theoneill

Google has two classes of stock.

Depends what you mean by memes. The things on this site aren't really memes in the original sense of the word. The reason these things are boring is probably that as humor they fall on the far billboard end of the billboard-Shakespeare continuum: they are designed for quick (but inevitably shallow) appeal.

There's nothing illegal about age discrimination when choosing a cofounder, just as there isn't when choosing a friend.

"McKinsey, a consultancy, will share management expertise."

God help them.

That's a metaphor.

50m is not the valuation; it's the amount of stock they're selling.

Your comment would be more effective without the parts on either end.

Seems like the least we can do is use it. I propose we use this by default for links to bing.

Not even that. His salary is rounding error compared to his net worth.

"The supply of papers that apply gender theory to literary criticism remains ample."

Reminds one of the invisible clams in Scientology.

The list _delirium and I are referring to is this one of 4 items:

    All three appear to be single white 20something males

I am in fact pretty nearly as bothered by the claim that it's a problem that all 3 are male, or in their 20s.

It's lame when someone writes off a group of people based on such superficial characteristics.

In a long enough list, by definition it's reasonable.

The problem is, this was a short list.

And their race is supposed to predict this? I've heard white people can actually be quite different from one another.

Why is it bad that they're white?

You may well be right. The artists involved are exactly the ones that would be chosen in that scenario. Which is unfortunate.

It's just a figure of speech. There are plenty of other figures of speech that would be even more "offensive" if we applied this unreasonably strict standard to them.

What matters is not the intention of the law but how it's written. This page says what's prohibited is "actual refusal to do business with or in Israel." Do you have some other source to back up your claim? Because judging from this page it sounds like it's illegal to boycott Israel period.

Raking in pledges, not donations. I wonder what the conversion rate is.

If you had to view source before you were sure, then it can't be a real problem, can it?

"Unlike Japan, France and other countries, the U.S. has no true high-speed train lines."

Unlike Japan, France and other countries, the U.S. is really big.

You say it's false that genetic factors account for 60-80% of variance in IQ. What is the current consensus about the actual number? 50%? 10%?