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by fixxer 10y ago
Given he has been a longtime libertarian/GOP, he probably is using elitists as a euphemism for liberals. And, he isn't wrong about Vail in that sense.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Lol. I would pay for a video of him driving through SF with a deer on the bumper. I get looks every season and I'm in Illinois.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Solid start. I'd strongly suggest adding some Bayesian modeling books; start with Gelman. If you look at the academic lineage of many of these authors, it will also help you understand how they get stuck into little biases.
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by fixxer 10y ago
I think I'll just take a break from HN for one week instead.
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by fixxer 10y ago
This is why you should watch all the different kinds.
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by fixxer 10y ago
I think the concern here is how easy it is to conflate "fake" with "things we disagree with", thus turning a need for journalist integrity into a partisan play. Given the willingness of major news outlets to quote polls
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“Fake News” Is in the Eye of the Beholder(medium.com)
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by fixxer 10y ago
Ah, apologies!
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by fixxer 10y ago
Being too rich can give you gout. We all got problems.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Greenwald's piece on it: https://theintercept.com/2016/11/26/washington-post-disgrace...
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by fixxer 10y ago
You are actually citing that WaPo propOrnot piece? You trust independent, anonymous experts to tell you what is legit? There is zero fact checking in that thing. You might as well be sourcing 4chan. Talk about playing to people's biase
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by fixxer 10y ago
Nope, that isn't a good start. I'm looking for examples that show the US has a bad working environment. You providing a wiki link to "unions in the USA" does not address the question. What is bad about our labor environm
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by fixxer 10y ago
Examples?
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by fixxer 10y ago
And this was published under the banner of MIT without 'editorial' or 'opinion'. This is fact! /s Reads like another partisan puff piece griping about the election to me, which is a shame because the underlying conc
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by fixxer 10y ago
No, we have a problem with wage growth. That isn't to say that the types of jobs have a huge impact. If McD paid $25/hr with full benefits, nobody would give a shit. Kind of hard to make that sustainable without clawing back real
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by fixxer 10y ago
Better idea: Let's turn it off and not replace it.
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by fixxer 10y ago
How does it seem obvious?
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by fixxer 10y ago
This is such an elegant synopsis. I've been saying this to my HRC-supporter friends, many are horrified that I could vote for Trump. A few are no longer friends (by their choice, screaming at me from the top of their lungs that I voted
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by fixxer 10y ago
Yup, agreed. As mentioned above, I'm for pop vote. But... Still a big change and the consequences are very complicated.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Look up. I'm for pop vote. I'm just saying to libs thinking the pop vote would have changed things... Maybe. Maybe Not.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Lol. Bill Maher misses W.
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by fixxer 10y ago
DNC base files (back when I worked for that side), but based on how shit their polls were, feel free to question my claim. The name of the game isn't changing hearts and minds (generally), but turnout. 2016 isnt an outlier. Look at cou
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Kind of a small sample size, right? I guess I'm hesitant to change the political dynamic of a nation based on just that.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Independent white men are generally Republican voters, for example. Big difference between being independent and not identifying with a party. Hence, they are hard to herd because they are actually already decided. This isn't conjectur
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by fixxer 10y ago
Maybe. My point isn't partisan, but more along the lines of "you don't know how this will play out." I'm all for a popular vote, but I don't think you're going to see a swing to the left necessarily.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Changing from electoral college to pop vote also means the nature of campaigning will change. California, for example, has a huge population of Republicans and now their vote would matter. I don't think Trump did any non military focus
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by fixxer 10y ago
Because very few of them are truly independent.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Your perception of Trump supporters is based on those you know personally? Where are you located? If not, then have you considered that your perception might be influenced by mass media and your own echo chamber? I live in Chicago and worke
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by fixxer 10y ago
Well, in your specific case, continue doing what you normally do and act surprised when the midterms come around and the left loses seats.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Walk onto a college campus. This isn't about private property. This is about suppressing discussion because you disagree with it. That mentality is why identity politics is so bad. Instead of seeking out people that disagree with us, w

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