the_bookmaker
Gender dysphoria is not one thing
Decline in Independent Activity as a Cause of Decline in Child Mental Health
Re:The Mirage of Swedish Socialism: The Economic History of a Welfare ...
on Sunday October 15, 2023 @12:47AM (#37886966)
Well, the spending has to come from somewhere. But you'd be right to point out that in addition to taxes, we also have to consider government borrowing (which the full publication does to some extent).
Also, the article isn't claiming that Sweden is not a "welfare state". I calls it so in the title. It's claiming that they are paying for it with a higher tax burden on the middle-class.
Good genes matter more the older you get
The Mirage of Swedish Socialism: The Economic History of a Welfare State
Bay Area high school grad rejected by 16 colleges hired by Google
Lake City Ammo Plant Cancels All Commercial Contracts
Re:Javier Milei charged with causing a sharp drop in the Argentine cur...
on Saturday October 14, 2023 @09:21PM (#37885925)
Javier Milei charged with causing a sharp drop in the Argentine currency
Anti-Anti-Adblocker uBlock filter to get rid of the annoying YouTube message
MetaMask appears to have been removed from the Apple App Store
Re:Harvard student group members doxxed after Pro-Palestine letter
on Saturday October 14, 2023 @11:43AM (#37881367)
They were not "doxxed". There is no expectation of privacy when signing an open letter and using your affiliation to boost it.
Also, I don't think they deserve much sympathy. These are the same people who will put your name in a hundred lists and advocate for your firing if you say anything significantly in contradiction to their ideology.
Australia Rejects Indigenous Referendum
Embryologists inundated with requests for sperm retrieval from the fallen
Traditionally Horny
Family of the 19yo wanted for killing Josh Kruger says they shared sex and drugs
Re:Disney โ DEI requires a history of privilege
on Friday October 13, 2023 @07:22PM (#37876694)
The the reason corporations care about DEI in the first place has to do with civil rights laws, they mostly don't really think that "diversity" is their strength. To learn more about that, you should read Richard Hanania's recent book The Origins of Woke.
Since there has been a backslash against the results of the civil rights laws, they probably have more leeway to act as "rational" economic agents, but at least the formalities still must be observed.
The Wirtz Spiral Pump
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has filed for bankruptcy
Re:Ask HN: How do I start over at 37?
on Thursday October 12, 2023 @06:02PM (#37863767)
Hit the gym: https://www.julian.com/guide/muscle/intro
Grind leetcode: https://leetcode.com/
Re:
on Thursday October 12, 2023 @04:56PM (#37863073)
Blasts from the past: The Soviet ape-man scandal (2008)
Re:France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations
on Thursday October 12, 2023 @02:34PM (#37861096)
France essentially has inquisition courts, which for example Houellebecq [1] (a prominent author) and Zemmour (a former presidential candidate) had to suffer through.
Libel Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times and Taylor Lorenz Can Proceed
Re:Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department
on Thursday October 12, 2023 @01:31PM (#37860224)
Steve Sailer makes a very good point about that [1]:
> Because it's illegal by an early 1950s act of Congress for the bottom 10% of IQ test scores to join the military and because most times, the military bans the bottom 30% on the highly g-loaded AFQT. For some years after the 2008 crash, the Air Force and Navy only took top 50%.
[1]: https://twitter.com/Steve_Sailer/status/1711759455283712281