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New comment by fraggleysun in "Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah"

fraggleysun — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:22:56 +0000

Could you please clarify your statement?

New comment by fraggleysun in "Terence Tao on the suspension of UCLA grants"

fraggleysun — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:41:20 +0000

Could you provide some sources?

New comment by fraggleysun in "The Death of the Middle-Class Musician"

fraggleysun — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:10:40 +0000

Any reference that you can point to on the housing shortage being due to preference?

It seems like job location, compensation, average cost of living, and commute would play a fairly large role.

New comment by fraggleysun in "Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?"

fraggleysun — Fri, 09 May 2025 01:32:53 +0000

Finviz

New comment by fraggleysun in "Who's Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be (2021)"

fraggleysun — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:09:36 +0000

Saw bits of that interview.

Lonsdale comes off as a ‘yes’ man for the wagon he’s hitched his fortunes to.

When in doubt, he’ll suggest tons of fraud, but offer no substance, and Sorkin just lets his guests speak.

New comment by fraggleysun in "Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts"

fraggleysun — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:02:52 +0000

May I suggest a fifth possibility: your core assumption is flawed and your professor hasn’t been paying attention.

Unless your college is failing, it is hard to believe that the student population hasn’t changed significantly over the last 30 years, when the US population has almost grown by 30%.

I attended UCI over 25 years ago. The student population has since more than doubled. Tuition rates, interestingly have also almost doubled.

New comment by fraggleysun in "Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts"

fraggleysun — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:50:15 +0000

Because SAT scores, alone, tell you nothing about a candidate outside of their ability to completely that test.

New comment by fraggleysun in "Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts"

fraggleysun — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:37:06 +0000

It is different. Cost plus allows the contractors to charge for development and add a profit margin.

The corporate equivalent would be a fixed price contract, which has overhead built in and far exceeds university rates.

New comment by fraggleysun in "DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data"

fraggleysun — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:37:42 +0000

Wouldn’t you expect some sort of forensic accountant leading an audit of a multi trillion dollar organization?