Cut 'em some slack; it's not as though they're attending an Ivy League law school where they'd learn fancy schmancy legal concepts like standing.
Exactly. When you're sued by your own students, you're quite screwed. Turns out not only are Harvard's students incompetent, but they also hate Harvard enough to sue. Why would anyone want to go there?
Better idea. Enter the competition, use already well-developed commercial software (or write a program to average the results of several commercial programs), and easily win the competition. It's not like anyone is going to create software worth millions and give it away for a tiny prize.
I'm offended that boys are being stereotyped as too stupid to realize that Barbie is just using them! Wait, I bet I was supposed to be offended that Barbie using her natural talents and as a result achieving her objectives, was using the wrong talent. Cause she'd be smarter to do it all 100% by herself, so the book portrays her as stupid, right?
The irony here is that penguinoid is empathically projecting a common human sense of empathy onto a group whose most defining characteristic is the lack of it.
Quite the opposite, I was pointing out that even people with no empathy at all could easily make the choice, in their own self-interest, which the study declares proof of altruism. Even if they remain anonymous to their victim, they may feel the loss of reputation in the eyes of the researchers is worth more than a few cents.
This is not entirely idle speculation, either. I took a game theory class, and everyone thumbed their noses at the "proper self-interested actions" recommended by game theory when their actions were public in favor of a reputation for cooperation. When the teacher made arrangements to make everything entirely anonymous, suddenly everyone turned vicious.
And what does your economics theory says happens to profits for an inelastic good when production increases? Or in more specific terms, during a famine (low farm production) are farmers the first or the last to go broke?
Less shocking if you consider it as getting paid to attack someone, vs getting paid to do something painful. Even a sociopath wouldn't attack people for a few cents.
But why is Bennett's garbage being approved? I understand slashvertisements, because there is at least a monetary benefit to posting them. I also understand some pseudoscience occasionally slipping by, because the editor didn't read it carefully. But this crap? It is obvious shit from beginning to end. He has nothing to say. It is just completely pointless.
And yet there's always several comments on his material. Granted, most of them complaining about Bennett, but clicks nonetheless. My theory is that the editors are trolling you.
The price of gas is only inelastic in the short term. Even if the price of gas goes up 10X for a week due to some fluke event, people will still buy about as much gas. However, if the price goes up 10X for the long term, everyone and their mothers will be adjusting some way or another to use less gas. Nothing is perfectly inelastic.
There is no downside to lower gas prices. lower prices on anything is always a positive.
The downside of lower gas prices is that gas prices are too low (according to some people).
I can tell you as a fact that lower prices on some things are terrible. Specifically, low prices can cause something to be overused and then depleted, or it could have secondary bad effects, or it could impede the development or use of alternatives. I could believe this to be the case for gasoline, and could also believe a lower price would be better -- to be sure I'd have to integrate over the entire economy and resources and present and future technology.
Just to give some examples, the Tragedy of the Commons is an example of something being underpriced, and stupidly expensive monopolies are an example of something overpriced.
I've never owned a farm. I've never planted or harvested a crop. I've never used fertilizer. I've never seen GMO seeds. I've never gone a day without food. I've never been to Africa.
But I know this is really bad.
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You don't know anything about the topic, and aren't involved or affected, but you're going to pass judgement on other people's choices.
"Big Agriculture", and not "Big Silver". I thought this was about mining silver in Africa.
In some languages, silver is synonymous with money. Eg "plata" in Spanish. So you're not far off.
As to whether it's a good thing or not... well, it's not for nothing that farmers are buying expensive hybrid seeds. But I don't know the details to be able to say whether the same factors apply in Africa.
I'm not sure it's even great in the winter. What's the value of security for your servers compared to a little heating? Would you do business with a company that has their servers in random peoples' offices?
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I bet I know what these robots will be dressed up like for Halloween! They're already the right shape.
Cut 'em some slack; it's not as though they're attending an Ivy League law school where they'd learn fancy schmancy legal concepts like standing.
Exactly. When you're sued by your own students, you're quite screwed. Turns out not only are Harvard's students incompetent, but they also hate Harvard enough to sue. Why would anyone want to go there?
First post!
^ Proof that Americans still care about being first in some things.
I understand we also like being the "biggest fish in the pond", although I question the methods we use to achieve that status.
"Go fuck yourself."
