These people wouldn’t be eligible to vote until they achieved citizenship, so maybe they are figuring that the optics of following through might be mobilizing for the existing voter base.

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Missed the point on that one…

Federation is a tool to connect instances together. If one instance isn’t being run in a way that you like, you can and should create an account on a different instance that better aligns with your ideals. Or, if you can’t find any such instance, then you can create your own instance. This is the beauty of federation!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies#Red_herring_fallacies

Even if that’s true, it doesn’t diminish the very real good that the foundation has accomplished, like Polio eradication or HIV/AIDS research. You can feel about Bill Gates whatever you want, but you cannot deny that his money has done very good things for humanity.

Sure… stop by, I’ll give it to you!

If I have a $10 bill in my wallet, I would give it to literally anybody who asked me.

These are good! On my instance, my sidebar says “You can stay as long as you’re not being a jerk.”

Honest question… just about everything I’ve read regarding why HFCS is bad is really just about the dangers of consuming sugar in general. Is there something that shows it’s worse than sugar?

I totally agree that we eat way too much sugar in America, and I’m all for reducing. I just wonder if any efforts to this end should be focused on ALL sources of sugar, not just HFCS.

“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” by Propellerheads has an amazing bass drop in the middle of the song.

I’m also partial to “Empire Ants” by Gorillaz.

Yes! It sets the tone for the show so perfectly. Just to satisfy my curiosity, I pulled up the first episode on Hulu… the new music gives a completely different tone. It’s terrible!

House. I feel bad for anybody who’s not seen it with the original intro music.

What makes you think the “loud minority” wasn’t the people who voted for Trump in the first place?

How do you counter the arguments about strategic votes in Cardinal voting systems? Those arguments are explained here: https://betterchoices.vote/Cardinal

Put simply, Approval is still subject to strategic voting that undermines the purpose of the system. In practice, nobody is going to approve of a centrist candidate from the other party because that approval vote might be the only reason that their party loses.

I’m so glad I found this site! I think I’ve been converted to a Consensus Voting proponent instead of Instant Runoff.

You can read more about it here: https://betterchoices.vote/ConsensusVoting

Do you have a link that explains what you’re talking about? I’m having a hard time reconciling my understanding of Ranked Choice (with instant runoff) with the downfalls you describe.

Edit: I came across this: https://betterchoices.vote/Cardinal It explains the spoiler problem with Ordinal voting systems, but also illustrates problems with Cardinal voting systems. Interesting stuff.

Indeed. A wise wizard once said: “It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.”

It was not a prediction of victory… it was a 71% chance of winning the electoral college. Said another way, they gave her a 29% chance of losing.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

I agree… I was simply clarifying that Nate Silver did NOT predict that Hillary would win (nor is he predicting that Trump will win this election), which is a common misunderstanding about probability. For these types of models to be meaningful to the public, there needs to be literacy on what is meant by the percentages given. Really, I’m just reinforcing rodneylives’ point from another angle!