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House Votes to Halt Aid for Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen(nytimes.com)
23 points by longerthoughts 8y ago|11 comments
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
You're dismissing my point and deflecting with something that I neither referenced nor disputed. You made this claim: >the "anti-brown people" narrative absolutely dissolves in the face of the massive overrepresentation of
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>massive overrepresentation of Indians and other Asians As indicated in the article, there's evidence [0] that there is profound underrepresentation at the leadership level relative to junior representation. [0] https://c
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But "this issue" can't be cleanly generalized across races and genders. Inequality is a theme that is represented in a variety of symptoms, but those symptoms and their causes differ across underrepresented groups (e.g. women
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>Should we indeed focus on personalities and abilities, not on whether a person has a vagina or a certain skin color? Yes, we should recognize abilities and contributions irrespective of sex or race. The problem is that this historically
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
But what person without means is going to be the target of tabloid blackmailing?
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I agree with the sentiment here but would be interested to see what portion of US tax revenue is coming from the same people who are benefiting from the discounted rate for investment earnings. Basically, is the "subsidy" essentia
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>Somebody positions themselves at the door as some sort of guard, and harasses everybody going through. So often just to feel like they're the boss or something. I've noticed this outside of the CR process as well. When people
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I see influencers as a net negative for society but in terms of getting people to actually engage with advertised products, it's pretty brilliant. Before Instagram, a brand would put out ads with a rotating cast of "characters&quo
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
I disagree but not downvoting because I think you raise a valid point and it's worth discussing. To me, the reason it's more than just "annoying" is that it encourages one-dimensional, superficial idols that will end up
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Meaning you were pressured by an employer? Would be interesting if Glassdoor periodically reached out to users to revise reviews and capture sentiment "before and after" working at a given company.
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It's a little annoying if they're cherry-picking but does it really impact the validity of the results? If anything, I'd think they'd have a greater incentive to skew results if they were specifically testing a theory ab
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> they ignore regulations and simply extract wealth out of our communities Can you elaborate on this?
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Good point. Maybe ad revenue from your sessions goes into the pro rata pool somehow?
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This is terrifying if true. Has this been documented anywhere? I'd heard reports of cities doing this to raise revenue from red light cameras generally, but nothing targeted for certain economic areas.
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The parent isn't saying that the service doesn't need artists with fewer streams, just that the service takes a bigger hit from losing big names than it does from losing small ones. More people are likely to leave the service from
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
Agreed. The Van Gogh vs kindergarten painting example is a poor comparison - that would be more in line with buying the rights to all future royalties of a Taylor Swift song vs that of an unknown tuba player. This does make me wonder though
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I wouldn't say zero incentive - I'd imagine they're still being evaluated according to established standards for close rates, which would explain why their close rates are described as in line with guidelines. The problem is
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Anybody else find it ironic that there's such a barrier for people to get approval in the name of protecting taxpayer dollars, meanwhile huge amounts of taxpayer dollars are spent on paying these contract doctors?
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Thanks. Any implications for the initial reviewer(s) if further reviews reverse the initial decision? Doesn't seem like doctors should be compensated if their decision is found to be incorrect.
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>You can have your case re-reviewed Does this allow the doctors to get compensated again for the additional review or does it simply reopen the existing case? Already frustrating enough to have to re-apply... can't imagine the frust
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Even if the doctors could be sued directly is that necessarily better than going after the flawed system with the additional hope that the individual is dismissed?
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
>We need to just listen to what the experts say People saying supersonic travel is a step in the wrong direction are listening to experts who agree that our use of fossil fuels is a threat to humanity and the environment. And what about
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
Initial post wasn’t meant to be hostile at all and I’m still unsure of whether or not supersonic travel is a net positive or negative. My issue was with the parent comment essentially suggesting that you can justify boosting emissions from
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
The parent’s claim was “the states which raise their minimum wages do better economically”, which is not the same as “every person benefits from an increased minimum wage”. You’re arguing a counter-point to a point that nobody has made.
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by longerthoughts 8y ago
I don't have an informed opinion on whether or not there's a causal relationship between wage hikes and economic growth, but "This didn't help me" != "This didn't help my city/state".
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I agree that ad hominem attacks are overwhelmingly used to evade the responsibility of substantive debate. The problem is that policy debates are not purely objective and in reality people weigh presented perspectives and evidence according
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I would argue that it is transitive but diminishes in proportion to the degrees of separation and depends upon both awareness and the nature of the association. For example, discounting somebody's moral standing for knowingly befriendi
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I don't disagree with anything you've said, but not having a viable alternative to fossil fuel driven flight right now doesn't justify accelerating the damage it's doing by leaning further into it.
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>I don't see how ad hominem by progressives is any better than someone dismissing research data because of "links" to think tanks funded by George Soros, etc. Are you saying association with a partisan think tank is equall

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