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by xyzzyz 4y ago
So I take it you won’t take the other side of the bet, then? Just as I thought.
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
Yes, this is an international forum, so you should stop chiding people for not adhering to the preferred spelling of your corner of the world.
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I find these theories attributing mass megafauna extinction to changes in climate rather unconvincing, for very simple reason: it would be an extreme coincidence that dozens of species that lived there for literally millions of years al
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
This is not surprising at all. For most of our history, most humans societies were only barely able to feed themselves. All growth in food supply was quickly matched by population growth. The population densities of hunter-gatherer societie
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
This is often repeated, because it is true. Just asserting it is false with no evidence is not very convincing. Let’s compare solar growth with pumped storage growth. In 2010, US had 0.9 GW of installed solar power generation capacity. In 2
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
I was being charitable here. The less charitable alternative is that the person I was responding to was familiar with the literature, but nevertheless engaged in willful deception.
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
> I didn't mean to imply that the SAT or grades are not predictive of future performance, only that lower socio-economic statuses will correlate to lower SAT grades in the first place, ie your (a) proposal in the second source. Why
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
HOAs are much better, not worse replacement. If I don’t like HOA rules, I have more ability to affect these than to affect county, state or federal level rules. I can also vote with my feet by moving out of HOA, to a different HOA or even t
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
These pumped storage plants are great. However, just like standard hydroelectric plants, they do not scale easily. You cannot build them just about anywhere, you need rather specific conditions, like suitable topography or availability of w
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
Not sure what your point is. My point is that controlling for SES is useless in context of the predictive validity of SAT. Regardless of the degree in which socioeconomic factor casually influence test scores and educational outcomes, you
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You seem to be completely unfamiliar with the research in the field. It is well known that controlling for socioeconomic factors does not substantially impact predictive validity of standardized tests. See for example https://j
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Basically nobody is hassled about their immigration status in the US these days, except when they either are caught crossing the border, or commit a serious crime which in latter case sometimes results in expulsion. But other than these two
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I don’t think that it’s a problem. If a facility is designed for civilian products, and can only work on government contracts inefficiently, that sounds like… all government contracts in recent memory. It is well known that US government ov
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
Correct: this is also why we ban importation of foreign food, so they Americans can keep at least BASIC knowledge of agriculture. Similarly, we require that air transportation in US is only done on US made planes, so that US keeps at least
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
You are wrong. Look up what average commute time is in US. 40+ minute commutes are uncharacteristic, except for a small fraction of Americans who live in a handful of metros.
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It costs as much in California, because of activism that deliberately makes it more expensive than necessary and then claims that it is too expensive to make sense. California could strike a deal with Kentucky, Oklahoma, or Nevada to send t
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
My car was broken into three times in Seattle over part 5 years, two times in Ballard and once in West Seattle.
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
So you agree that China at least has a good chance of winning this war conventionally, and will not have to “immediately use the "do what we say or we'll nuke you"” nuclear threat? That’s my point here, I am not really intere
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
No, I just grew up in a formerly communist country, and when you ask me for an example, the nation-sized experiment I brought up is the first thing that comes to my mind. You never specified you want to ask about US in particular, and I don
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As I said, I think the government should outsource the entire business. Just give parents education vouchers, and let them choose the education they want for their kids. I think every parent should be able to hire a private teacher, not onl
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
Have you heard about Soviet Union before? I hear that things have significantly improved in its former borders since it’s gone.
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Why nuke? Why assume that China cannot achieve military success using conventional means? Observe that "the world" will not be helping Taiwan. India won't. Russia won't. Brazil won't. Nigeria won't. Pakistan w
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
This is not a "zero-sum situation". There's no such thing as a fixed pool of teachers that everyone is competing against. The number of teachers, who count as a teacher etc, it all depends. For example, public schools typical
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
You’re missing the point, which is that we very much did not arm Ukraine ahead of time, just like we are not arming Taiwan right now in required volumes. China could literally blockade Taiwan tomorrow, and our arms are simply not there. Wha
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
Why is it unfortunate? If the government organized government funded meals for children in government funded restaurants, ran by government employees, would you also find it unfortunate if regular people were able to afford feeding their ow
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Just like we did with Ukraine?
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How do you provide weapons to Taiwan if Chinese Navy blockades Taiwan?
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Every single person is a member of a protected class. Men are just as much a protected class as women are, and whites are just as much a protected class as blacks are. At least, this is what the law says, because I don’t think that all of t
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As US is becoming less Europeanized, less Anglo, less liberal, through the large scale population replacement, you yourself will get to experience what it’s like to live in a society that values the liberal values much less than the people
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by xyzzyz 4y ago
> If you don't think professional conduct means accurately representing a course of treatment and it's risk I don't know what to say to you. What if, you know, accurately representing a course of treatment required contrad

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