Liz

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[–] Liz@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago

Or they did read all the comments, but someone posted their game during the time they were reading, so they never actually saw it. Then they posted their game and looked a stinky non-reader even though they weren't.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 5 points 2 days ago

The searches spike after every election and this one was no different than any other year.

Compared to shrimp scampi, an example search I stole from another thread on this topic, it's pretty clear the searches are meaningless and not tied to this particular result.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=How%20do%20I%20change%20my%20vote,Shrimp%20scampi&hl=en

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago

Here's where the problem is. The sheriff is viewing the potential for the kid to get hit by a person driving a car as the kid's fault, when of course the fault should lie completely with her person operating heavy machinery.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Any boot that can actually be resoled. You might pay a higher up front cost, but they will be worth the investment when you're putting your third outlsole on them in instead of getting yet another pair of shoes.

Edit: also, the AK isn't actually cheap to make, it's just the US market was flooded with surplus guns no one wanted for a good while.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

They're just plain wrong about 1911s though. Those things have been surpassed many times over in every category that you would care about in a hand gun, including reliability. I know a few gunsmiths. They're always fixing 1911 platforms, well beyond what your would expect for their popularity. Everyone always says "two world wars," and they were a great gun for they're era, but there's a reason they got replaced.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wasn't thinking about that at all, but they probably aren't trying very hard, if I had to guess. What's their current monetization model?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

That's the same advantage all the other options have, too.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 36 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This man ran into the weirdos on Mastodon. I'm over there hanging out with people posting about ass-pennies and no one cries "content warning!" You're the one who decides who you follow and who follows you. If your hanging out with folks too sensitive for your liking, that's on you.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago

Other folks have let you know what's up. You can read more about it at https://electionscience.org

Personally I think their recent website remodel really took a lot of the meat and potatoes out of their presentation, but I'm not a media guru, so what do I know?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 4 points 4 days ago

I'm not sure if Approval would weed out extremists in practice or not, but using the current voter behavior under FPTP and extrapolating to Approval doesn't really hold water. Even in Fargo and St. Louis we're already seeing different voting behavior, where only 30% of voters chose to be strategic in who they vote for. Under a FPTP election you pretty much have to make a strategic decision.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 10 points 4 days ago (10 children)

Yes, actually. RCV is complicated enough that it causes poor NYC voters to submit invalid ballots at a higher rate than their rich and counterparts, something that doesn't happen with "choose one." Still, RCV is good, but Approval Voting is better. Under Approval, an invalid ballot is impossible unless you put in illegal markings, which would invalidate a ballot under any method.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They have mandatory service, though I'm sure very few people serving their mandatory term are a part of the invading force.

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