sickamore
11mo ago
is there proof in these links? Seems like all they can say is that they are "allegations"? Is there hard proof?
sickamore
11mo 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
11mo 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
11mo ago
Some 47,000 refugees are estimated to have fled to Sudan;
any updates on Sudan itself?
sickamore
11mo ago
Tbf many if these jobs can pay a lot (construction etc). There is a growing middle class of immigrants
sickamore
10mo 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
10mo 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
10mo 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
10mo 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
10mo 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
10mo 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
10mo ago
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?
sickamore
10mo ago
Never felt this tbh (just returned from europe). Fruit tastes similar. Go to farmers markets in LA, they seem fine.
sickamore
10mo ago
Dont listen to these ppl. Live your own life. You seem happy so cherish what you have. Try to live your dreams mate, canada or aus arent too bad anyway.
sickamore
10mo ago
In the old SAT, when it had a Writing section and was based out of 2400, had an essay. However, it was very game-able with a simple structure. You just had to do a simple 5 paragraph thing where you introduce the topic, give 2-3 examples, and clearly state a conclusion. Using some fancy SAT words helps. My friend group joked that you could always use Nazis to support your topic ("book burning is bad, when the nazis burned...")
sickamore
10mo ago
yeah I remember when I took it (out of 2400), it was supposed to be the "new" SAT (though it was around for a few years so we, the students, just thought of it as "the SAT")
sickamore
10mo ago
yes agreed. That's why you had to be formulaic. That's why to get the perfect 12 out of 12 score, you had to be obvious about what you did, so no essay grader could give you a lower score. Worst part was that you never got an explanation of why you got a 10 or 11 or 9 out of 12.
Yes analogies wouldve been nice, but it's too IQ-dependent and so obviously "racist"
sickamore
10mo ago
Interesting idea...
Was going to mention French Guiana but it only has a few hundred thousand people.
If only, then we'd have a better comparison of the before/after colonization thing
What is the wider effect of Sahel countries (Niger/Burkina Faso/Mali/etc) moving away from France? Has this kinda stuff happened before?
sickamore
9mo ago
Interesting. I wonder how Macron and the French establishment, or the French public, feels about this.
If anything, it speeds up uranium mining projects in europe, like Sweden and so on. And of course there are other sources of uranium.
I have heard Thomas Sankara's name before but did not know who he was. Thanks for the comments.
sickamore
9mo ago
Re: Nigar / ECOWAS, AFP just tweeted that:
ECOWAS backs military intervention in Niger 'as soon as possible': I.Coast president
I can't tell if this is just Ivory Coast President's opinion...
But anyway CNN wrote:
West African leaders on Thursday ramped up the rhetoric against Niger’s coup leaders, ordering the “activation” and the “deployment” of a regional standby force to restore constitutional order in the coup-hit country.
Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria after the expiration of the one-week ultimatum they gave to the Niger’s military junta, leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) called for a deployment “to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger,” according to a statement read by Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission.
It was not immediately clear what the “deployment” and “activation” of the force would entail. The statement also emphasized a “determination to keep all options on the table for the peaceful resolution of the crisis.”
...
Several analysts told CNN that a military intervention in Niger would probably not be imminent, as it takes time to assemble the ECOWAS troops.
The communique is “about mobilizing the required resources should an intervention be needed, but it’s also a signal to the junta in Niger that ECOWAS is prepared to take necessary actions including force should talks fail,” Abuja-based defense and security analyst Murtala Abdullahi told CNN.
So I'm confused, I guess this kinda means there is hesitation and they are just saying / doing stuff so that they live up to the deadline they set?
sickamore
9mo ago
Reminds me of the research on Swedish (or some other Nordic country) families, and how number of younger siblings or siblings in general causes next generation to have more kids. It seemed like oldest sibling will always have more kids than younger sibs (though I assume oldest kids with siblings have more kids than only child kids).
My immediate thought was that it means people that grew up with younger kids and inevitably helping take care of their younger siblings have the exposure to raising kids. Changing diapers and feeding kids and all this stuff isn’t something they have to imagine, cuz they’ve done it! But the youngest sibling wouldn’t have that experience so would tend to have fewer kids cuz lack of experience etc. I would assume this means only children that have a lot of kid experience/exposure would also have more kids (from younger cousins / babysittinf / etc).
So fertility is self enforcing: the more kids you have, the more kids, on average, they would have.
Elite liberal rapid liberals are in cities and many of them are in media, no? Why wouldnt they cover him if they are sympathetic?
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