Sorry, but to follow up on this, what you are getting for that $400 is things System76 does not offer like weighing less (well over a pound), a 7 hour battery life (I only once used two when I had two 5 hour batteries, so the inability to switch batteries is a plus), and the unibody construction.
Unibody is not something to laugh about, Apple has charged over $300 for it, and I paid it at the time. Having a laptop that you can hammer nails with is important if you commute with it daily.
That said, the System76 has a much higher screen resolution, and that is a huge plus that Apple can't match (but can come close with a $100 option). In the end, I'd say the Apple premium is not there, or (at most) less than $100. But since my last Apple lasted 10 years (running the latest OS the whole time), the premium was more that worth it.
When you call Apple, the level 1 tech knows a whole lot. They also sense you experience level and will say things like, "open a console and see if they are any errors from the kernel"
Sorry last sentence should be: "However, based on this data alone you can't tell if it is the kind of people who go to college who earn that much more and are that much less likely to be unemployed or if it is college itself that is causing that difference." Some interesting studies based on college name value show that signals work for a few years but then true quality starts to mater more.
20 to 30 year olds with college degrees in 2010 make twice as much as 20 to 30 year olds with just a HS degree. They also enjoy 1/4 the unemployment rate. (from the current population survey, easy to DL and confirm yourself.)
However, based just on this data, this could be entirely "those who went to college" instead of "those who finished college."
What would they compete on? Parents have no idea what makes a school good (if they did, presumably Bill Gates could just ask them). When you compete you have to have a good metric for success that can be measured. There are lots of places where people do not have this metric and really crappy businesses thrive (snake oil anyone?)
If you think markets are efficient, then you have to say things like the people who buy the "anti-virus" that pops up when you get a virus are really good AV programs (after all, they cost as much as the real deal).
FDA does not conduct studies, and only universities have conducted studies on cough medicine (industry would not pay to show their product sucks).
Safe and effective is pretty minimal and, being aware of the actual process, they do a very good (if delayed by underfunding) job of it.
But as for, "Safe enough, effective enough, and makes the pharmaceutical companies sufficient money". that is right, it's a free market, so it has to be profitable or worth something in an ad for how great the company is for them to make it.
As long as nobody clearly states that it isn't their data, they will treat it as theirs.
Funny, even if your book had that text about not putting it in an automated storage and retrieval system in any format... still got scanned. I think they want you to say not just everyone, but also google in particular.
Look, you can waste your money on cough syrup, and people even use it on children where it is dangerous to administer. The fact that people go to Mexico to get treatments that will not help them and might harm them is not a very good argument against regulation. FDAs rule is "safe and effective" (put in place after cough syrup was approved), I have no idea why you would want treatment that does not meet this definition.
You might want to look up niche in the dictionary. (hint: if it makes profit, it is worth filling).
You have a theory that no evidence can contradict:
* government fills role -> no evidence about optimality of it existing (you fail advanced econ BTW if you think this) * government does not fill role and no private company fills role -> not worth filling * government does not fill role and private company fills role -> worth filling
Problems with your theory: * there is no country without a food or drug regulatory body that has a private one that works. People want them... but don't get them.
People make all sorts of stupid moves in health (i.e. purchasing cough syrup) when drug regulatory bodies don't help them. Doctors are not capable of this (many, many people go to the doctor when they get a cold or flu and the doctor gives them medicine that is expected to mildly harm them). You need a government body--not because it cures all woes (see store shelves for continued existence of cough medicine) but it does reduce the snake oil substantially.
I didn't say that private schools don't get better results, only that the improvements in their students are no different. The main exception is that at Catholic schools the worse of the worst tend to do a lot better than they would otherwise do.
Your not talking about change but about customization. Customization is the enemy of tight design. Every modular bit needs a holder and a receiver, each of which add weight and bulk. Solder it in and put it in the case and you get lots of option as to shape, location,...
Yeah, or look at countries without the equivalent of an FDA. In Mexico they have no food labeling standard and if you buy and test food made there it is just as... wait, I'm being told the stated ingredients are actually replaced with much cheaper ones. But somehow... private sector...
Usually, when I talk to industry folks in my old field they would say how much they loved and needed NIST for people to find their advertising claims reliable (they were based on NIST standards or NIST calibrated equipment and were, therefore, reliable and reproducible). When one large program of this type got cut, no private industry filled in and the sales people started to complain about lost sales.
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Sorry, but to follow up on this, what you are getting for that $400 is things System76 does not offer like weighing less (well over a pound), a 7 hour battery life (I only once used two when I had two 5 hour batteries, so the inability to switch batteries is a plus), and the unibody construction.
Unibody is not something to laugh about, Apple has charged over $300 for it, and I paid it at the time. Having a laptop that you can hammer nails with is important if you commute with it daily.
