50% after 50 doesn't sound like an old person's disease

When the damage is already done?

That is how everyone decision works, yes. That's why you want limited government. Voting where you can't vote with your money is a very low-quality, delayed signal.

If you assume that decision makers operate entirely in silo from their constituents then yes, that's how this works. Howver if you are operating in the normal mode of democracy where decision makers consult impacted parties through town halls, solicited feedback, subcommittees, etc etc then there are ample opportunities to obtain high-quality, low-latency signals. "Voting with your money" is (IM personal O) a scapegoat for government leaders to avoid doing their due-diligence (not to mention the massive power imbalance that results from people with lots of money 'voting' way more than people with less money).

> If you assume that decision makers operate entirely in silo from their constituents then yes, that's how this works.

Most places have two parties, each of which has a position on several thousand issues. You have two choices: combination A of the several thousand issues, or combination B. You don't get to choose with any more granularity than that.

> not to mention the massive power imbalance that results from people with lots of money 'voting' way more than people with less money

This is a power rectification. If you have two streaming services and one is bad, that bad one will fairly quickly receive far less money as people vote with their wallets. That's not rich people with thousands of accounts "voting" for the winner, it's just a more direct system of people choosing with money.

Politics has a far stronger link to an individual's money swaying decisions than that.

It's okay, as the on-going damage continues Americans tend to be well armed enough to go on a few rampages here and there.

Americans are very good at talking tough like that, only to use their arms against innocent randos.

That's the point. Society suffers and continues to suffers while the elites run havoc.

So like Publix company earnings? You have to beat by a little so you're not just flat but beat by too much and you look incompetent/suspicious

YES! I've been trying to explain this about Publix for a week now but I couldn't put it to words.

Wouldn't the layoffs be when the price changes are announced then? Isn't going all in on current credit prices mean that you use as many parallel work streams as possible?

Didn't Romania use Cyrillic at a point in time?

Is that even possible in the US anymore with donations and corporate backing being so important to a campaign?

It's possible. Ultimately the voters do make the decision, even if they can be swayed. How realistic it might be, I can't say. We certainly need a lot more engagement with the process. There are far too many people ignoring the primaries and then complaining about their lack of choice in the general.

You can believe the latter but the former ignores everything we know about the effectiveness of advertising.

And also about the targeting of swing districts.

For the president election, maybe, but without corporate backing of the GOP he would have to face an adversarial congress. Or at least, that’s the hope

Both can be true.

To discount advertising and manipulation in this context amounts to conspiracy theory in my opinion.

It's about app-ifying the desktop. Instead of opening a browser, then remembering that you have a bookmark and clicking it or googling the site you are looking for, the idea is to have a step less and just click something on your desktop or taskbar (like on a mobile device)

And to circumvent browser plugins.

Sure, but these apps are slower, take longer to start, and don’t handle multiple windows.

The browser experience is 10x better

How is it an indication? I think people on here don't realize that most of the people don't think things through as much as (software) engineers

In my local(?) community (like in my city, not my industry) there is a saying "if you had to ask for relationship advice, then you probably should break up".

There is some rationale to that. People tend to hold onto relationships that don't lead anywhere in fear of "losing" what they "already have". It's probably a comfort zone thing. So if one is desperate enough to ask random strangers online about a relationship, it's usually biased towards some unresolvable issue that would have the parties better of if they break up.

> So if one is desperate enough to ask random strangers online about a relationship

I'd me more inclined to ask random strangers on the internet than close friends...

That said, when me and my SO had a difficult time we went to a professional. For us it helped a lot. Though as the counselor said, we were one of the few couples which came early enough. Usually she saw couples well past the point of no return.

So yeah, if you don't ask in time, you will probably be breaking up anyway.

I would speculate that, if a couple goes to a professional for help, they have much better chances than asking on a random forum online...

> relationships that don't lead anywhere

Relationships are not transactions that are supposed to "lead somewhere".

You’re being a bit pedantic here “leading somewhere” is accepted shorthand for a lasting, satisfying relationship that is good for both parties.

Relationships aren't transactional. This isn't a business deal.

Most people engage in romantic relationships because they'd like to find someone to marry and settle down with. Nothing but respect for the people who've thought it through and decided that's not for them, but what's much more common is failing to think it through or worrying it would be awkward/scary/"cringe" to take their relationship goals seriously.

That's what people are pointing to when they talk about relationships not "leading anywhere". If you want to be married in 5-10 years, and you're 2 years into an OK relationship with someone you don't want to marry, it's going to suck to break up with them but you have to do it anyway.

Maybe I'm too much of a hopeless romantic, but from my perspective and experience, when someone is good for you, you'll fight for that relationship regardless of what others say, and conversely when you're in a situation where your actively asking and willing to consider "leave" from someone who isn't a very close friend or a therapist as applicable, then it's likely you're looking for external validation for what you've already essentially decided.

Wait, other people don’t make decision trees and mind maps and pro/con lists and consult chatbots before making decisions? Are they just flying through life by the seat of their pants? That doesn’t seem like a very solid framework for achieving desired outcomes.

I heard about someone once who could decide whether to buy a new t-shirt in less than 3 months.

Even doubly so because that's how most people have solved a similar problem, so that the LLM suggests that

Why have voter registration?

In the United States at least, voter registration will include your place of residence which will place you in a specific precinct. In other words: "I am so and so, and I live here. Votes that affect this area include me, and I get a say."

When voters are voting for things, for example a tax levy to fund a new school, or for who will be their state or federal congressional representatives, it's important that the voters in that school district or in that congressional district are the ones voting for their representatives or for the bills or initiatives that affect them. This isn't quite as important for national elections, gubernatorial races, or for the senate at the federal level, but it's obviously incredibly important the more local you get.

Without voter registration, that model breaks down. Even mundane things like how much staff and equipment should be at a polling location is not easy to figure out when you don't know how many voters you'll have. If you haven't worked as a poll worker it's really enlightening to learn about how the process works and a great way to meet your neighbors.

One of the issues is that the US, unlike most of Europe, for example, doesn't require registering your address with your locality or police when you move.