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heedlessly2 | 6 years ago | on: Women are struggling to find men who make as much money as they do

The problem is that women who make a good amount of money cannot always land a man who is financially successful.

A 30 year old man with a good career and assets will try to date the 23 year old who looks like a fitness model. That's not to say women who make money cannot look like fitness models. There are just few of them because time is a limited resource.

The other part is that men are not on a certain timeline. A man can could spend his 30s and 20s casually dating, then get married at 45 and have kids. Whereas women try to get married before 30, so then she can have a kid or two before it's too late. Sure 35 year old women can get pregnant, but it's common to have miscarriages at that age.

heedlessly2 | 6 years ago | on: The Highest Suicide Rate in the World

My guess is that during the summer and spring, you see other people outdoor enjoying activities. If you are a lonely person, this can be discouraging that everyone around is having fun but you're not.

In the fall and winter, you have an excuse to stay in. Everybody else is doing the same, so you're not missing out on much.

Plus part of it is academic. For k-12 and university, you see your 'friends' and 'acquaintances' very often. During the non-academic season, you don't see people as much which can be isolating.

Plus summer and spring, has the expectation of "you're supposed to be happy". So if you're not, then this can be devastating. Winter everybody has this "we're all in this gloomy mood together".

heedlessly2 | 6 years ago | on: A recent study of Harvard’s admissions practices

If I am a child of a Harvard administrative staff member, then I have an advantage when getting into Harvard. So that would not be a merit advantage. That's just called luck.

Here's the big difference between the upper-class kids and everyone below when it comes to admission's fairness.

Everyone else says "I worked hard as an individual, therefore i deserve to get into a good college."

Upper-class kids says "MY FAMILY worked hard, therefore i (as an individual) deserve to get into a good college."

The emphasis is WHO worked hard. Upper-class kids tend to ride on the coat-tails of their parents and grand-parents.

heedlessly2 | 6 years ago | on: Palantir forced out of job fair after outcry over ICE contracts

Sounds like a PR stunt by this this organization holding the career fair. They knew what they were getting themselves into when they accepted Palantir's money to hold a table their. This ICE reputation by Palantir isn't some new revelation.

if I took money from Trump, am I going pretend to act shocked when he did something controversial? No, I knew the whole time

heedlessly2 | 6 years ago | on: 15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete

No, at the end of the day. People are humans and are affected by face-to-face interactions. Communication via television and internet feels impersonal. When a candidate visits your city, they discuss how your local and state politics tie together. So candidates can personalize their speeches towards a specific region per visit. Some people might not care about this, but many others will

heedlessly2 | 8 years ago | on: Facebook lost more than Tesla's market cap

for Facebook to really die, the users will need to move to something else.

They need to move toward Snapchat in droves or another social media alternative.

MySpace died because of Facebook.

Digg died because of Reddit.

AOL died because of ATT, Verizon, Comcast, TWC/Charter, etc..

heedlessly2 | 8 years ago | on: Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street

Homeless people tend to be in poor mental health and possibly under the influence of drugs/alcohol. All 3 of these things can contribute to bad judgement when she got hit.

It's unfortunate that this happened. But we do need take into context the situation and all factors involved.

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