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by rubashov 16y ago
> but income mobility is much higher in Scandinavia Apples to apples, not really. The comparison would be between people of Scandinavian descent in the US and Norwegians generally. The people of Scandinavian descent in the US are also
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by rubashov 16y ago
The lambda stuff is in g++ 4.5, which is a stable release, right? It's not really experimental.
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by rubashov 16y ago
Wording revised. Identical twin studies show it is determined by genetics.
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by rubashov 16y ago
Nobody is playing games and perhaps you should look up "perhaps". He presents the idea that poor people are incapable of raising their children as a useful fact. The only way this information could be useful is some sort of policy of inte
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by rubashov 16y ago
I don't know anything about genes and "verbal ability" studies. But the cold hard fact is that IQ is highly genetically heritable and is very strongly correlated to schooling and professional outcomes. Look, we can strip babies away from t
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by rubashov 16y ago
Alternative theory: "modern, postindustrial society" means dysfunctional economy. > Men dominate just two of the 15 job categories projected to grow the most over the next decade: janitor and computer engineer. Women have everything els
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by rubashov 16y ago
> the white will likely get more jobs than the black guy. All else held equal, that is simply not true in modern America. There are very powerful incentives to hire the equivalently qualified black guy in order to avoid lawsuits. Anywa
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by rubashov 16y ago
This ignores the nature over nurture reality of the situation, I'm afraid. Genes matter.
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by rubashov 16y ago
50mg Trazodone + ear plugs + eye mask. It's like teleportation.
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by rubashov 16y ago
> neither Perl5 nor Perl6 seem to offer much for developers Saying that Perl 6 offers nothing is just ridiculous. If a fast and solid implementation appeared today it would blow the competition out of the water.
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by rubashov 16y ago
This article repeatedly paints Neanderthals as a dead end. It has very recently (like last three months) been proved by genetic sequencing of Neanderthal remains that humans and Neanderthals interbred. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/sc