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Comment Re:How's the homeless problem in Northern Europe? (Score 1) 196

When you do those comparisons, you should also include the things that Americans pay for separately that they may not have to if their taxes paid for it - particularly healthcare.

Adding my personal tax rate to what I also pay for in healthcare insurance premiums puts me right in line as a percentage of income with many European countries.

Comment Re:Capitalism is a good tool, nothing more. (Score 1) 279

That was supposed to be a feature, not a bug--indeed, some of our founders believed that a Bill of Rights was dangerous, as some would see it as a list delimiting exactly what rights were protected, rather than what it is--a list of examples.

I'd say it's more accurately a set of restrictions on the power of the federal government. The preceding articles of the Constitution specifically grants powers to the various branches of government. The first 10 amendments then go on to say that in spite of these powers we've granted you, these actions you may not take. These laws you may not pass.

Comment Re: Ambiguous phrase. (Score 3, Interesting) 483

Even if his charges include 2nd degree murder, the jury has the option to convict on a lesser charge instead. It's not all or nothing.

Correct, and interestingly this is exactly what happened in the case of Mohammed Noor’s shooting of Justine Damond.

Initially charged with 3rd degree murder (and 2nd degree manslaughter), the murder charge was upgraded to 2nd degree.

He was then convicted of 3rd degree murder.

Comment Re:It makes sense... (Score 3, Informative) 128

Zuckerberg, in October 2019, answering a question from Rep. Ocasio-Cortez during a congressional hearing:

“If anyone, including a politician, is saying things that can cause, that is calling for violence or could risk imminent physical harm—or voter or census suppression, when we roll out the census suppression policy—we will take that content down.”

Comment "Right to be forgotten"==Opression (Score 1) 224

"The right to be forgotten" requires a great imposition on others. If I observed you in a cafe, what would it take for you to assert your right to be forgotten? Why is it any different in the case of a group of individuals or a corporation?

My memory of you is part of my identity, something you have no right to.

Comment Re:Change? In the web? Not really. (Score 1) 246

Does anyone actually hire pure HTML/CSS web developers anymore?

I can get any PSD converted to pixel perfect, clean, well written HTML/CSS overnight for about $20. Im not about to hire someone who can't code server side.

For fulltime work they had better be strong on some server side stuff as well HTML/CSS or be truly pro at something like Angular or D3. All of the above require basic understanding of datas structures and design patterns.

Comment Re:Rumers..demise..exaggerated. (Score 1) 289

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php...

C is still the undisputed king of enterprise, and growing.
Java has about 3x the adoption of C#. Both are declining. C# peaked in 2012 and is plummeting.

Finally there, like C# and .Net, there is a big difference between Java and the JVM. You are right that for many things C# the language is better (though fuck the eco system) then Java. However the JVM is amazing.

Watch out for Scala. Its actually starting to woo C devs.

Comment Re:Biology workbook (Score 4, Interesting) 770

Is this behavior really different then what goes on in Texas public schools? Of course not. We get the same sort of anti-science stuff from traditional public schools down there. The fact that this is a charter school isn't the problem. This is just a feature of Texas.

Of course in places like NYC, we see charter schools dedicated to math and good science. Charter schools reflect a community's desire for education. Thats it.

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