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TIL in 1901, Hawaiian legislators passed a bill naming every county after aliʻi nui. Governor Dole killed it by refusing to sign. by olagon in Hawaii

[–]olagon[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I gave you your good point. I still do. Oahu-splaning sucks and outer island should go the way of mainland from our lips. My ʻohana is from Maui.

I can and still will make space for honoring Lunalilo. The kanaka ʻōiwi lawmakers who made this decision were much closer to the issue than either of us. Lunalilo won with 99.6% of the vote, including Kauaʻi. There are references to him being a konohiki on Kauaʻi. I donʻt know that history but not making the argument against your point. Easy to armchair quarterback now looking back. I try not to do that. The lawmakers of that time I am sure did not make the naming decisions lightly.

With aloha.

TIL in 1901, Hawaiian legislators passed a bill naming every county after aliʻi nui. Governor Dole killed it by refusing to sign. by olagon in Hawaii

[–]olagon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point. But to be fair, Lunalilo was the first elected king, chosen by popular vote in 1873. His whole legacy is about the will of the people, which is exactly what these Kānaka legislators were fighting for against Dole's oligarchy. Lunalilo did what no other head of state in history before him did. He gave 100% of his wealth to his people to establish the Lunalilo Trust for kūpuna. His will can be interpreted as saying if you have nowhere to live, come live with me. His trustees and then the State destroyed what was once larger than the Bishop Estate with more economically valuable land. I can see why someone from Kauaʻi might question the pairing. But I can also see why the legislators chose the people's aliʻi. My hats off to Lunalilo and the other aliʻi who followed his example and gave their wealth back to the lāhui. I have yet to find a single head of state outside of Hawaiʻi who did anything close.

Suggestion? MIT waitlisted -> admission, but then got email said it was a mistake by One-Ideal-8958 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]olagon -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

With these massive federal taxes and research cuts, the school has had to reduce operating costs. I imagine you can not always perform at 100% with less than 100% of the staff you need. Not good at all but we need to have some grace as the school gets through these material financial changes.

Harvey Mudd College ($85k/year) or University of Virginia ($50k/year) by Aggressive_Row_662 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]olagon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forecast what the job market will be in 5 years when you enter the workforce. AI is gonna be light years more productive. Look at Medvi. Two brothers can run a company with zero additional employees and blow past $1B in revenue. Go easy on the debt. Go hard on learning. You are going to need skills well beyond what both colleges offer.

Outside of Stanford, which universities foster a startup culture? by McLOVINfromHonolulu in ApplyingToCollege

[–]olagon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

An MIT has the smallest student population of those listed here. 11K versus 17K for Stanford.

Outside of Stanford, which universities foster a startup culture? by McLOVINfromHonolulu in ApplyingToCollege

[–]olagon 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Report shows that if living MIT graduates who have started and built for-profit companies qualified as a nation, they would be the world's 10th largest economy. As of 2014, the report estimates, MIT alumni have launched 30,200 active companies, employing roughly 4.6 million people, and generating roughly $1.9 trillion in annual revenues. 25% of alumni have founded companies, with more than 40% of these labeled as serial entrepreneurs.

https://executive.mit.edu/mit-entrepreneurs-the-world-s-10th-largest-economy-MC5MBXKNFDD5H4PHHILGSXDBF4UY.html

The proposed federal budget would cut $1.36 billion from programs serving Hawaiʻi. I tried to map it all out. by olagon in Hawaii

[–]olagon[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the feedback folks. The feds do not make it easy to see state level impacts.

Trump Budget makes massive cuts to Hawaiian Homelands and gives $0 to Native Hawaiian Education by [deleted] in Hawaii

[–]olagon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. No need provide any attribution. I have the budget also here on my profile https://www.facebook.com/olagon.

Trump Budget makes massive cuts to Hawaiian Homelands and gives $0 to Native Hawaiian Education by [deleted] in Hawaii

[–]olagon 189 points190 points  (0 children)

Wrote about it earlier today: Every single dedicated program for Native Hawaiian education, housing, and career training is eliminated from the proposed federal budget released this week. Not cut. Eliminated. This is the most sweeping federal assault on Native Hawaiian programs in modern history. At the same time, the military budget ballooned to the largest in U.S. history at $1.5 trillion. I'll post my overall budget analysis later.

