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>>> In Europe, we don't have net neutrality

News to me. The EU most definitely has NN and healthy competition, it's doing fine.

I don't think it's that ridiculous.

When you have tweets like this [0] from politicians it gives the impression that people do actually think like that.

[0] https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/705171336381923328

Portugal has NN...

We have this in the UK too.

But I don't see this as an attack on Net Neutrality, you're just charged differently for what you use. Nobody will stop you using Facebook when you have a Music subscription, nothing is throttled.

Maybe it's a regional thing but I never encountered Stripe in the UK/EU. I don't think people know of it.

>>> won't fucking shut up about WWI/WWII

That part. It was a long time ago.

>>> This goes against popular opinion,

Indeed, just from my experience.

As someone else who currently lives in the UK, this is not true.

>>> In fact, even European pharmaceutical companies make most of their revenue from sales in the US, not Europe. (This is why the US funds over 50% of R&D for the entire world, even though it only has 300 million people, and many of the largest pharmaceutical companies are based in Europe, not the US).

This just isn't true. Take Norvatis for example, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The US makes 35% of their revenue and Europe another 35%, with the rest of the world sharing the rest. [0]

I wouldn't call that "most of their revenue". In fact, I don't see anything out of the ordinary about revenue gained per customer, given the size and purchasing power of the US.

There's little evidence to suggest that higher drug prices actually help the drug companies.

[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/294631/novartis-revenue-...

There's already an imbalance when it comes to different genders and races, I don't get what they would lose.

The real reason companies don't do it is because Fizz Buzz is a better test than IQ tests.

>>> Working and studying requires time and dedication, and that conflicts with having and raising a child.

In a hypothetical world, this decision should not be a woman's decision only. Why don't we have this problem with men?

>>> I don't really know how to solve this problem other than force women to choose between careers and children as they currently do.

Force men to make the same decision?! Why only women have to choose?

There's no reason. If rabbits overeat their environment and they die of hunger, and humans do the same on a planetary scale, it means we're not even as smart as rabbits, don't you think?

If it's difficult to prove that IQ is relevant to the job... Maybe it's not. Also, I doubt that's the reason.

Meh, IQ is potential, not capability, to do a job. I don't find this argument convincing. What about all the literal geniuses who have no interest and never studied CS?

At least the graduate can show that he/she can commit to a multi-year long, sometimes boring, project successfully. A high IQ person could just leave your company after 6 months because "they're bored".

Geeks aren't as smart as they think they are. Particularly when it comes to business requirements. I'm guilty of that as much as anyone.

You email the airline authority. From my experience, airlines become very cooperative once you contact them.

>>> The in-state tuition at Missouri State University is $7,306 (yearly!), which is actually cheaper than the typical German education

No it's not. $7k+ is not a "deal", it's outrageous.

But from what I understand, I still owe you $10, even if I pay you in pounds or euros.

The euro zone had around 1.5% inflation this year, what are you talking about?

>>> Smart hard working people succeed much more often than they don't

It sounds to me you're classifying people as smart/hard working only if they're successful.

Oddly, the UK does have net neutrality and you can get those app-specific data bundles in addition to universal access.

I highly doubt any Internet plan will list all the websites they won't throttle and it's unreasonable to expect them to do so.

Would you be happy if your electricity provider was free to block access to, I don't know, refrigerators?

Yeah but they're not dominant in anything else. Microsoft was different.

Well cash injection by definition create inflation. However it could be a neutral effect if, for instance, you get rid of unemployment benefits at the same time.

What an odd statement. Nobody said it's because they're Hungarian. It's because of the educational system at the time, which affected everyone in said system, regardless of ethnicity or "average IQ".

>>> Sorry I meant large countries

Do you? I thought we were talking about OECD studies not "big" countries. My mistake.

I guess it was just a matter of time until "big" came up after "diversity".

>>> We can't come up with tests that accurately compare abilities across cultures in the US. How can we possibly do it across 65 countries.

Well then, let's just give up and not compare countries anymore. /s

>>> You can disagree with the critiques all you want

I'm not, I said that before.

The thing is, when debating, it's useful to think if your opponent has a falsifiable claim. Since you don't, this conversation is useless. I literally cannot provide any evidence for country comparisons, because it's literally impossible from your point of view. So I'm done.

Android can absolutely do this. Either via settings or replacing the default calling app.

Well yeah, but you can easily have sugar added to salad dressings, dips, tomato sauces...

Also, carbs and pure sugars are not really comparable. A lot of carb heavy cultures live very healthy lives.

I don't think carbs had anything to do with that. The added sugar/corn syrup in everything did it.

>>> And only 1 of the countries that ranks higher than the US in diversity ranks higher than us on the PISA list.

Irrelevant. You and the grandparent are making an irrelevant point again and again. Why bring up diversity at all?

>>> It also doesn't take into account the amount of difference between cultures. For example ...

I already said there was going to be a "median" example... I was right about that, shocker. /s

>>> The US has a far larger percentage of immigrants than any other country, and from far more countries.

Except Canada and Switzerland and many other countries, right?

Thanks for the criticisms about PISA, never said they weren't any (see my previous comment). I asked repeatedly for alternatives instead.

The criticisms are pretty weak as well.

"In addition, Shanghai schools systematically exclude migrant youth."

If they are migrants, they're not representing the local education system now do they?