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by nverno 3y ago
I agree, I was thinking the error rates he alluded to were probably logistical or sources of human error.
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by nverno 3y ago
I don't think any of those things you mentioned, aside from the Supreme Court, are inherently part of the 'system', and I don't think the design of the US democratic system is inherently corrupt - in fact, most of the
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by nverno 3y ago
> all the tallying errors and such These are the types of errors I assumed he was considering there- I guess calling a close election a statistical tie makes even more sense if you're accounting for people not voting/having vot
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by nverno 3y ago
“We have this fiction in our minds that voting is perfectly accurate: that even a differential of a few votes is meaningful. In reality, elections have error rates every step of the way, and a very close election is a statistical tie."
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by nverno 3y ago
What are the legal repercussions if you don't use your time off to relax and restore?
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by nverno 3y ago
Organisms competing with other organisms is what has created intelligent life. I think more of that competition would only lead to even more intelligent life.
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by nverno 3y ago
You can see flavors of in just about any society. That's why Orwell's 1984 is a timeless masterpiece. People on the 'other side' of the political spectrum can list of their own examples. I think the best way to avoid
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by nverno 3y ago
I was a teen in the early 00s, so just prior to mobile internet really taking off. Driving was a huge motivator for us to work (rural). I suspect your right about the generational gap. Perspective also seems to differ between urban/
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by nverno 3y ago
> children under 18 Whether your 12 or 13-18, I doubt their voting preferences would be considerably different in this regard.
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by nverno 3y ago
Do you think they would vote against be allowed to work? I always wanted jobs as a teen so I could do stuff- I wanted to be independent as do most teens I'd imagine.
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by nverno 3y ago
I think they are searching for a way to engage the uninterested/unmotivated kids that are struggling by using real world stuff as motivation. It seems like a method that could have potential, but also heavily contingent on good teache
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by nverno 3y ago
Memorization was the wrong word - I think they are referring repetitive processes like solving algebra equations over and over again until it's second nature. Probably an essential component of mastering basic math as a useful tool, a
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by nverno 3y ago
They were saying they split the old 1-year course across the two new 8/9th grade courses, but added in a bunch of extra stuff to the each of the replacement courses- useful modern stuff like data analysis and statistical modeling. The
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by nverno 3y ago
Huh, I don't remember needing to get working papers, but I vaguely recall needing a parent signature - I was also pretty rural tho, so you kinda know most people around anyway. Presumably, social security card/birth certificate w
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by nverno 3y ago
I started working at that age too, but certainly didn't need an ID to get a job (and never have at any point in my life, afaicr - and I've never even heard of 'working papers'). Are you talking about in the states? Cau
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by nverno 4y ago
A lot of people do get those currently, just ID cards for non-drivers, also issued through the DMV. Adults need them for various things like voting, food stamps, etc. But I've never heard of a child needing an ID card (aside from tra
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by nverno 4y ago
Yea that's BS. I didn't have any ID till I was 16 and got a driver's license. A lot of kids, like city kids, don't get one till years later. Are they planning to create a new type of ID for children? I wouldn't
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by nverno 4y ago
That's interesting about Chicago, that's one city where I imagined the murders would've had more of an effect. It seems impossible that people don't even have to lock their bikes in a lot of Asian cities coming from the
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by nverno 4y ago
Exactly, murder stats aren't necessarily a good measure of how safe a city feels to a typical dweller. Many city homicides are gang-related, and if the gangs only operate in specific areas, killing eachother, the city can still feel t
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by nverno 4y ago
I agree, it seems so simple. The more we focus on this stuff the more it makes people adopt it as a worldview, imho. I just don't understand why people want to look at the world this way - and it is something you need to be taught.
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by nverno 4y ago
They are stepping stones to 4-year degrees for many people. As the article mentioned, most people in CCs are planning to graduate from a university, but stuff happens. They have some incredible transfer opportunities, where you can get hal
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by nverno 4y ago
> The demand for books in the US is also disproportionately driven by women. Surveys over at least the last couple decades have consistently found that American women are more likely to read books than American men, especially when it co
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by nverno 4y ago
To me, the obvious answer is women read much more than men nowadays, so it's unsurprising more women also enter into the book business. The article is searching for some sort of conflict between the sexes, but provides nothing substan
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by nverno 4y ago
Faith would probably better describe that condition, a very steadfast form of belief.
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by nverno 4y ago
They point out a correlation. But would all companies (or enough to drive global inflation) have been able to raise prices beyond their increased costs without the massive monetary expansion? Seems unlikely, at least to the extent they ha
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by nverno 4y ago
It makes sense though, cause it's the United States of America . It's usually obvious from the context. Mexico and Canada are already single word countries, so you can easily say Asian Canadian or whatever. South Africa would p
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by nverno 4y ago
This is a good analogy. Mob justice will always be crude and ruthless - cancellation is a relatively fangless variety.
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Blame BP for Deepwater Horizon, direct your outrage to the actual mistake (2016)(slate.com)
2 points by nverno 4y ago|0 comments
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Stanford failed the academic freedom test(tabletmag.com)
8 points by nverno 4y ago|1 comments
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Stanford pulls 'harmful language' list(insidehighered.com)
21 points by nverno 4y ago|8 comments

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