That said, the System76 has a much higher screen resolution, and that is a huge plus that Apple can't match (but can come close with a $100 option). In the end, I'd say the Apple premium is not there, or (at most) less than $100. But since my last Apple lasted 10 years (running the latest OS the whole time), the premium was more that worth it.
When you call Apple, the level 1 tech knows a whole lot. They also sense you experience level and will say things like, "open a console and see if they are any errors from the kernel"
shh, don't disturb the /. group think with pesky facts.
Helps protect the screen by holding dirt against it and grinding it in little lines?
I didn't see the unibody option, where is that?
Sorry last sentence should be: "However, based on this data alone you can't tell if it is the kind of people who go to college who earn that much more and are that much less likely to be unemployed or if it is college itself that is causing that difference." Some interesting studies based on college name value show that signals work for a few years but then true quality starts to mater more.
20 to 30 year olds with college degrees in 2010 make twice as much as 20 to 30 year olds with just a HS degree. They also enjoy 1/4 the unemployment rate. (from the current population survey, easy to DL and confirm yourself.)
However, based just on this data, this could be entirely "those who went to college" instead of "those who finished college."
What would they compete on? Parents have no idea what makes a school good (if they did, presumably Bill Gates could just ask them). When you compete you have to have a good metric for success that can be measured. There are lots of places where people do not have this metric and really crappy businesses thrive (snake oil anyone?)
If you think markets are efficient, then you have to say things like the people who buy the "anti-virus" that pops up when you get a virus are really good AV programs (after all, they cost as much as the real deal).
FDA does not conduct studies, and only universities have conducted studies on cough medicine (industry would not pay to show their product sucks).
Safe and effective is pretty minimal and, being aware of the actual process, they do a very good (if delayed by underfunding) job of it.
But as for, "Safe enough, effective enough, and makes the pharmaceutical companies sufficient money". that is right, it's a free market, so it has to be profitable or worth something in an ad for how great the company is for them to make it.
As long as nobody clearly states that it isn't their data, they will treat it as theirs.
Funny, even if your book had that text about not putting it in an automated storage and retrieval system in any format... still got scanned. I think they want you to say not just everyone, but also google in particular.
What size tin foil hat to you wear?
Look, you can waste your money on cough syrup, and people even use it on children where it is dangerous to administer. The fact that people go to Mexico to get treatments that will not help them and might harm them is not a very good argument against regulation. FDAs rule is "safe and effective" (put in place after cough syrup was approved), I have no idea why you would want treatment that does not meet this definition.
There are several private certifiers for organic produce and products.
Yep, and they are government certified.
Let me help you with niche, "a specialized but profitable corner of the market."
I will agree with you that California is a failed state. We need stronger federal regulation of schools!
Interesting. i last checked on a bottle of "vanilla extract" purchased in the early 1990s.
You might want to look up niche in the dictionary. (hint: if it makes profit, it is worth filling).
You have a theory that no evidence can contradict:
* government fills role -> no evidence about optimality of it existing (you fail advanced econ BTW if you think this)
* government does not fill role and no private company fills role -> not worth filling
* government does not fill role and private company fills role -> worth filling
Problems with your theory:
* there is no country without a food or drug regulatory body that has a private one that works. People want them... but don't get them.
People make all sorts of stupid moves in health (i.e. purchasing cough syrup) when drug regulatory bodies don't help them. Doctors are not capable of this (many, many people go to the doctor when they get a cold or flu and the doctor gives them medicine that is expected to mildly harm them). You need a government body--not because it cures all woes (see store shelves for continued existence of cough medicine) but it does reduce the snake oil substantially.
They said nobody would trust a non-USG testing body and that they wouldn't either.
In any case, the fact that a niche exists does not mean that someone will fill it.
I didn't say that private schools don't get better results, only that the improvements in their students are no different. The main exception is that at Catholic schools the worse of the worst tend to do a lot better than they would otherwise do.
I think you might want to retake Econ 101.
Your not talking about change but about customization. Customization is the enemy of tight design. Every modular bit needs a holder and a receiver, each of which add weight and bulk. Solder it in and put it in the case and you get lots of option as to shape, location, ...
Yeah, or look at countries without the equivalent of an FDA. In Mexico they have no food labeling standard and if you buy and test food made there it is just as ... wait, I'm being told the stated ingredients are actually replaced with much cheaper ones. But somehow... private sector...
Usually, when I talk to industry folks in my old field they would say how much they loved and needed NIST for people to find their advertising claims reliable (they were based on NIST standards or NIST calibrated equipment and were, therefore, reliable and reproducible). When one large program of this type got cut, no private industry filled in and the sales people started to complain about lost sales.
But what were you saying?
You do realize that the USG pays almost 0 interest right?
Screw that, when the entire country got nuked we'd wonder why we abandoned all of the energy departments nuclear weapons production facilities.