The "economy" is not just what is captured in formally taxable income. Large swaths of the economy is composed by absolutely essential reproductive labor that receives no direct monetary compensation. Conversely, the…
This article is a jumble of broad strokes of conjecture with effectively zero empirical substance that vaguely alludes the just nature of the "meritocracy"; I have a hard time not interpreting it as a puff piece for the…
I've never used PM, but just ran through sign-up for their free service. What could they do differently with regards to this issue? Simple. Make the legal limitations of their service -- or at least their understanding…
Also says that developers will not be prevented from converting existing apps to "reader" apps, or submitting brand new "reader" apps. Further, "reader" app appears to be defined as "an app used solely for the viewing,…
> Now is that true? No. The root cause of the embargo is, manifestly, that the Cuban Revolution ousted American capital interests from the island and gave the preverbal finger to US economic hegemony. All else is…
As a general principle, yes, all of humanity matters, and all grave matters deserve grave attention. At the same time, how a given issue impacts you and those around you, how much influence you can possibly have over…
Iran has a shit regime (corollary: all countries' regimes are shit, just some more than others). To your question, it's a matter of emphasis. You have a fundamentally greater moral imperative to criticize your own…
https://xkcd.com/1138/
> migrants to the US have twice as many [citation-weighted papers] as migrants to other countries, or four times as many as those who stay at home Nitpicky, but... this is also only for IMO medalists (from 1980 to 2000)…
There's definitely reason to be suspect, although it looks like, on the average, it might be the reverse of what you seem to be expecting (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2785092/): "Our model suggests that…
- Average sleep varies fairly significantly internationally (https://www.economist.com/1843/2018/03/01/which-countries-ge...), and regionally just in the US (https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/data_statistics.html) - Average…
While I'm not necessarily a fan of this particular article, I feel it relevant to point out that explicitly denying the "homogenous myth" of Japan has political value as a counter to its all-too-common use by…
Honest question: are there actually any long-term longitudinal studies of affirmative action that reasonably demonstrate it does or doesn't work? You seem to take it as a truism, but I'm not convinced that concerted…
> $15,000 per year Importantly, per person receiving. In principle you have a virtually infinite tax-free gift giving exception available if you distribute your assets to enough people.
I agree with you, but I would also note that the original person being replied to seems to be committing a common colloquial misunderstanding in regards to social constructions; just because something is socially…
> Congress is a bunch of idiots I mean, not all... https://www.c-span.org/video/?442912-6/senator-wyden-online-...
I'm confused as to what your point was, then. It reads as though you're attempting to ascribe responsibility to organic social processes.
Surely "overreaction" is a matter of perception as well.
You ears are likely deceiving you. The traditional explanation of the pronunciation rules, which widely appears in textbooks and Japanese pronunciation manuals, is absolutely correct, and also in line with what is…
Portuguese loanwords in Japanese are interesting because, unlike other Western word imports, a lot of them have been around long enough, and thoroughly integrated into the culture and writing system, that a number of…
I think you greatly underestimate two things: 1. The shear volume of non-film media, particularly shows directed at kids and pre-teens, that Disney controls 2. The ability of kids to literally watch the same thing over…
Nice to hear from someone like you; my daughters are currently going along your same path with Japanese. Japanese is a second language to me, but our family has always been Japanese-only despite living in the states.…
> 20 year time frame ... seems in line with many experts in this filed When has "20 years" not been in line with the predictions of experts for the advent of AGI?
You realize the world's birth rate has already been on the decline for decades, correct? And in general, the bulk of this occurred not because of coercion, but because of economic development and the ensuing shifts in…
This quiq seems to support the original posters thesis, though, no? No one's going to make a living wandering the streets in search of $20 bills.
The "economy" is not just what is captured in formally taxable income. Large swaths of the economy is composed by absolutely essential reproductive labor that receives no direct monetary compensation. Conversely, the…
This article is a jumble of broad strokes of conjecture with effectively zero empirical substance that vaguely alludes the just nature of the "meritocracy"; I have a hard time not interpreting it as a puff piece for the…
I've never used PM, but just ran through sign-up for their free service. What could they do differently with regards to this issue? Simple. Make the legal limitations of their service -- or at least their understanding…
Also says that developers will not be prevented from converting existing apps to "reader" apps, or submitting brand new "reader" apps. Further, "reader" app appears to be defined as "an app used solely for the viewing,…
> Now is that true? No. The root cause of the embargo is, manifestly, that the Cuban Revolution ousted American capital interests from the island and gave the preverbal finger to US economic hegemony. All else is…
As a general principle, yes, all of humanity matters, and all grave matters deserve grave attention. At the same time, how a given issue impacts you and those around you, how much influence you can possibly have over…
Iran has a shit regime (corollary: all countries' regimes are shit, just some more than others). To your question, it's a matter of emphasis. You have a fundamentally greater moral imperative to criticize your own…
https://xkcd.com/1138/
> migrants to the US have twice as many [citation-weighted papers] as migrants to other countries, or four times as many as those who stay at home Nitpicky, but... this is also only for IMO medalists (from 1980 to 2000)…
There's definitely reason to be suspect, although it looks like, on the average, it might be the reverse of what you seem to be expecting (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2785092/): "Our model suggests that…
- Average sleep varies fairly significantly internationally (https://www.economist.com/1843/2018/03/01/which-countries-ge...), and regionally just in the US (https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/data_statistics.html) - Average…
While I'm not necessarily a fan of this particular article, I feel it relevant to point out that explicitly denying the "homogenous myth" of Japan has political value as a counter to its all-too-common use by…
Honest question: are there actually any long-term longitudinal studies of affirmative action that reasonably demonstrate it does or doesn't work? You seem to take it as a truism, but I'm not convinced that concerted…
> $15,000 per year Importantly, per person receiving. In principle you have a virtually infinite tax-free gift giving exception available if you distribute your assets to enough people.
I agree with you, but I would also note that the original person being replied to seems to be committing a common colloquial misunderstanding in regards to social constructions; just because something is socially…
> Congress is a bunch of idiots I mean, not all... https://www.c-span.org/video/?442912-6/senator-wyden-online-...
I'm confused as to what your point was, then. It reads as though you're attempting to ascribe responsibility to organic social processes.
Surely "overreaction" is a matter of perception as well.
You ears are likely deceiving you. The traditional explanation of the pronunciation rules, which widely appears in textbooks and Japanese pronunciation manuals, is absolutely correct, and also in line with what is…
Portuguese loanwords in Japanese are interesting because, unlike other Western word imports, a lot of them have been around long enough, and thoroughly integrated into the culture and writing system, that a number of…
I think you greatly underestimate two things: 1. The shear volume of non-film media, particularly shows directed at kids and pre-teens, that Disney controls 2. The ability of kids to literally watch the same thing over…
Nice to hear from someone like you; my daughters are currently going along your same path with Japanese. Japanese is a second language to me, but our family has always been Japanese-only despite living in the states.…
> 20 year time frame ... seems in line with many experts in this filed When has "20 years" not been in line with the predictions of experts for the advent of AGI?
You realize the world's birth rate has already been on the decline for decades, correct? And in general, the bulk of this occurred not because of coercion, but because of economic development and the ensuing shifts in…
This quiq seems to support the original posters thesis, though, no? No one's going to make a living wandering the streets in search of $20 bills.