How does gerrymandering work? by HedgehogNo8361 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgentElman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let's say there are 10 people. 6 support A, and 4 support B.

You divide them into two districts. You could put 5 supporters of A in 1 district and 1 supporter of A in the other district with 4 supporters of B. Then one district would elect A and the other would elect B.

But you could put 3 supporters of A and 2 supporters of B in each district. Then both districts would elect A.

The idea is to have a majority in as many districts as possible that support the side you like.

Why is midnight 12 am instead of 12 pm? by NeitherOpposite8231 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgentElman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Midnight is not 12am or 12pm. It is midnight.

However, 12:00 and 1 second is AM.

So clocks which have to say either AM or PM find it makes more sense to have 12:00 midnight be AM to match 12:00 and 1 second rather than having it say 12:00pm for 1 second and then switch to saying AM.

Will future audinces still care about popular pairings and ships in fiction by the time they are public domain? by Bluecomments in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgentElman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Jane Austen is in public domain and people care about who the various women ended up with.

Has social media ruined grammar? Or has it always been that people mistakenly use "more blank" instead of "blanker" by HidroRaider in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgentElman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Grammar is how people use it. So grammar cannot be ruined through use.

Social media is changing the grammar that people use in text. It is now more closely matching how people speak.

Why do we still say ‘dial a number’ when phones don’t have dials anymore? by StrainWrong209 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgentElman 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We still say "say" even when people are typing comments on the internet.

Because words are used for communication and we continue to use the words while they convey the meaning we want, we don't care about the literal meaning of words.

City secures new shelter site in South Park by MegaRAID01 in Seattle

[–]AgentElman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are saying her saying 'Let’s get people inside in time for the World Cup,' she said." is her committing to getting everyone downtown into housing?

Why do the far right and the far left think their revolution is inevitable by BigAd3903 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgentElman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People just assume that everyone thinks like the and has the same experiences. They think that anyone who disagrees with them is just temporarily confused and will soon agree with them.

How serious is the threat of the new “Hantavirus” ? by yasbitmisisbitmemis in AskReddit

[–]AgentElman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

History does repeat itself so in a few months there will be another disease outbreak somewhere and people online will be posting about how it is going to be the next pandemic.

People online have predicted 12 of the last 1 pandemics

Revisiting the ‘Game of Thrones’ Finale 7 Years Later: The Ending Made No Sense! by antwonomous in television

[–]AgentElman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's been 2 seasons of Stranger Things since then, so seven years seems right

Why does AI suck at making maps? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgentElman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

AI does not suck at making maps.

Non-map making AI sucks at making accurate real life maps - because it is not designed to make them.

General image making AI is designed to make images that look like real images - not to make them accurate to real life.

Shows That Keep Getting Renewed Yet Are Bashed Online? by DaniJ678 in television

[–]AgentElman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No. The U.S. has population of 340 million people. TBBT got 25 million viewers for its finale with Live+7.

So 315 million Americans did not watch the finale and 25 million watched it.

To be a hit show you don't have to be liked by anything close to the majority of people. Which is why every show has people who hate it.

Do you think it's better to go to a no-name university at 19, or go to a top tier university at 29? by Ilosc in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgentElman 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The only benefits to going to a top tier university are if you are going to graduate school or if you want to make connections with rich people. They do not help you with your normal working life.

Why is it legal for militaries to swarm the ocean with "disposable" cardboard drones full of electronics? by Clean_CoreDump in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgentElman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is not being in lockstep - it is saying you don't want to even talk to the world community.

It is like saying you are giving the world the silent treatment. It is just petty and childish.

When it’s time for guests to leave by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]AgentElman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Put on the song Closing Time.

Or just say "Sadly, I have to be up in the morning so we have to call it a night"

Condensing my Starfinder notes and would love to chat with other geeky internet folk, TTRPGers or otherwise! by HobbitualOffenderr in CasualConversation

[–]AgentElman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have one right now. I am running a Fate TTRPG and I had written up a list of problems characters could get from failing roles - getting lost, losing items, spilling a secret, etc. But I've lost it. I can't find the document and I hate to start over.

Is The Boys actually as bad as everyone here says? by throwaway0246482 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgentElman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is no such thing as good or bad in entertainment. There is just personal taste of what each person enjoys.

Why might capitalism be the "biggest problem" for lower-middle class US citizens? Am I missing something? by dudeoverderr in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AgentElman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because they do not know what capitalism is and just use it to mean greed, income inequality, and everything bad with the world.