moosekaka

this always amazes me...it is like telling me some population of humans cant raise their hands over their shoulders..

Why dont American mothers love their sons more? or at least the same as their daughters? (emphasis mothers because in America they have overwhelming influence on the childs upbringing).

Heck, Howard Glasser himself shows that giving a boy more love is a viable method to manage a boys hyperactivity.

I wonder how much a coincidence that the last three presidencies(first family) before Trump had no sons, only daughters and whether this influenced subtly our perception and bias towards daughters over sons.

I would cycle to work if: i) the route was FLAT ii) the weather was DRY (no rain, sleet, snow)

A lot of the cities in SE Asia weren't even planned with cars in mind, hence narrow roads and lack of space. And then you have these giant freeways springing up haphazardly that bottle necks into these tiny roads. THe result is slow moving traffic yet is just too dangerous for pedestrians, let alone cyclists. The locals rely on motorbikes when they want to beat traffic.

NO its not...I grew up here and lived and worked abroad in in UK and US for a few years so I can attest to the difference weather makes...especially the humidity. (I cycled in both here and abroad.)

And no one seemed to mention...two wheeled transport is great, until it rains. And if you have never been to Singapore, Malaysia or the tropics you haven't seen real rain yet.

BTW...in SE Asia, the two wheeled transport of choice is the motorbike. The roads (and motorists attitudes) weren't designed for LOW speed traffic.

a radical thought along the lines you are going....instead of striving to bring up the numbers of underrepresented group X in field Y, how about we strive to bring up the salaries/status of field Z (etc.) where group X is over represented?

I have often wondered if one day, the skill of underwater basket weaving was suddenly prized by society as highly as STEM jobs are today....would we see the same pressure to have more more X in underwater basket weaving (where X is your underrepresented group of choice).

A follow up question then to people pursuing STEM fields....are you in it because you're interested in the subject or because of the promise of money/status? An age old question I've heard since I was a young boy.

maybe not biology, but personality wise (either due to social upbringing/expectations or genetic imprinting etc) I noticed far more men then women who are of the type who are more comfortable to work with things rather then people. I know I fall into this category.

a bit simplified? title would be considered clickbait if it were a webpage.

Unless the little guys were the original creators of whatever wares you were purchasing from them, their role in the value chain was merely that of a middle man. In that case, what moral, economic or societal benefit would come from purchasing from the little guy vs a giant retailer?

Bezos dream of shifting all heavy industry and mining to the asteroids would be so beneficial to humanity and the planet, that whatever short term pain (short as in timescale of decades) to either current incumbents business performance or consumer choice should be balanced against this promise.

I don't understand why the author and many here consider splitting Amazon only AFTER they display behavior that is harmful to consumers (such as exorbitant prices and/or poor service).

Reading his article, he seems to be saying Amazon does everything good for the American economy and consumers, and he's against false positives (wrongly calling out anti competitive behavior). But at the very last paragraph he suddenly waves his wand and concludes "Amazon is too dominant, we should split them into two, after all two Amazons would be better then one". It just seems like he forgot or got lazy to consider the pros and cons of having two smaller Amazons for the sake of it.

side question...how do short term tourists who might not be able to open a local bank account access wechat or alipay/mobile payments while in China? Are they forced to use just cash?

Have you never heard of Admiral ZhengHe?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He

BTW, the middle kingdom WAS the "influencer on the world stage" prior to the industrial revolution in Europe. You could argue that civil service exam tested for rote memorization as it was looking for a specific aptitude that led to been a good administrator. Plenty of science, math and inventions originated or were independently discovered in China up to at least the Renaissance.

haphazard traffic flow due to lack of traffic safety awareness and road discipline by pedestrians and drivers alike are not exclusive to just India. we have a large Indian population in Malaysia and Singapore... go to their Little India enclaves and you see the same free for all situation... perhaps just a little better then shown in the video.

until India can ensure basic sanitation infrastructure to their population, all talk of leadership in tech is superfluous.

Hackernews and the English tech media in general tends to be very US/euro centric, but there is a lot more innovation going on in the Chinese market that never gets highlighted in English tech media. Almost like a parallel universe, until said western audience goes there and experience first hand a paradigm shift. Look up shanzai.

This is such an ignorant comment...everyone has bank accounts in China, probably more so then in the US. You cant access the mobile payments platform in there without a bank account.

Obligatory link to yesterdays topic

https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/your-body-...

You must be aware of the elephant in the room....ie your age. Yes its illegal to discriminate but that doesn't change the defacto hiring reality.

I have done both (shared an apartment and sole renter). I definitely prefer been the sole occupant. Personal space and privacy, not having to wait for the bathroom, sleep schedules, cleanliness of common areas (especially the kitchen, which by far has been the largest source of conflict wrt to cleanliness).

Of course it is 'wasteful' and expensive to take up a whole housing unit to yourself, but some (most?) people (especially strangers) in the US do not make considerate room mates. Actually probably long term only family members learn to live together in harmony (probably because they have to).