In this case, they're still doing that. This is part of providing relevant search results.

I'm curious why you emphasized that it's defined so the mean is 100 when the median is the important one in this discussion. Though since it has a normal distribution, the mean median and mode are all the same.

Then the same also applies in the other direction. Other than global temperatures warming, (which is a 50/50 shot in a random environment) I have yet to hear an accurate prediction on the consequences of climate change.

There is one major difference from withdrawing, the money going from the US to other countries to help them reduce their CO2 levels.

Re do the calculation with the increased money going towards subsidizing homelessness.

The funding level isn't really what got them held in contempt of court. People voted to require that education be "fully funded" without really considering what that meant. All the state government really had to do to meet the requirement was ban local levies to raise money for schools. The legislature was held in contempt of court because they didn't do that immediately and instead took the time to replace that money before ending the levies.

Unfortunately, they'd prefer to raise the cost of new housing so they can finance construction of affordable housing. This results in less housing overall but allows the local government to control more of the money while also getting more residents that depend on the government and who will vote to perpetuate it.

Smart people in charge only works if their self-interest coincides with improving the world. As this is rarely the case, I would prefer stupid corrupt people to smart corrupt people.

One other thing VPNs are good for: controlling the routing of your data.

That's silly, you don't look for the one that might bring a few hundred lines of useful code. You look for the one that doesn't have any that he's allowed to share, then assign him a problem to demonstrate his ability.

They later learned that those studies only applied in the US, other countries had to be studied individually to find out what voices got better results in the local culture.

Or you could protest on the other side of town.

I like this idea, any service that is judging content in this manner should no longer be protected as a common carrier. Meaning they are liable for everything they host.

People vehemently against gay marriage feel about the same about gays as people vehemently against racism feel about Nazis.

Bigotry against the majority is still bigotry.