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29 votes
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Live election results: Super Tuesday 2020
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If the US removed FPTP and the electoral college, what new parties would pop up?
(You could replace FPTP with STV to keep the districts that elect representatives in the house intact.) I'll start. The Democratic party breaks up into the neoliberal and progressive parties. The...
(You could replace FPTP with STV to keep the districts that elect representatives in the house intact.)
I'll start.
The Democratic party breaks up into the neoliberal and progressive parties.
The neoliberal party is where centrist candidates like Joe Biden and Michael Bloomberg go.
The progressive party is where progressive candidates like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren go.
The Republican party might lose a large part of their electorate to the libertarians, since many Republicans are more concerned about letting business prevail and don't really want cultural conservatism.
Andrew yang maybe also leaves the Democrats and founds his own party, the party for online reform.
The greens also become significantly more popular but they may have too much in common with the progressives.
The Senate could be changed to include as many seats as the house for proper representation.
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Bogus automated copyright claims by CBS blocked Super Tuesday speeches by Bernie Sanders, Mike Bloomberg, and Joe Biden
11 votes -
Anthony Levandowski, former head of Uber's self-driving unit, files for bankruptcy after a court confirms he would have to pay Google $179 million
7 votes -
Companies are contracting out more jobs—that’s not great for workers
10 votes -
NASA won't be able to send commands to Voyager 2 for the next eleven months, while upgrades are made to the Deep Space Network
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Cost matters: Why Lambda School should have a lower success rate than college
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WFIRST, proposed for cancellation, is approved for development
3 votes -
Falcon Heavy to launch NASA Psyche asteroid mission
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The high-tech iBackpack received almost $800,000 from crowdfunding, but backers never received their bags. Now the creator is being sued by the FTC and state of Texas.
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Here's how Biden and Sanders stack up when it comes to how they would govern the tech industry
6 votes -
The problem with telling sick US workers to stay home
7 votes -
Pro Chef, Molly Baz, makes a meal with $10K+ Caviar
3 votes -
What happens if (and when) Apple cancels WWDC 2020?
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The twenty-year argument between Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren over bankruptcy, explained
10 votes -
How to build your own starter house in just five steps — for $25,000
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Japanese toilets are marvels of technological innovation. American toilets not so much
7 votes -
The forgotten story of America's first EMT services
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Which US presidential candidate do you think has the best foreign policy?
The nice thing about electability being uncertain is that you can choose the candidate you think is best. Unfortunately I have lost faith in my ability to decide that. Studying candidates'...
The nice thing about electability being uncertain is that you can choose the candidate you think is best.
Unfortunately I have lost faith in my ability to decide that. Studying candidates' policies seems useless since, after all, Congress makes the laws. We are likely to see either stalemate or centrist legislation regardless.
Maybe I should decide based on foreign policy instead? Most people don't do that but I don't see why not. Any recommendations for interesting articles to read?
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Healthcare rant thread
So I don't know about all of you, but I'm pretty sick of terrible healthcare in the USA. So I'm starting this thread for all of us to rant about our personal issues with healthcare. I'll be...
So I don't know about all of you, but I'm pretty sick of terrible healthcare in the USA.
So I'm starting this thread for all of us to rant about our personal issues with healthcare. I'll be writing my rant into it's own reply later (it's a bit of a long one), but I wanted to start the thread now to give others a chance to start venting.
Rules of Rant Thread:
- Don't argue a rant
- Thread is likely going to be incredibly USA-centric. USA healthcare is assumed unless stated otherwise.
- Rants should involve people no more than 2 degrees of separation from yourself. This thread is to vent about your personal experiences, not hearsay from total strangers.
In order to foster further discussion, and include those without a rant: Here are some things I personally would appreciate and expect for replies, but others might not.
- Explanation of how things would work out for you if you were in a similar situation
- Advice for dealing with any ongoing or future problems
33 votes -
The boss who put everyone on $70,000 minimum salary
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How DuPont may avoid paying to clean up a toxic 'forever chemical' in the US
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Firefox has started enabling DNS-over-HTTPS by default for all US-based users
33 votes -
How rockets are made (Rocket factory tour - United Launch Alliance)
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COVID-19 situation in the US progresses in three ways in Washington state: first death, first case in a healthcare worker, and first possible outbreak
19 votes -
How Bernie Sanders answers a question
23 votes -
Calling out the super polluters
6 votes -
Why Detroit residents pushed back against tree-planting
12 votes -
How precious metals sellers psychologically manipulate elderly conservatives
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Twenty-two studies, across ideological differences, agree: Medicare for All saves money
37 votes -
Are social networks polarizing? A Q&A with Ezra Klein | The Interface with Casey Newton, Issue #464, Feb 27
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Trump faces his 'Chernobyl moment' after slashing pandemic defences to the bone
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Charleston Democratic debate Discussion thread
New debate, new thread. (Unfortunately somewhat late as the debate was streamed right at the time I wrote this post.) The debate was being live streamed in CBS's channel in YouTube. Twitter is one...
New debate, new thread. (Unfortunately somewhat late as the debate was streamed right at the time I wrote this post.)
The debate was being live streamed in CBS's channel in YouTube.
Twitter is one of the debate partners so expect a few questions from there.
The south Carolina primaries are due February 29th and there willl be no more debates until after super tuesday so this debate is pretty important.
16 votes -
On the supply of, and demand for, US treasury debt
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Moss Landing battery storage project approved
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Covid-19 could mark the end of affluence politics in the USA, as the possibility of a global pandemic reveals the inability to make and distribute the things people need
21 votes -
Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape, sexual assault, but acquitted of predatory sexual assault
16 votes -
Leaked document shows how big companies buy credit card data on millions of Americans
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To rein in traffic-snarling new mobility modes, LA needed digital savvy. Then came a privacy uproar, a murky cast of consultants, and a legal crusade by Uber.
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Sarah Connor, in hiding before the war
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Smithsonian Open Access - 2.8 million images and 3D models from the Institution's collections released into the public domain
14 votes -
Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down in surprise announcement
18 votes -
A new understanding of Mars is beginning to emerge, thanks to data from the first year of NASA's InSight lander mission
9 votes -
A shot before last call: Capturing New Orleans’s vanishing Black bars
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Flat-earther ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes dies in rocket ride above California desert
30 votes -
ViacomCBS to launch new streaming service blending CBS All Access with Paramount films, Viacom channels
8 votes -
Donald Trump's budget gives Greenland another try – administration's proposal would give the State Department $587,000 to build a first permanent consular services outpost
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‘Now is the time’: A Federal Reserve official urges Congress to plan for recessions
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California state lawmaker introduces bill to create universal basic income of $1K a month
21 votes