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by tharne 6y ago
How is it "like eugenics" to state that children inherit genes from their parents, and are often similar in many ways to their parents? That just sounds like biology. It's not helpful to trivialize terms like "eugenics&q
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by tharne 6y ago
I'm pretty sure they mean that if two parents are of above average intelligence then they're more likely to produce children of above average intelligence.
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by tharne 6y ago
What's more, is that a "C" at most ivies is equivalent to an "F" at any other school. You don't get big donations by failing out the mediocre children of presidents and senators.
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by tharne 6y ago
Why are legacy admissions irresponsible? The author points out the schools have every incentive to maximize profit centers, and legacy admissions are a great way to do that. You admit four of five generations of a family, you'd better
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by tharne 6y ago
This is just arguing semantics. Whether you call it a tax or a fee, or whatever else, the fact remains that it's a form rent-seeking, which is clearly the point of the piece.
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by tharne 6y ago
The replies here are neither flippant nor pat. The phrase "reasonable expectation of privacy" comes directly from a supreme court ruling on the topic of privacy in public spaces. Whether or not you think people should be entitled
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by tharne 6y ago
A public protest is, by definition, in public. There isn't what the Supreme Court would call a "reasonable expectation of privacy".
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by tharne 6y ago
People with home surveillance cameras can give the footage to whomever they want, including the police, so long as that footage was obtained lawfully.
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by tharne 6y ago
And yet if the police weren't present, these very same protestors would likely accuse the police of "institutional racism" for failing to protect the protestors.
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by tharne 6y ago
That reminds me of the way my company and others frequently urge employees to bring their "whole selves to work", meaning of course, bring your whole self to work so long as your whole self espouses views that are confined to an e
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by tharne 6y ago
100%. When I need to remotely help less experienced users solve some issue on a remote server, those controls in footer are incredibly useful.
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by tharne 6y ago
_Python Crash Course_ This book is aimed squarely at beginners, but it's excellent for that purpose.
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by tharne 6y ago
Too bad they can't be sued for ruining countless businesses with mindless self-serving "advice" meant to do nothing more than get their contracts re-upped. The whole business is a scam built around sending in some 26 year-old
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by tharne 6y ago
This is incorrect. The premiums and fees paid to and by private insurers subsidize things like medicare and medicaid, which have such low reimbursement rates that they could not stand on their own without serious changes to the underlying s
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by tharne 6y ago
That's not true at all. The U.S. government spends more per person on healthcare than many European countries and regulates more as well, and yet has significantly higher healthcare costs. There are myriad reasons for this, which I&#x2
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by tharne 6y ago
It seems like the left is already doing that, just in the opposite direction. Poverty has continued to decrease in the U.S. so we longer talk about it much, instead we focus on "income inequality" because it serves a particular po
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by tharne 6y ago
This is really well-stated. The goal should be reducing poverty, not inequality. China for example has drastically reduced the number of people living in poverty while also seeing massive increases in income inequality. Few people would mak
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by tharne 6y ago
I don't know why we always go back to income inequality, it's not a useful metric. What matters is how many people are living good, prosperous lives. You can have have income equality simply by keeping everyone equally poor, or yo
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by tharne 6y ago
This is exactly right. Author Nassim Taleb has written on this extensively. He calls it "The Dominance of the Stubborn Minority". A dedicated and stubborn minority can gradually impose their preferences on a majority who does not
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by tharne 6y ago
> To be blunt, once the [mediocre] MBAs start realizing that the engineers are getting paid more than they are, the pressure to reduce engineering compensation is strong. I work in a different industry, but it's the same story every
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by tharne 6y ago
Unions tend to incentivize low performers and prevent companies from adapting to changing conditions. Since it's next to impossible to get fired from a union shop, lower performers and less ambitious tend to stick around because it&#x2
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by tharne 6y ago
I think you're right. There's been this long held belief that you can't create the level of prosperity seen in the U.S. and Europe without having a free(ish) and open society. China is showing everyone that there's anoth
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by tharne 6y ago
An oligopoly is not an example of the "Free Market". It's the opposite.
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by tharne 6y ago
That's true. At least in the U.S. anti-trust laws require you to show that the company engaged in certain actions with the _intent_ of creating a monopoly.
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by tharne 6y ago
In my experience, they get paid more.
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by tharne 6y ago
That was unexpected. Certainly no love lost between those two. Very impressive stand on the part of Merkel, shows some real backbone.
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by tharne 6y ago
Why wouldn't you expect an honest answer?
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by tharne 6y ago
Fair enough. At least be dependent on somebody without a near monopoly on the service you need.
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by tharne 6y ago
Run your own metal.
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by tharne 6y ago
Companies don't have morals, they have interests. You're just being realistic.

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