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by yibg 1y ago
I'm saying specifically even if we only allow in person voting with ID, there will still groups that cry foul when their team loses. Distrust in the system isn't from specific elements of how votes are cast, it's a function o
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by yibg 1y ago
Yea agree. I think the reality is a significant portion of the American population don't want actual democracy, in that they don't want everyone to be able to vote. It's a feature not a bug.
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by yibg 1y ago
There has been no evidence of wide spread fraud and there is every evidence that elections have been legitimate and fair. A non trivial portion of the population still thinks the 202 elections was rigged. End of the day, somme people will c
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by yibg 1y ago
Is there evidence that in person voting is meaningfully more secure than other forms (like mail in voting) let alone 100% fool proof? Even assuming it is, how do we solve the other issues it causes if it's the only way to vote? e.g.: -
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by yibg 1y ago
Taken in isolation this might be true, but these types of relatively small monetary damage don't seem to provide a good deterrent in general. Newsmax (as well as fox etc) is still airing provably false or at best misleading information
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by yibg 1y ago
Scale in this case isn't just about software scalability though, in the sense of RPS it can handle. It's: - Don't build some automated support system until you get enough customers - Don't build a fully automated provisi
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by yibg 1y ago
I don't like to defend facebook either but where does this end? Does google need to verify each email it sends in case it contains something illegal? Or AWS before you store something in a publicly accessible S3 bucket?
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by yibg 1y ago
Personally I'm not very confident even in the next free and fair election things will change materially. Trump is the public face but the reason he's in office and also has control of congress is because Americans voted that way.
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by yibg 1y ago
No one pays 4 years of salary immediately.
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by yibg 1y ago
Not enough money in it. It's not something that is taken regularly for long term like ADHD meds, or something that pretty much everyone uses at some point like antibiotics. If psilocybin came in a pill, it'd be targeted to a relat
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by yibg 1y ago
There are probably tones of ideas that would be viable businesses if executed. One problem though is between "scratching my own itch" and "payroll bigger than my old day job" is working "4-6 hours every night after
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by yibg 1y ago
Thing is, she failed at being the fall person. It's clear to everyone who was calling the shots, so ironically she was ineffective as the fall person.
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by yibg 1y ago
Doesn't need to be sustainable until 2062 though. It'll take until 2062 to break even if they keep with projected numbers for next year. They can be flat forever after that and it'll still be 37 years to break even. If they m
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by yibg 1y ago
37x only makes sense if the growing continues, otherwise better to put the money is a high yield savings account. The big question mark of course is how long that growth can continue for. At the current rate their revenue and earnings are b
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by yibg 1y ago
(c) a technological breakthrough that makes what Nvidia makes obsolete.
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by yibg 1y ago
I think loyalty has value to the company but not as much as people think. To simplify it, multiple things contribute to "value" and loyalty is just a small part of it.
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by yibg 1y ago
What does surrender even mean here? How do Gazans surrender?
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by yibg 1y ago
Ah yes, the human shield argument. Like the "tunnels" and graphics provided by the IDF. Convenient isn't? Every hospital, apartment block, school and refugee camp has hamas in them, so everything is fair game.
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by yibg 1y ago
Nothing good comes from Iran getting a bomb for us, doesn't mean it's not good for the Iranian regime.
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by yibg 1y ago
And then the next trump comes in and reneges on all the agreements. Would take a few decades of stability as has been carefully constructed by the US since world war 2.
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by yibg 1y ago
Being attacked boosts domestic support for leadership, even unpopular ones. If Iran actually attacked the US some how, you can bet Trump's approval rating goes up.
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by yibg 1y ago
So China isn't a sovereign government because it's a front for CPP and can be bombed at will...?
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by yibg 1y ago
Ground occupation also don't typically leads to a healthy regime change. Yes the regime can be changed quickly, but not always in the way we want.
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by yibg 1y ago
A democratically elected government invaded Iraq and killed a lot of Iraqis. If Iraq got some sort of super advanced technology that made them the superpower in the world, would they be justified if they: - Started bombing US cities, includ
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by yibg 1y ago
Probabilities. Given the track record in the region and the relationships involved, not getting a nuke seamless will lead to getting bombed with almost 100% certainty over a long enough period. If they botch the quiet part, they'll alm
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by yibg 1y ago
Perhaps, but even if that's true it doesn't mean both sides committed an illegal act. Defending against and responding to attacks is not illegal.
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by yibg 1y ago
Optimistically given how much Trump loves attention and declaring victories: - Trump declares mission accomplished. Looks tough to his base, appeases Israel and calls it a day - Ditto for Israel. Declares Iran's nuclear ambitions over
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by yibg 1y ago
Agreement requires 2 sides doesn't it? Who's agreeing on the American side?
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by yibg 1y ago
If I was Iran, or any country on the US's naughty list, I would be trying to build a nuke as quickly and quietly as I can. It seems to be the only way to not get bombed.
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by yibg 1y ago
Similar situation as flights. People complain about lack of space, misc fees etc. But when it comes down to it, people for the most part, still pick the cheapest flight. I think the other factor is a bit of anchoring. I know this impacts me

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