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It really depends on the university. Mine wasn't particularly helpful in this regard. They sent me a form-letter warning by mail once, when my GPA sank too low one quarter (this wa…

Sued for giving out hard work assignments? That doesn't sound plausible. Under what theory would a student have a case?

I don’t think you understand how universities work. Which US university did you attend?

That happens when American students first join US universities too. It takes a few weeks for freshmen to get acquainted with the new reality of being completely responsible for han…

> The reason this doesn't work in the US, is because they want mediocre children of rich parents to be pushed through, because college is a networking and social class-based finish…

They're a customer in the same way that a martial arts student is a customer: getting your butt kicked is literally what you're paying for.

Tenure protects professors against students' complaints (often for the better, sometimes for the worse). Also, the administration already knows that students complain about profess…

Can you explain why? As I understand it, you're supposed to be able to talk about the work in which you already invested the mental energy to write. Writing involves much more "bra…

You're paying for Fubo, though, are you not? It's not a free service like OTA TV is.

There are stories you're telling yourself (especially the unfounded and frankly insulting belief that I'm "actively advocating for the harm of others"). Perhaps you should seek cla…

We agree that clean energy and social safety sets are worth demanding and preserving. Externalities are a real problem and yes, they need to be compensated for. > And frankly, I ca…

When I look at issues like this, I balance benefits against costs, like any reasonable person should, and I try to do so as neutrally as I can. Using emotionally-charged verbiage l…

> Dismissing them all as a single unified group of people opposed to all change is a disgusting contempt for everyone who disagrees with your comfort no matter what it may cost the…

> Calling people with valid concerns insulting terms like nimby, and dismissing their reluctance to pay for your personal comfort is not well intentioned. NIMBYs often refuse to ac…

Success doesn’t always look like lower rates, particularly when demand is ever-growing (even when there aren’t new data centers). Success looks like rates not going up faster than …

We can generate more electricity, but NIMBY types don't want to approve projects that would add capacity, either.

That suggests the comparative bar should be "professional driver," which is perhaps somewhat higher than "average driver" (1.5x? 2x?) but not 10x higher.

We don't measure aggregate risk by discarding a part of the population, even if it's the poorer-performing part. Even today, you cannot fully avoid this risk: when you get into a v…

> Self driving cars need to be 10x the average driver. Why? So long as they're insured and their owners can be held criminally liable for injuries just as a human driver would be, …

These companies are taking a very long view (and are funded accordingly). The future vision is one in which cars with drivers just aren't a thing in cities anymore. Nobody owns a c…