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by bluthru 9y ago
>The American political system for all its faults, is pretty good It's actually fucking atrocious: 2 parties, and you depend on the money of the elite to become elected. If our system was decent, people wouldn't have looked tow
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by bluthru 9y ago
>Blue states still have better public schools than red states I don't think the metric used gives the entire picture. It's pointing out the percentage of nationally-ranked schools and ignores everything below that threshold. &g
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by bluthru 9y ago
Someone above posted this: "My city the segergation is increased through Private and Charter Schools. One charter school has 93% Latino population. Another Private School near me has over 90% Caucasian population." These are the p
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by bluthru 9y ago
>but actually change the attitudes and eventually behaviors of those you are trying to help. It might help out some, and some of those students will go on to college and they won't return to the same community to make it any better.
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by bluthru 9y ago
>Anecdotal but Also anecdotal: my grandfather (along with many other rural students in the country) went to school in a one-room schoolhouse. The funding was extremely limited. This didn't hold back their educational performance. It
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by bluthru 9y ago
>which is that segregation is the bigger problem than funding Segregation isn't addressing the root problem, it's just hoping that spreading out the problem (households that don't value education) will mask issues. If one
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by bluthru 9y ago
Yeah but if I'm in the first half of my career being on the B team at Apple is still an honor. My thought is that even if the Mac Mini team was filled with jaded workers, it still would be in a better position than it is now.
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by bluthru 9y ago
I know Apple doesn't have divisions, but would it seriously harm the brand to have a B team keeping the Mac Mini (and other established products) updated?
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by bluthru 9y ago
Hmm... just downvotes and no replies to a comment with sources. Not exactly a high level of discourse.
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by bluthru 9y ago
>Or do you actually mean life-death scenarios? https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-29/race-and-hom... >Unless, if in fact you are talking about violence and crime from immigrants, you are free
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by bluthru 9y ago
Social science has observed that race has real implications in a society. http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/... Are you saying that it's beyond the pale to even h
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by bluthru 9y ago
Racism: can make people fear for their lives. Multiculturalism: can make people fear for their lives. People are only allowed to express their fears about one of those issues, and the government decides which of those fears is valid. This i
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by bluthru 9y ago
It feels like artificial inclusion via exclusion.
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>salary, which is taxed at a higher rate and more difficult to earn. The fact that actual productivity is taxed at a higher rate than capital gains is our rulers just rubbing it in our face.
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by bluthru 9y ago
Less speed stepping, making battery prediction easier?
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by bluthru 9y ago
I wonder if color graders have very different taste than I do, or they're pushed by producers to make the image garish.
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by bluthru 9y ago
Thanks for the link. >his “extensive research and experience confirm the substantial benefits of diversity, including racial and ethnic diversity, to our society.” The benefit of diversity is diversity? It seems like the disadvantages of
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by bluthru 9y ago
>Right wing propaganda is so strong and coordinated these days In tech and the media, it's quite apparent that the large players are primarily socially left-leaning.
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by bluthru 9y ago
>Without context what you are saying is meaningless. For example, it's beyond the pale to have a conversation about how demographics matter and that social science tells us that diversity is probably a net loss: http://ar
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by bluthru 9y ago
>The rate for whites is higher but only when counting from a stop already being initiated. Of course. You consider people who interact with police. Some old lady obviously shouldn't be included in the data. >Stops are initiated o
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by bluthru 9y ago
Are you sure? This study shows that whites are actually killed at a higher rate: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/13/why-a...
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by bluthru 9y ago
Ugh, I really wish everyone contributed to OpenStreetMap and shared its dataset. I don't want map accuracy to be a competitive advantage.
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by bluthru 9y ago
>Seeing most everyone on Earth as ingroup improves collaboration and thus propels culture / prosperity. Not when this isn't a shared sentiment. Whites are resented, not praised, for their anti-identity politics and inclusivenes
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by bluthru 9y ago
"Proud to be one of America's 8 companies." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFKoGtgg6Mo
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by bluthru 9y ago
This is why I question the idea that large social networks should be able to remove whatever they want. It would be nice if there were consumer protection laws to help balance the scales a bit. For example, some of YouTube's censorship
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by bluthru 9y ago
Great point, along with dynamic text sizing and bandwidth for low-bandwidth parts of the world. It's weird how twitter considers this inclusion a very low priority while almost being self-parody with judging employees based on their id
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by bluthru 9y ago
And yet people still attach pictures of text. PICTURES OF TEXT!
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>The wall is preposterous Why? This site is obviously biased, but it presents a case for the wall saving us money: https://cis.org/Report/Cost-Border-Wall-vs-Cost-Illegal-Immi... I'd rather spend money on dumb,
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by bluthru 9y ago
No one wants to see text interrupted. Just allow a long character limit text "attachment" that starts out collapsed, like a photo. Eliminating the need for people to screenshot text and post it is long overdue. The bandwidth savin
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by bluthru 9y ago
Much better than digging a hole in the ground or buying up property along the border.

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