How Private Colleges Are Like Cheap Sushi
Fifty percent off? That doesn't sound like such a good deal for sushi or a college degree. We ask some economists: Why not?
Hasnain says:
"Unfortunately, there's a real world impact here. In recent years there's been a lot of attention to the issue of undermatching. This is the finding that a majority of highest-achieving but low-income students fail to apply to a single competitive college. Even when financial need means that they would pay little or nothing to attend a school like Harvard or Stanford, these students are instead choosing non-selective schools that tend to have a lower advertised price."
Posted on 2014-07-13T06:05:24+0000
Levittown: The Imperfect Rise of the American Suburbs | US History Scene
Although 1950s suburbia conjures visions of traditional family life, the story of the suburbization of America is also one of exclusion, segregation &
Hasnain says:
"Levittown itself arguably embodied the best and worst of the postwar American story; it was a result of the entrepreneurship and ingenuity that has come to define the American spirit, but it also participated in the violent prejudice that has also been part of American history."
Posted on 2014-07-13T05:21:18+0000
static single assignment for functional programmers -- wingolog
By that I mean that lambda is my tribe. And you know how tribalism works: when two tribes meet, it's usually to argue and not to communicate.
Hasnain says:
"the machine tribe in two sentences
In the beginning was the
Segmentation fault (core dumped)"
This is a really interesting read on compilation and intermediate languages (CPS, SSA, ANF, etc)
Posted on 2014-07-12T05:56:24+0000
Two Girls, a Golden Balloon, and Fate
In 2001, a 10-year-old girl named Laura Buxton released a golden balloon into the sky. What happened next is difficult to comprehend.
Hasnain says:
"“Million-to-one chances,” she said, “crop up nine times out of ten.”"
- Terry Pratchett, Discworld
Posted on 2014-07-12T05:06:04+0000
Cynk Makes the Case for Buying Friends, Naked Short Selling
Is Cynk a short-seller trap? Maybe? I don't know. I guess not? But wouldn't it be cool if it was?
Hasnain says:
This seems to be a plausible explanation of what happened.
Posted on 2014-07-12T04:45:30+0000
Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today
A pediatric occupational therapist says schools keep kids in their chairs far too long.
philipl/pifs
pifs - πfs - the data-free filesystem!
Study: Half of black males, 40 percent of white males arrested by age 23
Nearly half of black males and almost 40 percent of white males in the US are arrested by age 23, which can hurt their ability to find work, go to school and participate fully in their communities. A new study released Jan. 6 in the journal Crime & Delinquency provides the first contemporary finding…
MindRDR
MindRDR connects Google Glass with a device to monitor brain activity, allowing users to take pictures and socialise them on Twitter or Facebook. No physical interaction required.
Patrick Rothfuss and the Worldbuilders Team - Ask Us Anything : Fantasy
Hello there Reddit. I'm Pat Rothfuss, and I'm here with a few people from the Worldbuilders Team to talk about our cool new fundraiser, [Geeks Doing G...
Hasnain says:
Starts in a few hours. He needs to hurry up and get back to writing the next book.
Posted on 2014-07-09T21:13:51+0000