[-] KeithD 7 points 2 days ago

Yes, which is one of the many many reasons I'll never be a billionaire (unless the currency devalues by more than three orders of magnitude).

[-] KeithD 59 points 3 days ago

Looks like Apple should have made sure their precision engineered hinge was also accurate engineered.

[-] KeithD 66 points 3 days ago

So China has already gotten ahead of the US on AI...

[-] KeithD 1 points 5 days ago

Eye for an eye isn't bullshit. It's saying to always make sure the punishment is proportional to the crime. Before that you'd get people being punished much more harshly than their crime could possibly justify. We still do, of course, but we used to as well.

[-] KeithD 18 points 5 days ago

Abolish private prisons. Because there shouldn't be a profit motive involved in housing inmates.

And yes, abolish the death penalty. Because the state can't be trusted to get it right, and it's cheaper to just lock people up for the rest of their lives if necessary.

[-] KeithD 4 points 5 days ago

And not paying workers.

[-] KeithD 6 points 5 days ago

So, they will override his veto

That depends on whether the Democrats win every senate seat that's contested this year. If not, they'll probably need some fence crossers in the senate to reach the two thirds majority to override the veto.

[-] KeithD 2 points 6 days ago

Sure, but the fast unofficial result is what leads to a quick victory being declared for the wrong person, and then “they’re stealing the votes, stop the count” when the results “change” from what was on the TV.

That's caused by partial result announcements. Which would still happen with or without voting machines, given the way your elections are run. You could change that, but you probably won't. Especially given you'd end up with conspiracy nonsense ("but what are they hiding?!?") if you waited for the complete and official numbers - especially with the instant gratification people are programmed for these days. So damned if you do, damned if you don't.

The legibility and consistency (and potentially streamlining voter throughput at the polls) is probably the much more important part, anyway. Not necessarily to the point of voting machines being a reasonable expense, I'd suggest, but the voting machine company lobbyists are effective if nothing else.

[-] KeithD 38 points 3 weeks ago

What's needed is not stronger laws so much as consistent and motivated enforcement of the existing laws. If nobody is bothering to investigate the crimes that are reported, fewer victims are going to report crimes, and the perpetrators are going to be emboldened.

[-] KeithD 62 points 1 month ago

Ah, so that's the context on that video. I ignored it due to the clickbait title and thumbnail. I've been ignoring a lot of his videos lately.

[-] KeithD 27 points 2 months ago

Meidas Touch. Clickbait headlines and thumbnails, unrealistically optimistic takes on things. I want information, not bullshit.

[-] KeithD 30 points 7 months ago

Macron should be a bit more realistic. Expecting Trump to be serious?!?

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