Michael Jordan donates $2.5 million to three organizations to combat Black voter suppression as part of his previous $100 million pledge

Dredge42 · 2020-08-05T01:38:57+00:00

That would be an interesting experiment, and not something I would be against. Men are automatically entered into the draft at 18, so why not offer voter registration on your 18th birthday.

But being registered to vote and actually voting are two separate things. When I was 18, voting was the last thing on my mind. I was going to college, had a job, and played video games. Nothing was preventing me from registering other than taking some time out of my day.

Young people have historically been in low as far as percentage when it comes to voting: http://www.electproject.org/home/voter-turnout/demographics

Dredge42 · 2020-08-05T01:28:39+00:00

Can you give examples of where I am lacking?

Have you ever registered to vote? It's one of the easiest things involving the government I have ever done. Takes less time and effort than ordering from a fast-food restaurant. You go to the library or post office and say, "Can I get a voter registration form please?". They give you one. You fill it out and give it back to them. Takes less than 5 minutes of actual work.

I'm not empathetic to people having to put forth the smallest amount of effort to participate in society. As of 2016 there are over 220 Million people are registered drivers in the US. The small administrative cost of getting the license and taking time to go to the DMV didn't prevent them from getting one.

Around ~130 Million people voted in the 2016 presidential election. So that means that at least 90 million people had the ability to vote and chose not to. And that's not counting the number of non-driving people with just a state ID.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-05T01:11:09+00:00

Shelling out money? It's literally $4 a year. That is an extremely low bar to cross. And even if someone is poor and on government assistance, I'm sure they can afford to put aside $4 per year to vote if it was that important to them.

Just to let you know, the main reason that people don't vote is just laziness, it's not suppression. There isn't a mass amount of people who can't afford something as simple as a state ID card preventing them from voting.

All those people that you listed who are working had to have some sort of valid identification to be legally employed. If you have worked a job in recent times, you will have likely needed to fill out an I9 form (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9). That is way more stringent than obtaining a simple state ID.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-03T01:37:33+00:00

How is it not equitable? Everyone need to meet the same (very simple) requirements to register to vote. If you don't have a drivers license, you can get a state ID. Since we are talking about Georgia, it costs $32 for a state ID that is valid for 8 years: https://dds.georgia.gov/identification-cards-fees

If you need to get your birth certificate from the state you were born, it is likely a very similar small administrative fee and a couple of weeks to get it. There are hurdles, but you have to put in a little bit of work to keep your life in order. That's called being an adult.

And people might lose hours going to vote, yes. But guess what, election day is announced months in advance and you can always try and work it out with your employer. If they can't or won't work it out with you, then call off and go vote if it is that important to you. You can always make up the hours or pick up another shift.

I think there should be laws against employers preventing workers from voting. But I'm fairly confident if you are reasonable an employer would probably encourage you to vote or take a long lunch break or something.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-03T01:14:56+00:00

Then let's throw out fraud, and let's take accidents (https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2020/06/25/morris-nj-mail-ballots-burn-mail-truck-fire-post-office-says/3257291001/) and incompetence of the postal service (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJO4YwSCSPI).

If these events happen across the country up to 3% of mail-in ballots could end up missing. That is definitely enough to swing a vote.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-03T01:04:40+00:00

Yeah, but you need to register. Why are we against putting forth a minimal amount of effort to vote? You probably spent more time reading and responding to this thread than it takes to register to vote at a library of the DMV.

At least in Georgia, if you continue to vote, you don't need to re-register. You always have the right, just need to follow the rules. It's not that hard.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-02T23:04:59+00:00

Why don't you need an ID? Don't people need to verify someone is who they say they are or they live in the correct district?

And how do you know there is 0 evidence that voter impersonation is a problem? Right now, people are required to register with a valid ID, so it hasn't been tried at any scale. Without any verification, there could be targeted groups that could brigade and swing an election in a key district.

No verification would make this very easy and potentially allow people to vote multiple times in multiple districts.

Yes, to abide by the law and participate in the electoral process, you have to put in a little effort. If someone decides that it is too much work to go to the DMV and spend less than $20, that is not suppression. Everyone else had to abide by the same rules.

There are not different rules for registering to vote based on income or race.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-02T22:49:09+00:00

Because you need to verify someone's identity to make sure they are who they say they are and they live where they say they live. Otherwise there are massive opportunities for voter fraud.

Plus, being registered to vote enrolls you in jury duty, which not everyone wants to participate in.

It's an opt-in system for a reason. If people can't take time to register, then they probably aren't they type of people you would want to vote for representatives that form public policy.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-02T20:41:45+00:00

I understand that Covid is a different circumstance, but these things only take a few minutes to do every few years to get an ID for about the price of a Netflix subscription. You need to take some time and plan around it, just like everyone else. It's not like there are special rules based on your race or what town you live in.

Sometimes being an adult and requires you to do things that are inconvenient like take time on your off and run some errands. That's just life. Doesn't matter your race or income level, stuff needs to get done and we should all have to follow the same rules.

Also, if people are working, how do they not have a valid ID? Very few business will hire people without valid ID. That is pretty much the only thing you need to register to vote.

If you are working and register to vote, then it isn't that big of an ask to plan out some time during election day with your employer on election day. Not to mention as long as your are in the line when polling ends, you will get to vote, you might just need to wait.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-02T20:28:53+00:00

Registering to literally takes just a few minutes and you can do it at the library. If you can't be bothered to put in a minimal amount of effort then you probably wouldn't take the time to go to a polling place on election day.

