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From Aristotle? Along the same lines: "Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." -- Robert Frost

love it!

First, stop using the word "enshittification."

If it weren't for a small group of Romans the Church would not have its greatest theological document, Paul's letter to the Romans.

Totally agree. Not only does writing the documentation first lead to a better product, it also fosters a much more satisfying work experience. You get yourself into an ever-deepeni…

It is always difficult to balance discrimination concerns against freedom of association -- even in those countries that recognize a right to freedom of association.

Would the government have reacted the same way to a Korean hiking club or a yoga class restricted to only women? I suspect there is some selective enforcement going on here.

I believe Weiner's first volume was Ex-Prodigy . I love his story of how his dad liked to pick wild mushrooms for dinner and how he (Norbert) was never sure if he was going to wake…

How creative to think of writing such a thing! But von Meumann is a big enough intellect and personality to sustain it.

Good point

And the ACLU famously defended the right of Nazis to parade through Skokie, Illinois.

If every black pentagon shares a face with 5 hexagons, and every white hexagon shares a face with 3 pentagons, can you determine the ratio of hexagons to pentagons? (I haven't solv…

Still no joy... maybe something on my end

Or, less dramatically, that the law needs to accommodate capitalism in ways that it is not wont to do.

So anonymity of written speech is toast. We should, however, strive to preserve other forms of anonymity. For example, donations given to political causes should be kept confidenti…

When I follow that link there's nothing there.

The inclusion of a captioned picture of the University of Southern California (USC) implies that it is a state school. It is not.

thanks

I remember being in a staff meeting at the aerospace firm that I am now retired from. I made a comment along the lines of, "Steve is a really good programmer (speaking of an engine…

Has NBC News ever referred to anyone as a "far-left leader"?

From June 2, 2020.

Even the lefty Guardian knows that the adjective is "female" not "woman".

Upvote for kindly attempting to de-escalate. But the olive branch was rebuffed.

Not only that, but the only reason I have to think another human possesses consciousness is that he or she is so much like me in other respects.

As a conservative living in California I am, of course, not a big fan of Newsom, but I am impressed by how he has taken the "move fast and break things" page from Trump's playbook.…