Bob Now • 100%
The technology can detect gunshots, yes, but it can't detect it they're meaningful in any way that would require a response. That means responders are showing up to areas with nothing more than the knowledge that a gun was discharged, which leaves them fewer resources to allocate to actual problems.
Bob Now • 100%
The technology can detect gunshots, yes, but it can't detect it they're meaningful in any way that would require a response. That means responders are showing up to areas with nothing more than the knowledge that a gun was discharged, which leaves them fewer resources to allocate to actual problems.
Bob Now • 100%
I ain't paying any attention to speculation. He hasn't dropped out until he's actually dropped out.
Bob Now • 100%
Ohhhh Shhhhoiiiit this is a step in the right direction!
Bob Now • 100%
No one would ever try to drive through a large group of cars going past, why force your way into bikes?
Bob Now • 100%
I think the amazing thing is how much improvement you get from going from "choose one" to "choose all you like." (AKA approval voting). The ultimate goal is proportional representation, but approval is such an easy first step.
Bob Now • 100%
If we had Approval Voting people would be able to vote for third party candidates independent of what they do concerning major party candidates. And, their support would always be shown in the final tally on election day.
Bob Now • 100%
Probably the first time I've ever looked at a presidential lineup and simply hoped the two front-runners fall over dead as soon as possible.
Bob Now • 100%
They're finally getting rid of these guys because they're old and no one wants to take care of them. That's all.
Bob Now • 100%
Yeah I'll agree with that. The love and respect ain't mutual though. They never give it back.
Bob Now • 100%
They don't want to help, they want to rule. The emergency gives them an excuse to take control.
Bob Now • 100%
Yeah that sounds legally dubious
Bob Now • 100%
I mean, yeah, 1000 people is enough assuming there's no sampling bias. But if you've got sampling bias, increasing the sampling size won't actually help you. The issue you're talking about is unrelated to how many people you talk to.
Your own suggestion of splitting up the respondents by state would itself introduce sampling bias, way over sampling low population states and way under sampling high population states. The survey was interested in the opinions of the nation as a whole, so arbitrary binning by states would be a big mistake. You want your sampling procedure to have equal change of returning a response from any random person in the nation. With a sample size of 1000, you're not going to have much random-induced bias for one location or another, aside from population density, which is fine because the survey is about USA people and not people in sub-USA locations.
Bob Now • 100%
Ah. I personally wouldn't care, then. In fact, I would be honored in this situation l. But, I'm sure there are those that would feel differently.
Bob Now • 100%
A degree should have no sensitivity towards anything outside of the classroom. Did you pass all the classes you needed to? You get your degree. Full stop.
Bob Now • 95%
I think we need to talk about your discord notifications....
Bob Now • 100%
The oil companies reconglomerated, in part, because we stopped enforcing anti-trust nearly as much as originally intended when we started using the stupid-ass Chicago school of thought from the 1970s onwards. It's only in the last ten years or so that's it's become legally reasonable to say "hey actually the Chicago school of though kinda sucks." Standard Oil in particular is a bad anti-trust example because Rockefeller was such a personality cult that everyone around him was completely wrapped around his finger. In any case, you can still punish companies for price fixing if you've force them to be legally separate, which you can't do if it's all one legal organization.
The telecom industry is another example where anti-trust break-ups didn't lead to more competition, for somewhat similar reasons. They were broken up by geographic regions and each region made gentlemen's agreements not to expand into each other's territory. When we stopped enforcing anti-trust as much, they bought each other out.
In general, however, breaking up monopolies is effective, so long as doing so actually creates competition in the marketplace. This is most effective in markets with low barriers to entry or ones where there's already a large number of smaller companies that are simply too small for meaningful competition with mega-corp. It's least effective in markets with extremely high barriers to entry or ones where it's easy to collude and get away with it. In any case, it's still worth it to break up monopolistic companies because it still reduces their power, even if it does so more effectively in some markets than others. Among other benefits, it makes it easier for new competitors to establish themselves in the market, since their competitors have a harder time utilizing unfair practices the smaller they are.
