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by zoolily 5y ago
The warehouse workers worked for it, just like the founder. The distribution of profits between the two isn't a natural law. It's the outcome of a particular regulatory environment that the very wealthy have created over the last
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by zoolily 5y ago
In the sciences after tenure, you have to bring in grant funding to keep your lab running and your postdocs and students paid. Summer salaries for faculty and teaching load reductions are funded from faculty grants as well. While conditions
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by zoolily 6y ago
Computer science is a combination of fields, including mathematics (theory of computation, cryptography), empirical science (empirical software engineering, HCI, etc.), and engineering.
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by zoolily 6y ago
It might be more interesting to read a different Feynman biography. I read Genius first, then Mehra's The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, which I liked better.
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by zoolily 6y ago
Hunter-gatherers were considerably taller than farmers.
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by zoolily 6y ago
Since most states have had public nudity laws on the books for many decades that haven't been struck down as unconstitutional, I don't see how regulations requiring masks in a time of pandemic would be a problem. Natural rights ar
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by zoolily 6y ago
While unqualified dividends are taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividends are taxed at much lower rates. Qualification status basically requires you to have owned the stock for a couple months. You can see the details in layman's l
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by zoolily 6y ago
I would love to see proper training, but it seems that much of the training is on pseudoscientific nonsense. See https://theintercept.com/2020/08/12/blueleaks-law-enforcemen... for some examples.