The current trigger warning/microaggression climate is bad for our mental health.
Here is more on student loans. Mitch Daniels has a possible solution.
Are we working too hard?
Is the Asian-American stereotype of being really smart actually helpful? The fact of this article is that the reason why it seems as if so many Asians are successful students is because their parents were, and a disproportionately high number of Asian-Americans who immigrate here have advanced degrees. This is definitely one of those times when always looking in terms of race (which divide us) rather than other, more obvious factors (which unite us) backfires.
Here is an ode to the egg sandwich for breakfast.
Who uses Uber in New York? The answer is more complicated than one might think.
Responses:
1. That's a nice story, and I appreciate the sentiment from the Dalai Lama (the version I've heard is that, if you are sad and want from others, give to them and you'll be happier).
2. Eh, they're a little off in some big ways.
3. Damn. That's pretty clever, though.
4. She's apparently a Disney creation. I briefly got her confused with Malala. That was way off...
5. It's an interesting idea - it seems to improve the information asymmetry problem. That said... NERDS!
6. Funny, but there's a huge missed opportunity. Clearly they should have put a smiling picture of Ross next to the smiling poo emoji.
R2R:
1. There are claims that someone at the event immediately talked to Carter and told him his comments were inappropriate, but those claims lack much punch given that the video was up for so long. The going theory to explain this and many of the NFL's other screw-ups is that there isn't a unified way of dealing with stuff. Whoever told Carter he was out of line apparently had no idea that the NFL has a website where they post stuff. The main reason I object to institutions like the NFL (or universities or anyone else's workplace) implementing criminal justice-like apparatuses to punish people for bad acts is that they are so bad at it that the results are arbitrary and meaningless, in part because their organizations are geared towards something else (e.g. football or research/education).
2. To be sure, there are a lot of picky eaters out there who just want to eat hamburgers with ketchup and nothing else all day. I'd like to see a Venn diagram of this problem.
3. Can we start an organization called Activists Don't Matter?
5. In my view, underwriting would mean that law schools would not be able to count on gullible students with fat loan checks to take in every year and do nothing for. If a school (e.g. Cooley, my favorite example) turned out crap lawyers and had terrible employment statistics, lenders would balk and lending money to kids who wanted to attend there, so Cooley would have to turn things around or else lose out on its biggest source of revenue. That would give them tremendous incentive to do things that would help students get jobs. I think requiring law schools to have "skin in the game" (i.e. having to pay back some or all of unemployed graduates' loans) creates a moral hazard risk for the graduates. If they decide to get lazy, for example, or they decide to take a flyer on law school because it might be interesting but then after graduating decide that it's Wachtell or no job, or some other narrow requirements, then the law school is still on the hook for the graduates' idiocy. Students need to have full incentive to do well in school and pay back their loans, and blaming the law schools after the fact with a "skin in the game" policy is letting them off the hook.
Also, even if the shrinking pool of lawyers caused law schools to continue to raise tuition, the shrinking pool of lawyers might also cause law firms to raise their salaries, which would be an equally valid solution to crippling loan debt.
R2R2R2R:
3. It doesn't have to be hard. In elementary school, we had a lot of times where we had to work quietly at our desk, but I would finish early and be bored out of my mind. You could have a system where the teacher held class sessions that the whole class might participate in (e.g. learning about a discrete topic in preparation for a field trip that was grade level-independent), but have math instruction on a computer with a virtual teacher. We effectively had that in elementary school starting in third grade anyway because we would rotate classes for certain subjects. But while the other kids were struggling with addition, brighter students could move on with multiplication or whatever. Maybe it would be difficult to talk to your classmates about every subject, but with each passing year and each new class you could shuffle the students or else form small learning groups for different subjects. I don't know how much of this is necessary because home schooled kids often turn out amazing. But I can think of a lot of things you can do to allow kids who want to learn more to learn more. And I certainly don't think that retarding some kids' thirst for education for social reasons is a worthwhile tradeoff. I was a social pariah in elementary school, and I wasn't exactly Mr. Popularity in middle school or high school, and I'm so happy I 1) didn't turn out like my classmates and 2) don't keep up with most of them because I'm not missing much.
Btw, you would have found out those kids were dumb one way or another...
B
Friday, August 28, 2015
Forlorn bunny
I thought this was a pretty great post from legallyobligated. it's a bit morbid.
what do you think of this list? I mean, it's not exactly our personality types but it's close.
I don't believe this story can be real.
I keep hearing about this girl -still have no idea who she is but she seems alright.
people actually trying to improve obamacare. or at least how you use it. I wish there was a way to check out insurance premiums right now, in preparation for enrollment but for whatever reason, you better block out time during the enrollment period to figure out what works for you. otherwise, I guess you pick blindly.
a guide to emoji
Responses
1. The NFL is so weird. It's like, let's make a big deal about Deflategate but a guy says to have a "fall guy" to the entire rookie class at an NFL-sanctioned event and everyone thinks it's ok? It's like there isn't a single guy with morals on the whole staff and they just think, "I wish I had some way of knowing whether something would make us look bad. Well, I guess I'll just post this on the website and hope for the best!" And then the outrage and they're all "Oh! So that's something that's bad? Can you walk me through what was bad? Was it posting it on the website or was it telling the rookies that they should blame others for their crimes?"
2. But seriously, who are these people who don't eat other cultures' foods? And are they just people who like eating their own culture's foods?
3. It's unfortunate that people are turning on a movement called "Black Lives Matter" because black lives do matter. Of course, activists suck.
4. I heard about this girl but she doesn't save enough money for this to be worth it to me.
5. Umm the law schools can do a lot. If 2/3 just closed their doors, that would solve a lot of problems. =P But I guess your point is they won't do that so what else can we do and underwriting does seem to be the answer. I think activists would say thought that you're just encouraging poor people to go to riskier private loans rather than federal ones to pay for their ridiculous law degrees. Then again, private lenders are unlikely to give them enough money to pay the costs so I guess problem solved. (Also it's really about getting the ABA to do stuff, not law schools).
Also, if law schools had to make sure their lawyers would pay back their loans, I think they could make changes for the better. They might offer business classes or hire more careers services staff.
R2R2R
3. Well if there's a fine line between disaster and disaster, I'm pretty sure the public school system will be firmly encamped in the middle of disaster. However, I think it's hard to divorce social and educational aspects of school. We had a GT program at our elementary school and though we theoretically could play with the other kids during recess, I kinda thought they were dumb. =P
7. Yeah, what are patrons doing these days? funding art in museums? they should fund some minority ballerinas and coxswains!
R2R2R2R2
6. South Park is clever but it's unfortunately too vulgar for me. Just tell me the good parts!
R2R2R2R2R2R2R
3. I'm leaning towards unlocked phones in December then.
what do you think of this list? I mean, it's not exactly our personality types but it's close.
I don't believe this story can be real.
I keep hearing about this girl -still have no idea who she is but she seems alright.
people actually trying to improve obamacare. or at least how you use it. I wish there was a way to check out insurance premiums right now, in preparation for enrollment but for whatever reason, you better block out time during the enrollment period to figure out what works for you. otherwise, I guess you pick blindly.
a guide to emoji
Responses
1. The NFL is so weird. It's like, let's make a big deal about Deflategate but a guy says to have a "fall guy" to the entire rookie class at an NFL-sanctioned event and everyone thinks it's ok? It's like there isn't a single guy with morals on the whole staff and they just think, "I wish I had some way of knowing whether something would make us look bad. Well, I guess I'll just post this on the website and hope for the best!" And then the outrage and they're all "Oh! So that's something that's bad? Can you walk me through what was bad? Was it posting it on the website or was it telling the rookies that they should blame others for their crimes?"
2. But seriously, who are these people who don't eat other cultures' foods? And are they just people who like eating their own culture's foods?
3. It's unfortunate that people are turning on a movement called "Black Lives Matter" because black lives do matter. Of course, activists suck.
