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This is a very poor article. Much better reporting can be found in the previously discussed article here ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27902214 ) or at the original source…

The issue with assigning guilt from the actions of ancestors is that not everyone is guilty. I’m first generation Canadian. Is it fair that I should pay for the sins of your great …

That’s not at all what the crusades were. The crusades were armies raised in response to the Muslim invasions of Christian countries. Motivations varied between religious (defense …

Your comparison is factually incorrect. The documented death rate of the inquisitions is on the order of 4500 people over 400 years [1]. That’s a rate of 11 people per year. Aztec …

Columbus’ poor treatment of the natives is a popular myth. He actually rigorously promoted their well-being (to the disappointment of his men), to the point where his soldiers chai…

There is an element of survivorship bias, but the rate of building beautiful buildings is not constant. There’s far fewer beautiful buildings built in the last 75 years than in the…

The actions of parents are also a huge factor in the success of a school. If your parents make your students do their homework you can move forward with material in class quicker. …

Yes, CBP classifies “work” as one of the reasons for essential travel. Work visa holders should be permitted to enter the country if it’s not for tourism.

This is a (very recent) anachronism. Most people in antiquity saw children as a blessing. The more children you had, the larger your bloodline would be. In fact, being unable to ha…

The best information on this topic I’ve come across is contained in Mortimer Adler’s “How to read a book”. Highly recommended if you’re doing any non-fiction reading.

Can someone with Blosc 2 experience tell me what are the proper conditions to use superchunks or frames? When does it become advantageous to use one over the other? This is a reall…

> is that just culture? Yes, I think that is the author’s point. The values and habits of the Cubans who fled Cuba and Ghanaians who left Ghana are ones which lend to successful li…

In reality though protests are hardly like any other outdoor gathering. Thousands of people are crowded together for hours and shouting (which projects saliva). Anyone can clearly …

> So many of these articles are a single person who succeeds and as a result declares racism must not exist. That is not the evidence the author is submitting. His argument rests o…