All the rainbow-stick licking, brainwashed woke wankers, here, on Slashdot cannot stand a patriot President. Don is the greatest since Ron. No one likes SJW alphabet cult pervs. No one. Note that Pervert Pascal's Mandalorian and Googoo absolutely tanked at the box office. Knocked to 3rd place after a week. By 2 indie, zero-budget horror movies, made by YouTubers. Another humiliation for the woke communist Leftist National Socialists. We patriots are overdosing on Winning. Furthermore, Trump is actually middle of the road. If I was President, I'd be deporting all the DEI parasites, including childless feminists.

I mean electoral college representation, which is mostly representation by congressional district, with the state given some consideration by the inclusion of its two Senators. More of an bonus for the smaller states.

The problem, is that nearly all states have gone winner take all, which is something entire different than the electoral college.

We have not with respect to the electoral college. Which is why it remains part of the contract, the relative pieces have not been amended.

I agree winner take all is a large and bad distortion. While the electoral college's distortion is small, reasonable, and it was agreed upon by the large and small states, the densely and the sparsely populated states.

If I am not getting posters mixed up, I am arguing against the direct national election of the President. Which is a step away from the agreed upon protection given the small and less populated steps. A removal of part of our checks and balances.

It's a well known concept for those who studied the early greek experiments with democracy. Our founding fathers were such scholars and tried to design a system that avoid the errors of history.

The founders seem to believe in redundancy. They game the smaller and less populous consider through both the Senate and the Electoral College.

Nope. From google: "Tyranny of the majority is a scenario where a dominant voting group imposes its will and policies on a minority, suppressing their rights and disregarding their welfare. The concept highlights the danger that democratic majority rule, if left unchecked, can become just as oppressive as a dictatorship or monarchy"

Hence checks and balances, one of which is the Electoral College.

Nope. Lifelong independent with libertarian leanings, and a history nerd.

Well as a California resident I have witnessed precisely such disregard for the minority, a tyranny of the majority.

Actually, as a student of history, it pretty much happens whenever a country does not work to prevent it.

Well in the competitive states, the one's that decide the election.

You are seriously misinformed. Various groups that came to the US did so explicitly due to persecution, let alone being treated as second class citizens due to beliefs.

This isn't about political ideology, or what is sometimes described by the founding fathers as factions.

Its is telling, that you can't see past your political lens. You erroneously thinking its about whiteness.

Correct, it sure isn't a fucking reason to keep the electoral college. The US doesn;t have direct democracy, never has and changing *1 election* to popular vote *like every governor, senator, house member, city councilman and fucking dog catcher* isn't changing that.

Actually it is precisely a step in that direction. The electoral helps college protects the minority from the tyranny of the majority. Then and now.

That has nothing to do with the electoral college. It has to do with those states being (1) winner take all and (2) currently in a persuadable state where either candidate could conceivably win. States that are ignored are those that seem to be irreversibly in the hands of one candidate, and that has nothing to do with the electoral college.

They have the SMALL consideration they negotiated in order to form the United States.

That's apparent, those in the mob are often like that.

BS the technical people I know do side stuff to scratch and itch. Not to pad a resume.

A few months ago, Microsoft forcibly 'upgraded' old versions of Microsoft Office for Windows to Office 365 (offline license). But Apple Mac owners aren't getting the free upgrade.

Buy another product that Microsoft will brick in 6 years: This shows how much contempt Microsoft has for its customers. Microsoft has been "too big to care" for a few decades but now that vendor lock-in on the desktop form-factor is increasing, Microsoft can monetize (Office 365) or pirate (OneDrive, Recall, Co-pilot, Scout) everything on their customer's computers.

Exactly.

You expect me to believe the thing that provided some income disparity relief for a large percentage of remote workers (same pay, lower costs from relocating) is at fault for others not having jobs? I've worked (remotely) with young people. They seem eager and capable, far more so than most other age demographics.

This is just companies finding excuses, looking to claw back more control.

It sounds like you don't understand how the court system works. The SCOTUS only hears cases which are brought before it, and then selectively.

Which cases specifically do you feel indicate corruption on the part of the SCOTUS? There are definitely some dissenting decisions which don't adhere to the US constitution, and there is definitely a long running theme in the courts of activist judges re-interpreting well defined language, and perhaps (probably) even a couple judges who are compromised, but I'm not aware of any evidence of corruption.

At this point how could anyone do any worse?

I guess that's White House-speak for, couldn't monetize their activities. Trump's dementia isn't stopping him from threatening and blackmailing fellow billionaires for personal profit.

I know you're being sarcastic, but the first time I read this I was horrified.

https://cepr.net/newsroom/new-...

A new study published in the British medical journal The Lancet Global Health finds that unilateral economic sanctions lead to about 564,000 excess deaths around the world each year. The findings, by economists Mark Weisbrot, Francisco Rodríguez, and Silvio Rendón, show that this human toll is roughly equivalent to total deaths from wars, including civilian casualties, and is more than the annual number of battle-related casualties.

Most of the sanctions-related deaths in the five decades after 1970 were children under the age of five.

"... made to be thrown away.

Re-assembling a device without damaging high-pressure waterproofing is a delicate operation. Without dedicated tools and experience, it is not a consumer-replaceable part.

Every fortnight, I collect six devices (with built-in batteries) and put them on a charger for a few days: They're Ni-MH or Lithium based. Every second or third month I re-charge an additional six devices (with built-in batteries). Everything else is button-cell or I remove the standard batteries, until needed. I tried Ni-Zn rechargeable batteries but the summer heat destroys them in a few years. Plus, they don't handle high-load devices (alkaline batteries required) well.

https://kdwalmsley.substack.co...

Exports of Western nuclear technology and equipment to China are under heavy sanction by Western governments.

The Chinese nuclear industry responded by building an ecosystem and supply chain that is almost entirely domestic, and self-sufficient.

This was shocking even to top Western experts, who now concede that China's nuclear programs are best in class, while the industry is stagnating in North America and Europe.

Consequently, China's universities for nuclear engineering now lead the world.

China also seems to have broken the "Cost Escalation Curse" that typifies power projects elsewhere. Chinese firms build new plants far more quickly, and at far lower price points, than were believed possible.

China is now exporting reactors, technology, and talent to friendly countries, while Western regulators are closing off its access to more affordable and faster Chinese tech.

I've noticed in the past that you seem consistently to denigrate anything that points at China having advanced at all since the 1980s, I'd encourage you to check out Kevin Wamsley's Substack page. Yes, he's exceedingly optimistic but his articles are backed by voluminous documentation. This one is pertinent to the current discussion.

https://kdwalmsley.substack.co...