4. I heard about this girl but she doesn't save enough money for this to be worth it to me.
5. Umm the law schools can do a lot. If 2/3 just closed their doors, that would solve a lot of problems. =P But I guess your point is they won't do that so what else can we do and underwriting does seem to be the answer. I think activists would say thought that you're just encouraging poor people to go to riskier private loans rather than federal ones to pay for their ridiculous law degrees. Then again, private lenders are unlikely to give them enough money to pay the costs so I guess problem solved. (Also it's really about getting the ABA to do stuff, not law schools).
Also, if law schools had to make sure their lawyers would pay back their loans, I think they could make changes for the better. They might offer business classes or hire more careers services staff.
R2R2R
3. Well if there's a fine line between disaster and disaster, I'm pretty sure the public school system will be firmly encamped in the middle of disaster. However, I think it's hard to divorce social and educational aspects of school. We had a GT program at our elementary school and though we theoretically could play with the other kids during recess, I kinda thought they were dumb. =P
7. Yeah, what are patrons doing these days? funding art in museums? they should fund some minority ballerinas and coxswains!
R2R2R2R2
6. South Park is clever but it's unfortunately too vulgar for me. Just tell me the good parts!
R2R2R2R2R2R2R
3. I'm leaning towards unlocked phones in December then.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Oops
At an NFL-sanctioned rookie symposium, former player Cris Carter advised that rookies take certain steps to avoid criminal prosecution. The NFL has since condemned the comments, except they were apparently posted on the NFL website for a while.
I appreciated this take on cultural appropriation.
More people are turning on Black Lives Matter.
I've thought about hopping on an Amtrak or European train for like a week and just exploring some new part of the country/world. This person takes riding the rails to a new level.
The New York Times is once again speaking up about law school debt (this time in an op-ed). My main issue with this piece is that I'm not sure law schools are in the best position to do anything about the problem, so why charge them with doing so? If you're a law school, your primary goal is educating students to the point of getting a law degree (it's not even necessarily educating them enough to pass the bar exam, as the prevalence of bar prep courses might show). But unlike maybe medical school (or dentistry school or even auto mechanic school), law school isn't vocational school. I continue to think that the answer is underwriting. Show up to the bank with your acceptance letter, any offers of scholarship, your credit history (which should play a minor role), and something resembling a career plan, and they get to decide whether throwing money at you (and that school) is a good investment. I don't think the federal government should be subsidizing lawyers, and just so it doesn't seem as if I'm closing the door behind us, I am confident that such a system would have provided student loans at the same or better terms to us.
I'm still trying to figure out how to feel about the Ashley Madison breach. While there are obviously privacy considerations and breach of contract claims, there are also stories like this, which make me sad for the family but happy that they get to get out of a bad situation and move towards a better one. Also, karma.
Responses:
1. It seems like an even-handed analysis of the problem, and even if we can quibble about the statistics, I think there are some good solutions and proposals in there.
2. I haven't seen it, but it's interesting. Soon it will be our ice cream maker, though!
3. It's interesting how many people feel the need to justify their compensation. That said, other than some of the grad students, they seem to be paid relatively well on the whole. They seem to be happy with "enough" rather than maximizing their earning potential. And some of them have a more than reasonable amount of faith that their employers will thank them for their modesty later.
4. I agree with everything he said in that article.
5. One of my - our - favorite pastimes!
6. It appears that we are getting a mandoline sooner rather than later.
7. I'll be sure to take some pictures if/when I go to the Alps!
R2R:
3. There's a fine line between letting kids move at their own pace and locking kids into levels of achievement early on (which is how they do education in a lot of places around the world). It just seems like most of the resources in low-performing schools are aimed at social/behavioral control and education to the lowest common denominator. I'm also not sure that the social aspect of education needs to be connected to the academic one - you can have kids together in school so they learn how to act in social settings, but individualize the academic side. The internet and online learning might play a role in reducing cost as well.
5. It's half station wagon, half SUV, and all awesome!
7. I would like to compare success rates and expected annual income, but perhaps it's another pursuit (like Ph.D.) that would be best with a patron.
R2R2R:
2. I definitely remember people in our class banking on loan forgiveness and not even going for OGI or other non-qualifying jobs. It wasn't all easy - many of them couldn't find jobs because everyone was looking to the public and non-profit sectors in light of the layoffs in biglaw. In any case, the people in the article you cited said they only chose to go because they were counting on loan forgiveness.
R2R2R2R:
6. That was supposed to be a "wouldn't," not a would. (It has been corrected.) I was specifically thinking of a South Park episode, though, where Kyle's dad buys a Prius and they move to San Francisco, where people are so into themselves for driving hybrids that they create smug, which (like smog) threatens the environment.
R2R2R2R2R2R:
3. I'm not entirely sure how Verizon will do it, but let's just look at the timeline. Between now and when my old upgrade (your new upgrade) kicks in, your phone will be "locked" into the current plan, same as mine (for the next almost 2 years or so). We can switch to the new plan (at slightly reduced cost), but if we do then we have to pay $20/month extra per phone that is still locked (which, as you recall, will still be less than what we are currently paying). When we get to December 2015, if we still have our old plan, then the upgrade will kick in and you can upgrade, I think under the same terms as before ($200 for the iPhone, 2-year commitment). But if we have the new plan, then $20/month will drop off our phone bill, and you will only be able to buy an unlocked phone at the unsubsidized price ($649). That said, Verizon will offer an installment plan of $20/month (in addition to the $200 initial fee) even on the new plan, so you don't have to pay up front if you don't want to. But if you choose the installment plan, you can't upgrade or leave the plan until the phone is paid off. If we keep upgrading our phones every 2 years or so, it works out. I don't really know what the math looks like if we buy phones more often, but if we buy phones less often, then the new plan I think works better because we won't be paying the inflated phone service bill that subsidizes phone purchases, but instead a smaller bill that covers service only.
B
I appreciated this take on cultural appropriation.
More people are turning on Black Lives Matter.
I've thought about hopping on an Amtrak or European train for like a week and just exploring some new part of the country/world. This person takes riding the rails to a new level.
The New York Times is once again speaking up about law school debt (this time in an op-ed). My main issue with this piece is that I'm not sure law schools are in the best position to do anything about the problem, so why charge them with doing so? If you're a law school, your primary goal is educating students to the point of getting a law degree (it's not even necessarily educating them enough to pass the bar exam, as the prevalence of bar prep courses might show). But unlike maybe medical school (or dentistry school or even auto mechanic school), law school isn't vocational school. I continue to think that the answer is underwriting. Show up to the bank with your acceptance letter, any offers of scholarship, your credit history (which should play a minor role), and something resembling a career plan, and they get to decide whether throwing money at you (and that school) is a good investment. I don't think the federal government should be subsidizing lawyers, and just so it doesn't seem as if I'm closing the door behind us, I am confident that such a system would have provided student loans at the same or better terms to us.
I'm still trying to figure out how to feel about the Ashley Madison breach. While there are obviously privacy considerations and breach of contract claims, there are also stories like this, which make me sad for the family but happy that they get to get out of a bad situation and move towards a better one. Also, karma.
Responses:
1. It seems like an even-handed analysis of the problem, and even if we can quibble about the statistics, I think there are some good solutions and proposals in there.
2. I haven't seen it, but it's interesting. Soon it will be our ice cream maker, though!
3. It's interesting how many people feel the need to justify their compensation. That said, other than some of the grad students, they seem to be paid relatively well on the whole. They seem to be happy with "enough" rather than maximizing their earning potential. And some of them have a more than reasonable amount of faith that their employers will thank them for their modesty later.
4. I agree with everything he said in that article.
5. One of my - our - favorite pastimes!
6. It appears that we are getting a mandoline sooner rather than later.
7. I'll be sure to take some pictures if/when I go to the Alps!
R2R:
3. There's a fine line between letting kids move at their own pace and locking kids into levels of achievement early on (which is how they do education in a lot of places around the world). It just seems like most of the resources in low-performing schools are aimed at social/behavioral control and education to the lowest common denominator. I'm also not sure that the social aspect of education needs to be connected to the academic one - you can have kids together in school so they learn how to act in social settings, but individualize the academic side. The internet and online learning might play a role in reducing cost as well.
