michaelfdeberry

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I am sure there are many reasons to prefer electronic voting, but that just seem logistically impossible when you are talking about millions of people. No way that wouldn't go unreported or undetected.

Whereas, with voting machines, if compromised has much more reach and would be difficult to detect.

That should be fixed first, but it's much more complicated. Even if you could fix all systematic issues the poor would still have less access because of poverty, discrimination, and many other forces.

That would only be fairer if everyone has the same level of access to education up to that point.

I don't know anything about the Australian school systems, but I know for sure that is not the case in the U.S.

The two examples you mention is in regard to bigotry. If they have those views then those views are going to drive their actions.

There is no such thing as being a bigot in private.

In context of the comment I was initially replying, regarding how Asians are considered a counter example, I think positive is the correct term.

My initial post was strictly to point out the original posters bias towards Asians.

So my point, in context of the original post, is that bias towards Asians give then a higher social standing. Which I do consider a positive when compared to other groups.

Your initial post seemed to be more in general, and I agree that all bias has some negativity to it.

You are correct positive may not be the best term, but I think we are in agreement otherwise

Bias goes both ways and biases effecting social status for Asians are typically positive. For example, if hiring for a Mathematician from three resumes, 1 White, 1 Black, and 1 Asian and being unaware of actual skill, the Asian would likely be considered first. In this case bias helped the Asian get a job that will raise their social status.

There are negative biases towards Asians as well, but they don't have much effect on social status, such as being bad drivers.

There are also positive biases towards Blacks, but the those positive biases don't have much effect on social status. An example would be if basketball team had to be constructed from a pool of available players, again unaware of actual skill, the Black players would likely be picked first.

I think the real point is that bias does have an effect on social status. Depending on what those biases are it could be a positive or negative effect.

While it's true that there were laws allowing minorities to vote in the late 1800's at the federal level, up until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 there was still institutionalized discrimination that made it difficult to actually do so.

More on topic, I think there does need to be more inclusion for women, and there are programs springing up now that are targeting women of all backgrounds which is good. However, there is very little, if anything, being done to target minority men.

I can only speak for myself as a minority male working in tech, but I feel that some of the same unfairness/injustices that affect women apply to minority males as well.

>Hospitals are not required to treat, but most do. It is general knowledge in the industry that if you can't afford treatment for your cancer you go to a local hospital where you will be treated regardless of ability to pay.

Do you have a source for this? I can only speak from personal experience, but when I was sick and didn't have insurance I had to come up with a pretty significant upfront payment to see a specialist.

You may get to see a doctor, but try seeing a true specialist with insurance. So yeah, I agree with yequalsx, you will be stabilized, and that's pretty much it.

A little late, but my post is in comparison to Cleveland, OH where for the same prices you could get something much nicer. I would also have many more living options available in Cleveland proper compared to the few areas in Detroit proper worth living.

I will say that if you are moving away from a coastal area then Detroit is pretty cheap and has some interesting things to offer. However, being from Cleveland I can enjoy the positives of Detroit with a 2 hour drive without having to live there.

This can already be seen, housing is going to be a huge problem without some major investment in that area as well.

Nowhere beside Downtown, and maybe one other neighborhood, is worth living in right now, and the rent in those areas are starting to sky rocket.

Living in Cleveland I sometimes get contact by companies in Detroit looking for developers. I recently considered taking a position, but the housing situation made me reconsider.

It was either pay 3X the rent for an apartment Downtown, compared to my apartment in Cleveland, or have a 45-60 commute every day. Even with the increase in salary it wasn't worth the move.

That site looks like something from the 90's. Has design regressed that much that the 90's look is cool again?

I don't know the current state of browser's but the is likely because, at least at one time, the display type of table wasn't widely supported.

On the other hand support for centering vertically with auto isn't/wasn't widely supported either.

Maybe they meant $79/year. If that is the case I would think they are associating it with a prime account.

They already have an app store with a submission and review system in place. I don't think it would be too far fetched for them to leverage that to allow indie devs to create games