sickamore
1yr ago
re cultural activities: Agree that if you only do/consume one thing, it's probably bad
re how people spend money: cultural elites just waste money on different stuff ime (in LA, mostly with entertainment folks, which i guess can be elite or not. Big diff is they can get free things vs the rich ppl in "lower brow" activities)
sickamore
1yr ago
i remember reading a report or a narrative about yale law school affirmative action and them mentioning Thomas (or named him in it, before he was famous). It basically implied he wasn't that great of a student compared to his white peers. I might be remembering incorrectly though - if anyone knows what im referring to, please drop a link
sickamore
1yr ago
Sure, but thats cuz their businesses are congruent with silicon valley, plus they have huge silicon valley presence, and talent revolve between msft and others…
A product manager from google isnt exactly the ideal candidate for this diving tourism company. Doesnt make sense to me at all
sickamore
1yr ago
But i dont blame a random chinese company screwing up on silicon valley just cuz ethos is similar?
Diving tourism isnt exactly a silicon valley focus
sickamore
1yr ago
But with silicon valley moving more and more prone to overtaking the meatspace - their physical products kinda suck.
confusing how this relates to silicon valley at all? What's the connection here? Oceangate isn't a company from or base in silicon valley.
sickamore
1yr ago
but both those places are recovering, it would be weird for Taliban to say they cant take more people when they claim they are doing a good job.
And Syria actually looks better by the day.
I dont get why countries have to take hits socially/economically just so the people doing the damage dont suffer. Makes no sense at all.
sickamore
1yr ago
Tbf many if these jobs can pay a lot (construction etc). There is a growing middle class of immigrants
sickamore
1yr ago
Some 47,000 refugees are estimated to have fled to Sudan;
any updates on Sudan itself?
sickamore
1yr ago
what stops someone from joining the mormon church? If you dont have tradition you can buy into some, after all converting new people is a big part of the Mormon tradition with the missions that guys go on.
sickamore
1yr ago
I thought the IQ difference was more from the fact that the Jews that have 5 or 10 kids are not Ashkenazi, and are more likely to be sephardic and so on?
sickamore
1yr ago
is there proof in these links? Seems like all they can say is that they are "allegations"? Is there hard proof?
sickamore
1yr ago
Elite liberal rapid liberals are in cities and many of them are in media, no? Why wouldnt they cover him if they are sympathetic?
sickamore
1yr ago
Ulbricht got his sentence because he refused a deal that would likely have seen him out in fewer than 20 years, possibly even in 10, so they made an example of him.
I hate how plea deals work. Do British, Canadian, or other European systems have this many plea deals involved?
sickamore
1yr ago
Still see them at my local Target and walgreens. Probably just down to the manager and if they have time/etc to take them down
sickamore
1yr ago
The comments on that article, as well as those on the NYC subreddit, are pretty telling. Many high votes for comments supporting what the marine and others did, and broadly condemning the government for letting people with 40+ arrests and warrants out for assault (of a 67 year old woman) out on the street.
If this is any representation of NYC, and I bet it is, then if there is a trial the marine and others may well get a not guilty verdict... One can hope...
Seems like at least two guys, maybe three restraining the one dude. https://twitter.com/_barringtonii/status/1653941898023665665
Everyones only focusing on that shot with just the marine and the guy, probably taken later than the above pic
sickamore
1yr ago
agreed, interesting way to think about financial aid / FAFSA / medicare/medicaid/etc ... And even the new mortgage thing.
sickamore
1yr ago
Robotics and AI would probably solve that problem within the next two decades
sickamore
1yr ago
Denmark was the first one I thought of, and to a lesser extent Norway and Finland (Sweden has too much immigration imo)
But yes between language, the normal stand-off-ness from Scandinavians, it does seem like you gotta have an "in" to make friends/have a community
sickamore
1yr ago
I’d just read it: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1651152395248836610.html
If an American is afraid that the USA (or really anywhere) is becoming a low-trust society, and want to immigrate somewhere that will maintain/be a high trust society in the future (for future kids etc), where should they go?
Assume they have a bachelors degree, enough money to live in most places for a few years without income, and willing to learn languages/assimilate into local culture. Ideally there is a path to naturalization and that it doesn't take >10 years (i.e. rules out UAE), and ideally path to citizenship is reliable (probably rules out Singapore as hearing it's hard to acquire citizenship there now).
Where would you suggest?
sickamore
1yr ago
related thread about generational differences between immigrants: https://twitter.com/meghaverma_art/status/1651152395248836610
korea's teacher strike: does anyone know how the shrinking population in Korea affect this? I remember reading that schools in Korea are closing due to fewer students, so what happens to the surplus teachers?
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