Better idea. Enter the competition, use already well-developed commercial software (or write a program to average the results of several commercial programs), and easily win the competition. It's not like anyone is going to create software worth millions and give it away for a tiny prize.
I'm offended that boys are being stereotyped as too stupid to realize that Barbie is just using them! Wait, I bet I was supposed to be offended that Barbie using her natural talents and as a result achieving her objectives, was using the wrong talent. Cause she'd be smarter to do it all 100% by herself, so the book portrays her as stupid, right?
With capitalism, you can use money to get more money, exponentially. It's hard to beat exponential.
The irony here is that penguinoid is empathically projecting a common human sense of empathy onto a group whose most defining characteristic is the lack of it.
Quite the opposite, I was pointing out that even people with no empathy at all could easily make the choice, in their own self-interest, which the study declares proof of altruism. Even if they remain anonymous to their victim, they may feel the loss of reputation in the eyes of the researchers is worth more than a few cents.
This is not entirely idle speculation, either. I took a game theory class, and everyone thumbed their noses at the "proper self-interested actions" recommended by game theory when their actions were public in favor of a reputation for cooperation. When the teacher made arrangements to make everything entirely anonymous, suddenly everyone turned vicious.
As a bonus, if the robots wear out, they can be easily disassembled.
And what does your economics theory says happens to profits for an inelastic good when production increases? Or in more specific terms, during a famine (low farm production) are farmers the first or the last to go broke?
Less shocking if you consider it as getting paid to attack someone, vs getting paid to do something painful. Even a sociopath wouldn't attack people for a few cents.
I think you may be overestimating your knowledge of both farming and economics.
But why is Bennett's garbage being approved? I understand slashvertisements, because there is at least a monetary benefit to posting them. I also understand some pseudoscience occasionally slipping by, because the editor didn't read it carefully. But this crap? It is obvious shit from beginning to end. He has nothing to say. It is just completely pointless.
And yet there's always several comments on his material. Granted, most of them complaining about Bennett, but clicks nonetheless. My theory is that the editors are trolling you.
Who is Bennett, and why does he get to use /. as his blog?
Hey, this time he has a link!
The price of gas is only inelastic in the short term. Even if the price of gas goes up 10X for a week due to some fluke event, people will still buy about as much gas. However, if the price goes up 10X for the long term, everyone and their mothers will be adjusting some way or another to use less gas. Nothing is perfectly inelastic.
There is no downside to lower gas prices. lower prices on anything is always a positive.
The downside of lower gas prices is that gas prices are too low (according to some people).
I can tell you as a fact that lower prices on some things are terrible. Specifically, low prices can cause something to be overused and then depleted, or it could have secondary bad effects, or it could impede the development or use of alternatives. I could believe this to be the case for gasoline, and could also believe a lower price would be better -- to be sure I'd have to integrate over the entire economy and resources and present and future technology.
Just to give some examples, the Tragedy of the Commons is an example of something being underpriced, and stupidly expensive monopolies are an example of something overpriced.
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a "little birdie" on a plane!
Can't draw conclusions from this study
You can always draw conclusions from a study. They just might not be very informative.
No fair whooshing me! I'm a victim of Poe's Law.
I've never owned a farm.
I've never planted or harvested a crop.
I've never used fertilizer.
I've never seen GMO seeds.
I've never gone a day without food.
I've never been to Africa.
But I know this is really bad.
Sent from my iPhone
You don't know anything about the topic, and aren't involved or affected, but you're going to pass judgement on other people's choices.
"Big Agriculture", and not "Big Silver". I thought this was about mining silver in Africa.
In some languages, silver is synonymous with money. Eg "plata" in Spanish. So you're not far off.
As to whether it's a good thing or not... well, it's not for nothing that farmers are buying expensive hybrid seeds. But I don't know the details to be able to say whether the same factors apply in Africa.
Not for all colleges, but there are plenty of colleges that are less likely to admit students who've taken part in 4H.
Wuss. Guess what my new ringtone will be?
"Information wants to be free. Nothing is taken from the people whose videos are posted."
Confidential informants might disagree with that (while ironically liberating information).
I'm not sure it's even great in the winter. What's the value of security for your servers compared to a little heating? Would you do business with a company that has their servers in random peoples' offices?
This is definitely news for nerds. I hope they don't butcher the story.