Based on what?

So people who don’t live in swing states should vote third party until there’s enough of them that the state is in danger of going to trump (or whoever)? If they’re successful at some point that’s a threat.

How do we actually get third party candidates to win, not just “oh, Ross Perot Jr got 3% of the vote”?

However you slice it, we’re looking at like a 20 year struggle minimum to get election reform, and it would be at least the same length to elect a third party candidate to the office of president, but that’s a one off thing. (Or more likely that third party would be the new one of two parties)

If we’re committed to the struggle of improving things, we might as well improve a reusable process rather than have a single go at a third party presidential candidate.

I don’t think it’s just managers saying hey we could automate such and such a thing away. It’s human nature to think “how could I improve this” which almost immediately leads to “if I get this right it could mean no work at all”

What’s wrong with 404 media? I’ve been impressed with them so far.

Yeah, would be better to have those countries be members. Still don’t you think it’s significant that all of Europe, South America and half of Africa are participants? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court

Why are we seeing this image when clearly it should be on a novelty t-shirt sold only to sassy snow plow drivers

I don’t know. There are certainly more substantive reasons to dislike him. (And they apparently haven’t dissuaded his continued supporters) But do you think that (outside of someone who is struggling) when someone regularly smells bad, it says something about their decision making ability and character? I kind of do. The sort of person who doesn’t bath regularly or wash their clothes regularly is also not the sort of person who should be in charge of the United States. From a campaign perspective I think people have an emotional reaction to a literal bad smelling person.

I don’t think it’s helpful to say “I’m not surprised,” we shouldn’t assume everyone knows what we know. Some people, especially younger ones, may not be aware of the gulag system at all.

I could be mistaken but I thought they got their name from actually singing too? I believe the name for the “chorus” effect in audio recording comes from that experience - hearing the sound of a group of people singing instead of one person singing. Regardless, the name is appropriate.

Thinking about it more, I probably should have said “doubling” for two dancers, and “chorus” for more.

In any case for visual doubling, something like this: https://youtube.com/shorts/ZBgeuMJA3vA?si=MPa6AG6q-xw0cutC

For aural doubling here’s an example (not great but first passable example I found) https://youtu.be/kFaaGwAsGt4?si=mfjHIl5PtufoYriK&t=42

Basically, in audio recording if you have two similar but slightly different takes, it adds sparkle to the sound, it makes it seem bigger. Similarly with these sorts of tik tok dancers (to me) it has a similar impact, but visually instead of audibly.

This is a smart move, makes people feel the war at home.

Reads more like a delusional cult and painful nuisance rather than a serious threat to democracy. The guy thinks he’s an incarnation of an archangel.

Yes please. Would love if they didn’t phrase it in a horse race kind of way, “it would be a boon to the Biden campaign” and instead “it would be appropriate because Trump tried to overthrow an election and we have a specific constitutional amendment prohibiting insurrectionists from running for office”

Just because many people already think this is how it works doesn’t mean it’s not notable that an actual congressman is saying it.

In the article they talk about how partners at law firms make $7mil, so yeah, seems like we’d want to pay the highest judge in the land at least as much as some rando firm.

At the same time, I think we should have universal basic income, universal health care and free higher education.

Just saying that strategically, the government should pay high value positions enough that they’re filled by quality candidates and aren’t as vulnerable to bribery.

That’s the trick. Conservatives didn’t want him to leave, so they stepped in with a bunch of gifts so he would stay, and then owe them favors too.

Reminds me of this tweet from Merman_Melville: “Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it’s probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day” The experience itself is probably harmful and changes the person.

It being a bad idea aside, couldn’t teens just show the camera any picture of an adult? Supposedly the system doesn’t save the photo anywhere, so how would it know?

If you read the article it’s not about naked selfies, it’s about verifying the age of people visiting porn sites