5. It's half station wagon, half SUV, and all awesome!
7. I would like to compare success rates and expected annual income, but perhaps it's another pursuit (like Ph.D.) that would be best with a patron.
R2R2R:
2. I definitely remember people in our class banking on loan forgiveness and not even going for OGI or other non-qualifying jobs. It wasn't all easy - many of them couldn't find jobs because everyone was looking to the public and non-profit sectors in light of the layoffs in biglaw. In any case, the people in the article you cited said they only chose to go because they were counting on loan forgiveness.
R2R2R2R:
6. That was supposed to be a "wouldn't," not a would. (It has been corrected.) I was specifically thinking of a South Park episode, though, where Kyle's dad buys a Prius and they move to San Francisco, where people are so into themselves for driving hybrids that they create smug, which (like smog) threatens the environment.
R2R2R2R2R2R:
3. I'm not entirely sure how Verizon will do it, but let's just look at the timeline. Between now and when my old upgrade (your new upgrade) kicks in, your phone will be "locked" into the current plan, same as mine (for the next almost 2 years or so). We can switch to the new plan (at slightly reduced cost), but if we do then we have to pay $20/month extra per phone that is still locked (which, as you recall, will still be less than what we are currently paying). When we get to December 2015, if we still have our old plan, then the upgrade will kick in and you can upgrade, I think under the same terms as before ($200 for the iPhone, 2-year commitment). But if we have the new plan, then $20/month will drop off our phone bill, and you will only be able to buy an unlocked phone at the unsubsidized price ($649). That said, Verizon will offer an installment plan of $20/month (in addition to the $200 initial fee) even on the new plan, so you don't have to pay up front if you don't want to. But if you choose the installment plan, you can't upgrade or leave the plan until the phone is paid off. If we keep upgrading our phones every 2 years or so, it works out. I don't really know what the math looks like if we buy phones more often, but if we buy phones less often, then the new plan I think works better because we won't be paying the inflated phone service bill that subsidizes phone purchases, but instead a smaller bill that covers service only.
B
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
The way forward
I thought this article, while not tackling the many wrong statistics associated with college rape, points to strategies that colleges can move towards to prevent rape.
I've seen so many no-ice cream machine recipes, I can't remember if we've already looked at this one. i mean, you have an ice cream machine but i still don't!
I found this report on what STEM millenials really make quite fascinating.
How are you feeling about this Ben?
awww - not captured, his tiny friendly bunny rolling next to him!
for the mandoline
before you leave, appreciate that which is Germany
Responses
1. What a bad deal for the city. Boo Scott Walker!
2. Seriously. It's also surprising that they never thought of this. I mean, it seems slightly improbable that someone would be a millionaire in public housing but is exactly the point that people would eventually earn enough to get out. It seems the procedures for that occurrence are ...do nothing. In which case, what do the people of HUD do all day besides shut people out of affordable housing?
3. I think it's an interesting idea to put children in tracks from early on so the higher kids don't get left behind but I think there's been a lot of research stating that tracks really hurt kids. I can believe it - kids don't want to feel stupid. Also, kids aren't always uniformly good at all subjects. Even so, this race to help out the bottom seems to be hurting everyone. They talked about this in the mindset book - everyone can learn, don't fall to the prejudice of low expectations, but don't set high expectations without having some plan to help the kids achieve them.
4. Ooh that's super interesting but a super sad ending. Another thing to fail at? No wonder they don't have any desire!
5. Is it a station wagon?
6. I think he made the right decision. It's a difficult one too. Good for him.
7. I mean, I assume training a kid in basically anything to the professional level will cost a lot of money. Maybe less so for track and field and basketball (of course, those are the main sports where minorities are not underrepresented. I can't really explain football though because that seems expensive). This article - like really all articles - equates "persons of color" with "poor people." "This is very expensive so people of color can't do it." But there are middle and upper middle class black families who probably aren't choosing ballet for their daughters. I know my family would never choose ballet because to us, it's kinda weird, not to mention painful. Also, with the exceptions of Misty Copeland and Baryshnikov, there are no famous ballerinas so it doesn't seem lucrative. It seems like you'd be better off in the WNBA.
R2R
2. To be fair, I don't think anyone's taking advantage of the system yet. It still seems a little risky and new to take on more loans than you can manage in hopes of getting forgiveness. I don't think getting public interest jobs is something you can bank on. However, if you do get a public interest job, then I guess you can max out loans in your final year. =P (assuming of course you can stomach public interest for 10 years).
3. Maybe a kickstarter could fund that research? I think minorities and Jewish people would kick in to prove that they are not cheap. =P
6. I think the Mosaic district is in Fairfax? That makes it much less cool. Incidentally, the restaurant they are buying - Gypsy Soul - used to be helmed by RJ Cooper - the same guy as Rogue 24.
R2R2R
3. YAY for triumphant returns!
5. Even if they fix this Guantanamo closing thing, that seems like the first of many new problems.
6. Why would you be smug? Because you're using taxpayer subsidies? Why does that confer smugness?
R2R2R2R2
3. I guess the last question I have is do I need to buy a new unlocked phone or can I still get this phone unlocked on the new plan?
I've seen so many no-ice cream machine recipes, I can't remember if we've already looked at this one. i mean, you have an ice cream machine but i still don't!
I found this report on what STEM millenials really make quite fascinating.
How are you feeling about this Ben?
awww - not captured, his tiny friendly bunny rolling next to him!
for the mandoline
before you leave, appreciate that which is Germany
Responses
1. What a bad deal for the city. Boo Scott Walker!
2. Seriously. It's also surprising that they never thought of this. I mean, it seems slightly improbable that someone would be a millionaire in public housing but is exactly the point that people would eventually earn enough to get out. It seems the procedures for that occurrence are ...do nothing. In which case, what do the people of HUD do all day besides shut people out of affordable housing?
3. I think it's an interesting idea to put children in tracks from early on so the higher kids don't get left behind but I think there's been a lot of research stating that tracks really hurt kids. I can believe it - kids don't want to feel stupid. Also, kids aren't always uniformly good at all subjects. Even so, this race to help out the bottom seems to be hurting everyone. They talked about this in the mindset book - everyone can learn, don't fall to the prejudice of low expectations, but don't set high expectations without having some plan to help the kids achieve them.
4. Ooh that's super interesting but a super sad ending. Another thing to fail at? No wonder they don't have any desire!
5. Is it a station wagon?
6. I think he made the right decision. It's a difficult one too. Good for him.
7. I mean, I assume training a kid in basically anything to the professional level will cost a lot of money. Maybe less so for track and field and basketball (of course, those are the main sports where minorities are not underrepresented. I can't really explain football though because that seems expensive). This article - like really all articles - equates "persons of color" with "poor people." "This is very expensive so people of color can't do it." But there are middle and upper middle class black families who probably aren't choosing ballet for their daughters. I know my family would never choose ballet because to us, it's kinda weird, not to mention painful. Also, with the exceptions of Misty Copeland and Baryshnikov, there are no famous ballerinas so it doesn't seem lucrative. It seems like you'd be better off in the WNBA.
R2R
2. To be fair, I don't think anyone's taking advantage of the system yet. It still seems a little risky and new to take on more loans than you can manage in hopes of getting forgiveness. I don't think getting public interest jobs is something you can bank on. However, if you do get a public interest job, then I guess you can max out loans in your final year. =P (assuming of course you can stomach public interest for 10 years).
3. Maybe a kickstarter could fund that research? I think minorities and Jewish people would kick in to prove that they are not cheap. =P
6. I think the Mosaic district is in Fairfax? That makes it much less cool. Incidentally, the restaurant they are buying - Gypsy Soul - used to be helmed by RJ Cooper - the same guy as Rogue 24.
R2R2R
3. YAY for triumphant returns!
5. Even if they fix this Guantanamo closing thing, that seems like the first of many new problems.
6. Why would you be smug? Because you're using taxpayer subsidies? Why does that confer smugness?
R2R2R2R2
3. I guess the last question I have is do I need to buy a new unlocked phone or can I still get this phone unlocked on the new plan?
