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by banads 6y ago
>It's a very outdated notion that there is a linear correlation between "productivity" and pay. This graph clearly shows how productivity and wages were decoupled in the US in the 1970s, even as productivity skyrocketed:
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by banads 6y ago
>we'd see a proactive push among corporations to create inclusive cultures to invite that situation. But we don't Wait, are you saying there has not been a push among corporations to increase diversity? >In 2003, MIT profe
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by banads 6y ago
Seems more like a cheap, public religious exorcism; "thoughts and prayers" "Would you like to save the world from the degradation and destruction it seems destined for? Then step away from shallow mass movements and quietly g
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by banads 6y ago
Difficult to find such data, but population explosion surely helped scale up the absolute numbers. Nevertheless, a lower rate of slavery per capita should still not suffice as a satisfactory excuse for us to ignore the uncomfortable present
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by banads 6y ago
While there has been so many pushes like this to remove the words of slavery from our consciousness, it's important to be conscious of the fact that there are more people living in slavery right now than ever before in history.
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by banads 6y ago
Nope, analyzing various social dynamics between two interrelated parties is not "victim blaming", its basic social science. Anyone trying to use a univariate analysis to explain human social relationships is an anti-scientific ide
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by banads 6y ago
>Take, for instance, the problem of unwanted pregnancies. The cause is sex. This naturally leads to thinking that the solution can only be abstinence. This kind of thinking limits you to solutions which sometimes are of the type which ca
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by banads 6y ago
Carl Sagan, MLK, and many other such thought leaders often talked about the existential threat posed by the fact that our scientific progress has so greatly outpaced out moral progress.
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by banads 6y ago
If you're looking for something more practically related to securing the code you write, the OWASP Top 10 (and OWASP in general) is probably the best place to start. Many modern frameworks like Spring have lots of nice security feature
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by banads 6y ago
Quote which part was contrary
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by banads 6y ago
We can safely infer it because: 1. That's the only thing they suggested, and they framed it as either/or "If you have infinite funding, you can do both ." (Implies we cant do both, because we obviously dont have infinit
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by banads 6y ago
I agree, at face value it seems obvious that wealth disparities among black americans are attributable to the history of slavery and segregation. What I'm perplexed about though is this: if systemic racism is the default primary explan
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by banads 6y ago
>What the fuck is calling the police going to do to prevent violence after a gang has done a drive by shooting? To find the criminals that did that and put them in prison to prevent them from doing that again?
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by banads 6y ago
>For myriad of reasons, we know clearly that controlling for no other factors, crime is higher among black populations. So to extrapolate that any one person is more likely to commit a crime because they are black is the definition of ra
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by banads 6y ago
Why is the money given to the police the only allocation you are wanting to drain for this cause?
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by banads 6y ago
What is horseshit? Nothing in your response is contrary to anything the person said that you're responding to
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by banads 6y ago
>By only pointing a finger to the other side You must have missed the very first thing I said in this comment chain: "I too dislike hyper aggressive militarized police who act above the law" >nobody really cares about the ca
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by banads 6y ago
Uhh, what? Nowhere in this conversation did we say anything about controlling an officers paycheck you. Please stay on topic.
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by banads 6y ago
When does understanding a problem not help with solving that problem? "A problem adequately stated is a problem solved theoretically and immediately, and therefore subsequently to be solved, realistically." -Buckminster Fuller A
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by banads 6y ago
That's not what I gathered from the comment. It seemed like they were saying that Hillary had desired to run against Trump, according to those leaked emails. Is it false that Hillary wanted to run against Trump, back when many (includi
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by banads 6y ago
>journalist: a person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares news to be broadcast .
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by banads 6y ago
Can someone explain why this is being heavily downvoted? Was something they said false?
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by banads 6y ago
>we are beating day after day the record of infections and deaths in the world. No, we are not setting death records day after day. Deaths worldwide have held steady since mid May; deaths in the US have been trending downwards since May.
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by banads 6y ago
The comment was not edited. Perhaps you realized how silly your first attempt at shutting down discussion was, and then tried another baseless and ineffectual dismissal.
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by banads 6y ago
Why do I need to show you that?
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by banads 6y ago
Do you honestly think all police are like Al Qaeda? Have you ever known anyone in law enforcement on a personal level? I find similar reactions from people who have never known a gay person before.
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by banads 6y ago
It is if you actually care to understand human nature and how it is interrelated with the environment; rather than relying solely on surface level observations, like skin color, for example.
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by banads 6y ago
Never said it was. Note the context of this conversation, and the article it is in reference to
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by banads 6y ago
Yeah dude, police militarization is a huge problem in the US, I agree. Cheering on indiscriminate hacking/doxxing of any/all police as an attempt to solve the problem is infantile, though, and demonstrates a naive ignorance of the
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by banads 6y ago
What precisely did I say that makes you think I'm trying to excuse, rather than explain? Is it merely the fact that I am not completely overwhelmed with rage against everyone who has the same job as the people who killed George Floyd a

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