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Comment · 1 year ago
Very appropriate to host “Suck it, Jin-Yang!”
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
could be very useful in-doors where solar is not possible and wiring is not practical. A lot of sensors do not have to be on all the time - occasional reading is more than enough.
Comment · 3 years ago
Targeting seems little bit off here, happy to be wrong

(people who like to read) Artifact is here (people who don't want to type text to search)

Comment · 5 years ago
So you are saying that before money laundering laws those criminals took over the government. It is almost like said criminals just don't want any competition now
Comment · 5 years ago
Australians have a special word for americans too
Comment · 5 years ago
This is ironic that this story is posted by @lermontov who is actually one the greatest Russian poets. She is not.
Comment · 5 years ago
Intelligent people correct their actions when they see the results. It is fair to say that there is enough information about "unintended" results by now.
Comment · 5 years ago
The headline literally says "ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA". So it is not an isolated incident. That is a lot of mothers who did exactly nothing
Comment · 5 years ago
> But they aren't a substitute for "well-behaved" parents

Should we discourage some people having children then?

Comment · 5 years ago
Looks you are actually found who needs to be replaced
Comment · 5 years ago
Someone quoted 15k USD spent in Baltimore for each student. That is a lot of money to attract top talent.
Comment · 5 years ago
I can hardly believe that the system designed by intelligent people produces unintended outcomes after all these years.
Comment · 5 years ago
> Truancy laws and CPS only work when the vast majority of parents do their job.

That is a dangerous thought. The next thing one might say is why we need truancy laws and CPS if not to harass well-behaved middle class parents.

Comment · 5 years ago
In this specific case I didn't any failure of enforcement at all because there weren't any. The school administration just dropped the ball without any explanation and no corrective action against _itself_. I guess tree-jobs-mum doesn't have much time going to school and make sure administration does its job.

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