Monday, August 24, 2015
Change in the Works
Scott Walker has officially been demoted to my second tier of GOP candidates.
It's hard to believe that HUD ever defended this.
Here's an example of John Rawls at work in the public education system.
Nate Silver's website is bringing data analysis to the bedroom.
I feel a little bad because we had such memories in it and also the name makes me sound unpatriotic, but in my view the Jeep Liberty has been replaced with this.
Chris Borland recently retired from the NFL after just one year of playing, in part because of concerns about brain trauma and injury generally.
It sounds as if the choice is either ballerina or good education. Or poor house, I guess.
Responses:
1. The Black Lives Matter movement is starting to remind me of the Occupy Wall Street movement (never a good sign) in that they want to be heard and relevant more than they want to participate in the political process. As for Shaun King, I don't really care except that these allegations (and facts, in the case of Rachel Dolezal) further undermine the idea that race has to matter in how we organize ourselves as a society.
2. It's funny when liberals say that people in need will never take advantage of the system. There is obviously not a lot of incentive for colleges and grad schools to cut costs (since they aren't the ones who have to worry about getting paid), but I wonder if a good law school that could afford it (maybe even a T-10 school would gain a competitive advantage by cutting tuition by 10%. Would students even notice? Also, look at all the terrible schools these people get loans for...
3. She's right about confirmation bias - most people tip a normal amount. I think you'd have to do a real study (for which you would never get funding) to see what the averages are.
4. I assume that as well, but I don't see the butler...
5. I'm glad we cleared that up.
6. Where is the Mosaic district? In any case, I'm looking forward to trying that bone-in ribeye, as well as the 35-40 other new items...
7. That makes a lot of sense. If you have Starbucks locations everywhere, and people aren't exactly climbing over each other for coffee and pastries at 8 pm, why not use the space for yummy dinner items? That said, I've only been to a Cosi with a bar (the closest comparison) once after 7, and that was at Dulles while waiting for a connection.
R2R:
3. When I have my kitchen back, I will make my triumphant return!
5. That's what I thought too, but it's this symbolic thing now, and rather than making the campaign promise, "I'm going to reform Guantanamo!", which isn't as flashy, I guess, they've decided to close it. But I don't think really anyone put much thought into the convenient solution Gitmo gave to the problem of what to do with foreigners with no presence in the United States who nonetheless were waging war against us.
6. Tesla is more than happy to use government subsidies, renewable energy credits, and whatever else it can get its hands on to help it sell cars. I would consider buying a Tesla because they're cool, but I wouldn't be smug about it...
R2R2R:
3. The second story was the woman who used her lotto winnings to bail her boyfriend out of jail. It was the second story you linked in #2. That said, you get your bail money back as long as the defendant shows up for court, so maybe it turned out okay.
R2R2R2R:
3. The downside is that we can never again use the old plan, so we should make sure that switching makes sense. It also means we have to pay the full cost of the phone upfront, though I think you can maybe $20/month and pay for the phone over time. You can't leave the plan until the phone is paid off if you do this, so it ends up being remarkably similar. Also, I think sticking with the old plan makes more sense if you don't use a lot of data and don't share. I think Verizon is doing this primarily because people want unlocked phones, and to be sure, if I had to pay for my international data I may have done better with an unlocked phone.
B
It's hard to believe that HUD ever defended this.
Here's an example of John Rawls at work in the public education system.
Nate Silver's website is bringing data analysis to the bedroom.
I feel a little bad because we had such memories in it and also the name makes me sound unpatriotic, but in my view the Jeep Liberty has been replaced with this.
Chris Borland recently retired from the NFL after just one year of playing, in part because of concerns about brain trauma and injury generally.
It sounds as if the choice is either ballerina or good education. Or poor house, I guess.
Responses:
1. The Black Lives Matter movement is starting to remind me of the Occupy Wall Street movement (never a good sign) in that they want to be heard and relevant more than they want to participate in the political process. As for Shaun King, I don't really care except that these allegations (and facts, in the case of Rachel Dolezal) further undermine the idea that race has to matter in how we organize ourselves as a society.
2. It's funny when liberals say that people in need will never take advantage of the system. There is obviously not a lot of incentive for colleges and grad schools to cut costs (since they aren't the ones who have to worry about getting paid), but I wonder if a good law school that could afford it (maybe even a T-10 school would gain a competitive advantage by cutting tuition by 10%. Would students even notice? Also, look at all the terrible schools these people get loans for...
3. She's right about confirmation bias - most people tip a normal amount. I think you'd have to do a real study (for which you would never get funding) to see what the averages are.
4. I assume that as well, but I don't see the butler...
5. I'm glad we cleared that up.
6. Where is the Mosaic district? In any case, I'm looking forward to trying that bone-in ribeye, as well as the 35-40 other new items...
7. That makes a lot of sense. If you have Starbucks locations everywhere, and people aren't exactly climbing over each other for coffee and pastries at 8 pm, why not use the space for yummy dinner items? That said, I've only been to a Cosi with a bar (the closest comparison) once after 7, and that was at Dulles while waiting for a connection.
R2R:
3. When I have my kitchen back, I will make my triumphant return!
5. That's what I thought too, but it's this symbolic thing now, and rather than making the campaign promise, "I'm going to reform Guantanamo!", which isn't as flashy, I guess, they've decided to close it. But I don't think really anyone put much thought into the convenient solution Gitmo gave to the problem of what to do with foreigners with no presence in the United States who nonetheless were waging war against us.
6. Tesla is more than happy to use government subsidies, renewable energy credits, and whatever else it can get its hands on to help it sell cars. I would consider buying a Tesla because they're cool, but I wouldn't be smug about it...
R2R2R:
3. The second story was the woman who used her lotto winnings to bail her boyfriend out of jail. It was the second story you linked in #2. That said, you get your bail money back as long as the defendant shows up for court, so maybe it turned out okay.
R2R2R2R:
3. The downside is that we can never again use the old plan, so we should make sure that switching makes sense. It also means we have to pay the full cost of the phone upfront, though I think you can maybe $20/month and pay for the phone over time. You can't leave the plan until the phone is paid off if you do this, so it ends up being remarkably similar. Also, I think sticking with the old plan makes more sense if you don't use a lot of data and don't share. I think Verizon is doing this primarily because people want unlocked phones, and to be sure, if I had to pay for my international data I may have done better with an unlocked phone.
B
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Those people
And this is perhaps the main problem with the BlackLivesMatter Movement and Hillary Clinton's campaign: "you don't tell black people what we need to do." The movement has the presumptive Democratic nominee for President listening and they are more interested in putting her in her place than getting results. Also, Hillary might not be getting the votes for these slackers. also see.
"The promise of forgiveness is “the only reason I would have ever considered” amassing so much debt to attend Tulane University Law School." Ooh people will probably realize this is e a bad idea in a few years....
do you believe in these stereotypes?
I assume this is what our 2Gold kitchen will look like, right?
I don't know what to do with this (really non)information but I had to read it anyway.
just reading about what mike isabella has planned is exhausting.
starbucks' new dinner menu is basically our party menu
Responses
1. I mean, it treats men and women differently based on their sex, so I guess that's sexist? I actually totally believe that on average women are worse drivers than men but I'm not sure they are worse parkers.
2. I got distracted by this line: "Kylie Jenner has a new rabbit named "Bruce." Yeah, I don't care about this family either but a human interest bunny story>?!?@!? I could report on that all day.
3. Ooh I've always wanted to copy down my mother's recipes but was too bored to do it. This blog could solve that! Also yes! Chicken & Dumpling was a massive success but we'd need contributions from Bear to sustain it...
4. I'd rather go to a restaurant more focused on food....Too much stimulation would make me go crazy.
5. I thought the problem with gunantanamo was the practices not the actual prison. Shouldn't we release the people who are being held without charges and not moving them to a supermax prison elsewhere?
