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Comment Re: Aging population (Score 2) 181

You did not "pay in " to social security. You, as part of 3.7 workers, paid for the SS benefits of one retiree. We are now approaching 2.2 workers per retiree. So, you actually got a great deal: you paid very little while working and because your (Boomer) life expectancy is longer than WW2 folks. You will suck welfare ( aka, medicare, social security) for a lot longer, Oh, and because when you (Boomer) were a kid, marginal maximum tax rate was 70% so you got great free or almost free school and college. When you (Boomer) got in power, you cut taxes (more money in your paycheck) and now kids can't pay for school ...

Comment So much for the "hierarchy of evidence" (Score 1) 28

A lot of these junk journals get away by publishing meta-analysis papers. They do this because we are taught that there is a "hierarchy of quality" with the top publications being a meta-analysis. Of course, those of us who actually write such publications, understand the "garbage-in = garbage-out" realities. But if you want to improve your H index publishing one of these junk articles and a junk journal is a good way to goose your score score I suspect that people are snapping up these junk journals because they'll use them to train AI to do something...

Comment Re: Is it going to be a real OS, though? (Score 1) 57

When I travel, Iâ(TM)m amazed how many people have a giant iPad with a keyboard as theyâ(TM)re one device. I find it impossible to get any real work done on an iPad. Mostly because I need to constantly switch between apps in order to get meaningful work done. The iPad really decided to be a one app at a time device. I travel with my MacBook and also my iPad.

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