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I've picked up some new followers over the last few days and I've got to tell you, you're all going to be disappointed
This especially makes sense when you realize that the degrees a SLAC and a state school offer are nearly identical once you get past the hype and look at the classes you take
It's a competitive market that you have to differentiate yourself in, and not many people care about what SLACs offer
It's a competitive market that you have to differentiate yourself in, and not many people care about what SLACs offer
I personally think that is the bigger reason why so many small private colleges are declining. Not so much a rejection of the liberal arts, but they lost their core market. And can't compete against cheaper state schools on the one side and more selective private schools on the other.
December 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This especially makes sense when you realize that the degrees a SLAC and a state school offer are nearly identical once you get past the hype and look at the classes you take
It's a competitive market that you have to differentiate yourself in, and not many people care about what SLACs offer
It's a competitive market that you have to differentiate yourself in, and not many people care about what SLACs offer
I don't think that desktop Linux will ever be a really big thing, but Microsoft sure seems to be trying its best to make it happen
I've always been a big fan of their hardware, it's just in the past couple of years that I've started to prefer the OS and that's mostly because it lets you login without tricking you into opening a Bing search because you accidentally clicked the stock photo on your login screen
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I don't think that desktop Linux will ever be a really big thing, but Microsoft sure seems to be trying its best to make it happen
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The problems with *most areas of policy* in the US are mostly about political power - who gets to decide how something is done, what money is spent, and who gets to veto what project. "Technology" is just a pipe dream to abstract away from these questions
December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The problems with *most areas of policy* in the US are mostly about political power - who gets to decide how something is done, what money is spent, and who gets to veto what project. "Technology" is just a pipe dream to abstract away from these questions
@stephenkb.bsky.social As an American this is a weird, unfamiliar feeling for me, but I need a distinctly British take re: the Falklands. The Argentinian nationalists are losing their minds online and my fellow Americans are just laughing.
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
@stephenkb.bsky.social As an American this is a weird, unfamiliar feeling for me, but I need a distinctly British take re: the Falklands. The Argentinian nationalists are losing their minds online and my fellow Americans are just laughing.
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So much of this shit is gambling! Robinhood is fucking gambling! Crypto is gambling! Videogame business models are gambling! It's all fucking gambling! Laws need to really catch up to the fact that the brain can be hacked by this shit.
This is gambling, and we've essentially decided that it's okay to let it go on entirely unregulated for ??? Reasons.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So much of this shit is gambling! Robinhood is fucking gambling! Crypto is gambling! Videogame business models are gambling! It's all fucking gambling! Laws need to really catch up to the fact that the brain can be hacked by this shit.
Seeing Falklands discourse pop up says a lot about the current state of the Argentinian economy and internal politics and basically nothing about anything else
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Seeing Falklands discourse pop up says a lot about the current state of the Argentinian economy and internal politics and basically nothing about anything else
Trying to decide if it's more accurate to say that poli sci research is "like econ research but what if you're not an asshole about it" or if econ research is like doing any other research but done douchily
unfortunately some of the stereotypes about social sciences that conservatives have, largely false in like Econ, Poli sci, etc. are partially true about education research (lots of exceptions, etc). it's really bad.
"i don't like the value judgment implied in 'that kid can't read so well'" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Trying to decide if it's more accurate to say that poli sci research is "like econ research but what if you're not an asshole about it" or if econ research is like doing any other research but done douchily
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I think it’s bad that the president is a likely child rapist.
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I think it’s bad that the president is a likely child rapist.
Being the change I want see and reading the most recent 10-Q
I don't actually see anything about adjustments to operating income, that just talk about regular operating income a lot
I'm assuming either Bloomberg or Amazon is talking about seasonally adjusted quarterly operating income
I don't actually see anything about adjustments to operating income, that just talk about regular operating income a lot
I'm assuming either Bloomberg or Amazon is talking about seasonally adjusted quarterly operating income
no, but they're all disclosed in great detail with every quarterly earnings which is a quick google away.
October 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Being the change I want see and reading the most recent 10-Q
I don't actually see anything about adjustments to operating income, that just talk about regular operating income a lot
I'm assuming either Bloomberg or Amazon is talking about seasonally adjusted quarterly operating income
I don't actually see anything about adjustments to operating income, that just talk about regular operating income a lot
I'm assuming either Bloomberg or Amazon is talking about seasonally adjusted quarterly operating income
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completely insane that the wikipedia conference didn't end in a bloodbath because a couple of wiki editors rushed the gunman and disarmed him
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
A Wikipedia Conference Took a Dark Turn. Unfortunately, It’s Not a Total Surprise.
An armed man at a gathering of the website’s volunteers is just the latest reminder: Editing the internet’s encyclopedia has never been riskier.
slate.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
completely insane that the wikipedia conference didn't end in a bloodbath because a couple of wiki editors rushed the gunman and disarmed him
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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Everything can be a RCT if you WANT IT BAD ENOUGH.
October 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Everything can be a RCT if you WANT IT BAD ENOUGH.