6. ugh electric car owners. Expensive and conspicuous environmentalism is one of my top pet peeves. Electric cars are only green after 1. walking; 2. biking; 3. public transportation; 4. carpooling; 5. driving less even in a gas guzzler; and 5. driving less in the car you already own. Yet we have to subsidize the electric car owners!! I'm livid!! I still haven't gotten over hybrids using the hov lane. It also makes me wonder - is climate change sponsored by Tesla?
7. I will never forget the bears! even if they're not the sexy killers we thought they were! (sexy yes, killer, rarely). But these statistics raise so many questions. Like what happened between the hiker and the goat that did him in? Why do so many Germans die in national parks? Do parks have lifeguards?
8. I don't really like the rolls. they look ugly. (It doesn't help that they're brown instead of pretty-colored). I liked the ribbons of snocream.
9. japan should never stop apologizing for what they did!!
jk, it's over. they can stop. they should stop. I think the economist has a special report on it though in the latest edition. lest we forget.
R2R
3. What second story was a bad one? The donation of the house to the neighbor? The donation to the girl with cerebral palsy?
R2R2R
2. Yeah, I have to say it seems cruel to hunt lions for sport but I'm not necessarily for banning it, particularly if it actually saves the other lions and keeps lions on their game.
3. So I guess you say switch to the new plan? Any other downsides?
R2R2R2
5. These are the kinds of questions our education department and politicians should be considering - but I guess they're not.
"The promise of forgiveness is “the only reason I would have ever considered” amassing so much debt to attend Tulane University Law School." Ooh people will probably realize this is e a bad idea in a few years....
do you believe in these stereotypes?
I assume this is what our 2Gold kitchen will look like, right?
I don't know what to do with this (really non)information but I had to read it anyway.
just reading about what mike isabella has planned is exhausting.
starbucks' new dinner menu is basically our party menu
Responses
1. I mean, it treats men and women differently based on their sex, so I guess that's sexist? I actually totally believe that on average women are worse drivers than men but I'm not sure they are worse parkers.
2. I got distracted by this line: "Kylie Jenner has a new rabbit named "Bruce." Yeah, I don't care about this family either but a human interest bunny story>?!?@!? I could report on that all day.
3. Ooh I've always wanted to copy down my mother's recipes but was too bored to do it. This blog could solve that! Also yes! Chicken & Dumpling was a massive success but we'd need contributions from Bear to sustain it...
4. I'd rather go to a restaurant more focused on food....Too much stimulation would make me go crazy.
5. I thought the problem with gunantanamo was the practices not the actual prison. Shouldn't we release the people who are being held without charges and not moving them to a supermax prison elsewhere?
6. ugh electric car owners. Expensive and conspicuous environmentalism is one of my top pet peeves. Electric cars are only green after 1. walking; 2. biking; 3. public transportation; 4. carpooling; 5. driving less even in a gas guzzler; and 5. driving less in the car you already own. Yet we have to subsidize the electric car owners!! I'm livid!! I still haven't gotten over hybrids using the hov lane. It also makes me wonder - is climate change sponsored by Tesla?
7. I will never forget the bears! even if they're not the sexy killers we thought they were! (sexy yes, killer, rarely). But these statistics raise so many questions. Like what happened between the hiker and the goat that did him in? Why do so many Germans die in national parks? Do parks have lifeguards?
8. I don't really like the rolls. they look ugly. (It doesn't help that they're brown instead of pretty-colored). I liked the ribbons of snocream.
9. japan should never stop apologizing for what they did!!
jk, it's over. they can stop. they should stop. I think the economist has a special report on it though in the latest edition. lest we forget.
R2R
3. What second story was a bad one? The donation of the house to the neighbor? The donation to the girl with cerebral palsy?
R2R2R
2. Yeah, I have to say it seems cruel to hunt lions for sport but I'm not necessarily for banning it, particularly if it actually saves the other lions and keeps lions on their game.
3. So I guess you say switch to the new plan? Any other downsides?
R2R2R2
5. These are the kinds of questions our education department and politicians should be considering - but I guess they're not.
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Burning Questions
Is this sexist? The subject: parking lots.
Is the tide finally start to shift against the Kardashians?
Is it time to revive Chicken and Dumpling?
Would you ever want to go to the world's most expensive restaurant?
Where should we put all those dangerous prisoners currently being held at Guantanamo Bay?
How do you feel like subsidizing electric car owners through increases in your power bill?
Can we finally stop blaming bears for the world's ills (but don't forget us!)?
Do you think this looks delicious?
Is it maybe time to stop apologizing?
Responses:
1. It's like the 15th-best story I've ever read about Chick-fil-A, but still better than any story I've ready about any other large restaurant chain.
2. This approach requires a fair amount of trust, and the need to build trust is a fundamental obstacle in human relations all the time. Think dating, meeting new people, etc. This is why we have a song-and-dance ritual. If people were generally more trustworthy and honest, though... that would change everything. I do like the attitude, though.
3. "Below are seven lottery stories that prove winning the lottery can be a blessing, not a curse!" The fact that they found seven non-horrible stories out of thousands of lottery winners proves that just as much as the fact that there are thousands of lottery winners out of millions and millions of participants proves that the lottery is a good investment. Also, for the people who gave the money to future generations, we have no idea whether that is a good outcome because being born into money has its own pitfalls. Also, the second story is definitely a bad outcome.
4. I don't really have any thoughts on any of this except that I still don't like gangsta rap.
R2R:
2. Much of the outrage is around hunting lions generally, not just illegally hunting them. Some people want any hunting of lions to be illegal, and while I have no opinion about the nature and scope of specific hunting regulations, I note that the article cited some early overreactions already. I am not the biggest fan of hunting for sport, but we as a society seem to be short on viable ideas for preserving animal habitats and short on funds for the few viable ideas there are.
3. By my rough calculations, the new plan would cost $110/month, while our current plan (once we drop the international plan and go back up to 6 GB) would cost $160/month. Assuming that we stick with iPhone and you get the base model while I get the slightly larger HD one, the 24-month cost of the old plan is $4,338 while the 24-month cost of the new plan is $4,038. (Note: I did not remember whether the 6-GB plan under the More Everything Plan was $60 or $70, but the internet seems to think it's $70. If we use $60, though, then the 24-month cost of the old plan drops to $4098, which is still more expensive than the new plan by $60.)
I think there is a $20/month fee for the remainder of your plan for switching to the new plan for the life of your current contract, but even if they charged us $20 per phone (at least until December), our new bill would still be $10 cheaper per month and would drop by $20/month each time a contract expired.
We should obviously verify all of this before switching.
R2R2R:
5. I just wonder whether combining the various goals currently served by college (i.e. vocational learning, liberal arts learning, personal growth, learning to be an adult, etc.) into one kind of institution is beneficial to students or these goals. Maybe the solution is grade schools that do a better job of educating, so that smarter kids are joining the workforce after graduating from high school. And if you still want to go to college because you enjoy learning, then colleges can focus on those kinds of students. Perhaps that in turn would allow students to attain some of the educational benefits of graduate school earlier (because colleges would be more focused) and reduce the demand for graduate degrees. It's just a thought.
B
Is the tide finally start to shift against the Kardashians?
Is it time to revive Chicken and Dumpling?
Would you ever want to go to the world's most expensive restaurant?
Where should we put all those dangerous prisoners currently being held at Guantanamo Bay?
How do you feel like subsidizing electric car owners through increases in your power bill?
Can we finally stop blaming bears for the world's ills (but don't forget us!)?
Do you think this looks delicious?
Is it maybe time to stop apologizing?
Responses:
1. It's like the 15th-best story I've ever read about Chick-fil-A, but still better than any story I've ready about any other large restaurant chain.
2. This approach requires a fair amount of trust, and the need to build trust is a fundamental obstacle in human relations all the time. Think dating, meeting new people, etc. This is why we have a song-and-dance ritual. If people were generally more trustworthy and honest, though... that would change everything. I do like the attitude, though.
