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Re:Stop Pretending You’re Not Rich on Monday June 12, 2017 @08:38AM (#14536790)
Saying Soviet Union is socialism is like saying China's government really cares about communism.
Re:States are moving to cut college costs by introducing open-source t... on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @12:35PM (#14195213)
https://www.pearson.com/corporate/news/media/news-announceme... Pearson and Chegg Announce Partnership to Make Textbooks More Affordable for College Students.

imo, Pearson is really evil, I live in Taiwan and still lots of classes in the top universities use Pearson textbooks, and lots of students pay for their solutions on Chegg, which makes it all more absurd.