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by nverno 5y ago
Lemme guess- that 'school of thought' originates in one of the two major parties. Statistically, independents are the largest demographic by registration, so any further insight is based on various polls I'd assume? Basicall
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It doesnt help that democrats paint anyone who finds this stuff obnoxious as republicans- they are alienating the largest constituent in America- independents.
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I see the same things you do, I was actually agreeing with you that we are in a drug crisis more than anything else. It's not an easy situation to "solve" because at the end of the day people make there own choices for the m
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A shitty environment certainly contributes, but drug abuse has risen in every demographic, and genetic predisposition is a huge factor (40-60% cited here[1]). [1] https://americanaddictioncenters.org/rehab-guide/addicti
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It blows my mind how out of touch people have to be to reframe the problem in this manner. Better housing is always a good thing to strive for, but clearly not the driving factor for the vast majority of homeless.
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I consider him to be centrist, but it's very subjective as there is no good definition of left/right that people generally agree on. To me, he's not a partisan, so he's a centrist- not that I particularly care one way o
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Companies/merchants have sought profit forever. It really doesn't seem much different at all in ancient Rome, for example [1], except everything was smaller scale - they sought capital investment and contracts for mining operatio
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I don't think this was a statistical analysis, but rather just the average change at Hired.com. The article does treat it as though it is an inference about the entire population, though, without justification, and their link goes to
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> Government officials, nonprofits, journalists and others seeking to make people care about the issue So their goal is to manipulate public opinion more effectively. This approach is backfiring, causing more and more people to lose fai
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What do they think is unfair? The ID requirement? I get that, but the point was, let's make that not unfair. There isn't anything unfair about making elections more secure in itself. Both security and fairness are valid issues.
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I didn't claim there was, but at the same time I'm convinced there easily could be [1] if people play down security and don't take any precautions. Election fraud isn't uncommon around the world, and there is plenty of
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I agree, but there needs to be some compromise between integrity and ease. As programmers, we all know how easily systems can be compromised. Having effectively zero barrier to getting proper ID seems like a simple, inexpensive solution,
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It's a smear piece. There may be some truth to the characterization of people behind the firm, but as a reader it's impossible to know given the animosity of the writers towards their subjects. They claim the vulture capitalists a
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Suicide was also an honorable way to go out in the Roman empire, but I'm not sure it's a societal norm in Italy nowadays. Definitely in the ether though, I think suicide after disgrace is something everyone can relate to.
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Fairly common where I grew up in rural new hampshire. Buying a car would often be the first thing you'd do after working for a year or two. Otherwise, you'd need to borrow a car, or bum rides to get anywhere.
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I don't think it is that unrealistic (not every combination, but popular ones). The results from parts of Europe that have many political parties, eg. Germany, show voters being relatively fluid over just a few years [1]. The US, on t
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But the upside is that hopefully the govt/health authorities will learn a lesson and be better in the future. Id say in these situations any fallout is always the govt's fault since it is there to serve the people- a case of the
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by nverno 5y ago
This is site lays out a good plan https://teachyourselfcs.com/ Courses on there can be substituted for equivalents from MIT, eg. https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2020/ for the Berkeley OS course.
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I disagree his ideas of merit-based entry would alienate a sizeable portion of perspective MIT students (the article also shows supporting polls). MIT, not merit-based, are you kidding?
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If their goal was good PR, I'd say they have failed quite dramatically. This kind of thing is surprising from MIT and I doubt it has a lot of support among the science/engineering types. It is common to see this behavior in soci
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Physical outdoor work is another good activity for the mind.
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Everyone is entirely in control of their own thoughts and opinions- these being about the only things in life that are fully under our own control. Facebook, by itself, is zero threat to democracy, it neither votes nor stops people from vo
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> Opposing it means you oppose ... If life were so simple. Of course, the reality is this bill covers everything from child tax credits, paid leaves, to god knows what else.
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Did the government still bother to collect taxes, and did they accept US dollars instead?
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This is starting to sound similar to equity laws established in South Africa, which have not had good outcomes. Preferential treatment like this, not based on merit, is unfair and could breed a lot of resentment.
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It's the current scapegoat for 'disinformation', giving the government and all other propaganda peddlers a breather.
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It isn't too early to /think/ they are safe (a subjective judgement since they do harm a small percentage of people, just like the debate whether the virus is 'bad' or not). It is impossible to know with certainty i
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Right, it should be "men and women were equally likely to seek political office and ..." to account for the sexes seeming to prefer different occupations.
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4 hours/day of TV watching is crazy and I think this is a very generous portrayal of that time. It is certainly /possible/ for parents to adjust their schedules to spend an hour reading to kids at night (top priority imo).
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by nverno 5y ago
here, when you say 'labour', you are referring specifically to working for wages then? Cause I imagine many investors/owners who make money from profit or capital still need to work, or labor, quite a lot. It sounds like ba

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