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I really do like this story, but there is also a part of me that reacts by thinking "Easy for world-famous novelists Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut to chuckle about they have tale…

Isn't excess CO2 the literal cause of climate change? What is the actual cause if not that?

"I wonder if it's because some of those at the mid-to-level making these decisions are under the same market pressures as the rest of us to show they've actually 'done sometime'" D…

My low-code exposure is mostly limited to Microsoft SSIS, but my experience is that the only people skilled enough to build reliable and maintainable packages were already good cod…

I disagree, yes zoning changes could be needed, but the presence of more daytime workers at home in suburban areas creates new opportunities for restaurants, coffee shops, and othe…

I'll go a step further and defend "busywork". Unfortunately we don't live in a perfectly efficient society so being able to learn and execute a formulaic task that might not seem v…

I think this is a fair criticism. It seems very plausible that Davidson's reputation has fallen among students and more importantly parents in the last twenty years. As the parent …

This one blows my mind. I wasn't the brightest student in college but knew enough to show up everyday. I still remember walking into Calc II on 9/11/2001. The professor (a Jesuit p…

I think you are greatly over-estimating how often students are seeking help asynchronously. If the professor was actually flooded with texts and emails from engaged students who ju…

Not really comparable as long as the corporations are still subject to market influence. Corporations that become so powerful they can ignore the wishes of their customers exhibit …

Props to Dell on this front. I just installed Mint on a 2018 Latitude and it was easier than installing Windows. Everything just works including things like shortcut keys for volum…

Healthcare too. Cheap debt and outsized investment returns have been keeping health systems fat for years.

Was it? How many plumbers, carpenters, or electricians came out of ITT tech?

GTA V came out in 2013. "The world" has changed considerably.

Trust me, I see your point. I was trying to be diplomatic considering the dominant perspective.

Minor niche subreddits are the only things that keep me on the site. The default subs are universally awful.

Unless the entire narrative you laid out is the result of a propaganda campaign. I don't think it is in this case, but the presence of this quantity of bots pushing a certain persp…

Yes, but those issues are due to modern farming practices. They're not inherent to beef as a food source. Cattle have been used for millennia to convert inedible plants growing on …

If you read the article their appeal to the state supreme court actually increased the judgement from $31 million to $36 million, so continuing to appeal may have been a poor choic…

Totally agree. Taiwanese immigration should be made as easy as possible. Create special tax benefits for people with semiconductor experience to come over and help relaunch the ind…

I know I've cut back on fast food because both product and service quality have declined dramatically, likely due to staffing shortages. Long wait times, cold food, and incorrect o…

I've watched a number of friends, family, and acquaintances move out to Colorado over the past decade. Several of them even proclaimed that our home region, the upper midwest, was …

It’s famously administered to all nfl quarterbacks. Tom Brady got a 33.

A quick google says that 26.8% of drivers killed or severely injured in a car accident had alcohol in their system. Not drinking and driving significantly reduces your risk.

How? The 26.8% is just drivers with alcohol in their system. If I never drink and drive, I will never be part of that group. That means the raw rate of traffic fatality or severe i…