Bob Now • 96%
I mean, just break up the massive corporations. Capitalism requires seller competition in the marketplace in order to provide an incentive to drive down prices. If there are too few players, they can easily make unspoken agreements to fuck over consumers.
Bob Now • 100%
I very much wouldn't. I'm not interested in the kinds of things a young trophy wife is going to offer. I think being a rich megastar would be bad for my dating game, because it would attract all the wrong people.
Bob Now • 100%
The way statistical sampling works, 1000 people in a population of 300,000,000 is actually good enough for most things. You can play around with numbers here to convince yourself, but at 95% confidence 1000 people will give an answer to within 3% of the true answer for the 300,000,000 population.
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A look into relationships beyond just friends and romance.
If you live in New Hampshire, I suggest you call your state legislators to support this bill. [Approval Voting](https://electionscience.org/library/approval-voting/) is a very small change that goes a long way! If you don't live in New Hampshire, send this to someone who does!
Alt text: A photo of Mike Pence in a leather biker vest with a bunch of bland patches on it, like two different Indiana patches and an American flag patch. He's got both hands outward and his fingers are pointing, reminiscent of that old Steve Martin sketch where him and Dan Aykroyd are The Festrunk Brothers, "just two wild and crazy guys."
So I'm interested in grinding up some fruits (strawberries or whatever) and just throwing them in a jar and preserving them. Basically I want to make a jam without pectin or sugar. How terrible of an idea is this?
The state legislature is trying to make it harder for the people to have a say in their democracy. Vote "No!" Retain the right to amend the constitution, or else the bar will be set so high only the legislature will get to propose amendments! That's it. That's the post. Drag your friends to the polls, too, while you're at it.
First off, yes, I'm getting rid of my account, but I decided to have a look around on the official app and 1) It's hot garbage 2) I'm subscribed to a bunch of subs I've never even interacted with before in my life. What gives? Did they just sign me up for shit without asking? They sent me emails after promising they wouldn't, they've lied about a lot of stuff, but every time I'm surprised they're such dicks for some reason. Has anyone else experienced this?
Hey everyone, Missouri Agrees is running a fundraising campaign so they can put Freedom Voting Up for referendum. You can donate through any of the campaigns [here](https://actionnetwork.org/groups/show-me-integrity-action-fund) and your impact will be TRIPLED. +1 from the individual campaign and +1 from an anonymous donor. They're aiming for 1.2 million by July 1st, so every dollar counts. It's an all or nothing fundraiser, so if we fall short everyone gets their money back. Don't know what Freedom Voting is? It's also called Approval Voting and you can read more about it [here](https://electionscience.org/library/approval-voting/). The short answer is it gives you the freedom to vote for everyone you like instead of having to just choose one. That's it. Instead of "pick one" it's "pick any number." It fixes a huge number of problems while also being ridiculously simple. If anyone has any questions of course I'm open to chatting.
Okay, it took a good amount of learning, but I've figured out how to get most of what I want with a custom keyboard build. Here's my goals: 1) Ergonomic 2) Quiet 3) Dvorak 4) But a normal person can still use it 5) Cheapish because I'm a cheap bastard With those in mind, here's what I've finally settled on: Board: YMDK - Split 75% 84 Acrylic Kit Keycaps: YMDK - 9009 Retro 143 - Blank Switches: Haimu x Geon HG Red Silent Linear Switches A.K.A Haimu Heartbeat See photos at the bottom of the post. My plan is to take the switches to a fab-lab with a laser engraver and engrave the labels on the side of each keycap. Since the DSA profile is the same for every button, and I'll have extras, I'll have more than a few chances to get my laser settings correct. By labeling the keycaps myself I can put the QWERTY label on the front side and the Dvorak label on the left or right side. By using this split design, I can combine the two halves to give people a totally regular looking keyboard that functions just as they expect. Total cost including machine time: $182 What do you think? Do you think there's room for improvement? ![](https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/202f26d1-6968-4d05-a003-cb69eec40b00.jpeg) ![](https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/88b3095a-08b5-445e-a3dc-7c763fba7f0d.jpeg) ![](https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/493a5d82-0ac7-4c7e-9e13-b1c236cf8df5.jpeg)