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by istjohn 6y ago
Public schools have been a driver of class inequality for decades. With neighborhoods segregated by wealth and schools funded by property taxes, public schools have long only amplified class disparities.
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by istjohn 6y ago
Class action lawsuits should require a "class advocate" who is only paid a flat percentage of the total amount awarded to the class in a settlement or court victory. The advocate would represent the class and would have the power
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by istjohn 6y ago
Yeah, I'm not sure that's the right solution either. Perhaps there could be a third party "class advocate" that receives 1% of all proceeds awarded to the class in the case of a settlement or trial victory who has unilat
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by istjohn 6y ago
Of course they settled. The only way the settlement could have been more favorable for them is if the plaintiffs agreed to pay Epic.
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by istjohn 6y ago
But this isn't a punishment at all. I just don't believe that it's not possible to more closely align the interests of class action lawyers with that of the classes they represent. It doesn't seem like it's difficul
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by istjohn 6y ago
I can't think of anythink more suitable for state intervention than solving the coordination problem to ensure the continued habitability of planet Earth.
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by istjohn 6y ago
This thread is full of people with no first-hand experience repeating rumors and suspicions. No, I cannot prove a negative, but I don't think speculation is compelling evidence either.
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by istjohn 6y ago
It's certainly a challenging way to run a business. I don't recommend anyone blindly pursue that strategy. One key to making it work is to invest in long term relationships with your clients. A transaction with a client you have a
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by istjohn 6y ago
Serious, unsubstantiated allegations. If I could pay Yelp to remove reviews, believe me, I would. It would be far easier than the alternative: bending over backwards to make every customer happy. Yelp's sales people can be aggressive,
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by istjohn 6y ago
> They say that, but they decide which reviews are legitimate, and they're more likely to decide that positive reviews are legitimate, if a business is paying them. Do you have any evidence of that? I have several unsolicited 5-star
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by istjohn 6y ago
In reality, Yelp doesn't play games with reviews. I became the top-rated business in my city for my niche while turning down their sales people over and over. I successfully got one review removed in that time because it was clearly a
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by istjohn 6y ago
This is simply not true. I am speaking as a small business owner on Yelp.
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by istjohn 6y ago
Actually, Yelp doesn't remove legitimate reviews. Edit: I speak from personal experience as a small business owner, described in more detail below.
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by istjohn 6y ago
> Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. The actual article is: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/upshot/covi
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by istjohn 6y ago
Wow, that is sketchy. Here's more info on IKEA's tax evasion scheme: https://www.fastcompany.com/3035734/ikea-is-a-nonprofit-and-...
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by istjohn 6y ago
My position is that when a private company has so much power that it rivals nation states in the control it can exert on public discourse, it should be limited in similar ways to the way we limit political power with first ammendment protec
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by istjohn 6y ago
Yet we never opened mail to protect society from loonies trying to organize a coup. We never censored phone calls. Social media is the modern mode of communication, and just because we can censor speech online doesn't mean we should. F
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by istjohn 6y ago
No, they just control the world's largest public square.
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by istjohn 6y ago
US unions are not typically per-company either.
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by istjohn 6y ago
If you don't mind, what are you doing with 9 laptops simultaneously?
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by istjohn 6y ago
I've bought USB cables on their recommendation only to find their top pick had quality issues. The most frustrating part was the way they ignored feedback in the review's comment section. My critical (but calm and reasoned) commen
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by istjohn 6y ago
Call them what you want, they're ads.
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by istjohn 6y ago
White people aren't white, either[1]. Maybe I'm sitting at the bottom of a deep cultural abyss, too. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Luschan%27s_chromatic_scal...
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by istjohn 6y ago
In a world rife with deceptive marketing and advertising, PR spin, greenwashing, lobbying, astroturfing, and backroom deals, taking a corporation's actions or words at face value without considering if there might instead be an ulterio
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by istjohn 6y ago
Seems to me you have an overly simplistic view of what a corporation is. A corporation is not merely its stockholders. A corporation is accountable to multiple stakeholders, and it's stockholders are just one of many such stakeholders.
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by istjohn 6y ago
Exactly. When did indifference and apathy become a virtue?
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by istjohn 6y ago
Not true. There are ads on new tabs that are opt out.
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by istjohn 6y ago
> The point of philosophy is to teach you how to think so you can formulate your own answer. This canard has been raised several times in this thread. Yes, who will teach the physicists how to think? Who will teach the engineers how to p
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by istjohn 6y ago
You've misunderstood me if you think I'm arguing philosophy has no value. I'm only arguing that studying it will not help someone develop a personal philosophy. I will make this one concession on reflection. It may help immun
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by istjohn 6y ago
I basically agree with this. My suggestion to OP would be to take this comment to heart. If they are looking to develop a personal philosophy, any amount of study of formal philosophy will not get them further than this.

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