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by 2stop 6y ago
Curious why population is even a factor here. If it legitimately should be... why not compare states of the US with states of the EU? (Seems a roughly equivalent thing to do)
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by 2stop 7y ago
Research done more than 20 years ago (and repeated and confirmed) already found that teachers have very little effect on educational outcomes. The biggest correlative factor is socioeconomic status and education level of the parents. Everyt
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by 2stop 8y ago
If someone facetimes you and hangs up, that can happen. (I've noticed).
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by 2stop 8y ago
Oh gosh, a company in China follows Chinese law! The outrage! Regardless what your view is, are you seriously suggesting companies should break the laws of the countries they operate in? Before you say: “unjust laws, yes!” Consider what law
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by 2stop 8y ago
The ratings on corners (at least in Australia) are rated based on visibility, not some complicated traction calculation. They factor how far a head you can see, and how much time you need to react. Lots of cars/bikes can obviously tear
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by 2stop 8y ago
Australia does it, you can use your driver's licence, your passport, or your birth certificate and a recent bill. Or Medicare card. There is no cost to requiring ID... It is you conflating the cost of acquiring an id with the cost of r
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by 2stop 13y ago
> toll roads represent great skimming opportunities for officials and their families Okay, provide some evidence government officials are 'skimming' from (all) toll roads. That's a pretty big claim, and as far as I can tel
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by 2stop 13y ago
So your issue is with poverty, and culture not with infrastructure? GDP/capita is pretty shitty in china, I agree. Because time/money ratio is so crap, people are prepared to spend time, to save/earn more money, hence toll ro
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by 2stop 13y ago
Okay, show me a google maps image of a 'ghost city' and I'll zoom it out 2 notches and show you it's (barely) a 'suburb' of a bigger city. Show me the a google maps image of a road that is a under used, and I&#
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by 2stop 13y ago
oh, please: http://www.skepticblog.org/2011/02/10/chinas-ghost-cities/ Edit: Note people said the EXACT same thing about china "building roads no body needs" in the early nineties. Now china
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by 2stop 13y ago
It isn't just 'print whatever the consumer needs'. It's - Dig it out of the ground - process it - Fabricate the unprintable bits - Store all of this - Print whatever the consumer needs in less time than it takes to drin
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by 2stop 13y ago
... So there is just a never ending supply of raw material also sitting in this high street shop?