Anecdotally a lot of families we see in my social circle can be reliably split between single income and dual income households. We see the single income folks far more than we see the dual income folks, which tracks with this article. If I come home from work and my wife says “Sarah and family are coming for dinner tonight”, I know that my wife has tidied up the house, coordinated food and all I have to do is pour some drinks and maybe cook something on the grill (that has already been purchased and prep’d). If no one has done that? Far less likely I would see that same family that night.
Readit Newscodegrappler commented on The death of partying in the USA derekthompson.org/p/the-d... · Posted by u/tysone
It’s a kitchen timer, music player, and weather sayer.
That’s surely worth the $30 I paid.
Don’t forget grocery list add-er!
codegrappler commented on High-end California hotel begins banning children sfgate.com/travel/article... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
This is a global trend that seems to follow the general decline of parenthood in almost every country. The more hostile our culture becomes to parenting the more it will decline. While it’s a personal choice to have children, there is a societal threat to declining birth rates. We would do much better to be supporting parents and encouraging family formation.
codegrappler commented on Why won't some people pay for news? (2022) diaspora.glasswings.com/p... · Posted by u/dredmorbius
This is the problem with moral equivalence in judging media bias. One side can slide slightly left and still be almost completely factual (if slightly illogical), while the right can be neither factual nor logical - but we are made to pretend that the biases are equal here.
As a general principle, and I know it's not a very wise thing to say, left-leaning sources are on a different dimension of factuality than right-leaning ones.
I think that also depends on the story. You saw far different reporting on Covid from the two sources. Some of the stuff coming out of the right was crazy but some ended up being the truth and the left leaning sources clearly had their marching orders dialed in and even cast things that were eventually proven true to be “lies” at the time.
codegrappler commented on Aristotle – How to live a good life ralphammer.com/aristotle-... · Posted by u/thread_id
Mechanics?
Mechanics in Ancient Greece meant the study of mechanical physics. So essentially scientists. If your focus is on the material world (material here being ‘matter’ not consumer goods) then you necessarily see science as a higher aim than virtue.
codegrappler commented on Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship deepsouthventures.com/on-... · Posted by u/eightturn
What non-emergencies typically bring you to the ED?
Sick kid during the weekend
I keep waiting for a commerical version of motion-tracking perspective-changing 3d on TV, but nobody seems interested in this space...
Wii Sensor Bar VR For A 3D Window Like Display https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC_KKxAuLQw
The big change here for Looking Glass is GROUP 3D. Everything shown above tracks a single person at a time.
codegrappler commented on A skeptic's take on beaming power to Earth from space spectrum.ieee.org/space-b... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar
Those things are true in the US. You don’t need to go all the way to space to find a place where solar panels can be deployed cheaply.
But you do need to factor in geography.
Solar cells in space can be “always on and operating at peak efficiency” directly over the places that need the power, significantly reducing the need to build long distance transmission lines.
codegrappler commented on The business of takehome assessments careerfair.io/takehome-as... · Posted by u/shsachdev
One of the major problems with take home tests is the rampant cheating.
It's been a long time since I've been on the job market - but even a decade ago, I had third-party recruiters who would forward me a take home test... and another successful candidate's solution, "for reference".
And even if candidate doesn't get external help, I'm extremely sceptical about time limits. Nothing stops someone spending 6 hours on a "2 hour" take home test, producing a better solution than someone who followed the time limit strictly.
It's pretty hard to extract a signal under such circumstances. Unless you're hiring for a job where a willingness to bend the rules to get results is desirable - used car sales, for example.
So if you do a take home, I believe you MUST follow it up with a live review. It becomes painfully obvious who cheated based on their ability to reason about their decisions.
Say I am a small business owner selling a $90 item which is $100 with state sales taxes. I say if you are willing to tip me at least $90, the item is $1. The buyer saves $9 from state sales taxes, and I save on income taxes because tips are exempt from tax.