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But she describes herself as blind to gender (what is known as gender neutral) and believes in equality between men and women, which is actually the definition of feminism.

Comment · 13 years ago

Correct. You want the right writers, though, and Tumblr has attracted an interesting set. You don't want too much garbage/noise on Tumblr, and so far (at least for me) this is the case. FB and Twitter have a lot of noise.

I respect Adam Rifkin's opinions a lot, partially because he's a great person and partially because he's the best-networked person in the world. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/tag/adam-rifkin/ I may be wrong, but I feel like the second title qualifies him to maybe see things that others don't.

Comment · 13 years ago

Yes, nominative fair use is about trademarks. I'm sorry that I didn't make that sufficiently clear, since the first part of that sentence was about copyright and the second was about trademarks.

And again, what I was talking about with truth was more about claims and less about copyright.

Comment · 13 years ago

Snow Fall (video/images) is protected by copyright, but ‘The NYT spent hundreads of hours hand-coding “Snow Fall.” We made a replica in an hour.' is nominative fair use. He might have to say something about not being affiliated with the NYT in any way, but he should be able to make that claim. Truth is a perfect defense.

Comment · 13 years ago

I use Google Voice for job hunting, but I had a random thought about Burner when it first came out. It can be used for the same purpose and you can get rid of the number if you no longer want to be in contact with the recruiter. I think that Burner was originally intended to be used in romantic situations, but I find that the employment context might be interesting as well. http://burnerapp.com/

Comment · 13 years ago

Laurence Kotlikoff is really famous for his claim that plumbers actually lead pretty good lives. He says that a general practitioner would on average make only $423 more per year in discretionary income than a plumber. Here's a piece from him where he talks about the numbers involved. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-09/study-hard-to-find-...

Comment · 13 years ago

This is not a question. It's a statement. I knew about reverse racism in college admissions when I was 10 and starting to go to a college admissions counselor.

I would also like to add this to the conversation: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/education/a-grueling-admis.... When the criteria to get into elite schools is completely objective, Asians get in disproportionately (what is called overrepresentation) because their families put a higher emphasis on education and doing well on tests. Not every Asian family has a Tiger Mother, but a significant portion of the Asian family places a lot of emphasis on academic achievement. I found the discussion about Jews to be interesting, because Jews in some ways are close to Asians. Jewish culture also places emphasis on scholarly achievement, but to a lesser extent than, for example, Amy Chua. That's why her mother-in-law and husband, who are Jewish, objected sometimes to Chua's overly rigorous methods.

Comment · 13 years ago

I think that he should get his GED and drop out. If he's already running a business with that much revenue, then he stands to learn far more from dropping out than from staying in high school. I think that you should also reframe the situation by not calling it "dropping out." He will be homeschooled in an unschooling environment, which is what it's called when you let kids do what they want. In his case, what he wants to do is run a business with ~$350,000 in revenue. That, to me, is much more valuable life experience than sitting through calculus.

If he decides to go to college later on, if the company fails, then he will have an incredible admissions essay. The very best colleges look for kids who are unique and running his own business would definitely make him stand out. Have his parents read this: http://homeschooling.penelopetrunk.com/2012/04/27/top-univer...

Comment · 14 years ago

It's not discontinued. Jacob started up again, so if anybody wants to switch back to ERE, go for it.

Comment · 14 years ago

I read stuff from both of them and they both have good stuff. MMM says that your marginal utility from a salary somewhere above $100,000 is ridiculous and Ramit disagrees. MMM actually did a case study post on how saving was more effective than salary increases: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/11/14/doubling-your-sala...