3. "Below are seven lottery stories that prove winning the lottery can be a blessing, not a curse!" The fact that they found seven non-horrible stories out of thousands of lottery winners proves that just as much as the fact that there are thousands of lottery winners out of millions and millions of participants proves that the lottery is a good investment. Also, for the people who gave the money to future generations, we have no idea whether that is a good outcome because being born into money has its own pitfalls. Also, the second story is definitely a bad outcome.
4. I don't really have any thoughts on any of this except that I still don't like gangsta rap.
R2R:
2. Much of the outrage is around hunting lions generally, not just illegally hunting them. Some people want any hunting of lions to be illegal, and while I have no opinion about the nature and scope of specific hunting regulations, I note that the article cited some early overreactions already. I am not the biggest fan of hunting for sport, but we as a society seem to be short on viable ideas for preserving animal habitats and short on funds for the few viable ideas there are.
3. By my rough calculations, the new plan would cost $110/month, while our current plan (once we drop the international plan and go back up to 6 GB) would cost $160/month. Assuming that we stick with iPhone and you get the base model while I get the slightly larger HD one, the 24-month cost of the old plan is $4,338 while the 24-month cost of the new plan is $4,038. (Note: I did not remember whether the 6-GB plan under the More Everything Plan was $60 or $70, but the internet seems to think it's $70. If we use $60, though, then the 24-month cost of the old plan drops to $4098, which is still more expensive than the new plan by $60.)
I think there is a $20/month fee for the remainder of your plan for switching to the new plan for the life of your current contract, but even if they charged us $20 per phone (at least until December), our new bill would still be $10 cheaper per month and would drop by $20/month each time a contract expired.
We should obviously verify all of this before switching.
R2R2R:
5. I just wonder whether combining the various goals currently served by college (i.e. vocational learning, liberal arts learning, personal growth, learning to be an adult, etc.) into one kind of institution is beneficial to students or these goals. Maybe the solution is grade schools that do a better job of educating, so that smarter kids are joining the workforce after graduating from high school. And if you still want to go to college because you enjoy learning, then colleges can focus on those kinds of students. Perhaps that in turn would allow students to attain some of the educational benefits of graduate school earlier (because colleges would be more focused) and reduce the demand for graduate degrees. It's just a thought.
B
Friday, August 14, 2015
Sweet and sour stories
ahh that sweet Chikfila
I kinda like the ethos but I feel there are some holes to this method
it's surprising that so few people seem to do ok after winning the lottery and that they seem to have to give it away in order to have their happy ending. i distinctly remember a lotto winner from earlier this year - she said she was going to buy "everything she ever wanted." I checked up on her.
everything i know about N.W.A. is from chuck klosterman. but maybe that could change. this is just weird now - the producers are the original members and the police are, well, policing the event because of Ferguson. I don't have any coherent thoughts about what this would mean if it were a big hit.
because it's cute. and i like posting cute things.
responses
1. oh dear. but where would bunny sleep? and how would she peel bear off the wall?
2. Well I think the problem is that Cecil was killed illegally (whatever that means). Also, somehow, he's a beloved lion (I've never seen him in anything myself but maybe he saved some children from a burning house?). So I don't think the killing of Cecil the Lion has more nuance. It's bad all around. I do understand that illegal and legal hunting shouldn't be conflated though and that legal hunting.is a necessary evil until we can figure out what kind of handicrafts lions can sell to earn their keep. =P It still strikes me as pretty mean but I guess the liberal lion government isn't talking about how to stop killing humans for sport.
3. I can't tell for sure but it seems like the old plan would be better if there's a $20/phone fee + data + pay full price for the phone? I guess unless you buy a phone for cheaper.
4. Ugh these prosecutors, this judge and that jury. And those grandparents! I think a fitting punishment is community service. Now the government has to spend $50k and we have weakened the meaning of sex offender. I feel like judges and prosecutors should be held accountable for how many people they put in jail. like maybe there should be a budget. then they could think, well I'd rather put that rapist in jail but this guy had sex on the beach....decisions, decisions. jail shouldn't be some bottomless pit.
R2R
1. Yeah and I don't know how it's supposed to be such a great insult either. Like your money isn't worthy of our publication but everyone else can pay for it. I guess it could be insulting if it were a unique good (or if they couldn't buy it off the stands) but it reeks of "I'm trying to make myself look important.
2. I LOVE AUGUST!
4. I realized it was gimmicky but I kept thinking about it days later so I had to post it. I read a lot of stuff and very little of it sticks with me.
5. I would like to see shortening college as a possibility for reducing the cost of college. with so many people going to grad school, what's the point in having these kids in school for so long? That said, I think "patrons" would quickly become sugar daddies, if it hasn't already.
R2R2R
1. Death by lack of a/c seems cruel and (hopefully) unusual.
3. i think there's money to be made there. I feel like a lot of jobs these days have divored high pay from prestige. that's why CEO, doctor and lawyer still have such a draw they are the few where you can have both. but videogame coach probably has the added benefit of money + fun.
9. only the kids who grew up in fairly affluent households will be set up for retirement (and even then, that's only if they're using their money wisely while living at home, which i never seem to see that often in stories from people living at home) so i'm pretty sure this won't stop whining.
R2R2R2R
3. This is like the rape activist thing all over again. If #blacklivesmatter, everyone should be doing everything they can to alleviate the problem - including black people. That's more important than demonizing one side.
5. Was it everyone loves raymond? because that's kinda not their style....
6. Why the second alarm? do you fall back asleep because you're so tired after shaking?
R2R2R2R2R
3. Fair. If Sabato didn't love UVA so much, he would have left for better pay nearly anywhere else.(though he probably also has a lot of power).
I kinda like the ethos but I feel there are some holes to this method
it's surprising that so few people seem to do ok after winning the lottery and that they seem to have to give it away in order to have their happy ending. i distinctly remember a lotto winner from earlier this year - she said she was going to buy "everything she ever wanted." I checked up on her.
everything i know about N.W.A. is from chuck klosterman. but maybe that could change. this is just weird now - the producers are the original members and the police are, well, policing the event because of Ferguson. I don't have any coherent thoughts about what this would mean if it were a big hit.
because it's cute. and i like posting cute things.
responses
1. oh dear. but where would bunny sleep? and how would she peel bear off the wall?
2. Well I think the problem is that Cecil was killed illegally (whatever that means). Also, somehow, he's a beloved lion (I've never seen him in anything myself but maybe he saved some children from a burning house?). So I don't think the killing of Cecil the Lion has more nuance. It's bad all around. I do understand that illegal and legal hunting shouldn't be conflated though and that legal hunting.is a necessary evil until we can figure out what kind of handicrafts lions can sell to earn their keep. =P It still strikes me as pretty mean but I guess the liberal lion government isn't talking about how to stop killing humans for sport.
3. I can't tell for sure but it seems like the old plan would be better if there's a $20/phone fee + data + pay full price for the phone? I guess unless you buy a phone for cheaper.
4. Ugh these prosecutors, this judge and that jury. And those grandparents! I think a fitting punishment is community service. Now the government has to spend $50k and we have weakened the meaning of sex offender. I feel like judges and prosecutors should be held accountable for how many people they put in jail. like maybe there should be a budget. then they could think, well I'd rather put that rapist in jail but this guy had sex on the beach....decisions, decisions. jail shouldn't be some bottomless pit.
R2R
1. Yeah and I don't know how it's supposed to be such a great insult either. Like your money isn't worthy of our publication but everyone else can pay for it. I guess it could be insulting if it were a unique good (or if they couldn't buy it off the stands) but it reeks of "I'm trying to make myself look important.
2. I LOVE AUGUST!
4. I realized it was gimmicky but I kept thinking about it days later so I had to post it. I read a lot of stuff and very little of it sticks with me.
5. I would like to see shortening college as a possibility for reducing the cost of college. with so many people going to grad school, what's the point in having these kids in school for so long? That said, I think "patrons" would quickly become sugar daddies, if it hasn't already.
R2R2R
1. Death by lack of a/c seems cruel and (hopefully) unusual.
3. i think there's money to be made there. I feel like a lot of jobs these days have divored high pay from prestige. that's why CEO, doctor and lawyer still have such a draw they are the few where you can have both. but videogame coach probably has the added benefit of money + fun.
