Pick a side. Either you're saying this is deliberate or unconscious. The line you appear to be walking is: "Google believe in unconscious bias, which proves that they have a deliberate bias!".
It's a conspiracy within Google that would require many people in the company to be complicit. We are talking about a specific, fundamental change to Google's flagship product.
It's not like anyone in the company can just push an update to the search engine code and change how it works without anyone else knowing. It would require people at every level of the company to be in on it (the conspiracy): executives, project managers, engineers... The idea that this could go on without someone blowing the whistle, purposefully or accidentally, is ridiculous.
This also isn't something you could just do once and leave. You would have to maintain it, constantly pushing updates to suppress any good news about Trump, as it happened.
Fascinating. Did they present all religions (and lack thereof) equally, allowing you to choose the one (or none) that you critically thought was the best?
For example, male and female are a biological reality, yet there is a large anti-science political and social movement which teaches that they are just fluid social constructs. What do you do about that? It is perplexing.
Intersex is also a biological reality, and comes in many different forms, but I guess since that doesn't fit your worldview it must be "Fake News".
My Dad grew up in Egypt, a military dictatorship with a strong and well established police state.
He would tell you that even though the secret policemen would wear civilian clothing... you knew who they were. They want you to know. Secret police are about oppression, about knowing that you are being watched.
Neither. It's your maximum. ISPs have this thing called an "oversubscription rate". So let's say that the oversubscription rate is 10, that means you are sharing your 24 Mbit/s with 9 (effectively) other customers that have the same service. Like most telecom services, they bank on the fact that most of the time most customers' usage is well below what they pay for.
In other words, ISPs are totally full of shit. Also, don't trust speed tests. ISPs regularly detect them and suddenly (as if by magic!) you get what you're paying for.
The price of oil is still rebounding from the low in 2015. It fell drastically at that time because the Saudis overproduced like crazy in order to drive higher cost producers out of business.
I don't see how you can look at this and say that the price of oil is dropping. I expect it will eventually climb back above $100/barrel.
3) same day registration- nah. And since we're casting aspersions here, the only reason you want it is so people can vote multiple times in the same day, in multiple states, and there's no time to validate their eligibility to vote.
As many others have said, you can use provisional ballots, so the eligibility can be validated later. But I'm sure you didn't suggest that because it completely invalidates your argument.
And if the other 2 don't matter, then you have no reason not to take the deal. But you didn't.
You are not seriously suggesting that Libertarians represent mainstream Conservatism in the United States in 2018, are you?
However, I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. If you agree, then great. Start convincing your fellows on the right and I'll push mine to accept the compromise. But I think (IMHO) you will have a harder time than me.
Considering every other response is either someone weakening one of the 3 provisions (or a fellow Liberal making the demands stronger or clarifying them better than I did)... I don't really feel proven wrong at all. You're the only self-described Conservative to take the offer on the table as it is.
Liberal here. Willing to agree to voter ID laws under 3 conditions:
1. Election days are national holidays. 2. Same day registration everywhere. 3. The ID is 100% free.
None of these compromise the security you are looking for. However, no conservative will agree because they do prevent actual voters from being disenfranchised, which is actually what they want.
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Pick a side. Either you're saying this is deliberate or unconscious. The line you appear to be walking is: "Google believe in unconscious bias, which proves that they have a deliberate bias!".
It's a conspiracy within Google that would require many people in the company to be complicit. We are talking about a specific, fundamental change to Google's flagship product.
It's not like anyone in the company can just push an update to the search engine code and change how it works without anyone else knowing. It would require people at every level of the company to be in on it (the conspiracy): executives, project managers, engineers... The idea that this could go on without someone blowing the whistle, purposefully or accidentally, is ridiculous.
This also isn't something you could just do once and leave. You would have to maintain it, constantly pushing updates to suppress any good news about Trump, as it happened.
I agree! As a big, strong, straight, cis-male like you, I too scorn the company of women!
What are they good for anyway?
other things than industrial fertilizer have been doing it too
Care to name the ones that are causing this particularly severe outbreak?
Well, I'm glad to know you think being popular means being right.
