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by rpiguy 9y ago
Although I agree with comments that this particular article meanders and could have been more focused, what stunned me was not the idea presented by the article, but how much more verbose and lengthy articles like this were 25 years ago. I
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Simply taxing revenue is bad for start ups and puts them at a even more of a disadvantage.
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The answer to your question is multi-dimensional and very long. I am assuming your question applies to the US, as other countries do have unionized technology workers. - Historically Engineers were considered white collar, and draftsman, ma
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The article doesn't touch on that the "great man" phenomenon also has a lot to do with the intersection of the person and their time in history. The atom bomb and the atomic age cemented Einstein, Bohr, etc. as "great me
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The average salary is close to 65K in NJ and it hasn't helped Camden or Newark. I am not against paying teachers more but it won't solve our education problem. 65K for 9 months of teaching with several holidays built into those 9
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by rpiguy 9y ago
I agree and posted about this myself. Most of the comments on this topic offer little in analysis beyond "more funding good, less funding bad" and casting aspersions on those who disagree with you.
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The United States spends more per pupil than all but four other countries in the world! Most schools are not underfunded. http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/apr/21/jeb... Much like he
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The article is not arguing that values shouldn't change, just that empirically the new values we have chosen (single parenthood, self segregation, etc.) are producing inferior outcomes to the old bourgeois values. There is no argument
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This is not thinly veiled racism. What the author was ineloquently trying to point out is simple. African American's have been screwed by the system and so they have been taught not only distrust the system, but also to resent authorit
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And they are deeply respected... Just saying Antifa would get a lot more support if they changed their look. People in black masks busting up Starbucks are not who anyone wants in charge. They just do Trump a favor.
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I don't think there is clear cut answer to that question. It may depend on the company in question. For Google that supplies 78% of all search results it is probably dangerous to allow them to decide what to favor and what to censor. F
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Trump doesn't reign, he barely has control of the executive branch of government over which he has direct authority. He is opposed by his own party, congress, and big business. There is no collusion of power behind Trump like there is
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They are considered a terrorist organization by the state of New Jersey. I don't know how many other states classify them as such.
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Just pointing out that cheap labor and immigrants are not synonymous.
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Bad examples. Legal immigrants are different from "cheap labor" (H-1B and seasonal/temporary workers for example) which does depress wages. Once you have a green card you can demand higher wages and threaten to pack up and mo
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I don't know how common it is anymore, but back in the 1990s it was completely possible to use a student loan to get room and board and then cancel your room and board in the first couple days of school and get a big fat check. A fair
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The point is that alternatives are appearing that provide education without the mini-city like atmosphere and cost of the traditional university. You are absolutely correct though, many for profit alternatives are not accredited and some of
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There are also many articles backing up his cited research, the consensus from the articles I've read indicate two of the factors were very strongly correlated and others were very debatable. He did jump to conclusions, but that does n
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But he is not sexist. It is not sexist to believe biology could influence interests or to cite peer reviewed research on the topic.
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The intent of the posting the statistics is irrelevant. If the person is against immigration into their town, they should be able to post the crime statistics with the intent to influence other locals to reject the immigrants. It is up to t
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Other countries have done it and the results were disastrous for freedom. Germany, Sweden, and France for example have taken the idea of hate speech and extended into the realm of control of information. If you post on Facebook the crime st
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I think that is an excellent hypothesis!
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Did you not read my entire post? I said specifically that it was inexcusable that her screenshots were removed and the racists were not punished. Also, do you know how the reporting system works? I believe most of the reviewers of reported
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by rpiguy 9y ago
This is a very important point and I agree, but the question posed by the article is why was there a sudden decline in women in CS. Before 1984 they were well represented and enrollment literally crashed to levels lower than they were 15 ye
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That may have been a factor but it don't think it fully explains the sudden "snap" downward to levels lower than 20 years before. Kudos though for actually addressing the question of what caused the sudden change, rather than
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If you read the article carefully, what you find is that Facebook moderators appear to be focusing on instances where one race targets another. For example, when the African American woman in the article makes a blanket post about white peo
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Excellent ideas except for the last one - strengthening courts undermines democracy and puts too much power in the hands of unelected officials. Everyone loves courts when they are stacked for your side. This effect is magnified the more po
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Many people initially responded angrily because it was reported on by the media as an anti-diversity memo and purposely mischaracterized Damore's intentions. Also the versions initially published had all citations removed making it loo
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Damore's memo was in favor of diversity. Left and Right alike favor diversity, it how you get there where they disagree. Diversity does not mean supporting the thought police, encouraging mob mentalities, and adopting zero tolerance at
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Damore is the victim of an aggressive and intolerant mob. I am certainly not victim blaming.

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