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by yequalsx 9y ago
The discussion was about the U.S. and it's lack care for it's citizens. Since immigration in the U.S. is not the cause of this then bringing up immigration is a red herring. If the discussion were about the effects of immigratio
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by yequalsx 9y ago
I was responding to jimmy1's post. In there jimmy1 specifically mentions cost of providing for immigrants. ... story gets changed when all of a sudden your government no longer has the means to take care of everyone. Since the per
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by yequalsx 9y ago
America is one of the biggest (land-mass wise) and most diverse places in the world. There are tons of experiences to have. There are no places in the U.S. that provide universal healthcare. There are no places in the U.S. in which publi
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by yequalsx 9y ago
...someone is literally taking money away from you to pay for something you might not need – thats hardly freedom. Every society beyond a certain size in the history of world has done this so making this statement is not relevant unless y
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by yequalsx 9y ago
There is an excellent College Algerva I and College Algebra II open source textbook. It’s very high quality. There is a passable Calculus I and Calculus II open source textbook. I haven’t found any other high quality opens source textboo
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by yequalsx 9y ago
I teach math at a community college. The courses we teach cover content that hasn’t meaningfully changed in a long time yet textbooks change frequently. About 10 years ago I decided that I would never require paid content for my courses.
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Back in the early 80s when Reagan was decrying welfare and it's costs vs. benefits he joked that it would be cheaper for the U.S. government to abandon the relevant federal agencies and just send recipients a check each month. Full ci
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by yequalsx 9y ago
I believe you are using the word 'regressive' incorrectly then. Of course, just forgiving all student loans will disproportionately help some who don't need it. But in the U.S. we've decided against universal, public h
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by yequalsx 9y ago
It depends on the society and how it is structured. Generally, no.
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by yequalsx 9y ago
If we are going to have a society worth caring about and living in then we have to have shared burdens. Sometimes I’ll help pay for something I’ll never use for the benefit of others. The go it alone mentality leads to a shitty society.
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by yequalsx 9y ago
It’s partially regressive (not all of the money to fund this would come from regressive taxes) but it’s in everyone’s interest to have an educated society that isn’t unduly debt burdened once they leave college. We all benefit from this. S
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by yequalsx 9y ago
I didn’t say it was bad for them to carry debt. It’s bad for them to carry a lot of debt. Yes, it was not a great argument for spending a trillion dollars on student loan forgiveness. Mostly I was pointing out how out of whack the moral p
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by yequalsx 9y ago
I can’t say it’s the most effective or most moral way to spend a trillion dollars. I can say it’s much more moral and effective than spending a trillion dollars on waging useless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s much more moral and effe
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by yequalsx 9y ago
They are using the word democracy in the colloquial sense. If you read the article it’s clear they are talking about a growing disconnect between policy makers’ decisions and the needs/wants of the public. Just saying, “never has bee
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by yequalsx 9y ago
This seems a bit simplistic. I mean, it's not the case that all markets are dominated by huge mega corps. There are thriving businesses that are not on the scale of Google, AirBnB, Microsoft, etc. If a startup in Switzerland gets tr
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by yequalsx 9y ago
All of my devices are Apple devices. A crappy Dell laptop and my disasstifaction with Windows led me to switch to Apple 12 years ago. I loved the Mac operating system and that momentum got me to buy iPads and their phones. I use Apple Mus
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Developing drugs costs money. Marketing them does too. Which one has more money spent on it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/11/big-p...
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by yequalsx 9y ago
What about government funding research? It doesn’t have to be just rich people or corporations. It could be all of us in the form of government. I believe that most of a drug’s overall cost is marketing. I might be wrong on this but it
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by yequalsx 9y ago
The people who do the actual discovery are not paid an exorbitant amount of money. They mostly just want to do research and solve problems while living a comfortable life. A pharma company making billions in profit isn’t necessary. It’s
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by yequalsx 9y ago
I don't have kids but it seems to me that the way the U.S. is structured for middle and upper middle class families exacerbates the issue. Suburbs are not walkable communities. Kids don't seem to play in the streets in their nei
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by yequalsx 9y ago
There are lots of concepts whose understanding is a world class talent. In mathematics one would be hard pressed to find 10 people who have read and really understand Hironaka's Resolution of Singularities. There are many, many conce
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by yequalsx 9y ago
I'm not missing the point. You are. Take a person with a 30 IQ. This is a person with severe mental retardation. That person clearly will never learn enough to command a high salary doing software consulting. That's an extrem
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by yequalsx 9y ago
I didn't say anything about being an introvert or any other personality type. I don't know patio11 or anyone else who commands high consulting fees. But clearly it is more than just knowledge that gets patio11 high fees. There
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by yequalsx 9y ago
As an extreme counter example can a person with an IQ or 50 do it? Clearly not. So not everyone can. There’s a range of abilities and personality types. I suspect the number of people with the ability/personality type necessary for
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Laptop sales have been declining overall since 2011. I’m not sure looking at unit sales declining is enough evidence that they have made a mistake. I got no dog in this fight. I don’t care either way but it seems foolish to think they ha
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by yequalsx 9y ago
They are not strapped for cash but they evidently don’t think it’s worthwhile to build what you exactly want. They can’t meet all needs of all users. They already have a spectrum of products. It appears one more is not what they think is
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by yequalsx 9y ago
It's possible that Apple has analyzed the market and done some research and concluded that what you want would not generate enough profit vs. their current offerings. Your money that they left on the table is most likely dwarfed by th
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by yequalsx 9y ago
I'm not talking about the CWA's reaction to this. I'm talking about Trump's reaction and what he might pressure the Attorney General to do. I think both of those men are highly corrupt and without scruples. To me it i
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by yequalsx 9y ago
Yes, giving $1000 to a low level employee isn't going to help. Giving $200 million to low level employees and saying, "It's because of this great tax bill that the President championed", is going to help. It soothes hi
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by yequalsx 9y ago
The cynic in me says that this is AT&T paying $200 million to garner goodwill for their takeover of Time Warner. The announcement is a boon for the President and I do not doubt that pressure will be applied to the Department of Justice

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