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811.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
They do, but at scale that drops, and unlike oxen, they're trainable for producing value beyond sheer energy.
812.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
Yes, the Roman military enterprise demanded technological innovation both to expand and maintain their conquered territories. But their productivity as the OP pointed out was severely hamstrung by the plentiful slave labor that conquest aff
813.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
Salvation of every last immortal human soul was a deep and abiding concern of the church. A lot more so than the "woke" of today who would happily brand newborn babies of the wrong color into oppression hierarchies.
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by lr4444lr 4y ago
Arthur Koestler in "Sleepwalkers" cites numerous criticisms from Vatican backed scholars that strongly suggest even though Copernicus may not have faced the unbridled legal wrath of the Church, that his career and reputation were
815.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
I have not yet found a single planned 3rd child among my colleagues and associates in situations where both husband and wife work full time (without live in help, or at least someone who comes to the house full time to watch the kids before
816.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
Author compares post college life to his residential campus and concludes that walkability promotes human connection? That's... ...an opinion, to put it charitably. Cities have been known for fostering alienation and dehumanization lon
817.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
Also unstated: does the HVAC guy's wife work?
818.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
After that lump passes through, you may have suffered a huge drain of adults expected squeezed so hard for child and elder care that they've since taken their productivity elsewhere.
819.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
This kind of planning implicitly happens when women are expected to have a career instead of finding their identity in successful motherhood. I don't know much anything at all about Korean women's professional labor, but I'd
820.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
A lot of people will assume if you won't drink alcohol that you have a problem with overindulgence, not knowing your limits - not that you have some puritanical avoidance on principle.
821.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
Not disagreeing with what you just wrote above,but do you have a source for > If the "it" you're referring to is social security, this is, to use your phrase from above, "patently untrue." ? Because everything I
822.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
I'm not above learning something. Texas seems to be district-dependent, and CA is statewide: https://www.trs.texas.gov/Pages/active_member_social_securit... https://www.calstrs.com/social-security
823.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
Whether you could or couldn't self study to be a competent physics teacher is besides the point if you need a physics or very closely related STEM degree plus test of content competency as a condition of getting the job by the regulat
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by lr4444lr 4y ago
> That many teacher’s pensions require one to give up social security benefits Patently untrue unless maybe you work for the Dept of Defense or something. Teachers can collect SS like any other employee.
825.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
There's an unspoken benefit of private schools though: kids of teachers get to attend for free or at a hugely discounted rate. When I was at one, just about every teacher left after their kids graduated. The ones who stayed either had
826.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
Fine, compare it to portion of GDP. Like healthcare, we spend a lot and get poor return if you measure objectively by things like standardized tests, unemployment, imprisonment, etc.
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by lr4444lr 4y ago
I realize this piece is more of a rant, and I won't hold it to a data accuracy standard it never pretended to have, but they pay issue is really misconstrued. Salaries in large urban districts are often well above area median, and when
828.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
I don't know what to think of this. One wonders whether the load and rate of exertion are controlled for. If I know I am going to have to work out 5x/week, I sure as he'll don't go as hard on day 1 as I would if I had a
829.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
Sometimes there is no good decision, and empowering the underlings to make it is best term for everyone.
830.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
Just wanted to say, that's a great story, and you should tell it often.
831.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
But they flock to NYC. No one is "cramming" them there.
832.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
Doesn't Teflon degrade due to the high Temps? I really don't know that much about it, but it's just the opposite with cast iron seasoning: heat hardens.
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by lr4444lr 4y ago
No, because governments' ability to procure it for the needy is a very separable problem. But let me play Devil's Advocate: agriculture, the foundation of the food supply, is one of the most commoditized markets that exist. Does t
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by lr4444lr 4y ago
Aren't they polymerized into the metal, though? I don't think they come off that easily, barring steel wool or something extremely abrasive.
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by lr4444lr 4y ago
You can do eggs in cast iron without breaking thr yolk: it just takes practice.
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by lr4444lr 4y ago
Uh... Law? Medicine? Accounting? Eng.? Teaching? What other job where you actually need hard technical skills equivalent to software dev is there no widely used non-commercial credentialing system?
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by lr4444lr 4y ago
In other white collar professional jobs (not admin), esp. STEM fields, he's not wrong.
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by lr4444lr 4y ago
I just don't do them at all. It sets bad terms for the employer / employee relationship IMHO. I realize some devs just aren't that in demand yet and may have to subject themselves to this, but you should do your damndest once
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by lr4444lr 4y ago
I condemn violence, but that's not what I meant: nothing stops the people from quitting and forming their own worker-owned company.
840.
by lr4444lr 4y ago
No, it is not wage theft, because wages are not assets. The shareholders take the risk. Employees get their salary regardless of whether the game is a success, flop, or somewhere in the middle. Bonuses tread that middle ground. I personally

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