As opposed to Disney's or Coca Cola's or Mattel's psychological war on kids? Hollywood's psychological war on kids? Is it only a war on kids if tech does it or is it just another clickbait ( medium's psychological war…
No matter what firefox does well, it isn't going to keep converts as long as their default background is so blindingly white. I still don't understand why firefox refuses to slightly gray out their background by…
It's why recent polls have foxnews rated more trustworthy than almost every other news organization. We are in such a sorry state of affairs right now.
What do you mean? The washingtonpost said that there was irrefutable evidence that hussein had WMDs and was working with al qaeda. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2003/02/06/i... The same washingtonpost…
He may be a hero to us, but he is also a coward to a lot of iraqis. For all the sympathy we conjure up for our own, we too easily forget the suffering of others. To put things into perspective, about 4000 americans died…
Easier for drama to escalate when everyone knows everyone and the town is so small you can't escape each other. You get into an argument with someone in NYC and you can go your own way and never see them again even if…
Everyone? I remember a large contingent defending microsoft. Remember Saint Bill and his magical "charity" foundation that is curing all of the world's ills? Lately, there have been a vocal group defending corporate…
> I also have a young family so I need to be careful with my time commitments. Any suggestions? Spend time with your family? Time is the only thing you can't buy. How are you going to start a side business and earn…
> What part do climate change deniers deny? It's two fold issue. People question the level to which human activity contributes to climate and they question the remedy to it. Obviously climate change has always happened.…
Is it me or are we seeing a bit too much buzzfeed articles here lately? SQL injections are child's play. Literally. It's last decade's "hack", if we can call it that. Using parameterized queries ( which you should be…
> This is something we handle really, really badly. We handle it bad because the news scaremongers with hyperbolic exaggerations. The people get overly anxious and of course politicians rush to the worst possible…
BTC was trading at nearly $20K just a few months ago. Now it is trading at $6K. How is going from $20K to $6K "only been rising"? A lot of people are underwater when it comes to bitcoin.
Or when the tech bubble or retail leasing bubble pops in the next recession. Considering who they are targeting as customers, it could be a very painful 2 or 3 years depending on the severity of the recession. Also,…
> protectionism just doesn't work well in the long term. If that were the case, the US, China, Japan, South Korea, Britain, France, etc wouldn't be major economic powers. Every major economic power today copied the US…
> There is a big difference between ideas like LGBT/PoC/Women rights, abolitionism, ... and White Supremacy, Racism, Religious Fundamentalism, ... : One advocates for inclusion, social peace and acceptance, the other…
> Then why is it okay to have admisisons standards at all? Because we want the best and brightest attending these universities? People most capable of actually performing and graduating? Is this a serious question? >…
It's called clean energy evangelism. reneweconomy's self-description. "Australia's best informed and most read web-site focusing on clean energy news and analysis, as well as climate policy." It's an advocacy…
No. PhD should be about truth, research and advancing knowledge. Knowledge/science shouldn't be politicized. It's such an absurd assertion when you consider that different people have different ideas on how to improve…
I always thought it odd how our media so heavily focused on the few hundred/thousand soldiers who died in an illegal invasion of iraq but not the hundreds of thousands of iraqi children who died. Is it bias or something…
> A common argument in philosophy is that bad ideas should occur in the open - where everyone may ridicule them. Also, so that good ideas can have their day in the sun. Lets not forget that most "good" ideas were once…
People don't realize that just 8000 years ago, you could walk from britain to continental europe as it was connected by land to europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland It's amazing how in a short period of time…
> That’s just insane. It really isn't. It's why wall street is selling on the news. > This is a great accomplishment for NYT but I’m worried about what it means for the rest of the industry. It really isn't. It's why…
> The greatest marketing trick the NYT has ever pulled off is presenting themselves as the last bastion of objectivity in the trump era. Considering most of the nation doesn't trust the NYT, not sure it was much of a…
> Show us where graduation criterion is skewed. What? Who is talking about graduation criteria? > An effort is being made to provide opportunity to those with less access to it That's fine, as long as the criteria is…
> This is a value judgement, and a tedious one at that. Yes. Discrimination is a value judgment and tedious one at that. We are agreed. Not sure why you support discrimination though. > If you want to encourage women to…
As opposed to Disney's or Coca Cola's or Mattel's psychological war on kids? Hollywood's psychological war on kids? Is it only a war on kids if tech does it or is it just another clickbait ( medium's psychological war…
No matter what firefox does well, it isn't going to keep converts as long as their default background is so blindingly white. I still don't understand why firefox refuses to slightly gray out their background by…
It's why recent polls have foxnews rated more trustworthy than almost every other news organization. We are in such a sorry state of affairs right now.