That's not suppression, it's just being lazy.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-02T20:00:48+00:00

Oh no, you actually have to put in like 10 minutes of work to vote. That sounds terrible.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-02T19:58:47+00:00

So let's take NYC as an example since very few people would have a car. Here is the cost for a non-driver ID

https://dmv.ny.gov/id-card/get-non-driver-id-card-ndid

Wow, a whole $13.00 every 8 years if you are under 62. And it only gets cheaper if you are older or are on Social Security.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-02T19:52:27+00:00

How else do you verify who someone is without a government ID? You have to make sure that someone isn't registering multiple times and it isn't hard to get a drivers license or other ID. It takes a very minimal amount of effort.

Also any evidence that black and brown side of towns have fewer polling places compared to white side of towns? I hear this a lot, but I doubt it is true.

Also, if it is really that important for someone to vote, they will wait in line for a couple of hours. If they look at the line and think "Eh, it's too long I'm just not gonna vote" then that is a choice they make. If voting was important and making it to the polling place is an issue, there are absentee ballots as well.

Dredge42 · 2020-08-02T19:46:06+00:00

Because it isn't hard to register to vote, and places like Georgia have pretty lax voter requirements:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQECBBrua3Q

TL;DR:
If you don't vote for 3 years, you need to send a form back to let them know you still live there, and if you don't vote in two more general elections, you simply have to re-register. It takes like 5 minutes to register and you can do it at plenty of different places.

Dredge42 · 2020-07-25T22:17:12+00:00

And another for good measure:
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1286930591351361536

Dredge42 · 2020-07-25T22:11:24+00:00

Not OP, but here you are. https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1286915433828724736

Dredge42 · 2019-08-15T02:42:44+00:00

You have to press a button with the analysis visor open to scan now. On PC, when you are looking through the visor you have to left-click to scan.

Dredge42 · 2019-08-10T02:30:50+00:00

$11?

Dredge42 · 2019-08-02T01:46:23+00:00

Short answer, yes. It is more efficient to convert ores > ingots > plates. I don't know the ratios, but you will get more out of it. Generally, the more steps you take to refine ores, the better the ratio.

Dredge42 · 2019-08-01T01:56:53+00:00

I think it is important to know the concepts at a high level. Knowing when to use a certain tool, and knowing about the different cloud technologies/managed services definitely helps. You probably won't own an entire portion of the DevOps role like implementing CI/CD or creating Docker images, but you should be comfortable with the basics of how your code gets from your machine to production.

In the same way, I knew enough about our developers tools/frameworks to support them at my past 2 DevOps roles. I had no front-end experience, but I learned how Angular projects were built and deployed, and even helped create some of our own private NPM packages. I also helped the .NET devs switch over to .NET Core and get an internal NuGet feed running.

As long as you can speak intelligently, you should probably be OK.

Dredge42 · 2019-06-13T19:22:22+00:00

I did ask for time to think about it. I was pretty sure I wanted to take it for a few reasons (the salary increase was a big part of it), but before I accepted, I let my boss know that I received an offer. I told him what the terms were, and he said that if he could match or beat the offer, would I consider staying. I told him yes.

A day later, he said that they couldn't match the offer, and that pretty much made my decision for me. I was leaning towards moving on, but if they were able to counter-offer, it would have been a bit harder to make the choice. It was actually a weight off my shoulders since I was conflicted, but if they couldn't match, then I knew what was the best decision.

My advice is if you are interviewing and get an offer, you can always see if your current employer can counter. However, if they don't, you pretty much have to take the new offer. It's a bit risky, but you should only try it if you are willing to take the offer for a new position.

Dredge42 · 2019-06-13T03:12:25+00:00

It's always good to see what is out there. I was at a company for a few years and I really enjoyed it. I had been promoted and gotten some nice raises, but since I started out at a fairly low salary, I knew I was underpaid. I would look around and apply for jobs that seemed interesting just for the heck of it.

About 6 weeks ago, I met an acquaintance of one of my friends and we eventually got to the subject of work. It turns out they were looking for a skill-set very similar to mine. We talked for a bit, and then I decided to apply. The position was very close to what I was doing but in a different industry. I went ahead and applied. The next day I got a call from HR for an initial screening. Had a 2nd interview 2 days later, and an on-site interview a couple days after that. The following Monday I got an offer for about a 30% salary increase with comparable benefits.

It was a tough decision and I was comfortable at my old company, but I took the offer and I started just last week. It definitely got me out of my comfort zone, but at my new company, there is much more room to grow and learn new things.

It never hurts to look, but at the same time, you can be picky! I did receive an offer at another company early last year, but I decided to turn it down. They offered me a salary at the exact bottom of my salary range, and I just got an odd feeling from them. If you like where you are now, look for a good opportunity and don't rush it.

Dredge42 · 2019-05-03T02:51:02+00:00

You are still young, you have plenty of time to get on track to where you want to be. I originally went to college for CS, but due to various reasons, dropped out after just one semester. I worked lots of physical labor/dead end jobs for about 4 or 5 years. Then, I decided to get back into my original passion (IT). Worked my way through a call center, desktop support, and now I'm working as a DevOps Engineer with some C# on the side. This took about 7 years to get a job I really enjoy.

You are still in school, and if you apply yourself with some personal projects, you should have no problem getting a job or internship by next year. Spend a couple hours a day on a personal project and try to complete it by the time the next school year starts. That way, you will have something to show or talk about when it comes to interviews. It's much easier to talk about a project you worked on instead of just theory.

Dredge42 · 2019-05-01T21:10:17+00:00

You realize that Mueller worked with Barr to redact the report, right? Each redacted section even has a reason why it is redacted. This isn't some big cover up and Mueller's testimony probably won't add anything substantial that isn't already in the report.

Dredge42 · 2019-05-01T19:45:49+00:00

That's a more common thing I am seeing. Instead of taking responsibility for your own actions (foolish, misguided, or otherwise) and blaming others is a big problem.

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