I wanted to let this marinate for a bit before I responded
I think I completely disagree on all points, and I might actually think that more mass participation *could* be better with the right groundwork (not sure yet)
I think I completely disagree on all points, and I might actually think that more mass participation *could* be better with the right groundwork (not sure yet)
the stock market should not be for mass participation by uninformed savers. it should be open to all, of course, but most people should save in savings accounts, CDs, treasuries. 1/
October 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I wanted to let this marinate for a bit before I responded
I think I completely disagree on all points, and I might actually think that more mass participation *could* be better with the right groundwork (not sure yet)
I think I completely disagree on all points, and I might actually think that more mass participation *could* be better with the right groundwork (not sure yet)
They figured out how to put lactase in milk so lactose intolerant people can drink it, there's a decent sized fortune out there for whomever does this for gluten in bread and pasta without messing up the flavor and texture
I miss sandwiches
October 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
They figured out how to put lactase in milk so lactose intolerant people can drink it, there's a decent sized fortune out there for whomever does this for gluten in bread and pasta without messing up the flavor and texture
Which is straight from the authoritarian handbook, chapter 1
Subordinates that are not corrupt are not trustworthy or loyal because they are avoiding giving you dirt on them
Subordinates that *are* corrupt can be blamed for whatever's convenient and arrested for corruption as necessary
Subordinates that are not corrupt are not trustworthy or loyal because they are avoiding giving you dirt on them
Subordinates that *are* corrupt can be blamed for whatever's convenient and arrested for corruption as necessary
the thing about corruption on this scale is that *not* being on the take is almost certainly bad for your prospects. this is and has always been the thing about trump, it is not just that *he* is corrupt, it is that demands you *also* be corrupt as a precondition to working for him
October 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Which is straight from the authoritarian handbook, chapter 1
Subordinates that are not corrupt are not trustworthy or loyal because they are avoiding giving you dirt on them
Subordinates that *are* corrupt can be blamed for whatever's convenient and arrested for corruption as necessary
Subordinates that are not corrupt are not trustworthy or loyal because they are avoiding giving you dirt on them
Subordinates that *are* corrupt can be blamed for whatever's convenient and arrested for corruption as necessary
Reference letters are mostly useless and dumb, which can be illustrated by the fact that in spite of the comment below, I have read my own reference letters because they ask me to proofread it before they start sending it out
Like, what did you expect from three people I personally selected?
Like, what did you expect from three people I personally selected?
Thus far I've gotten away with just providing a PDF of my references' contact info, idk what else they were expecting but I'm not asking my friends to send me their letters, that's insane
October 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Reference letters are mostly useless and dumb, which can be illustrated by the fact that in spite of the comment below, I have read my own reference letters because they ask me to proofread it before they start sending it out
Like, what did you expect from three people I personally selected?
Like, what did you expect from three people I personally selected?
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strongly recommend that you go outside.
October 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
strongly recommend that you go outside.
Does anyone have any good pointers to bond pricing techniques?
And I mean practical application, not just tvm out of a textbook
And I mean practical application, not just tvm out of a textbook
October 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Does anyone have any good pointers to bond pricing techniques?
And I mean practical application, not just tvm out of a textbook
And I mean practical application, not just tvm out of a textbook
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The impact of PhD studies on mental health - A longitudinal population study
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impact of PhD studies on mental health—a longitudinal population study
Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the relationship…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The impact of PhD studies on mental health - A longitudinal population study
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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fundamentally what the people on this site who are mad about No Kings are afraid of is that it will work and things will get better without them being in charge of how it gets better
October 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
fundamentally what the people on this site who are mad about No Kings are afraid of is that it will work and things will get better without them being in charge of how it gets better
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broke: oooh buh buh buh, we should throw trans people under the bus maybe
woke: THIS ADMINISTRATION IS THE MOST ANTI-FARMER IN HISTORY
woke: THIS ADMINISTRATION IS THE MOST ANTI-FARMER IN HISTORY
October 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
broke: oooh buh buh buh, we should throw trans people under the bus maybe
woke: THIS ADMINISTRATION IS THE MOST ANTI-FARMER IN HISTORY
woke: THIS ADMINISTRATION IS THE MOST ANTI-FARMER IN HISTORY
This entire thread, from start to finish, is why I fervently believe that Filoni should be fired and replaced with someone that will immediately kill off every character Filoni has ever touched or even hinted that he likes
This also keeps all of Dave Filoni’s blorbos alive.
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This entire thread, from start to finish, is why I fervently believe that Filoni should be fired and replaced with someone that will immediately kill off every character Filoni has ever touched or even hinted that he likes
I've thought about this more and I think the actual answer to everyone's problems in WWI is referred to as "having lots of trucks" aka being Texas
you don't need tanks to make breakthroughs! infantry made breakthroughs all the time! the problem was then coordinating those infantry advancing, artillery, resupply, etc. the speed of runners was just not fast enough, telegraph wires were constantly getting blown up.
October 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I've thought about this more and I think the actual answer to everyone's problems in WWI is referred to as "having lots of trucks" aka being Texas
I would be interested to see a game that really rewarded detailed force design alongside a bespoke tactical and operational doctrine, but it would get 1/10 the sales at best and probably wouldn't be as fun to play
hearts presents enormous superficial complexity which disguises a deep lack of real choices in force design. land operations are more complicated but after a thousand hours or so you realize they are also easy
October 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I would be interested to see a game that really rewarded detailed force design alongside a bespoke tactical and operational doctrine, but it would get 1/10 the sales at best and probably wouldn't be as fun to play
Seeing these guys stroking to China's manliness and then seeing other posts about how much soy China eats (that we're not selling them now) is just *chef's kiss*
October 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Seeing these guys stroking to China's manliness and then seeing other posts about how much soy China eats (that we're not selling them now) is just *chef's kiss*