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Hateyou said:
Reported for being a dick judger.
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Reported for being a judge judger.

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Drakurii said:
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USC to eliminate tuition for families earning $80,000 or less

The University of Southern California (USC) will eliminate tuition for families that earn $80,000 or less, starting with students who enroll this fall.
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I responded to this with a joke but I want to address something serious about this.

Why does the income of a college students parents affect what the college student pays for college? This is actually a very dangerous thing. The situation they are presenting here is that if you're from a rich family that you're "privileged" and have to pay your way to college.

I know plenty of well to do families that don't want to give a dime to their children for college. How is that any different than a child who doesn't get a dime for college because their family is not well off?

This does nothing but penalize children who came from richer families when family wealth should have nothing to do with it in the first place.

We just got done with this college entry cheating scandal where kids got in because of their parents, and a lot of these kids are pissed off and didnt even ask for their parents help getting in, and their lives are ruined because of this.

When you're 18, you're a fucking adult. Your family status should have nothing to do with this shit anymore.
 
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Cali used to be free tuition for state colleges if you lived there. My dad moved out there in the 70s to the advantage of that. They showed me their apartment location in San Fran...it was a shithole but fairly cheap back then and near a trolley line (which was still legit transport back then vs a tourist attraction). Same place now (because it has a bay view) would be like 5k+ a month easy.

anyways, simple answer is federal grants/loans and money. Basically to subsidize lower income,higher income pays more. But it’s a vicious cycle: higher income is less likely to go if your facilities suck and good facilities take money.
 
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Ireland to become first country in Europe to deliver fast-food by DRONE | The Irish Post

IRELAND is set to become the first European country to delivery fast-food via drones.It's unders...
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Robotic Research to begin testing fully autonomous shuttles without onboard attendants

Starting in the second quarter of 2020, Robotic Research LLC will begin testing fully autonomous low-speed shuttles that are totally unmanned. Instead of having the attendants onboard, they will be in fixed on-site locations, with the eventual goal of moving them to an offsite safety monitoring...
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Ballard prepares to head up 'Lois and Clark' expedition to map underwater America

Legendary underwater explorer Robert Ballard is about to embark on perhaps his most ambitious voyage yet — a modern-day version of the Lewis and Clark expedition to map a newly enlarged United States of America. America doubled in size when Napoleon, forced to pay war debts after losing to...
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Daimler Trucks, Torc Robotics expanding testing of automated truck technology to new public routes in the U.S.

After completing initial mapping of additional routes, Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics have announced plans to expand their testing of automated truck technology to new public routes in the U.S. Partners in Daimler Trucks’ Autonomous Technology Group, Daimler Trucks and Torc began initial...
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Cybsled

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Lois and Clark expedition? Fuck ya, Clark will act all weak and then Superman the shit out of that underwater section.
 
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Cybsled said:
Cali used to be free tuition for state colleges if you lived there. My dad moved out there in the 70s to the advantage of that. They showed me their apartment location in San Fran...it was a shithole but fairly cheap back then and near a trolley line (which was still legit transport back then vs a tourist attraction). Same place now (because it has a bay view) would be like 5k+ a month easy.

anyways, simple answer is federal grants/loans and money. Basically to subsidize lower income,higher income pays more. But it’s a vicious cycle: higher income is less likely to go if your facilities suck and good facilities take money.
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That kind of happens anyways just not to this level. If you make over X you don’t qualify for grants or assistance and have to pay your own way. Also if you pay your own way you aren’t eligible for jobs that are on campus.
 
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That kind of happens anyways just not to this level. If you make over X you don’t qualify for grants or assistance and have to pay your own way. Also if you pay your own way you aren’t eligible for jobs that are on campus.
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So what you're saying is fuck California and everyone that lives in it?

Jesus, I hate metro areas.
 
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Sex isn't require for snuff, just visible suicide or murder, but it isn't snuff anyways as it's just accidental death (though one could argue that it was suicide via stupidity)
 
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Sex isn't require for snuff, just visible suicide or murder, but it isn't snuff anyways as it's just accidental death (though one could argue that it was suicide via stupidity)
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i always thought snuff videos were rape and murder. shows how much interest i have in such things. anyway, it was so far away, all you saw was a puff of dirt.
 
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i always thought snuff videos were rape and murder. shows how much interest i have in such things. anyway, it was so far away, all you saw was a puff of dirt.
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I'm just going by wikipedia. I think some people associate it with sex as some of the urban legends about snuff videos involved porn (Think 'A Serbian Film')
 
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what a wimp


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or use your keys

i always have a tactical break glass pen on me
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and if you have absolutely nothing, just keep on point at the seam with your finger, it'll give eventually.
 
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Lanx said:
what a wimp


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or use your keys

i always have a tactical break glass pen on me
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and if you have absolutely nothing, just keep on point at the seam with your finger, it'll give eventually.
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But if you're inside a suitcase and it's in your back pocket or something, you can't exactly reach around for it. You'd need it in your hand and even then I'd imagine it would be hard as there's probably only 30-60 seconds before you pass out. Plus you'd probably be panicking and not thinking straight.

It's a good idea to have one on you, but it's not going to be much help if you ever end up in a suitcase.
 
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