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> it’s every bit as deluded and cringeworthy as I’d expect. Not deluded at all. Sorry if you didn't get it. It's very strange that puritanical adherence of America has been rolled …

> if you're worried about organized gangs replacing a thousand ballot boxes on your election day, you have more problems than voting systems. The US certainly does. Should we throw…

Maybe the "hero" shouldn't be throwing insults on twitter like a child. I thought the insult was well considered because, in context, the diver was going after kids. It's a sly kin…

> Nothing will change because no one addressing or discussing the underlying causes What exactly are you describing? I don't see the same world you do. These stories are top concer…

This implies they can be different with the same versions.

> the more generalized term morality Applied ethics, are what most people mean when talking about Ethics. They are industry specific and defined by the industry. Normative ethics a…

> Having a cellphone != understanding the technology and how it works That wasn't the assertion made, nor related directly to the assertion I responded to. Having an understanding …

> The only true authority stems from knowledge, not from position Try telling that to the boss of your boss. Authority does not birth from knowledge. Compared to what you learn i s…

I don't understand why this is so interesting, as it doesn't seem to be anything about regression per se. A userland tool supported functionality that it can't anymore, because it …

> Because voting softwares don't solve any real problem while creating a horde of its own It solves some problems that have been introduced over time in most election systems. Prim…

Why is half the blog post about SQLite? Use SQLite, because everyone has or will. Yea, got it.

> Are computerized elections understandable to laypersons? What do you mean "No"? The ubiquity of cell phones alone makes it self-evident. What YOU mean is not described by your as…

This story was part of a news report sourced by the daughter of a general on NBC. I saw it between 1987ish (I may be off by a year). > The project never recovered from this ignomin…

Just because a candidate had a stated (or misstated or unstated) viewpoint doesn't mean a vote for that candidate is a vote for that viewpoint. That's not how any representative-el…

Your whole "easy" solution is not a solution. You just avoid the condition and expect it's solved.

> The Streisand effect applies to getting attention to something that wouldn't have otherwise, and gaining momentum because of it. This is about providing a platform to someone who…

Or you just overestimate how many kids who were dumb enough to get an ARM wanted to settle down and buy a house. More likely, the numbers are misleading in some way.

> Standups are (in my experience) usually a symptom of a low-trust environment and or a high volatility process and or poor information flow. All of these things occur at different…

> The blame ultimately rests with them, This sort of rhetoric, specifically has hurt democratic culture. If something you dislike happens, it's because you didn't do ENOUGH instead…

> All good things in politics come from vociferous arguing I would hope you recognize the opposite. The natural inclination is to increase aggression to try again when battles are …

Because of risk. Just because there's 10k people out there that can afford to borrow and repay, doesn't mean you set 100k loans hoping you got some of them.

> You are trying to use a universal solution to a specific problem Wat? It (UBI) is a self described universal solution. Inability to avoid becoming degenerate (where your daily si…

> This sounds like the latest in a long line of economic theories and ideas cooked up by people who LOVE the game of pricing things and can't understand why others don't share that…

> Whitespace means tab (0x09) or space (0x20). > Newline means LF (0x0A) or CRLF (0x0D0A). Complicating things from the start. Not a good sign.