9. only the kids who grew up in fairly affluent households will be set up for retirement (and even then, that's only if they're using their money wisely while living at home, which i never seem to see that often in stories from people living at home) so i'm pretty sure this won't stop whining.
R2R2R2R
3. This is like the rape activist thing all over again. If #blacklivesmatter, everyone should be doing everything they can to alleviate the problem - including black people. That's more important than demonizing one side.
5. Was it everyone loves raymond? because that's kinda not their style....
6. Why the second alarm? do you fall back asleep because you're so tired after shaking?
R2R2R2R2R
3. Fair. If Sabato didn't love UVA so much, he would have left for better pay nearly anywhere else.(though he probably also has a lot of power).
Monday, August 10, 2015
Back to Work (for me)!
If the wake n shake app doesn't work, this is the next step.
Maybe this Cecil the Lion story is more complicated than it first appeared.
Our cellphone plan is changing again, if we want it to.
Do you think this is fair?
Responses:
1. I saw this and agree. The idea that taking money/business from bad or vile people is wrong strikes me as confused and ridiculous. The main argument you hear is that boycotting will make people change their minds, but in this case it makes no sense. Perhaps more images, not fewer, of interracial couples in front of those bigoted people will make them less bigoted.
2. I thought lots of people took vacations in August (maybe more in Europe, but definitely some in the U.S.). My only thought is that the heat, once welcome in May and June as new and the beginning of pool/beach season, has worn out its welcome. It's kinda like Februrary/March, when all that snow and cold is just old hat by then. I like August, though, because work slows down. Also, there's a certain birthday in August...
3. Wow. That's all I can say. Wow.
4. I don't like the martyrdom of these "experiments." I appreciate the info, but 1) it's not a repeatable experiment if we take ethics seriously, and 2) it uses scare tactics. That said, I will be reducing my added sugar consumption immediately.
5. I wonder whether the solution to this is shortening college by one year and strongly encouraging students to work for one year before going back to school. Business schools typically won't take you if you haven't gotten at least two years of work experience (unless you are an all-star). Law schools and graduate schools could do this too. Or maybe graduate students should have to find patrons, as in the 19th century and before.
R2R:
1. I remember reading about that. I am not going out like that!
3. When the professional video game players start driving Ferraris and getting the girls and pricing me out of the Manhattan real estate market (as the bankers have done), we can revisit this. That day may be closer than I realized.
5. True, but it's better than nothing.
9. If Millennials don't have to worry as much about retirement savings, that's a win. Otherwise in thirty years we'll be hearing complaining about how needing to save for retirement is racist and the word "retire" will be associated with trigger warnings and all sorts of other bs.
R2R2R:
3. It goes both ways, which is why 1) more stories of police officers helping people should be published and 2) everyone needs to calm down. This means police demilitarization and the metaphorical demilitarization of the Black Lives Matter activists.
5. I saw it on a TV show. :)
6. I like it, but I should probably set two alarms...
R2R2R2R:
3. UVA is probably not the best example, as it has a long track record of letting amazing and successful professors leave for more money elsewhere (Ronald Coase comes to mind).
B
Maybe this Cecil the Lion story is more complicated than it first appeared.
Our cellphone plan is changing again, if we want it to.
Do you think this is fair?
Responses:
1. I saw this and agree. The idea that taking money/business from bad or vile people is wrong strikes me as confused and ridiculous. The main argument you hear is that boycotting will make people change their minds, but in this case it makes no sense. Perhaps more images, not fewer, of interracial couples in front of those bigoted people will make them less bigoted.
2. I thought lots of people took vacations in August (maybe more in Europe, but definitely some in the U.S.). My only thought is that the heat, once welcome in May and June as new and the beginning of pool/beach season, has worn out its welcome. It's kinda like Februrary/March, when all that snow and cold is just old hat by then. I like August, though, because work slows down. Also, there's a certain birthday in August...
3. Wow. That's all I can say. Wow.
4. I don't like the martyrdom of these "experiments." I appreciate the info, but 1) it's not a repeatable experiment if we take ethics seriously, and 2) it uses scare tactics. That said, I will be reducing my added sugar consumption immediately.
5. I wonder whether the solution to this is shortening college by one year and strongly encouraging students to work for one year before going back to school. Business schools typically won't take you if you haven't gotten at least two years of work experience (unless you are an all-star). Law schools and graduate schools could do this too. Or maybe graduate students should have to find patrons, as in the 19th century and before.
R2R:
1. I remember reading about that. I am not going out like that!
3. When the professional video game players start driving Ferraris and getting the girls and pricing me out of the Manhattan real estate market (as the bankers have done), we can revisit this. That day may be closer than I realized.
5. True, but it's better than nothing.
9. If Millennials don't have to worry as much about retirement savings, that's a win. Otherwise in thirty years we'll be hearing complaining about how needing to save for retirement is racist and the word "retire" will be associated with trigger warnings and all sorts of other bs.
R2R2R:
3. It goes both ways, which is why 1) more stories of police officers helping people should be published and 2) everyone needs to calm down. This means police demilitarization and the metaphorical demilitarization of the Black Lives Matter activists.
5. I saw it on a TV show. :)
6. I like it, but I should probably set two alarms...
R2R2R2R:
3. UVA is probably not the best example, as it has a long track record of letting amazing and successful professors leave for more money elsewhere (Ronald Coase comes to mind).
B
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Love me, August says
Yes, the subscribers were wrong and vile. But I don't understand how cancelling subscriptions solves anything.
Why don't people love August?
this is pretty darn cute
The new supersize me
Y'know, in my mind, adjuncts should just quit while they're ahead. This article makes the situation seem much more dire.
Responses
1. Just show those Europeans this.
2. That headline was so stupid The Onion was probably appalled.
3. Eh, it seems like the clients are Asian - makes sense. Though honestly, the answer is clearly practice, practice, practice. (Also, you can win real money playing these games so I guess it isn't as stupid as getting better at video games in order to impress girls. =P)
4. I guess the main problem is that people tend to be so blinded by hatred that they don't even care whom they hurt. I mean, I don't think this dentist will be practicing for much longer so this is moot for him but there are other dentists in the practice. It's not their fault and yet they're the ones to suffer.
5. That's a long time from now....
6. Ugh I hate Roger Goodell for making us stand up for the Patriots and Tom Brady....
7. I guess that makes sense. Although there was that article I sent you about Trump being a mole.
8. I think I've only split the check a few times in my life. So many places are ok with doing separate checks or people bring cash. I think the people I dine out with don't seek to take advantage. And for that I'm grateful.
9. I feel this is making the playing field uneven again. I mean, in our parents' day you all had to move out and fend for yourselves. Now, people can save on rend for years and build a cushion that others can't afford.
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3. I also saw an article that said something like 70% of black people think they've been mistreated by the police. Now, I don't know if they've actually been mistreated but I'm sure the odds increase that a police officer is going to mistreat you when you have the attitude that you have been or are going to be mistreated. Such a bizarre way to think - your beliefs don't have to be rooted in reality but what you believe will become reality.
5. The story you told was way too detailed....
6. how's the new app going?
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2. yes, it was conscionable. i mean, i don't know what kinds of people were in the car but they seemed unprepared and scared and the guy with the knife was probably terrifying. conscionable.
3. It never seemed to me that professors were getting paid that much. Larry Sabato was our highest paid professor but he brought in more than enough money to cover his salary. Then again, it takes quite a lot of $40k students to pay off dozens of six-figure professors.
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5. That's lame. I don't think people had enough time or interest to apply for so many schools in my day.