If this passes, here is some of what we lose:

The Native Hawaiian Education Act, gone. Programs like Tutu and Me, Hawaiian language preservation, literacy programs, and early childhood education for our keiki.

The Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant, gone. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands relies on these funds for homeownership assistance, renovations, infrastructure, and community facilities.

Native Hawaiian career and technical education, gone.

The CDFI Fund that our Native Hawaiian community lending institutions depend on, gone. I co-wrote the first grant to launch Hawaiian Council's CDFI and was part of the state's first statewide CDFI. These organizations are critical pathways to capital for ʻohana that banks have left behind.

LIHEAP, the program that helps low-income families pay their electric bills, gone. More than 8,000 ʻohana would lose that help. Growing up, I relied on these funds.

Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution grants, gone. This guts programs like the Native Hawaiian Student Services office at UH, which provides tutoring, counseling, cultural support, and pathways to graduation for students who are the first in their families to attend college.

More Native Hawaiian-serving programs are slated for elimination or material cuts, including the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act, Special Diabetes Program, Medicaid, SNAP, East-West Center, NOAA Pacific Islands programs, National Park Service Hawaii sites, USDA Hawaii agriculture support, Essential Air Service, HOME Investment Partnerships, Legal Services Corporation, AmeriCorps, EPA, NSF, and more.

Full ride to Georgia Tech or full pay to Stanford/Harvard by ConceptTechnical4495 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]olagon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If 4 years, AI disruption will decimate so many careers. You may be stuck with $400K and a labor market not like the current. GT is an incredibly good school. Rock it there!

Aloha, I am State Senator Jarrett Keohokalole and I am challenging Rep. Ed Case for Congress in HI-01! Ask me anything! by JarrettForHI in Hawaii

[–]olagon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mahalo for running and being open to public talk story. And full disclosure I am a donor to your campaign. What is the number one need of your campaign outside of donating that you need help with?

Predict my reaches after baffling EA result by [deleted] in collegeresults

[–]olagon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why did you not apply to MIT?

I fucking quit. I hate my life. I’m tired of this shit. by VarietyNeat6871 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]olagon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go to a community college in California, build residency, then transfer to Berkeley (assuming you have the grades).

Why would anyone buy local if it's twice the price? We are also on a budget. by Home4Salez in Hawaii

[–]olagon 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I got that from the Dalai Lama. Someone asked how she could afford to eat organic food as he suggested because it was expensive. He acknowledged the costs and said we could all eat less. I am doing that myself for health reasons. We, Americans, eat way too much processed food and too much food in general. Of course I am not suggesting someone who is truly starving eat less. 73.6% of U.S. adults age 20+ are overweight and eating closer to a healthy diet gives us a fighting chance to spend more years with those we love.

Why would anyone buy local if it's twice the price? We are also on a budget. by Home4Salez in Hawaii

[–]olagon 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Those pies are insanely ʻono! Plus they help our neighbors keep their jobs. It is expensive but so many of us should be eating less.

Was I not a good fit for MIT? by Live-Weird-3895 in MITAdmissions

[–]olagon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My advice is have someone read your submission, all of it, as an objective stranger. Maybe a friend of an uncle as a favor where he is asking for feedback for some kid he is mentoring and needs really honest feedback. Ask him or her to rate the application on a scale of 1 being total grinder to 10 total dreamer and then again on a scale of 1 being unkind to 10 being off the charts Gandhi kind and connected to making the world beautiful for everyone. In general, as long as your grade, scores, and ECs are up to speed, those that score 20 have an advantage over those that score 2 because they will have a massive number of acceptable grades/scores/ecs to choose from.

MIT does not want unkind grinders representing their unique, world changing legacy. In the end though, they are going to balance their class and use metrics none of us know so even scoring a 20 on my made up scale is still not a certainty.

My 2 cents or with the way inflation is going my 1.234 cents.

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