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lintinesson If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will

"under" and "over" fund are subjective measures of nothing. the us spends substantially more per pupil than it did 40 years ago with roughly the same results.

further, we spend more per pupil than other developed countries that are delivering superior results.

lintinesson If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will

plenty of home schooled kids do just fine without attending "good schools".

lintinesson If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will

sorry, but schools are a lot less important than families.

lintinesson If the U.S. Won't Pay Its Teachers, China Will

property taxes in the suburbs of denver are on the order of .5% a year. compare that to the suburbs of chicago where they're north of 2% a year. the school quality and education provided are AT LEAST SIMILAR.

the difference in cost is a product of two things: pensions and legacy costs (overly rich in chicago), and population growth. chicago has become a game of musical chairs where the last man standing has to pay the retired teachers. north shore property values reflect this reality.

lintinesson The strange effects of thinking healthy food is costlier

people pay for weight watchers because it systematically manages their caloric intake, not because they believe the food is healthy.

lintinesson The strange effects of thinking healthy food is costlier

if you're allergic to pineapple, then not eating pineapples is healthier, but it says fuckall about the general "health" attributes of the "diet".

lintinesson The strange effects of thinking healthy food is costlier

... and a $2 bag of celery will consume your stored calories for you!

edit: is hn the no joke zone?

lintinesson The strange effects of thinking healthy food is costlier

"There are certainly categories of food where healthy is more expensive, such as some organic and gluten-free products, Reczek said."

there's basically zero evidence organic or gluten free are "healthier".

lintinesson Who said what inside the Trump tech meeting

i thought you people were computer programmers for fuck sake. saying someone's "nice" for "doing something" isn't the same as saying they're "nice" generally. where'd you learn to logic?

lintinesson Who said what inside the Trump tech meeting

just calling it like it is. how many of them would be open enough to call trump in if the positions were reversed?

lintinesson Self-Healing Transistors for Chip-Scale Starships

tech could do a lot of things, but this isn't one of them.

lintinesson YC's Winter Reading List

thanks for including some fiction! so many "data" people miss out on so much because they mistakenly assume something that "didn't happen" can't help or enrich their understanding of what is.

lintinesson Things You Notice When You Quit the News

amazing what kind of bias exists in headlines alone. when you filter down, it becomes so much more obvious.

lintinesson U.S. life expectancy declines for the first time since 1993

OH NOES!

lintinesson U.S. life expectancy declines for the first time since 1993

so all of a sudden from 2014 to 2015, obesity?

lintinesson US airline to charge passengers extra to use overhead lockers

a good idea: let's put our 2.5 yos in the overhead!

lintinesson US airline to charge passengers extra to use overhead lockers

hahaha, an infant? ANY DAY. try a 2.5 yo.

lintinesson US airline to charge passengers extra to use overhead lockers

if they offer a checked bag free, they can't quote a ridiculously low fare on the popular travel search sites.

lintinesson My Favorite Books of 2016

bill, and most people, should read and recommend more fiction (there's a little bit of fiction in every one of his recommended books i'm sure).

lintinesson Tell HN: Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one week

anthony bourdain was in rome telling an apolitical friend how america had embraced "fascism" by electing a leader who "promised to make america great again". she quickly reminded him that the last leader we elected did the exact same thing.

lintinesson The Dividend Disconnect [pdf]

the "tax" part is obviously important (dividends are taxed while unrealized gains are free until security is liquidated). what most people ignore when doing these types of analyses is that a bird in hand is worth two in the bush: your risk of loss in the non-dividend payer is always 100% whereas your risk of loss in the one with the historical income stream is price - dividends received.

lintinesson No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems

how about when said brave superstar LEANS IN and delivers a lecture to the planet via book (sheryl sandberg)?

lintinesson No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems

my dad has lots of advice for me and my wife about the correct parenting of our kids (his grandkids). he usually gives it to us over the hour dinner we eat with him once a week.

lintinesson Homeschooling as a right, and a needed practical alternative

if money solved the public school system problem, chicago would be cranking out nobel laureates left and right (rather than sinking under the economic burden of insane pensions and accompanying property and sales taxes --- AND mass exodus of high earners).

lintinesson A strengthening dollar is bad for the world economy

http://www.macrotrends.net/1381/debt-to-gdp-ratio-historical...

you think leaders from the early to mid-80s are responsible for debt levels more than doubling over the last 2.5 decades? put down the partisan pills.

lintinesson Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during the last month

this place is so stiff, i think you and i are the only ones laughing. cheers.

lintinesson Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during the last month

most cable tv bills come bundled with internet which is half or more of the cost. the best internet provider where i live just so happens to be the cable tv company, so there's not much choice.

lintinesson Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during the last month

most sitcoms on tv worth viewing have adult themes / content, not available to large networks.

lintinesson Donald Trump could dismantle net neutrality

i didn't qualify their "ability" to govern; i suggested a poor use of money spent campaigning MIGHT be indicative of one's poor use of money governing. do you have a logical counter, or are you and everybody else around still crying over the hillary loss?

lintinesson Donald Trump could dismantle net neutrality

uh, dunno ... maybe yield on dollars spent is indicative of, say, their ability to manage our tax dollars.