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by lapcat 1y ago
> But the professors also seemed reluctant to define the success of a program by how many professors it creates—after all, most humanities PhD students at Chicago do not pay tuition and receive stipends to cover their living costs, and g
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by lapcat 1y ago
Technically, this was the character "Socrates" in the writing on Plato.
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by lapcat 1y ago
I feel lucky now that I grew up and attended school before ChatGPT, before smartphones, before social media, before ubiquitious internet. I can't say that I'm totally unaffected by contemporary technology, and my attention span se
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by lapcat 1y ago
> Not sure where the 'hope' got in That's where this discussion started! From the OP: "It’s reflective of people losing hope in the system’s ability to make their lives better." You've taken the discussion o
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by lapcat 1y ago
> several people lived comfortable life > in our country A comfortable life in which country? And "several" means "more than two but not many". > they used helpers So, this doesn't sound like just ordinary
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by lapcat 1y ago
> There are people that would get rich otherwise. This is highly unlikely. Nobody has the magical ability to predict the outcome of sporting events. > there are gangs influencing the outcomes of the sport events and selling the bets o
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by lapcat 1y ago
> you might as well throw your money at something that has the possibility of making your rich I don't think anyone is getting rich from sports betting. It's not like the lottery, where the jackpots are massive and the odds are
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by lapcat 1y ago
The reason social media is so popular is that most social media users have nothing interesting to say, so the only way they can get anyone's attention online is to intrude into other people's replies. They couldn't write a bl
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by lapcat 1y ago
The first and only activity of your account, created today, is to promote your own blog post. You said, "I’m not allowed to post links yet, because of new account". There's a reason for that, and you're trying to bypass
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by lapcat 1y ago
"Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by lapcat 1y ago
> Do you actually believe CNN readers will see this story as good news? No. > It's presented in a way that feel like a bad thing. Now you've switched from "serious disaster" to merely "bad thing". You&#x2
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by lapcat 1y ago
I'm not sure what you expect. They're literally reporting what the administration said. Isn't that their job? Should they not report what the administration said? > it sounds like some kind of serious disaster. That feel
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by lapcat 1y ago
> Is anybody who identifies strongly with a political party is interested in hearing fair or balanced news? What does "fair or balanced" even mean? I don't identify with any political party. What I want is truthful and acc
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by lapcat 1y ago
> The idea that the current structure of SCOTUS is immutable has somehow become lore. 1. I did not say that it was immutable. 2. There was actually quite a bit of public debate during the Biden administration about expanding the Supreme
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by lapcat 1y ago
> I do not understand how this is different from grade inflation. Grade inflation would mean, for example, that work fomerly earning a B would now earn an A, and likewise C -> B, D -> C, F -> D. Whereas little correlation with p
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by lapcat 1y ago
Congress could also simply impeach the President again and this time remove him from office for such nonsense. My point, though, was that the First Amendment, cited by the OP, is not necessarily going to stop this particular action, because
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by lapcat 1y ago
The most effective way to "resist" would be to implement popular policies while in power, help the public, and win elections. Losing elections and trying to resist while in the minority is far less effective. Unfortunately, leader
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by lapcat 1y ago
I'm not sure what you mean, other than the fact that the Senate confirms Supreme Court justices? But this typically happens over the span of many years, across different Congresses. Also, nominees are purposely vague about how they wou
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by lapcat 1y ago
Effectively, the Constitution is whatever 5 Supreme Court justices say it is.
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by lapcat 1y ago
> those not sequestered in wealthy enclaves notwithstanding This seems to speak against the existence of a cap. > As I understand, for myriad reasons, there is no failing kids anymore. It's not clear to me whether this is true or
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by lapcat 1y ago
This seems like a strange take to me. What's the alternative? Which schools inculcate critical thinking and distrust of institutions? (Surely not private religious schools with mandatory uniforms and other strict rules.) Or do you beli
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by lapcat 1y ago
> the decline in public education What decline do you mean exactly? > The politically acceptable and cheap solution was capping the ceiling What cap do you mean exactly?
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by lapcat 1y ago
I'm not sure. Perhaps Tim Cook just likes schedules, which fit naturally in his MBA brain. Or it could be that Apple previously set the expectation of annual releases and now can't stop, because getting off the update train would
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by lapcat 1y ago
It's not surprising. It's sadly predictable that forced annual scheduled OS updates that must ship ready or not will ship when they're not ready. Apple abandoned any commitment to QA as soon as they committed to mid-September
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by lapcat 1y ago
> The cynic always sounds smart and remains poor. Why would cynics be poor? The OP mentioned "techies", many of whom have jobs paying 6 figures a year.
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by lapcat 1y ago
The article submitter is the article author and is violating the HN guideline against using HN primarily for self-promotion. The account's (limited) history is entirely self-promotion. Flag the submission.
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by lapcat 1y ago
I keep ahead of everyone by working 9 days a week, 96 hours a day.
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> All the government programs he advocates for are just pale imitations of the vibrant communities that humans were made for and which modern society has done its best to destroy. Humans were not made for anything, and for most of the ex
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by lapcat 1y ago
> [2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8356344/ "Our meta‐analysis of 30 studies and 116 effects of police use of BWCs finds that this technology produces few clear or consistent impacts on police
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by lapcat 1y ago
People can and do drink and smoke alone. Indeed, lonely people may turn to alcohol for self-medication. And of course those addicted to nicotine have to smoke regardless of whether other people are around. That will just make the problem

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