druswick

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by druswick 14y ago
I think we agree. I didn't put it as succinctly. Progressive tax. Regressive distribution. That's an excellent way of looking at it.
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by druswick 14y ago
I think things changed a lot around 2009? I'm just going by memory... but I think that's when a lot of the ivies drastically changed tuition assistance based on income.
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by druswick 14y ago
So I love this topic. This is a big deal now, and looking at trends in demography, incomes, and wealth, it's going to be a yet bigger deal for many years to come. But is there something that can be done? Is there a tech/business solution th
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by druswick 14y ago
Definitely! This was the most line of reasoning in the article with the most impact. Property taxes are often progressive, disproportionally affecting the relatively wealthy. That's good. But when the benefits are collected and spent too lo
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by druswick 14y ago
I think the article did a poor job of representing the recent efforts by elite universities to open up access to the children of farmers and auto-mechanics. http://npc.fas.harvard.edu/ There's still more to be done, sure, but it's importa
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by druswick 14y ago
Another interesting way to think about "too big to fail" is as a considerable government subsidy. Banks operate in a risky environment. When there's a meltdown, the government steps in to bail the largest banks out. These banks are getting
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Font innovation for Dyslexics(fastcodesign.com)
3 points by druswick 15y ago|0 comments
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by druswick 15y ago
That would also require the patent office to grant patents in well less than a year. It wouldn't help the little guys too much if you found out you were granted the patent 6 months or more after its expired.
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Spotify coming to the U.S. soon. For real this time?(spotify.com)
8 points by druswick 15y ago|3 comments
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by druswick 18y ago
I work in an environment where most enterprises still cling to IE6. These enterprises do so, because they've built up an internal expertise in keeping IE6 secure (kinda) and stable (kinda). At some point in the future, it seems like that in
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by druswick 18y ago
... but only after it's been in beta for at least 4 years.