Fascinating. Did they present all religions (and lack thereof) equally, allowing you to choose the one (or none) that you critically thought was the best?
For example, male and female are a biological reality, yet there is a large anti-science political and social movement which teaches that they are just fluid social constructs. What do you do about that? It is perplexing.
Intersex is also a biological reality, and comes in many different forms, but I guess since that doesn't fit your worldview it must be "Fake News".
We're forbidden now to teach at any grade level how to tell boys and girls apart.
Uhh, citation please?
Wow. They have completely got you. Like totally. The government has seized control of your mind and ravaged your critical thinking.
They are literally taking your freedom away right before your eyes and yet you are still taking the bait and blaming the scapegoat.
My Dad grew up in Egypt, a military dictatorship with a strong and well established police state.
He would tell you that even though the secret policemen would wear civilian clothing... you knew who they were. They want you to know. Secret police are about oppression, about knowing that you are being watched.
Yeah, I mean it's not like there's a very strong push from LEOs everywhere to end strong encryption or anything.
I have to question a cost of $6.3 MM/year.
Gimme your PayPal and I'll transfer you $2. That will cover your personal contribution to this endeavor for the next century, plus change.
Factoid 1: You don't understand the difference between deficit and debt.
Factoid 2: You don't understand which branch of government is responsible for budgets.
I wonder if you apply that logic anywhere else in life.
Are you a chain smoker because some people smoke their whole lives and never get cancer?
Do you forgo your seat-belt because not everyone died in car crashes before they were standardized?
People have survived hitting the ground from free-fall at terminal velocity, are you gonna jump out of a plane without a parachute?
The M which stands for... Russia?
Who said anything about Russia?
You've got an interesting way of speaking. If I had to guess I'd say... Minnesota?
Is 10 Mbits real or nominal?
Neither. It's your maximum. ISPs have this thing called an "oversubscription rate". So let's say that the oversubscription rate is 10, that means you are sharing your 24 Mbit/s with 9 (effectively) other customers that have the same service. Like most telecom services, they bank on the fact that most of the time most customers' usage is well below what they pay for.
In other words, ISPs are totally full of shit. Also, don't trust speed tests. ISPs regularly detect them and suddenly (as if by magic!) you get what you're paying for.
(the LGBT-P fiasco)
Oh I see, so some bullshit that is completely made up is justification for centralizing the web? Thanks for contributing to the discussion.
The price of oil is dropping
Uhh... what?
The price of oil is still rebounding from the low in 2015. It fell drastically at that time because the Saudis overproduced like crazy in order to drive higher cost producers out of business.
I don't see how you can look at this and say that the price of oil is dropping. I expect it will eventually climb back above $100/barrel.
Meh. Your demand for Voter ID without these things is also unreasonable. So we are at an impasse. Thanks for playing. :D
How does having a "nominal" fee prevent fraudsters? Won't Soros just give them the money to pay the fee anyway?
3) same day registration- nah. And since we're casting aspersions here, the only reason you want it is so people can vote multiple times in the same day, in multiple states, and there's no time to validate their eligibility to vote.
As many others have said, you can use provisional ballots, so the eligibility can be validated later. But I'm sure you didn't suggest that because it completely invalidates your argument.
And if the other 2 don't matter, then you have no reason not to take the deal. But you didn't.
You are not seriously suggesting that Libertarians represent mainstream Conservatism in the United States in 2018, are you?
However, I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. If you agree, then great. Start convincing your fellows on the right and I'll push mine to accept the compromise. But I think (IMHO) you will have a harder time than me.
Considering every other response is either someone weakening one of the 3 provisions (or a fellow Liberal making the demands stronger or clarifying them better than I did)... I don't really feel proven wrong at all. You're the only self-described Conservative to take the offer on the table as it is.
You're an anomaly, I'm sorry to say.
Liberal here. Willing to agree to voter ID laws under 3 conditions:
1. Election days are national holidays.
2. Same day registration everywhere.
3. The ID is 100% free.
None of these compromise the security you are looking for. However, no conservative will agree because they do prevent actual voters from being disenfranchised, which is actually what they want.
Prove me wrong.