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I think it is unfair to group Chinese English with Japanese English ability. The English ability of mainland Chinese people is terrible (even though they are enthusiastic). Talking…

I wanted to use a certain drawing program (better than xfig but proprietary) for some of my writing. Since I was too cheap to pay the $10 registration fee I decided to try and crac…

I have a wonderful idea for a business (almost along the same line as this). You outsource your CCTV video watching to a 3rd world country. This will help a lot since it will be a …

We had almost this exact same discussion a month ago. Firstly, you quote only from Flynn and not from any scientist holding an opposing viewpoint (e.g. Arthur Jensen). Although Fly…

That is why adopted children and twins are studied.

> In fact, the belief that IQ is "overwhelmingly inherited" is considered socially repugnant, Yes. A lot of people believe that inherited intelligence is socially repugnant. That i…

Maybe. His figures for South Africa is fairly high. Although rent differs from place to place, 680 pounds/month is on the tad expensive side (I pay 200 pounds per month for a 50 sq…

and Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. This article does not belong on ycnews...

I agree with you there. If you work forget about evading taxes. If you do business, do it in cash. Under-reporting taxes on items that is handled with cash (any type of shop) can s…

haha.. this is brilliant. The website says: We're sorry, but something went wrong. We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly. So now I am going back …

> I'd much rather be "pushed around" by 1850s England than 1950s USSR... let alone late 1930s Germany. Really? So you say that British impearialism is all right then? The English w…

> I'd also point out that Japan and South Korea also have an extremely competitive and intensive educational Just a few interesting stuff (partially relevant to the discussion). Th…

Whether or not you feel what I said was interesting or relevant is completely up to you. I will just mention that for the parent post, at least 20 people found it interesting or to…

> How are H1B visas an alternative? I don't see any reason to believe that if H1Bs were less restrictive then we'd see H1B holders leaving their jobs to create start-ups. A lot of …

> but I think your last sentence assumes that being Mexican and being an engineer is exclusive, which it obviously isn't. No it doesn't. I am sure that there are Mexicans from the …

> Downvote for the "Mexicans" reference. Perhaps saying, "There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country. Would 1 million engineers and scientists be a bad thing…

Interesting idea. I seem to not be able to access the site ( SeekingArrangement.com). Not that I have enough money in any case...

There is a simple alternative – remove the stupid restrictions on H1B visas. The restriction that if you loose/quit your job that you have to be out of the country in 60 days is ba…

I agree with you that it tastes nice. However, either your bananas taste different or your pawpaws taste different - it doesn't taste like a banana at all!

I can not believe that there are so many workers from Haiti and Al Salvador. I would have thought that they would cut down on semi-skilled labour.

Or (if I remember the book correctly) nuclear power.

> . or for that matter how would we go about to teach the animals how to reproduce? Are they to live among animals or similar character while they are young? Most lower animals are…

> To make matters worse, almost half of Russia’s treated tubercular cases over the past decade have been the variant known as extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). This can…

I did not read the whole article - just scanned through it (it is long). Firstly, it Focusses on a reactor in Finland and most of those costs are very recent. Your stats of the abo…

This is so true. France produces 70%+ of its electricity from Nuclear Power stations. There has not been a major disaster with that. And, looking at France's economy, it does not s…