CrimeDad @ CrimeDad @lemmy.crimedad.work

Father; husband; mechanical engineer. Posting from my self-hosted Lemmy ins

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Does the LLC's gross income get taxed or just the profit?

The mutually assured destruction we need in the world.

Thank you for sharing these links. I was a proponent of IRV, but it's clear to me now that it doesn't offer a significant improvement over FPTP. Quinn's 3-2-1 scoring method is a lot more attractive to me now.

Public library.

I have also observed that women tend to be messier than men, but keep in mind that it only takes one person to ruin a bathroom. Also, I can't say that it doesn't have more do with cultural, regional, or generational factors than sex or gender.

I just found this article that I think explains what happened. In a previous RCV election, the Republicans got 60% of the first round vote, but still lost. That was because it was split between more than one Republican as a result of their unusual primary election system that sends the top four candidates to the general election. Basically, they spoiled the election for themselves. The tight result of this referendum is probably more of an indictment of Alaska's top four primary system than RCV.

I don't think that makes sense. In both RCV and FPTP, if a candidate gets over 50% in the first round then they're the winner. In FPTP if no candidate gets over 50% then there's usually a runoff. I believe that's why rank choice voting is also known as instant runoff voting.

Why such a close margin? What don't Alaskans like about RCV?

What I've noticed on two Samsung phones, my dad's and my wife's aunt's, is that the Samsung messaging app silently fails and some messages don't get sent or received. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the OS of the user on the other end, but in my dad's case he wasn't getting messages from my mom who has an iPhone. Switching them to the Google Messages app solved the problem.

Seems like a simple task to help verify that you are not a bot. It might also help deter applicants who are anti-communist. I guess you solved the problem for yourself by choosing a different instance.

False consciousness.

I mean, for example, engineering a rhinovirus that spreads normally, but is able to inoculate hosts against zika.

Laughter is contagious. Surely other good things can be contagious, too.

No, that's why I asked. Hopefully someone can enlighten us.

Storage is a kludge. Regardless of the power source, we should be building power plants to consistently exceed electricity demand. The excess power can go towards hydrogen production and desalination.

That's right.

I think this is what I'm looking for. Thank you!

Thanks, but there's plenty of time for me to screw this up yet!

I did and the one feature she mentioned was that the tiles should be like stones. I guess me figuring it out is part of the gift.

My very own.