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by swatow 12y ago
Free market economics is often intentionally misunderstood because it doesn't fit into anyone's ideologies. The left ignore the benefits of the free market, and pretend that there is a better system out there. They selfishly expe
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by swatow 12y ago
It would turn that around and say that people who pretend to defend free markets support limited liability companies as a pragmatic solution, while people who pretend to support free markets, but want to have the social cred of rebelling ag
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by swatow 12y ago
How about "Conservatives who believe that labor and environment rules are excessive and heavy handed, should support ISDS because it will also allow these rules to be challenged for being protectionist. Libertarians should be encourag
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by swatow 12y ago
Where did you get the 50,000 figure? The mainstream media is reporting "thousands". You seem to think that the Muslim issue is there to distract the masses, but everyone has a different view of what the "real problem" i
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by swatow 12y ago
It's a difficult point to argue without going into specifics because everyone has a different concept of what the nature of the government is, and so they will interpret being propaganda for the government differently. E.g. Chomsky see
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by swatow 12y ago
Who is going to pay the parent a survivable wage? And how is that person going to get the money to pay them? People are starving (well usually the problem is that they are very poor, not literally starving) because they don't have mon
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by swatow 12y ago
Free trade is not a euphemism when it means eliminating tariffs. It allows a lot of good things like Chinese workers being able to earn $2 an hour instead of $0.20 an hour. EDIT: $2 an hour is from about 5 years ago when Chinese manufacturi
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by swatow 12y ago
What is a "trade agreement" that isn't a free trade agreement? And what is a worst offender than the luxury car tax? I guess corn subsidies are an example.
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by swatow 12y ago
I'm a big supporter of free trade, but the article makes some good points. Free trade agreements where companies agree not to impose import tariffs are a simple and good way to encourage free trade. But when it comes to government re
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by swatow 12y ago
The problem with theory papers like this is you an prove anything with the right model. Economics is not physics. It's very hard to create a model where you get out more than you put in. So if you have some plausible idea, it's
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by swatow 12y ago
Really it's just Whites who are under attack. When poor or redneck Whites live in their own way, the are characterized as uneducated violent brutes who are in need of education and culture. And yet when middle class Whites act decently
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by swatow 12y ago
You obviously have no understanding that the world is much bigger than the context where you are comparing a particular Software Engineering degree with other CS degrees. When compared across the whole world, CS and Software Engineering ar
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by swatow 12y ago
It's difficult to have this discussion with you when you make the same confusing changes to the argument as the author does in the article. I'm well aware that the article went on to debunk the $19 an hour figure. But in that par
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by swatow 12y ago
I agree that the article was poorly written, and using the $19 an hour figure to make a point, then debunking the $19 an hour figure later to make a different point, was a poor way to structure the argument. The final take home pay after
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by swatow 12y ago
I got that, but even in that context, it doesn't make sense to ask why Uber is still an attractive option when they only offer $19 an hour, when clearly that would be an attractive option to many people.
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by swatow 12y ago
This article struck me as illogical and out of touch. ...a more recent study commissioned by Uber reported that the typical Uber X and Uber Black drivers make about $19 an hour after paying Uber’s 20 percent commission ... yet that hasn’t
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by swatow 12y ago
Poe's law in effect here.
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by swatow 12y ago
The Docker logo is cute because it isn't trying to be cute.
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by swatow 12y ago
Your post strikes me as confirmation bias. There is nothing in the story that directly suggests they were rejected based on culture fit. Neither were the questions especially vague or of topic
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by swatow 12y ago
Let's suppose I knew no philosophy. How does this concretely effect how I would make a particular decision? Can you be specific? If I were designing human medical trials, then I agree that a course in ethics would be in order. But a
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by swatow 12y ago
In my post I asked for situations that these courses would enable a person to deal with significantly better. I agree that a person could be placed in a situation where they were asked to do something against the public welfare. But I do
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by swatow 12y ago
>A system like Canada's would be nice to have to eliminate the cheapening of the title. Are the egos of the "real" engineers really worth the additional burden of this regulation? At best, it stops people using a word t
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by swatow 12y ago
I don't know if it's better to give children under three peanuts or not, but I don't see why it's fair to characterize the people who advise against it, as accusing people of being "Bad Parents". Has the advice
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by swatow 12y ago
Can you give an example of an ethical problem that might be faced by a software engineer, that is covered by these courses, and that these courses would enable a person to deal with significantly better.
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by swatow 12y ago
But why would a person need formal accreditation of they felt that they did possess the required background (assuming it was legal, which it is in Australia and the US). You are trying to impose the standards of the people who granted you
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by swatow 12y ago
The author states "...the data suggest that faculty hiring isn’t a simple meritocracy. The top schools generate far more professors than even just slightly less prestigious schools. For example, in history, the top 10 schools produce t
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by swatow 12y ago
#1 : tech workers are not under attack. Your suggestion that they are and a far drawn remark that it relates to the oppression faced by blacks/jews is an appeal to extremes and is a logical fallacy. Why is it an appeal to extremes?
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by swatow 12y ago
I'm very familiar with other viewpoints. You are the one who is unable to really engage with my arguments, because you prefer cheap shots and personal insults. Your whole post is dripping with condescension, but you haven't addr
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by swatow 12y ago
Asians play a doubly unfortunate role in the anti racist movement. On the one hand, they share the same guilt as Whites, since they cooperate with and benefit from White society. On the other hand, anti Asian sentiment is used as an escape
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by swatow 12y ago
I don't think that people who criticize tech workers are only saying that it would be bad if everyone was a tech worker because the city would be less diverse. Rather, they also claim that tech workers contribute less, and are general

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