Olgratin_Magmatoe

joined 2 years ago

Idk I kinda like being able to take a shit without having to fill out a form every time.

I just wanna make video games and eat carbs.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

One of the currently open ones is this one:

https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file/pull/11

Hilarious

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 54 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It's already got 4 PRs

lol

And also the human race is almost wiped out on a seemingly daily basis just to be saved in the nick of time by the doctor. Not exactly comforting.

I recall en episode where they played out the events of everything had the doctor not existed/died, and it was just a horror show.

I go to star trek for hope, and 40k for a very fucked up form of "hope" that involves a lot of masochism.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can recommend against enders. I have two friends with them, and one myself. Between the 3 of us none of them are currently working, and its been like this since i found out all 3 of us had 3d printers. Keeping them working is like pulling teeth.

Simplicity tends to sell better than complexity, and RCV is the one that’s known of already.

Agreed. And that's why I think approval is such a big improvement over ranked choice.

"Tell us who you approve of, candidate with the most approval wins"

Is a hell of a lot simpler than

"Rank every candidate without ranking multiple as the same level, then we check if any candidate has a 50% majority, if not, the lowest candidate gets booted and the next wave of second choices comes in, repeat until there is 50% majority."

And that's before the peripheral benefits.

So far they’ve been more than happy to ignore everything except the status quo, unfortunately.

Agreed. It's honestly sad.

My city/state has been warming up to these kinds of talks and candidates at least, which gives me a glimmer of hope. But for now it is not enough.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Arguably, RCV is just as complicated as STAR, and approval is simpler than RCV. And part of the difficulty in the heavy lift to get RCV is that it has some pretty rough flaws, flaws that don't exist within the alternatives.

And the political environment is easing up to the idea of moving towards better voting methods. I'm not saying we should let perfection be the enemy of progress. All I am saying is that if we are going to be making changes, we should at least attempt the better options.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I absolutely agree with pushing the issue at a local level, however we should probably be aiming for approval or STAR voting:

https://dividedwefall.org/star-and-approval-voting/

RCV is way better than our current system, but even RCV has flaws.

We also need regulation requiring election reform within party primaries, because as of right now it is a clown show.

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