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by uberman 3y ago
We would never pay for a recommendation nor recommend that a client pay for one, but there are lots if valuable alumni networks that we help clients leverage. I'm not sure how much I can say about activities that help vs those that are
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We work with families, but the initiation always comes from parents. The kids are typically eager and nervous. The parents anxious while attempting to appear confident. On paper, the child is the client and we work with them. In practice, t
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Candidates are evaluated on their circumstances and goals and then we develop a plan to achieve goals that are within reach. We basically get affluent kids into reach schools. We cant get a C student into and ivy/ivy-like school but ou
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I cant read past the paywall, but I do work for such a consultancy and if you have questions that dont lead to proprietary answers I would be happy to try to address them. The one question I'll not answer is who the group is. I'm
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I don't buy their invasive species argument, however I can think of three reasons not to let your cats outside. First, I would not want to resk my cats to predation. Fisher, coyote, and eagle all would make a meal out if a beloved pet
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The contrarian is not wrong, but neither is the OP. At least from my perspective. When we moved to our current semi rural property there were birds and squirrels even flying squirrels all over. Our property is a ranch but out house sits in
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13.5 yards to go from 0 to 60mph seems high? How far did you anticipate it would take to reach that speed?
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Is it new that I need to login to view reddit?
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about 0.11 football fields were required to reach 100km/h
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If everyone is standing do you really want to be the fist to sit down? Particularly when the evidence is clear that if you do and basically any significant percent of the audience does not that you will see and hear only 50% of the show? Th
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Why should they? The overwhelming evidence says that a degree in higher ed is a financially great decision.
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The main argument being that universities don't teach they certify attributes that employers value. Employers value higher education and will pay a premium for it. I'm not sure that diminishes the argument in favor of it.
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The US government produces reports that show average income for degrees offered by institution by field of study. You can find it here: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data You can check the average earning ten years post g
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Popular opinion has it that the eastern half of the US does not yet have the cell capacity to serve the demand related to population density. For example see this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments&#x
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I guess this is why VCs don't sign NDAs.
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I worked in this space for years. There are some colleges and majors that are a wash and a very few that are net negative, but the majority are net positive and the best are typically net positive several million in lifetime earnings even c
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Well not being an expert in the field, this is admittedly an extrapolation. However, what I have read is that after first use, spent fule still has 90% of its energy. Potentially we discard 9 times the available energy. I offered 3 to 5 tim
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Yes, and at many "elite institutions". Just looking at the roster of the "club" for the sport I coach I see several former NCAA players on the roster. This club might bill itself as welcoming any level of skill, but the
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See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30430789
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Sure, but since some states do it, it seems to me that getting 3 or 5 times the energy out our your fule before discarding it is something we should explore even if we ultimately bury it in the end.
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We go to a lot of effort to try to safeguard storage of spent fuel. But did you know such fuel still has 90% of its energy and can be reused? https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-fast-facts-about-spent-... we just
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I've given your resume the once over. Take your lead out. That is not relevant and in fact diminishes your experience. If you want to address internship in a cover letter that is fine. You talk a great deal about what you have accompli
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I think one reason is historically, if you and I own property next to each other but you pay twice the property tax that I pay, the public might have an interest in knowing who I was and how I got a sweetheart assessment. If you want to obf
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Since the moderator strike, I have noticed much less hostility of late. That might be pure coincidence though. Question quality seems to pick up when school is not in session.
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Also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guus_Berkhout
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If each posts might take you two hours, is there any real danger of you publishing more than one or two a day?
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My mother in law was refused a liver transplant because she refused to stop drinking. There are only so many donors and demand far exceeds the supply. I'm sorry that both this person and my mother in law have passed but I also accept t
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How long will it take you to write a quality well informed technical post?
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I almost never drive 500 miles in a day, but I coach a nationally competitive sports team and tournaments are frequently 250 to 300 miles from where i live. Even at 100 miles i would be uncomfortable to drive to the tournament without knowi

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