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by yequalsx 15y ago
The data at my college shows that students who get an A or B in a math class have a very high probability of passing the next math class. Students who get a C in a math class have a much lower probability of passing the next math class. I
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I think corruption is loosely tied to wealth inequality. I suspect that large variations in the top 5% have to do with this. Humans have a tendency to compare themselves to those who have more. To whoever is at the next level. We tend to
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by yequalsx 15y ago
Only .mv4 is supported. I hardly think that 30 students watching a Youtube video is going to bring Youtube down. Given the ubiquity of internet connections I don't think this is too hard a requirement. Presently, all digital mathematics c
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by yequalsx 15y ago
That's a fair point. I'm in higher education and our school doesn't buy books. I've created video lectures using Camtasia using a Wacom tablet and pen. The notes are in PDF format and I've created my own exercises. Students for one of m
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by yequalsx 15y ago
Unless the books published by iBooks Author can be played on devices not made by Apple I don't see how this is a big deal. I know books can be exported to PDF but a PDF doesn't have the same capabilities as an iBook2 on an iPad. I tried cr
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I almost hate the Fire. I have a Kindle Touch and I thought the interface between the two devices would at least be consistent. In the Fire to bring up the menu when reading a book you tap the bottom of the screen. In the Touch you tap th
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by yequalsx 15y ago
JP Morgan bribed the officials. Your analogy is a bad one.
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by yequalsx 15y ago
Yes, the problem is Ballmer. He is extremely shortsighted. Witness his scoffing at the iPhone when it was introduced [1]. Then watch his claim that the iPad is just another PC form factor [2]. He also laughed about the Macbook Air [3].
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by yequalsx 15y ago
The really frustrating thing about Tauzin is that he and his party love to say that government can't do anything right or efficient. Well, government certainly can't do anything right or efficient if laws are written specifically to make i
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Microsoft looking to develop TV channel for XBox Live(bloomberg.com)
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by yequalsx 15y ago
You previously equated doing an immoral thing with being evil. Now you equate my statement: "It is sometimes advisable for society as a whole to look out for our long term interests and this is a good thing." with knowing what is best for
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by yequalsx 15y ago
Your income increases when a road isn't built? Who pays for the increase in your income when a road isn't built? You are not using profit in a standard way.
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by yequalsx 15y ago
There's a big gap between someone who does something morally wrong and being an evil person. My income is not increased because I made a decision to deny someone health care. I am not profiting from making decisions to deny coverage to so
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I never stated a belief about whether or not education is a public good. The person I responded to stated that law enforcement is a public good but not education. I wanted to know why he/she thought this. I don't see how one can be consi
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I don't think Sliders is a good reference for discussions on health care policy. I don't think you not spending money to build an object causes you to profit. Maybe you are using the term profit in a nonstandard way. It is wrong in every
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I think you don't understand what a public good is. A public good is not something that is paid for by public funds. Here is a reference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good
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by yequalsx 15y ago
Phoenix Online provides a very good counterexample to your belief that "A school that has only profitability as it's goal will be outed as such in a free market, and will not be chosen by consumers that care more about their children's expe
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I don't see how law enforcement is more of a public good than education. There is enough wealth in the country, and enough means to provide decent education to everyone and decent law enforcement. Why is education not a public good when l
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by yequalsx 15y ago
The goal of a healthcare system ought to maximizing the health of the people. The goal of an educational system ought to be maximizing learning. Perhaps a free market system (used very loosely) with the goal of pursuing profits would, as a
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by yequalsx 15y ago
Until Google demonstrates that they understand how to handle customer service I will never use this service. Google is horrible when it comes to dealing with customers.
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by yequalsx 15y ago
The quote doesn't imply that improving your product is the only thing that works. The quote is that nothing works better than this. Besides, I think it's fair to say that Microsoft generally improves its products with each iteration. The
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I don't think so. There is zero chance that Netflix can produce enough original content to give it an advantage by producing shows. It is easy for Amazon, Google, or Apple to pay for exclusive content if that were to become necessary. Net
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I don't think Netflix will be around as an independent company for more than 5 years. Netflix doesn't have a single advantage save one. It has an installed user base. I'm a Netflix user but I wouldn't think twice about switching to anoth
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I second your comments. I'll add a bit to them. The web browser is very slow. It's really bad. I try to scroll and sometimes have to really press hard with my fingers to get it to respond. Sometimes no response. I thought reading a book
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by yequalsx 15y ago
This is why I never buy first generation hardware/software. There are always bugs and whatnot. However, I did make an exception for the Fire. I thought that they would surely have a top notch book reading app. I guess I was wrong. I mo
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by yequalsx 15y ago
The statements are not contradictory at all. Some local storage is needed for people who will out of range of wi-fi. Like airplane travelers. But they don't need a lot of local storage. People just need enough local storage to bridge t
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I was planning to get an iPad. I thought Apple would update the iPad 2 for the holidays but they didn't. Then Amazon came out with announcement of the Kindle Fire. For less than the price of an iPad I can get 2 Kindle Fires and 1 Kindle T
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I've found Berlin to be a bit of a cluterfuck. I stay in Kruezburg near the Kotti so this probably skews my perceptions. Everyday there is a battle between pedestrians, bicyclists, and cars. Each group fighting each other. I agree that a
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by yequalsx 15y ago
My experience with LMS providers is that they are 10 years behind the times. I submitted a bug report to the one my college uses. The system would change custom javascript code and I couldn't use embed tags. Now they have a workaround fo
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by yequalsx 15y ago
I had been thinking about getting an iPad. But iPad has some deficiencies which kept me on the fence. I was hoping for an update but none came. Then Amazon came out with its announcement. I ended up preordering a Kindle Touch but now am

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