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by syzarian 4y ago
I have no idea why you were downvoted for this comment. The change, in my opinion ought to include a cap on wealth and enough pay for politicians that they can govern while living in a very comfortable lifestyle. Present day pay ought to
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Yes. It is also a systemic failure. Wealth inequality tempts too many people in the penumbra of human morality that lies between those who are saints and those who are evil.
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That many people find this acceptable is disconcerting. We have a revolving door system whereby the top regulator knows they will get a nice payout by the regulated after their days of regulating end. Clinton’s Secretary of Treasury got a
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by syzarian 4y ago
Great example. It demonstrates you don’t know how to teach the subject. Your Skittles example won’t help with explaining how to add ax + bx. To generalize the concept of combining like terms we need to refer to the distributive property.
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by syzarian 4y ago
I think long term Putin’s alliance of despots - North Korea, Iran, Syria, China - will not prove successful or stable. It is a “win” as you put it. Catering to Russia’s feeble imperial ambitions regarding to the former Soviet republics is
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by syzarian 4y ago
Here’s an example that illustrates my position. Due to experience with teaching mathematics I know that it requires a lot of effort to convince a student that the reason 2x+3x is 5x is because of the distributive property. One could not p
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by syzarian 4y ago
I do not know how to teach physics to a 10th grade student. I don’t know the subject well enough to explain it. I don’t know it well enough to come up with insightful examples. I especially don’t know chemistry, biology, literature, and o
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by syzarian 4y ago
I have a question about home schooling in general. I'm a teacher with 20+ years of mathematics teaching experience at a community college. I don't know how to teach physics, chemistry, literature, reading, grammar, biology, etc.
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by syzarian 4y ago
I think your interpretation is wrong. The EPA was given the power to regulate emissions but the court is going in the direction that Congress must be much more explicit and state exactly which emissions can be regulated. They are requirin
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Quashing a riot and beating a detained suspect are drastically different exertions of police violence. Police should not mete out extra judicial punishment with impunity.
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by syzarian 4y ago
I make no political judgments or make aspirations toward conservatives. It’s just that this case is an example of conflicting policy goals of a particular political movement. It is an interesting case for that reason (among others). Regar
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In common parlance “police” and “member of a law enforcement agency with powers of arrest” mean the same thing
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by syzarian 4y ago
This is an example of where conflicting policy goals of a political movement clash. Conservatives in the U.S. decry big government and have a general distaste for unrestricted government. Their justices on the Supreme Court seem to be in f
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Simply put the letter says, “I hope my alliance of autocrats works out and has a bright future. Please help!”
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by syzarian 4y ago
What’s interesting about this discussion is that she had far more results in mathematics than physics. She was a pioneer in commutative algebra and discovered a lot of fundamental theorems and concepts in commutative algebra.
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by syzarian 4y ago
Since execution squads, and genocide have occurred in economic systems that aren’t self described as communist it’s worthwhile to inquire about what is typical about such occurrences. Generally, it is too much power in too few hands. This o
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by syzarian 4y ago
I did not claim that I could make it happen. I claimed that it was possible. Note that Deng changed PRC from personalist dictatorship to an autocracy that had much more decentralization. He wanted one party rule but not all power in the h
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by syzarian 4y ago
It is possible to have communism without concentrated, uncontested power. We have seen no such implementation as of yet but it can happen. As with most revolutions there is a period of absolutism that follows its success.
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Communism does not lead to deaths and genocide. Concentrated, uncontested power does.
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When you add in the broadcast tv fee, regional sports fee, HD technology fee, and any other fess it won’t be a better deal in terms of cost.
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by syzarian 4y ago
That sounds reasonable. Thanks for the clarification.
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by syzarian 4y ago
I don’t know about him but the argument that he sucks because of the examples given is not valid reasoning. How do you know he is so bad? You made a claim that if he is the best then there is no value in that business. Do you have more t
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by syzarian 4y ago
Yes, but that hasn’t been established in the case of Cramer. That is, it hasn’t been shown that he is worse than other knowledgeable people. People need to be in the prediction business because it is prudent to try to plan for foreseeable
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by syzarian 4y ago
Anyone in the prediction business will make lots of mistakes. If we discount anything a person says because they made incorrect predictions in the past then we will have to discount what everyone says. We should judge the statement on its
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by syzarian 4y ago
Your analysis is incorrect and overly simplistic. Being a landlord is not always profitable. The fewer rentals one has the more likely it is to be unprofitable. Economies of scale work in the rental market just like they do in other mark
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by syzarian 4y ago
The calculation is much more complicated that you imply here. Everyone pays an average monthly cost to live in a “home”. Those who own their home still pay an average monthly cost in the form of maintenance, property taxes & assessment
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We aren’t talking about private schools. We are talking about whether or not there is a chant similar to “defund the police” for public schools. The answer is yes there is.
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In my system what happens is a contract is negotiated for a period of time. During this period of time we agree to not strike. Once the contract ends we can strike. In 20 years in my system I have never experienced a situation in which a
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by syzarian 4y ago
Police hold municipalities hostage if they don’t get their way in terms of protection from prosecution for violating peoples’ civil rights and for exerting nonjudicial punishments. In my city a councilman complained about police brutality
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by syzarian 4y ago
I think you might not understand the situation. A person can’t realistically live for 30+ years at $1,000 per month. So while it is true that I can retire right now it wouldn’t be efficacious to do so. You mentioned retiring at 60. I’m

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