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  1. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    I like pretty much all kinds of music but never really cared much for genres, but I was at a record store a couple weeks ago and on a recommendation bought a Boris (japan?) album and kind of...

    I like pretty much all kinds of music but never really cared much for genres, but I was at a record store a couple weeks ago and on a recommendation bought a Boris (japan?) album and kind of discovered a genre I didn't know existed that seems like it was made for me on Spotify from that called Stoner Rock. I'm not a smoker but I do like distorted guitars a certain loose interpretation of time and some growly bass. I already knew several bands that are considered to fit in that genre but I just can't get enough of it this week.

    While at the store I also picked up Sufjan Stevens Michigan, Minutemen Double Nickles on the Dime, Pixies Bossanova. I already knew I liked all of those, just wanted to get the vinyl.

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  2. Comment on Affirmative action and its role in your life in ~life

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    "The only way to be sure minorities get apportioned a reasonable slice of admitted students is to force it to happen." Why is that the only way? We can look at the data for Harvard and see that...

    "The only way to be sure minorities get apportioned a reasonable slice of admitted students is to force it to happen." Why is that the only way? We can look at the data for Harvard and see that minorities are being excluded even though by all of their metrics they would be superior students than some others who are being admitted, and this is with affirmative action.

    I think we should make all selection processes race and gender anonymized. If the race and gender were truly unknown to the people making the hiring, admissions, loan granting choices wouldn't that be "fair"?

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Affirmative action and its role in your life in ~life

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    Just a note ... the headline can essentially never represent the "entire truth". There just are not enough words to represent the "entire truth" in a headline about almost any thing. On topic, if...

    Just a note ... the headline can essentially never represent the "entire truth". There just are not enough words to represent the "entire truth" in a headline about almost any thing.

    On topic, if your objective is "fairness" then you have already failed. There is no "fair" solution. Every solution will disadvantage someone. In the case of affirmative action people of asian heritage (a minority) were clearly being screwed by it.

    Citizens United was a result of the way the laws had been used was deemed to advantage one group over another, and while the court realized the decision was not good for the country they didn't have a better solution.

    The important part is that it's not the SCOTUS' job to make laws, that is the job of congress. The problem there is that our legislative branch doesn't want to really do anything.

    7 votes

  4. Comment on ICE vehicle drivers, what do you do to prepare for a major road trip? in ~travel

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    I used to bring parts that were more likely to fail, tools, fluids, duct tape, zip ties, etc along with me. Modern vehicles are so reliable I don't really do much to prepare.

    I used to bring parts that were more likely to fail, tools, fluids, duct tape, zip ties, etc along with me. Modern vehicles are so reliable I don't really do much to prepare.

    2 votes