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Cuberoot

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  • It sure looks like Trump watches are breaking copyright law

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  • Political speech has stronger 1A protection than commercial speech and one could argue for a 'fair use' exemption. Strong enough to win on its merits? I don't know -- I'm not an IP lawyer, probably not. Strong enough that a well-funded legal team could get a federal judge, hesitant to make a ruling certain to be criticized as 'election interference,' to delay a decision until after the election when the signs are all being taken down anyway? I think so.

  • Walz: ‘The Electoral College needs to go’

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  • Historically, the EC protected the women's suffrage movement. In a straight NPV, you couldn't allow progressive states like Wyoming to just double their electoral influence by letting women vote until conservative states like Massachusetts are ready to do the same.

    Maybe the modern equivalent is ranked choice voting reforms. Under EC, it's no problem for Maine to choose electors by IRV, and if other states see it working, they might follow. Under a NPV, or even the NPVIC, they'd be forced to revert to a plurality system so their votes could be added to the national total.

  • Should I respond to election polls?

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  • This isn't the preferred survey methodology of pollsters who care about the statistical validity of the results.

    I suspect that text was from someone more interested in your money than your opinion and wouldn't give them either.

  • What's an experience that is unique to your country of residence?

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  • Winning a domestic sports league and calling yourselves "World Champions"

  • Are there any occupations you uniquely oppose the existence of?

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  • Search engine optimizer -- The entire industry, intentionally and with malice aforethought, exists purely to make it more difficult for search engines to provide quality output to search users.

  • Has anyone ever been to a political candidate rally? What was it like?

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  • I used to live in Ohio, and had three presidential candidates visit close enough to conveniently get to. I went to the Edwards, Obama (primary season), and Romney events. I didn't order advance tickets for any of them. Both Democrats had volunteers outside the security trying to get everyone who showed up with or without tickets through security and into the main venue. At Romney's I didn't get in and just loitered around the outside fencing. That might have been the better experience -- I could still hear the speeches, and the outside crowd had better signs and more colorful commentary than the inside ones.

  • What are some financial life-hacks everyone should know?

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  • You can find just about anybody's Social Security number. (Equivalently, they can find yours.) Amazingly, some institutions still use knowledge of this number as proof of identity for purposes of extending credit to a stranger.

  • How come it seems for the past decades the Catholic Church has been plagued with sex crimes especially among young boys? How long has this been going on? Or did I just miss something up.

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  • Historically, it's been alleged that some 'celibate' Catholic bishops fucked women. When the resulting bastard children grew up, they were rewarded with coveted Church appointments. If anyone noticed the apparent favoritism, they blamed the adultery on their brother, saying the appointee was a nephew (it: nipote) rather than the priest's own illegitimate son. Thus the origin of the term nepotism.

    Probably some of them had different tastes and realized that fucking boys leaves less evidence.

  • Do you approve sex work? Why or why not?

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  • Not encouraging violence against anybody. Just observing that some businesses routinely treat their customers worse than prostitutes treat theirs, and that courtesy isn't always reciprocal.

  • Do you approve sex work? Why or why not?

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  • I think sex work is more honorable than many lawful professions. It's really unfair that prostitutes have higher rates of workplace violence than insurance sales.

  • YSK most US states assign their electoral college votes by the state's popular vote

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  • Not nationally, but because Maine uses both Instant runoff voting for presidential elections, and the Congressional district method of assigning electors, it's mathematically possibly for Maine to split its electors 2-2. eg, the Republican wins both districts individually, while the Democrat wins statewide. Not this year though -- needs a competitive 3-way race so the runoffs matter.

  • Can someone define "liberal" (in its use as an insult) for me?

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  • Phil Ochs says it better than I can:

    In every American community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects, ten degrees to the left of center in good times, ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally.

    The issues have changed slightly from the 1960s, but his song's accusations of hypocrisy and NIMBYism among those who publicly espouse progressive causes still hit close enough to home.

  • What are some silly ways to say you gotta go poop?

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  • Gotta shake a tit.

  • Jimmy Carter Says He’s Hanging On to Vote for Kamala Harris

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  • Electoral College and The Numbers | USA question

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  • It's hard to predict this in advance, since it's sensitive to things like voter turnout in non-competitive states. For instance, a blizzard in New England could affect the popular vote without impacting the electoral college vote. So I'll just tell you how to calculate it.

    First, identify the tipping point state. Some guys think it might be Michigan this year. Meaning either candidate can win by winning Michigan and every state more favorable to them than Michigan. Other good guesses are Pennsylvania and maybe Arizona. Then take the difference between a candidate's margin in Michigan verses their national average.

    2020: The tipping point state was Wisconsin. Biden won WI by 0.6% and nationally by 4.5% representing a 3.9% electoral college advantage to the Republican.

    2012: The tipping point state was Colorado. Obama won CO by 5.4% and nationally by 3.9% representing a 1.5% electoral college advantage to the Democrat.

    So the electoral college doesn't intrinsically benefit the Republicans, but it probably will this year.

  • What's the easiest way to get an article about myself on Wikipedia?

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  • Becoming a victim of one also works.

  • A Black woman has never lost the general election for POTUS in US history but 45 white men have lost

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  • Don't correct that. He's wrong. It's way more than 46, most multi-term presidents defeated several different contenders.

    Edit: I got 63 white men and 1 white woman, not counting pre 12th amendment elections, not counting minor candidates who didn't win any states electors. There's a lot more if you include minor candidates, but then one of them would be Cynthia McKinney who is a black woman.

  • Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach

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  • Seems like these sort of hacks always involve the company's data about its users, and never their own confidential contracts, trade secrets, or other leaks that could directly damage their own operations.

    It makes a guy suspect they actually have a very good understanding of information security, but just don't think yours is worth the bother.

  • It’s vitally important that Democrats now ask one question and one question only: Does Biden have the best chance of beating Trump, or is there someone else readily available who has a better chance?

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  • This might have been 20 years ago. Some civic organization, probably on Martin Luther King weekend, held a tribute honoring some famous black men. One of the most prominent famous black men they invited was actor James Earl Jones -- reasonable enough so far. So they called him up to the stage to present him with his honorary plaque made out to James Earl .... Ray.