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by pochamago 8y ago
What's the motivation behind ordinances like this? I've never spoken to anyone who likes them, so I'm not really sure why cities are so aggressive about it. I assume there must be a large segment of the population who are rea
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by pochamago 8y ago
What is the point of journals if quite literally anything can be published in them? Isn't the point that they serve as a basic filter for obvious noise? Shouldn't we be critical of a peer review process that doesn't function
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by pochamago 8y ago
That line honestly just makes it sound like they already knew what their opinion was before doing the study
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by pochamago 8y ago
This doesn't sound like it's fucking me, though. I'm still getting the stock for exactly what I asked, correct? I mean, hasn't Robin Hood always been upfront that they make money on the discrepancy between what buyers ar
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by pochamago 8y ago
But that's how you end up getting new bargain airlines to drive the prices back down. And the demand for tickets has only increased, so it's not surprising that established brands raise prices
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by pochamago 8y ago
Women have vastly more scholarship opportunities than men. The number of programs pushing women into STEM vastly outnumbers those doing the same for men. Every department openly pushes for equality. Women outnumber men in University, in hig
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by pochamago 8y ago
I don't think your assessment of the VR industry is particularly sharp.
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by pochamago 8y ago
Just buy up the land and pay property taxes on it.
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by pochamago 8y ago
Agreed, but it certainly undermines the idea that coconut oil is absolutely terrible for you
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by pochamago 8y ago
Aren't the areas Mike Lee is looking to sell already off limits to the public? They're not national parks, so I don't really know how usage works
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by pochamago 8y ago
I think it's weird and unfair to say that research is lesser because it has a tangible goal. It's like saying engineers' discoveries matter less than theorists'.
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by pochamago 8y ago
It mentions the use of video and audio as well, image macros are just the most immediately recognizable
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The new study everyone's talking about shows that even after solving for legacies and sports, Asians face a huge uphill battle in admissions.
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by pochamago 8y ago
Sure that's why they have an entire category called extra curriculars, which Asian applicants also do well on. The only category they score low on is personality, which measures, through a half hour interview, such lofty ideals as cour
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by pochamago 8y ago
In my opinion the situation looks like intentional discrimination. Harvard doesn't want to be too lopsided with Asian students, so they find ways to discriminate against them and keep the ratio lower.