Monday, August 3, 2015
Movie Survey
Here are my responses:
- What’s the most depressing movie you’ve ever watched? Babel
- What’s the most disturbing movie you’ve ever watched? Saw
- An actor/actress you’ve seen in more than 8 movies ? Name the movies. Will Smith - Bad Boys, Independence Day, Enemy of the State, Wild Wild West, I, Robot, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happyness, I Am Legend, Hancock, Focus; Bruce Willis - Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Pulp Fiction, Die Hard with a Vengeance, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense, The Whole Nine Yards, Unbreakable, Sin City, Over the Hedge, Live Free or Die Hard, Red, A Good Day to Die Hard, Red 2; Samuel L. Jackson - Jungle Fever, Pulp Fiction, Die Hard with a Vengeance, A Time to Kill, Jackie Brown, Star Wars Episode I, Unbreakable, Changing Lanes, Star Wars Episode II, xXx, Kill Bill Volume 2, The Incredibles, Star Wars Episode III, Snakes on a Plane, Black Snake Moan, Inglorious Basterds, The Avengers, Django Unchained; Uma Thurman - Pulp Fiction, Batman & Robin, Gattaca, Kill Bill Volume 1, Paycheck, Kill Bill Volume 2, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Nymphomaniac; The Rock - The Mummy Returns, The Rundown, Walking Tall, Doom, The Game Plan, Get Smart, Tooth Fairy, Faster, Snitch, Pain & Gain
- A film you could watch on repeat for the rest of your life? Pulp Fiction
- What’s the very first film you remember watching? Free Willy
- A film you wish you hadn’t watched? Nine
- A film you wish had a sequel? Interstellar
- Which book would you like to see adapted into a film? The Circle (and I'm in luck!)
- The most aesthetically pleasing movie you’ve ever watched? The Matrix
- Who’s your favourite movie director? Quentin Tarantino
- Your favourite movie genre? comedy with action (or action with comedy)
- A movie that holds a special place in your heart? Chef
- Your favourite comedy film? Hot Fuzz
- A music video you would love to see developed into a film? Garbage - Special
- A film everyone loves but you hate? The Graduate
- A film you love but everyone else hates? The Matrix: Reloaded
- Which cinematic universe would you like to live in? Interstellar (at the end anyway)
- What’s your favourite biopic? A Beautiful Mind
- Mainstream movies or indie movies? mainstream
- Old movies or contemporary movies? contemporary
- A film with an amazing soundtrack? Interstellar (can you tell I just watched Interstellar?)
Double Album
Actually, Europe: you're stupid.
This is the dumbest thing of all time.
That said, this comes pretty close.
This is the part of the internet I really don't like. Sure, some guy killing a beloved lion isn't very nice, but this is the virtual equivalent of going to his place of business and burning it down.
In four years (give or take the usual delays), LaGuardia is going to become a real airport.
This sums up my feelings on DeflateGate.
Why is Donald Trump doing so well anyway?
Here is a data-driven, economics-influenced look at splitting the check.
Millennials aren't moving out, even though they have jobs.
Responses:
1. Can we just get that dog?
2. Or the dog in the first picture?
3. It's amazing how much you can talk yourself into believing things, although it makes sense given how much confidence is said to lead to success, whether you are asking for a raise or you are the entire banking industry (which is one big confidence game).
4. You have fun with those... I hate side planks (4 and 5).
5. "...it's good to aim high..." This is why I think the most important part of being married is being able to solve problems together. But I don't fault those who announce high hopes for being the greatest of all time in their wedding vows. In addition to setting the bar too low, how depressing of a wedding would it be if they announced during the vows how they would eventually come back after storming out of the house during an epic two-day fight and spending the night at a bar while chatting with some woman, only to remember that he's married before taking things too far, driving drunk back home, and apologizing before finishing the fight the next day? You always plan to go undefeated. That's why I thought it was funny and charming that Jamitto changed his vow to "for richer and for richer." All this said, I enjoyed the take because it does show the enduring love despite problems.
6. I'm going to download that when I get home.
R2R:
1. The women's team will be good for a while. I think what they really need is a more enduring presence in the form of a successful league. That will be more difficult.
2. Do you still think that the way the fellow passengers acted was unconscionable?
3. It goes to paying professors (whose salaries are quite generous if they are tenured), building lavish dorms, hiring administrative personnel for any number of niche concerns, and paying professors again. Ivy League-type schools have robust endowments that make them impervious to recessions and the like, but it's the private schools that aren't so great that don't have good endowments and thus rely on tuition payments far more heavily on an annual budget basis. But speaking of endowments, a few years ago there was a bit of a push to get schools like Harvard to spend a minimum percentage of their endowment every year, the concern being that Harvard was essentially living off the annual return plus tuition and hoarding cash while happily accepting government assistance in the form of government loans and grants to students.
R2R2R2R:
5. Hoarding acceptances is when, as someone at the top of your class with amazing grades, rather than do a careful search of which college would be a good fit for you, you instead apply to all of the Ivy League schools plus MIT, Caltech, Stanford, and maybe some of the elite liberal arts colleges (e.g. Williams, Wesleyan, etc.), and then just bask in the glow of university admissions officers begging you to come to their school via acceptance letters. You brag about it to your classmates, and you maybe even compete with some of them to get the most elite acceptances of all. It obviously makes sense to cast a wide-enough net, but it's clear that these students are deriving a fair amount of self-worth from the process, and this is what leads to that TJ student (or the Toronto student who took out a hit on her parents) when that acceptance (and those acceptances letters) is not received.
B
This is the dumbest thing of all time.
That said, this comes pretty close.
This is the part of the internet I really don't like. Sure, some guy killing a beloved lion isn't very nice, but this is the virtual equivalent of going to his place of business and burning it down.
In four years (give or take the usual delays), LaGuardia is going to become a real airport.
This sums up my feelings on DeflateGate.
Why is Donald Trump doing so well anyway?
Here is a data-driven, economics-influenced look at splitting the check.
Millennials aren't moving out, even though they have jobs.
Responses:
1. Can we just get that dog?
2. Or the dog in the first picture?
3. It's amazing how much you can talk yourself into believing things, although it makes sense given how much confidence is said to lead to success, whether you are asking for a raise or you are the entire banking industry (which is one big confidence game).
4. You have fun with those... I hate side planks (4 and 5).
5. "...it's good to aim high..." This is why I think the most important part of being married is being able to solve problems together. But I don't fault those who announce high hopes for being the greatest of all time in their wedding vows. In addition to setting the bar too low, how depressing of a wedding would it be if they announced during the vows how they would eventually come back after storming out of the house during an epic two-day fight and spending the night at a bar while chatting with some woman, only to remember that he's married before taking things too far, driving drunk back home, and apologizing before finishing the fight the next day? You always plan to go undefeated. That's why I thought it was funny and charming that Jamitto changed his vow to "for richer and for richer." All this said, I enjoyed the take because it does show the enduring love despite problems.
6. I'm going to download that when I get home.
R2R:
1. The women's team will be good for a while. I think what they really need is a more enduring presence in the form of a successful league. That will be more difficult.
2. Do you still think that the way the fellow passengers acted was unconscionable?
3. It goes to paying professors (whose salaries are quite generous if they are tenured), building lavish dorms, hiring administrative personnel for any number of niche concerns, and paying professors again. Ivy League-type schools have robust endowments that make them impervious to recessions and the like, but it's the private schools that aren't so great that don't have good endowments and thus rely on tuition payments far more heavily on an annual budget basis. But speaking of endowments, a few years ago there was a bit of a push to get schools like Harvard to spend a minimum percentage of their endowment every year, the concern being that Harvard was essentially living off the annual return plus tuition and hoarding cash while happily accepting government assistance in the form of government loans and grants to students.
R2R2R2R:
5. Hoarding acceptances is when, as someone at the top of your class with amazing grades, rather than do a careful search of which college would be a good fit for you, you instead apply to all of the Ivy League schools plus MIT, Caltech, Stanford, and maybe some of the elite liberal arts colleges (e.g. Williams, Wesleyan, etc.), and then just bask in the glow of university admissions officers begging you to come to their school via acceptance letters. You brag about it to your classmates, and you maybe even compete with some of them to get the most elite acceptances of all. It obviously makes sense to cast a wide-enough net, but it's clear that these students are deriving a fair amount of self-worth from the process, and this is what leads to that TJ student (or the Toronto student who took out a hit on her parents) when that acceptance (and those acceptances letters) is not received.
B
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