marcholagao

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   by marcholagao 4y ago

   tldr; D+K's experiment was: Assign the numbers 1 thru 10 to ten people. Have each role a 10 sided die. The person assigned a 1 will roll higher than his assigned number 90% of the time. Daniel: >It’s not a “statistical artifact” - t
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   by marcholagao 4y ago

   > just because some people are abusing the system doesn't mean the system is inherently bad How many American workers would have to be abused by this law before it becomes "inherently bad"? (as a number between 0 and 300 m
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   by marcholagao 4y ago

   > exploitation plan only works as long that labor can't walk That's not true. If H1-Bs were not a good deal for the guest workers, there wouldn't be a 10 year waiting list to get one. Living standards are so much higher in
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   by marcholagao 5y ago

   Two comments from the lwn comments section: > It's interesting that the rather lengthy list of "attributes" does not include anything about political views or affiliations. > That's a desirable and standard omissio
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   by marcholagao 5y ago

   That does seem high. I would put it at closer to 8% of GDP. The point I made stands though.