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Comment Re:Wrong problem (Score 2) 107

Well, for one thing, they only came into being as a way to discriminate against certain groups (Jews) . The colleges couldn't toss them on the basis of grades, so they needed something subjective.

Anyway, an essay may be of use when applying to Journalism School, but for the other 375 majors, the ability to expound on one's own person is of marginal value at best.

Comment Wrong problem (Score 1) 107

Look: for years, if not decades, high school junior-year English classes have run drills on essay-writing, with help both from teachers and the kids evaluating each others' work. The more wealthy or less honest have been paying essay mills to produce "quality work."
The fact is that personal essays are bullshit and have nothing whatsoever to do with an applicant's intentions for college (or their capabilities). They should be outlawed. Period.

Comment another factor (Score 5, Informative) 158

It doesn't help that several states have enacted a "not-using-utility" tax, or even (Florida!!!) refusing to issue occupancy permits for a house that disconnects from the grid. Fossil-fuel companies encourage aka bribe politicians to make sure going independent is as difficult as possible.

Comment Re:Power to cheap to meter! (Score 1) 119

And I bet you'd have put your money into alchemy even as Rutherford published the results of the atomic structure.

The correct analogy is this: yes we have the technology to turn base metals into gold (proton bombardment and so on). The cost of doing so is 100X the value of the gold produced.

"Fusion this decade" has been the mantra since the 70s. We have barely reached wall-plug breakeven.

Comment Re:The trolls... (Score 1) 86

Well, against the wishes of most Tesla engineers as well as all us other automotive-related techies, Musk removed both radar and sonar from the latest cars. That's pure ego and very very wrong.
Somehow SpaceX has avoided any such blind allegiance to him or to his giant machine-learning algos (that are still not working for Tesla's FSD)

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