skeolawn

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by skeolawn 11y ago
I've found the same in the US as a non-native (but white) - my ethnicity is discounted, I'm lumped into a very peculiar bucket and my opinions don't count. Pretty weird experience. Is it really diversity or just a different p
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by skeolawn 11y ago
I'm guessing you have a lot to learn about China.
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by skeolawn 11y ago
Maybe he would, but all the experiments so far have failed for pretty much the same reasons and at enormous human cost. Meanwhile capitalism in whatever form it's tried has proven itself to be an incredible engine of poverty reduction
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by skeolawn 11y ago
"instead I offered broad time ranges that would narrow down to more accurate ones as work progressed" Well, that is an estimate according to managers who actually understand what they're doing ;-)
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by skeolawn 11y ago
Well I guess Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, while the US was attempting to find a peaceful solution, so Japan gets the blame.
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by skeolawn 11y ago
There are likely some historical reasons. Here's a quote from The Times from 1860: If this [exodus] goes on, as it is likely to go on…the United States will become very Irish….So an Ireland there will still be, but on a colossal scale,
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by skeolawn 11y ago
Most countries discriminate between citizens and non-citizens. As a non-citizen here (US) I'm actually not too upset by this.
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by skeolawn 11y ago
So following that logic, I guess if a "rich" person was to drive through Appalachia they would be inevitably doomed?
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by skeolawn 12y ago
I think it's fair to say that in recent times "Ireland was enjoying a quality of life that could not be sustained" but the explanation you offered is incorrect. In reality it was based on a property bubble and cheap investmen
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by skeolawn 13y ago
By bringing in QALYs?
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by skeolawn 13y ago
Some of our best programmers are well over 40. They're too smart to join ramen startups.