What do you mean? The washingtonpost said that there was irrefutable evidence that hussein had WMDs and was working with al qaeda. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2003/02/06/i... The same washingtonpost…
He may be a hero to us, but he is also a coward to a lot of iraqis. For all the sympathy we conjure up for our own, we too easily forget the suffering of others. To put things into perspective, about 4000 americans died…
Easier for drama to escalate when everyone knows everyone and the town is so small you can't escape each other. You get into an argument with someone in NYC and you can go your own way and never see them again even if…
Everyone? I remember a large contingent defending microsoft. Remember Saint Bill and his magical "charity" foundation that is curing all of the world's ills? Lately, there have been a vocal group defending corporate…
> I also have a young family so I need to be careful with my time commitments. Any suggestions? Spend time with your family? Time is the only thing you can't buy. How are you going to start a side business and earn…
> What part do climate change deniers deny? It's two fold issue. People question the level to which human activity contributes to climate and they question the remedy to it. Obviously climate change has always happened.…
Is it me or are we seeing a bit too much buzzfeed articles here lately? SQL injections are child's play. Literally. It's last decade's "hack", if we can call it that. Using parameterized queries ( which you should be…
> This is something we handle really, really badly. We handle it bad because the news scaremongers with hyperbolic exaggerations. The people get overly anxious and of course politicians rush to the worst possible…
BTC was trading at nearly $20K just a few months ago. Now it is trading at $6K. How is going from $20K to $6K "only been rising"? A lot of people are underwater when it comes to bitcoin.
Or when the tech bubble or retail leasing bubble pops in the next recession. Considering who they are targeting as customers, it could be a very painful 2 or 3 years depending on the severity of the recession. Also,…
> protectionism just doesn't work well in the long term. If that were the case, the US, China, Japan, South Korea, Britain, France, etc wouldn't be major economic powers. Every major economic power today copied the US…
> There is a big difference between ideas like LGBT/PoC/Women rights, abolitionism, ... and White Supremacy, Racism, Religious Fundamentalism, ... : One advocates for inclusion, social peace and acceptance, the other…
> Then why is it okay to have admisisons standards at all? Because we want the best and brightest attending these universities? People most capable of actually performing and graduating? Is this a serious question? >…
It's called clean energy evangelism. reneweconomy's self-description. "Australia's best informed and most read web-site focusing on clean energy news and analysis, as well as climate policy." It's an advocacy…
No. PhD should be about truth, research and advancing knowledge. Knowledge/science shouldn't be politicized. It's such an absurd assertion when you consider that different people have different ideas on how to improve…
I always thought it odd how our media so heavily focused on the few hundred/thousand soldiers who died in an illegal invasion of iraq but not the hundreds of thousands of iraqi children who died. Is it bias or something…
> A common argument in philosophy is that bad ideas should occur in the open - where everyone may ridicule them. Also, so that good ideas can have their day in the sun. Lets not forget that most "good" ideas were once…
People don't realize that just 8000 years ago, you could walk from britain to continental europe as it was connected by land to europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland It's amazing how in a short period of time…
> That’s just insane. It really isn't. It's why wall street is selling on the news. > This is a great accomplishment for NYT but I’m worried about what it means for the rest of the industry. It really isn't. It's why…
> The greatest marketing trick the NYT has ever pulled off is presenting themselves as the last bastion of objectivity in the trump era. Considering most of the nation doesn't trust the NYT, not sure it was much of a…
> Show us where graduation criterion is skewed. What? Who is talking about graduation criteria? > An effort is being made to provide opportunity to those with less access to it That's fine, as long as the criteria is…
> This is a value judgement, and a tedious one at that. Yes. Discrimination is a value judgment and tedious one at that. We are agreed. Not sure why you support discrimination though. > If you want to encourage women to…