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  1. Both are true in this case. And frequently true in others. I take a rather Confucian view of military service. It's an honorable way to serve for those who can't contribute in other ways, but if they can contribute in other ways, those other ways will typically allow more valuable services to be offered. For example, it costs more to train a new second lieutenant than a new teacher. But the teacher typically provides greater benefit. Both are honorable ways to serve. In almost all cases, if someone is well suited for college, everyone is better off if they do that first. They get off to a better start with the invaluable benefit of an education, and the contributions they can make when serving are far more valuable, even especially if it's military service they choose. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  2. I'm not missing that point at all. It's his mistake to make; it's his lesson to learn. That doesn't make it any less disappointing to see. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  3. As scholarships would have. Of course, most of those for which he was qualified immediately out of high school will no longer be available to him when he is discharged. Don't get me wrong, it's better than graduating and getting a dead-end job. Or graduating and not making any effort to move forward. It's just not the best path for an outlier-smart kid to maximize his potential and increase the value of his contributions. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  4. I hope someday you have the pleasure of being proud of your children’s accomplishments. I hope that someday Americans will recognize that military service isn't the only way, nor typically the best way, to serve one's country. I have a nephew serving overseas in the Navy. Personally, speaking as a veteran myself, I consider his decision to be a bad one, offering limited opportunities to reach his potential, relative to other options (Eagle Scout, 4.0 GPA, multilingual). A bad decision does not preclude a good experience. I wish him the best. I'm just not particularly impressed that he signed up. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  5. Personally, Musk's continued involvement prevents TSLA from having any long- or medium-term investment appeal. The short-term appeal may also be gone, now that the board has to reign in Musk's communications. As a narcissist with a highly-followed Twitter account, Musk provided repeated short-term opportunities for investors. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  6. You're talking completely out of your ass; you've not a clue about that which you're talking. Anyone paying attention knows that's 180 degrees from accurate. In other words, you consider him a religious leader, empowered divinely. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  7. Wait- so you're impressed that they were capable of donning their dress uniforms for an outdoor ceremony in the summer? Wow. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  8. Elon Musk Settles SEC Fraud Charges; Tesla Charged With and Resolves Securities Law Charge It looks essentially the same as the settlement Musk backed out of Friday, but is now ineligible to be Chairman for an extra year. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  9. There is no creature on Earth so weak, fragile, and delicate as a white, conservative, American male. They must be protected! Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  10. Ponder what? That your post fails to reflect reality in any way? That it's a huge straw man? Both are obvious without pondering. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  11. Apparently basic competence is not a prerequisite to get a Republican nomination. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  12. Don't worry, despite your absence, conservatives' efforts to make SC a logic-free space continue. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  13. Quite frankly, that illogical train of thought should be sufficient to disqualify him from the bench. Any bench, not just SCOTUS. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  14. from the article: "According to data collected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 3,213 couples were hospitalized for such problems across the country in 2015 and 3,789 in 2016." really wtf? I suspect we've all had a vagina around our neck at one point or another. Further, I suspect there was an associated hospital visit in most of those cases. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  15. Check out Fiqure 9 - Range of Global Mean Temperature From 1850 to the Present with the Projected Instantaneous Climatic Response to Increasing CO2 Concentrations, from a 1982 Memo to Exxon Management about CO2 Greenhouse Effect. Page 35 of the PDF, labeled as page 28 inside the document itself. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  16. I just finished watching The Wire, so the most implausible part of the story (to me) is that the cops were called. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  17. It's FAR better to reject a good nominee than to confirm a bad one. This one's a no-brainer down-vote for any Senator looking out for the best interests of their country. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  18. I'm not sure whether to take that as a "yes" or simply evidence that the question was to complicated for you to understand. Not much difference, I suppose. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  19. C'mon. I'm sure p < 0.50. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  20. Well, sort of … From your source: So they're sort of effective, in laboratory conditions, if the person lying isn't trying to not be caught in a lie. But they don't work well in the real world conditions. Thanks! Helpful link!
  21. I'll not be a bit surprised if the next significant advances in lie detection come via AI and machine learning. The premise that the signal appears in heart rate, blood pressure, pupil dilation, palm sweat, voice fluctuation, etc., is probably sound. Those signals, however, come with a lot of noise, more so if the examinee is trying to fool the test. It's hard for a human to tease out the signal, visually, in near real-time or otherwise. But that's just the sort of problem for which machine learning is well-suited. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  22. Or non-reproducible, in the context of research. Lie detector Polygraph results, by contrast, were shown to be non-reproducible. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  23. Agreed. OTOH, today people seem overeager to conflate thinking with one's dick with sexual predation. The former does not imply, or to be fair, preclude, the latter. As you point out, in all three cases there were credible reasons to doubt the claims. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  24. I don't follow. Why isn't climate research reproducible? Are the data and analysis not generally made available to other researchers upon request? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!
  25. That Starr ignored? Possible, but not likely. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!