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as a loyal son of ND I hope to only say this once, but here it is: Go Dogs!
December 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
as a loyal son of ND I hope to only say this once, but here it is: Go Dogs!
In English law, whatever random Americans say is true.
December 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In English law, whatever random Americans say is true.
Theres a huge oil painting of Taney in the library of the nations most prestigious law school (and a Scalia essay written as a reflection on it with a paean to what great justice Taney was all things considered), I doubt he’d take any offense to that.
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Theres a huge oil painting of Taney in the library of the nations most prestigious law school (and a Scalia essay written as a reflection on it with a paean to what great justice Taney was all things considered), I doubt he’d take any offense to that.
You’re allergic to chord changes!
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
You’re allergic to chord changes!
in fairness we used to have lots of fasting too
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
in fairness we used to have lots of fasting too
vinyl-sniffing authenticity knows it’s a “b-side” not side 2
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
vinyl-sniffing authenticity knows it’s a “b-side” not side 2
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Property in Contemporary Capitalism
Property in Contemporary Capitalism; This timely book contributes to discussions about the nature of property and capital in an era dominated by neoliberalism and resource privatization. Raising broad...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Have you come across our esteemed colleague bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/property-in-...
I’m just teasing, really. Many students (at least in my experience) are very anxious to connect everything they do to being good human capital, but I do agree that what the academy can give them is more enduring and legitimately good for them.
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I’m just teasing, really. Many students (at least in my experience) are very anxious to connect everything they do to being good human capital, but I do agree that what the academy can give them is more enduring and legitimately good for them.
yeah, as an educator one can give 60-100 students per year credentials which are considered useful (only) when leveraged to make a CEO or stock picker richer.
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
yeah, as an educator one can give 60-100 students per year credentials which are considered useful (only) when leveraged to make a CEO or stock picker richer.
Serious question for a positivist, what is it in the meantime?
November 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Serious question for a positivist, what is it in the meantime?
What if we made processors out of sufficiently complex biological substrate which ran software program that is merely an LLM? Would that yield consciousness?
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
What if we made processors out of sufficiently complex biological substrate which ran software program that is merely an LLM? Would that yield consciousness?
is your position that this doesn’t have enough elements to be good design? if so how many would be an appropriate minimum?
November 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
is your position that this doesn’t have enough elements to be good design? if so how many would be an appropriate minimum?
Problem with mark to market is it only works with assets that have a market.
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Problem with mark to market is it only works with assets that have a market.
not sure what that last adjective means when applied to an AI-generated artifact
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
not sure what that last adjective means when applied to an AI-generated artifact
Gives employers a lovely sheen of objectivity while they hire their neighbor’s kids.
October 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Gives employers a lovely sheen of objectivity while they hire their neighbor’s kids.
The question used to gauge confidence is whether respondents thought college necessary to “succeed” (presumably financially?). That‘a not a sterling gauge of confidence in the systems methods or products so much as a bare social fact.
September 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The question used to gauge confidence is whether respondents thought college necessary to “succeed” (presumably financially?). That‘a not a sterling gauge of confidence in the systems methods or products so much as a bare social fact.
bc Latin doesn’t have definite articles or what?
June 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
bc Latin doesn’t have definite articles or what?
That seems rather consequential?
June 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
That seems rather consequential?
Vampire Money even has the rare reflexive self-check in
May 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Vampire Money even has the rare reflexive self-check in
They don’t, and they are. Lots of fedsoc members are k-JD types who know that federal clerkships are high-prestige and that fedsoc has a very good network for making clerks and judges. They adopt the ideology in subservience to the resume-polishing, not because they’re deep political thinkers.
March 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
They don’t, and they are. Lots of fedsoc members are k-JD types who know that federal clerkships are high-prestige and that fedsoc has a very good network for making clerks and judges. They adopt the ideology in subservience to the resume-polishing, not because they’re deep political thinkers.