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by learingsci 8mo ago
The cost to produce many things in American is too high given the relative strength of the US dollar. If our corporations need educated workers, they can just import them, like we import everything else. Why would US workers be any differen
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by learingsci 8mo ago
A distinction without a difference imo. I think most people rightfully surmise the defense and financial industries are rife with, if not outright fraud, at least waste and abuse. We could use better language perhaps.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Long time coming. All these years later, still heavy in my daily rotation.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Slavery was ended for largely religious reasons so unless you think slavery is a good thing then that wouldn’t make sense. I was thinking more of rigid and highly dogmatic moral beliefs that cause people to condemn heretics. “Anyone who dis
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by learingsci 8mo ago
One can view the defensive realist perspective as another application of the 80/20 rule. It’s all economics. Debt determines many outcomes.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
We don’t have good data because it’s illegal to, for example, ask citizenship status on our census, but if you believe the numbers many democrats cite, Obama deported more immigrants than Trump. You can use Google to verify that though I’ll
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by learingsci 8mo ago
We were founded by deeply religious Christians who were exactly the opposite of that mindset. Your perspective is one of ignorance about well established historical facts that most children learn in grade school. Free market liberalism was
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Kitchen staff need to pay Bay Area rents. Should we replace the cooks with h1b’s too?
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Access to information is not a solution to that. You can’t educate people who refuse to learn.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Indeed. It maybe the best reason to use their products, but then why not make it default or do more to encourage its use?
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Is it supported in iOS 18? They seem to suggest in their own documentation that very few people need or should use it. They could do much more to encourage and support its use. Even the naming “lockdown” vs “secure” is a big tell.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
American companies held liable for crimes include Bank of America ($87B in penalties), Purdue Pharma (opioid crisis), Pfizer for fraudulent drug marketing, Enron for accounting fraud. Everyone on hn should know about FTX, Theranos, I mean c
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Apple seems to strongly discourage the use of lockdown mode. Presumably it is in conflict with their concern over share price and quarterly earnings.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
“Americans are just having trouble coping with the idea of a corporation being held liable for crimes.” I’m sorry but that’s absurd even amidst the cacophony of absurdity that comprises public discourse these days.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Doesn’t that mean a home invader can break in, torture you a bit and walk off with your millions?
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Sometimes it does though, eg Hiroshima.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
I hear TikTok is on the decline, and arguably the forced change of ownership is a sort of regulation. Instagram is owned by meta who has an interest in not letting it overtake Facebook in terms of popularity I imagine. It seems like a sort
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Yes, the monopolistic aspect and scale are the parts I’m most bothered by. I think we all agree dangerous chemicals should be regulated, but we lack this sensibility when it comes to many tech products. So far at least. Eventually we’ll cat
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by learingsci 8mo ago
From a software standpoint, the ones I think of are Tinder, Facebook, X, YouTube. Each has dramatically altered how we do things like how we stay connected with friends and family, court potential romantic partners, participate in public di
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by learingsci 8mo ago
I’ve read about this concept the Indians have called “izzat” which probably explains why they have arranged marriages. You can imagine the deceitful games that might be played on unsuspecting brides and bridegrooms if one doesn’t find decei
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Cheesemongers have a bit less impact on society than drug dealers or Google. If Google were raking in hundreds of billions giving kids free cheese then charging them full price for parmigiana some might complain and I would not find fault i
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by learingsci 8mo ago
It’s called “opportunity cost.” If you marry somebody and they suddenly become a totally different person and try to extort you a common reaction is to feel deceived and unhappy. They have cheated you in a sense of the opportunity cost of b
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Drug dealers invented this business model, they would give heroin to young children for free and then once hooked hike the prices or force them to turn tricks to pay for their habit. It’s effective but not very admirable to say the least.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Based on the "Worst Case Housing Needs: 2025 Report to Congress" released in late 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found that foreign-born population growth accounted for approximately two-thirds of
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Guy in San Francisco can move to NJ easier than Mumbai.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
GDP matters very little when I’m homeless.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Where was he from? Recent hires are sometimes the first to go, depending on certain other factors.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
This would be a great thing for humanity as a whole, but not for France. So I doubt it will happen. Hope strings eternal.
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by learingsci 8mo ago
The author wrote a book about how America needs to reembrace Christianity. A review of that book said it was unclear who the book was for, given that the author is a homosexual atheist Jew. I would say that applies to this article too. As y
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by learingsci 8mo ago
Trump needs we better critics. Heck, we all need better Trump critics. This unfortunately is more of the same; doing more harm than good.

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