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The actual costs of student loan forgiveness is fairly marginal compared to the economic benefits [1]. Further the federal government can write off debt without anyone ever having to pay for it. Student loans are created by the Treasury for the Department of Ed, repayment just gets dumped onto a balance sheet in the treasury that has no relationship to reality.

[1] http://www.levyinstitute.org/publications/the-macroeconomic-...

Fortunately most of the debt is held by the US department of Education, and could easily be written off. (Minor inflationary effects asside).

No, the foundational error of the incel world is the denial of the fundamental humanity of literally everyone else in the world.

It's worth looking through Zenyep Tufekci's other op-eds [1] and her fantastic book "Twitter and Teargass" [2]. A lot of her analysis borders on prescient. She's someone to pay attention to.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/column/zeynep-tufekci

[2] https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300215120/twitter-and-te...

We've had good results using docker-compose to run ES test suites. Run the app in one container and an ES instance in another.

Test data can be loaded from fixtures or captured/snapshotted using `docker commit` to create specific test images.

That was true 30 years ago, but is not longer the case.

Can't the locomotion problem be solved by putting the player character in a wheelchair or some sort of mobility assistive device?

You do have white privilege. White privilege isn't being treated better because of your race, it's not being treated worse.

White privilege is not remembering the last time you were pulled over for nothing.

White privilege is not being afraid of the police.

White privilege is getting let off with a warning.

White privilege is expecting to be judged on your merits.

White privilege is getting the benefit of the doubt.

White privilege is having a family that got to use the GI bill.

White privilege is having a family that was able to build a little bit of generational wealth from government housing policy.

White privilege is thinking racism is over.

White privilege is starting at 0 when the rich kids start at 50 and black kids start at -15.

How would HN be reacting if this were written by and about a man?

There are a lot of gender expectations that punish assertive and matter of fact women as 'bitchy' and 'insensitive'. If a white guy behaves the same way no one thinks twice about it. To me it sounds like management at Github is uncomfortable with her perspectives. We often see women and minorities censured for not trying to conform to the model of a demure, inoffensive, and compliant minority.

Much like the comments here, Github management appears to prefer to focus on the perceived personality flaws of someone who makes others uncomfortable by her presence rather than underlying issues causing their discomfort.

The "insensitivity" mentioned in the piece appears to be largely based on the fact that the author behaves much like a white guy would in these situations.

It's also much worse for women and people of color who are assumed to be rude for acting in ways white men wouldn't think twice about.

I really like the look of the app. It's nice to see established well developed desktop interface concepts applied well.

The first link in the blog post should really link to the home page. A download link is unexpected and unwelcome for someone who's trying to figure out what Ship is for the very first time.

Does that mean the UI actually works?

Am I the only one that finds the Boring Company the most interesting of Musk's current projects?

If he can pull off fastish, cheapish tunnelling under major cities we could see a renaissance in new subway construction in American cities.

He started a taxi service with a slick app to order rides. He was successful by willful criminality, disregarding inconvenient regulations and laws. His company can't retain employees and is burning cash. Their only viable path to profitability assumes no regulatory fallout or serious competition.

He did not change how transportation works. He got where he is through a combination of luck, good timing, and criminality masked as 'disruption'.

So Japan has issues with a poor job market and people working themselves to death?

It seems like raising the mandatory pay rate for overtime would really reduce the issue. A sliding scale that increases the overtime pay rate for additional hours would nip this in the bud and improve the labor market.

Something like 1.5x for > 50 hours/week and 2x for >60 hours /week would put tremendous pressure on companies to hire more staff rather than working their employees to death. Also it wouldn't nuke the salaries of those depending on overtime pay to make ends meet. Fewer overtime hours, same pay.

Most Americans have fairly simple single income taxes. Also all banks and investment services have to report your assets and income to the IRS.

If your taxes are complicated enough to need an actual accountant (not a tax preparer) you'd still need an accountant. But the tax preparers that fill out forms for simple W2s and a couple 1099 forms would be out of business.

Canonical bending their demonstrated ui talents may just lead to a better Gnome 3 experience.

There are lot of wireless E-ink displays for sale that advertise 5-year battery life with a simple button cell. For like $10/label.

The amount of shovelware and asset flips suggest the current fee of $100 is far too low.

I'm dismayed there is scarcely any mention of the quality of works entering Steam. It's patently obvious that quality is the major issue now, not the usability of the platform or developer features.

Most large American Universities are not part of the surrounding town or city. They are in effect their own municipalities.

Take a look at that agencies responsibilities[1]. There's a lot there that could necessitate that sort of materiel. Including monitoring wildlife, enforcing bans in trade of various species, and enforcing animal welfare.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_and_Plant_Health_Inspec...

Most of these agencies have some statutory responsibility to enforce law and investigate crimes under their purview. This includes enforcing court orders and arresting suspects in unknown and potentially dangerous situations. The report actually explains these things all the while sneering at the fact that these agencies need to employ investigative and enforcement personnel as part of their core mission.

Many of these agencies maintain large facilities to serve their core purposes and have to provide security for their facilities.

Little in this report is anywhere as alarming as the reports authors would like to make it out to be. OpenTheBooks.com seems to take the view that all government spending is wasteful, and by describing it out of context seeks to present it as abuse. For instance they present research grants to Ivy League schools as government subsidy of those schools [1] and The US Government employing a lot of lawyers as somehow suspect [2].

[1] http://www.openthebooks.com/openthebooks_oversight_report_%E...

[2] http://www.openthebooks.com/openthebooks_snapshot_oversight_...

> Currently, Agent Space contains a simulated entry for each of the ~7 billion humans alive in 2014

In Germany many public restrooms have an attendant who you pay and can complain to if the toilet is dirty or lacking toilet paper.

It probably means a crime where there is also a drug related indictment (or conviction, not sure which). Your example would be a crime of robbery, plus possession.

I wonder how many cases of 'drug related crime' are just defendants who were arrested for another crime while they had small time possession?

He really means Society. Syrian society was reasonable open, liberal, irreligious, and tolerant of (non-political) minorities. Not as open as European societies, but more open than the Gulf or Iran. Political opponents were oppressed of course.

An Official Germany Islam like there is an Official German Lutheranism would be a great help in Germans feel safer with Muslims. I'm surprised the German Government has allowed German Islam to be effectively controlled by the Turkish Government for as long as it has. (Though I guess Turkey wasn't all that concerning until the Erogan era)

XPS 13 is well worth it. Its only downside is the webcam looking up your nose. It's lighter than a macbook pro and is about as sturdy.

Scihub link: http://science.sciencemag.org.sci-hub.cc/content/354/6310/30...

From my perspective the main benefit of this is there is now a non profit that can take over administration of JS projects the community values but the original developers want to abandon.