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by fixxer 10y ago
It is also a stupid strategy. 60m people, many in counties that voted for Obama twice... And the left wants to call them all racists and bigots because they weren't as motivated by LGBT and gender issues compared to supporting free spe
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by fixxer 10y ago
Luckily, we still have months of investigation on the Clinton Foundation to entertain us well into 2017.
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by fixxer 10y ago
So, the issue is not the content of the emails, but the fact that they were leaked?
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by fixxer 10y ago
WTF is this "Russian terrorist" label? Is this a thing? I've lived all over this country and I don't think I've ever seen those two words used together.
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by fixxer 10y ago
We're not arguing here. Election is over. All I can say is that I would not vote for Bernie. I think: - Primary voting is suggestive of turnout, but when you've got a candidate that people are voting against out of hate, it is har
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by fixxer 10y ago
"Socialist Coder" would have voted for Bernie.... Shocked, I say, shocked. ;)
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by fixxer 10y ago
Did he not also want to layer on entitlement expansion (free college? Who was going to pay for that?). I actually think Bernie would have lost. Interesting thought exercise though.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Nothing would make me happier than if the Democratic party was able to capture my vote in the next general. In order to do that, they're going to need to start making some serious changes: 1. Become the party of free speech. What is ha
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by fixxer 10y ago
Credit card processing through the dispatch company at 10-15% (depending on when drivers want to be paid). They already pay for dispatch separately. In think it is perfectly fine for your country to block Uber. In the US, I want to see laws
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by fixxer 10y ago
I fully support the right for your country to enforce your laws, but realize that other countries may not share your perspective. I welcome deregulation in the taxi industry. In the United States, taxi companies are too often more than a b
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by fixxer 10y ago
The basic reason the polls failed was upstream from averages generated by 538 et al. Those polls tragically expected a repeatable electorate ("everyone who voted in 2012, less the dead and plus some fraction of new voters, will turn ou
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by fixxer 10y ago
Interesting... Where is this mythical land where the only source of income is from ferrying people to and fro? What do those passengers do for income? Free market doesn't just mean free to drive for other companies (if available). It m
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by fixxer 10y ago
> Uber pays drivers peanuts; we should call it "Goober", or rather "Guber". Drivers are free to not drive for Uber. Uber operates within a free market. Obviously, the economic incentives are enough for many. Amusing
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by fixxer 10y ago
Thoughtful and great questions. I think you probably have a bias (I do too), but I appreciate your framing of the problem and I want to give you a reply that does your questions justice. So... Internal polls are not generally released. Nor
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by fixxer 10y ago
It's like you live in this world where the only beliefs that matter are your own and nobody else can believe something contrary and be genuine. FYI 9/10 top defense manufacturers in the world donated to HRC. What the fuck do you t
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by fixxer 10y ago
I'm far more on your side when it comes to surveillance, but I don't accept "government contracts" as a motivator. I think you're being reductionist and neglecting the fact that technology has a place in stopping te
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by fixxer 10y ago
I know a lot of the people on the Hillary campaign who donated over $100 and have negative net worth.
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by fixxer 10y ago
For everyone suggesting Thiel, a gay man with outspoken libertarian views, donated $1.25m as part of some pay-to-play scheme, let's do a little math... He is worth $2.7b last I checked. 1250000/2700000000 = 0.00046296296 Suppose s
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by fixxer 10y ago
Polls are useful for the campaign as part of media optimization and field strategy. In terms of value to the electorate, I think polls are anti-value: they are presented to generate response, be it entertainment or motivation. The electorat
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by fixxer 10y ago
Sure, but the polls being published and "marketed" had her with an insurmountable lead. Silver had her at 70% and that was generous to Trump compared to many. This isn't about the polls being wrong because the race was tight.
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by fixxer 10y ago
What about Florida? Can we dump Florida? ;)
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by fixxer 10y ago
The same effect could be gotten with less federal government and massive expansion of states rights... Irony.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Lol. My pleasure.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Nope. Just asked "hey, how fucked were your polls?" Answer: "totally." Didn't want to push it more than that given the fresh wound. Edit: My hypothesis is the likely voter estimates were pure fiction.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Lady Lovelace deserves better.
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by fixxer 10y ago
My sources tell me internal polls were terrible too.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Big MCMC model, likely written in Stan. Fancy as can be to a statistician with a penchant for strong priors... And completely fucking useless when your priors on likely voters are as wrong as wrong can be.
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by fixxer 10y ago
I voted for Trump. The majority of my media is CNN, NPR, and occasionally progressive radio (when I'm trying to figure out what narratives are important to the left). I do not listen/watch/read Breitbart, Alex Jones, Fox News
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by fixxer 10y ago
And we're all too stupid to make up our own minds about what/who to believe. Thankfully, we have Vox to Voxplain it all for us ignorant masses.
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by fixxer 10y ago
Awesome to see the learning curve addressed with such high priority. I like Rust and I'd like to use it more, but I generally lean on Go or C for writing anything that needs performance. I can't quite get past the awkward, fumblin

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