to hear.
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29250582
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Induced Demand(en.wikipedia.org)
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Curb Cuts(99percentinvisible.org)
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Why the Future of Work Is the Future of Travel, with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky(theverge.com)
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
Previously discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29253047
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
The link still seems to be up by the way. Or did you mean that you flagged the article?
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He Sold $20 Worth of Drugs. Prosecutors Want Him in Jail for Almost 10 Years(reason.com)
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What is your target market? Enterprise? And what is built on?
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
I agree. There are a number of free open source tools, albeit with "worse" UX. Although maybe he is aiming for people who are zero technical competence. I admit I would not have invested in Dropbox because I grew up with ftp.
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
This is Paul Graham's full tweet: Of 1277 students who graduated from Lambda School in 2020 and sought jobs, 950 got them, for a placement rate of 74.8%. (Lambda's weirdly dedicated haters will be happy to hear that these numbers
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Why the FBI raid of Project Veritas is concerning for press freedom(freedom.press)
12 points by 1cvmask 5y ago|1 comments
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Good luck! Is there a special price or discount for HN community?
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Gorsuch skeptical of FBI’s state secrets defense in Muslim discrimination case(responsiblestatecraft.org)
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by 1cvmask 5y ago
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