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by micahbright 9y ago
>But this article is not about that It seems like the article is actually precisely about that. If the authors didn't take these factors into account, their findings would be useless.
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by micahbright 9y ago
It's easy, just like the income tax. Get into every nook and cranny of how things are done and control absolutely everything.
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by micahbright 9y ago
I feel for you getting down-voted. Clearly a logical cogent reply.
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by micahbright 9y ago
Supported by research FYI http://judgybitch.com/2016/08/16/reblog-research-find-that-a...
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by micahbright 9y ago
"More people sharing a larger total benefit doesn't imply that the average individual receives a larger benefit." I may have taken one more probability class than you, but the expected value for a woman's taxes over her
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by micahbright 9y ago
As a group - in the exact same way that they is a wage gap, there is a taxes gap. And women wouldn't have it any other way than to raise a child alone, but that entirely is besides the point.
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by micahbright 9y ago
You didn't consider that men who are less sexist, or not sexist, would have an advantage in the market. Your mental model requires you to generalize all men as equally and utterly sexist in order to work. Does that seem realistic?
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by micahbright 9y ago
No true Scotsman fallacy. "If you really want an open source platform" is interpreted to mean different things to different people. Open source may literally mean "open source" without the associated zealous frothing at
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by micahbright 9y ago
Boeing has more incentive than the bank. Boeing's profit is likely much higher than the interest on the deal. That's probably just the cherry on top. The bank stands to lose the entire principal.
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by micahbright 9y ago
If you can't follow a thread, don't comment.
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by micahbright 9y ago
Upvote because of irrational downvote
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by micahbright 9y ago
>Same reason that a person who can't get a $5,000 unsecured personal loan at a bank can often finance a $50,000 new car. So borrowing money and living outside of your means is now a success story?
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by micahbright 9y ago
So 250 times the debt? Sounds like a deal :/
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by micahbright 9y ago
Good faith is only what you perceive it to be?
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by micahbright 9y ago
> I can kill people now when they frustrate me? Not what I said.
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by micahbright 9y ago
https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Public...
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by micahbright 9y ago
> So, a cyclist breaks a minor law, which is that they use the sidewalk at a red light, so it is _okay_ to hit a _200 pound cyclist_ with a _2 ton metal object_? Didn't say that.
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by micahbright 9y ago
You don't. All you have is the evidence available. That being said, a judge or jury has the ability to read in to the tone and body language of both parties to make a determination...therefore, you get a dash camera.
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by micahbright 9y ago
"If the insurance company contests the claim, the injured cyclist or pedestrian has to take the case to a civil court." If we're going to be liberal pinheads here, why don't we go all the way? Make cyclists who use publ
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by micahbright 9y ago
It still doesn't improve any on a quick-sort because quicksort is going to run in O(n log n)=O(n 64)=O(N) as well. So what's the point?
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by micahbright 9y ago
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix_sort >However, in general w cannot be considered a constant: if all n keys are distinct, then w has to be at least log n We can't ignore the log n, unless the number of d
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by micahbright 9y ago
That's not hard to believe, it only requires an ignorance of economics. Cheers
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by micahbright 9y ago
>>What would feminists know about a non-feminist man's perspective on marriage and fatherhood? >What would someone who doesn't even seem to understand the concept of cultural privilege have to add to a discussion about cu
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by micahbright 9y ago
Luckily, in Texas, child support is capped and alimony is politically unpopular. So there is a motivation for divorced men to make more.
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by micahbright 9y ago
> We tend to think of that as social engineering and Godless communism. Come on, you're making an argument for universal basic income, but you obviously aren't educated enough to make an argument for or against it if you think
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by micahbright 9y ago
> But then how would you prove you owned the original in the first place? Are we arguing about how it ought to work now? I'm just telling you how it does work. Burden of proof is on the plaintiff, so no one has to prove that they
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by micahbright 9y ago
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/117 "(a)Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy.—Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement for the owner of a co
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by micahbright 9y ago
https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-digital.html "Under section 117, you or someone you authorize may make a copy of an original computer program if: the new copy is being made for archival (i.e., backup)
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by micahbright 10y ago
It's actually pretty simple, if you've taken prime number theory. FTFY
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by micahbright 10y ago
You said his whole argument hinged on a point that you chose to interpret one way...and then you did it again: "So now women don't belong in tech not because they're under qualified, because you can't imagine not wanting

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