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Forum: The Trailer Park

Feb 2nd 2017, 6:44 pm

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WTF in America

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Re: WTF in America

Perhaps if the schools had not been massively underfunded, the teachers could have had the resources available to address your brother's concerns appropriately.

One of the underlying facts of life...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Feb 2nd 2017, 4:26 pm

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WTF in America

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For shifts of this scale retraining needs a co-ordinated and centrally funded program to actually work. It was the same with the de-industrialisation of the north of England in the 80's. I grew up in...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Feb 2nd 2017, 4:21 pm

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WTF in America

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Re: WTF in America

No one at all seems to have any kind of coherent plan to address the impact of automation and expert systems. I read a couple of weeks ago that 34 claims adjusters had been replaced with IBM's Watson...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Feb 2nd 2017, 4:04 pm

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WTF in America

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One of my other heuristics for online interactions - never read the comments.

Forum: The Trailer Park

Feb 2nd 2017, 4:03 pm

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WTF in America

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Posted By Pugilation

Re: WTF in America

Precisely. Trump, Farage and to a degree Le Pen are all making hay off the back of people's emotional reaction to large global shifts which are not really under anyone's control. They have made broad...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Feb 2nd 2017, 3:57 pm

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WTF in America

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Re: WTF in America

One of the struggles is the nature of the medium. It is very difficult to maintain civil discourse in the comments section, which encourages drive-by shitposting. My personal rule of thumb is that if...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Feb 2nd 2017, 3:42 pm

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WTF in America

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Posted By Pugilation

Re: WTF in America

Incredibly relevant XKCD. Freedom of speech is thrown around by folks who really don't understand what that means. Words have meaning, and what you say may have consequences. Milo is a unrepentant...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Jan 9th 2017, 1:21 pm

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WTF in America

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Re: WTF in America

You can take my bear arms from my cold dead hands!

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