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by lukeschlather 11y ago
It varies significantly by state, but existing public options are similarly priced or cheaper in terms of cost per person than private healthcare. https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/sta...
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
Maybe. But the thing is if it's easier to memorize the composites, why not skip primes entirely over 5? Just memorize 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12 . I'd have to run the numbers. It would be interesting to consider different subs
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
On the contrary, buying your phone basically locks you in. Yes, you can theoretically transfer your phone between some providers, but your Internet tech is unlikely to port well. I think it's fair to say there are very high switching c
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
The difference between real first-cold-pressed EVOO and olive oil is the same as the difference between butter and oil. What's going on here is basically like cutting butter with oil. Yeah, you probably won't notice at 10%, but yo
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
They would get sued for libel, and they would lose because these taste tests are not valid evidence in US court. I suspect the problem is somewhat overstated - to me it sounded like the tasters believed the olive oils were lower-grade, but
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
A sensible scale is defined by the user's eyes, and most sites are not designed with impaired vision in mind. Web page text has never been set at a good size by default, and most designers make it smaller than the default because they
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
Linux biggest problem is perpetual rewrites. X11 is pretty much the only subsystem that hasn't suffered a backwards-incompatible rewrite in the past 10 years. X11 could use some improvement, but I doubt a new system will address the co
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
> Therefore the desire to get rid of the human race is actually a logical consequence of most utility functions, rather than being directly specified. That's only true in the sense that there are infinitely many more Real numbers th
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
Using a DSL is tempting. I've found the AWS CLI best, and a lot of the time I think it's easier just to write a Ruby script using the SDK. This obviously doesn't necessarily handle teardown very well, and it tends to be copyi
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
How do you suggest a formally agreed-upon compromise without merging two separate topics into one bill?
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
What you're suggesting is essentially banning formal expressions of compromise. Compromise is essential for legislation to get made.
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
It shouldn't be a question of the median student. If it's worth it in aggregate, the loan company should have at least as much liability as the student does for loans that don't pay off. The loan company is the one that has t
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
In the tech industry, I think you're generally given the option between all-expenses-paid and a lump sum paid in advance. That was my experience. The only caveat is that the money is potentially owed back prorated based on how long you
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
Read "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander. I'd suggest starting with chapter 2 since the introduction as well as the first chapter are more of a manifesto, the data which thoroughly demonstrate the point are in chapters 2
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
It's important to note the distinction between "blacks commit 50% of the murders in the US" and "50% of the murder convictions in the US are black people." It's well-documented that 40 years ago a white person
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
The post you replied to described "bitter, spiteful, demanding, insecure, Us-vs-Them types." I think there are people in various leftist movements that can fairly be described in that way. But I also think it's a good descrip
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
> Poor whites are not a privileged class. I just wanted to respond to this because (like a lot of these ideas) I think they represent a response to a strawman. The core point of the discussion of privilege acknowledges that all people ha
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
What verifiably private options are there for speech-to-text? It seems like they'd have to be FOSS but most of the "FOSS" solutions I've seen still use a remote server for the actual processing.
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
> The point of banning encryption isn't too stop criminals from using it, it's to stop non-criminals. It's not an either/or situation, banning encryption is designed primarily to stop criminals from using it. It is al
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
I'm pro-encryption, but I think your argument is lazy and not fact-based. We see from this article that criminals are not particularly skilled at hiding their communications. You and I both want a world where encryption is ubiquitous a
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
PRISM isn't supposed to be used against US citizens in that manner. They've admitted that PRISM can be used in that manner, but that's never been a goal of the program and theoretically what little oversight there is is suppo
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
A sampling of recent chaos in sub-Saharan Africa unrelated to Muslim fundamentalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundian_Civil_War https:/&
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
I don't contest your math, but I think this suggests the experienced employee is under-priced.
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
$60k sounds fine, it just should have been indexed to CPI back when the law was passed (I think in 1994?) http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=019f28cb2b081515d27... In 1994 dollars, that's about $96k.
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
One thing that has done a lot for me is I've been doing more brushing without toothpaste. I do use toothpaste, but when I do it I treat it more as a fluoride treatment than as a tool to get off plaque. When I'm trying to get off p
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
More recent article says they still haven't actually used the technique on a human being, only on extracted teeth. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/25/us-dental-device-i... Still, sounds very
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
You're assuming that Baidu's faults are somehow because the people running Baidu are simply not as skilled as Google, and I doubt this. If Google was running in China, I doubt it would be that much better than Baidu. The censorshi
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
Could you be specific about which programs you're referring to? I'd also appreciate specific figures about expenditures, and what percentage of people are dependent on public welfare programs. The figures I've seen suggest th
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
The main thing is work-release programs. Work-release is pretty effective, but due to funding issues only like 20% of inmates actually get it. Your suggestion is really similar to "No Child Left Behind:" take a public service that
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by lukeschlather 11y ago
I've never trusted Google's technology with my life. (Never had occasion to.) I've trusted every car manufacturer's technology with my life at one point or another. I'm not betting on Google having a better safety r

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