simplestats

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by simplestats 5y ago
Birth rates are predicted to keep going down though, meaning the supply of immigrants will dry up anyway.
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by simplestats 5y ago
Looks like the links in the second paragraph are examples or perhaps origins of the myths he is attacking. The topic is apparently his phd thesis.
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by simplestats 5y ago
You need ID to get that job flipping burgers. Two forms of it for the I-9. Though not proof of residency perhaps. Once you have the job you can use the paycheck as proof of residency.
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by simplestats 5y ago
They have actuaries to make sure they get their profit margin either way. Healthy insurance customers just make sick insurance customers happier since the price goes down.
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by simplestats 5y ago
Yeah but I'm guessing you wouldn't be willing to pay them that now. Their point was the high risk versus the high reward. Even if investors gave such money to thousands of longevity startups, would they produce something that make
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by simplestats 5y ago
It's junior high. But with grown adults doing the teasing and bullying.
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by simplestats 5y ago
If you put slower kids into (legitimately) accelerated programs they just get left behind and do even worse. When you separate children into classes that proceed at different rates based on how fast they learn, everyone is actually getting
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by simplestats 5y ago
Maybe it's just your points idea that's not very good. If you were punished with traffic school and just ignored it they can still increase penalities and eventually come arrest you. Unless your plan involves hiding out in the mou
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by simplestats 5y ago
Just eliminate fines altogether and give some more appropriate punishment like traffic school (which must also be free...)
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by simplestats 5y ago
I think the poster was generally referring to the fact that students who progress at a faster rate will have an advantage by simple virtue of having covered more material in school. They will be more preferred by colleges which leads to bei
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by simplestats 5y ago
Are you sure that isn't what you are doing by refusing to consider the specifics of critics' complaints? Woke policies have a societal/political agenda in terms of ethnic and other favored groups. That is by definition tribal
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by simplestats 5y ago
The issue with gifted children isn't about indoctrinating them to whatever beliefs. It's the destructive belief that high academic achievement is the result of some unfair "privilege" which they seek to counter by limiti
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by simplestats 5y ago
That sounds to me like you're conceding it is true but you just don't like the way I worded it. Which is horrifying. But are you saying they don't even want to offer calculus in high school now? Holy crap, that is also horrif
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by simplestats 5y ago
so the alternatives are: A. lifetime benefits from being challenged up to their real potential during their most-formative years, versus alternative B. being cooler for a few years during puberty when being different is a bad thing.
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by simplestats 5y ago
The standard is no undue burden. That does not cover minor hassles like paperwork. Unless you're claiming it's some kind of language issue.
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by simplestats 5y ago
But our way is easier to say with braces. (I'm not going anywhere with this...)
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by simplestats 5y ago
Isn't that effectively the same argument though? In practice states provide ID's to everyone who can prove residency. Forcing states to grant ID's to everyone who asks for it is the same as forcing them to allow anyone to vot
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by simplestats 5y ago
I don't know that the US is especially worse than other countries when it comes to time and paperwork needed to receive govt services. I have waited in long lines all over the world.
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by simplestats 5y ago
Which side of the argument includes people who are on board with allowing backdoors into (otherwise) secure communication as long as it requires a warrant or some similar oversight? Because that's kind of how law enforcement has always
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by simplestats 5y ago
I agree it's not only deterrance (cops cared just as little when my gps was stolen in a good neighborhood versus in a bad one). You still need to ability to compare risk versus reward sanely. People I've known who couldn't ho
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by simplestats 5y ago
People cite preprints in their references. So as an expert you can find the preprints that others based their work one. And you can use a tool like google scholar to find preprints that cite a particular work to build on it. It fits neatly
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by simplestats 5y ago
> I'm only speaking about publishing in journals, because peer review in conferences is a very different beast. In my field, of machine learning and artificial intelligence research, I'd go as far as to say that peer review in
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by simplestats 5y ago
But if you entered a country's airspace or waters without permission you'd be arrested or worse. This is more like preventing everyone from doing things that are illegal for Americans too. Meanwhile, if you operate legally, they a
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by simplestats 5y ago
Probably the same. From what I can tell, "technically precocious boy" means the same thing as "technically precocious". It's a no-win situation for the researchers.
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by simplestats 5y ago
I mean that the smart kids will show the most results for the same budget. The utilitarian metric could also show that the average moves the most, and society benefits most, when those with the most potential can realize it. It's an in
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by simplestats 5y ago
If your goal is average kids, then sure, you need to focus on average kids. But I'd say the smart self-motivated kids are always the biggest bang for the buck in education. Sometimes I get a sense that people (not necessarily here) con
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by simplestats 5y ago
The NSF funds basic science, including life sciences. NIH targets diseases. (and the NSF or NIH will not fund something if it better fits under the other) I certainly think it's a valuable thing to have a federal agency doing. If you w
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by simplestats 5y ago
I'd call that a "no", actually. Or just a bad faith argument. I left it vague so people of both sides could relate to how it fits the other side's hypocrisy. But I suppose this also allows people who are looking for a fi
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by simplestats 5y ago
Once you restrict your stats to those that stay in school and don't do drugs, I'd think it is hard to correct for other causes. Like the presence of involved parents.
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by simplestats 5y ago
Seems like a loaded question. You can't imagine govt policies that kill people but do not save anyone in return?

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