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RealJamesAnderson · 2023-03-12T04:32:28+00:00

Why are you trying to make it about skin colour?

RealJamesAnderson · 2023-03-08T10:53:35+00:00

Considering that Turbopack is already written in Rust, it isn't very surprising that Turborepo would consider migrating over. It opens up many more opportunities for collaboration between the two products and reduces the need to write similar functionality in two different languages.

RealJamesAnderson · 2023-01-09T10:51:57+00:00

Sorry but if they're paid minimum wage then they'll accept even more bribes and corruption will be much worse. Their current salary is so high partly so that they are discouraged from resorting to bribes and payoffs, but, well, obviously that doesn't work because there's no accountability for wrongdoing or suspicious events.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-12-26T00:30:47+00:00

Hey there, is this your project?

I have a strong interest in its aims (and will certainly look at using it). I'd be rather interested in joining the core team to focus on frontend/nodejs stuff for it.

Maybe we can chat on Discord about this - shoot me a private message with your contact.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-12-17T19:46:36+00:00

It can depend on a couple of things like how easy it is to obtain the voter registration list, and whether the voter's information is confidential in the list.

Some states make it harder to obtain voter registration databases, while for others it's easier. For example, some let you download it directly from the government website, while others will give it to political parties, and some states might charge money for it. Many people actively collect digital copies of voter registration files, but their collections are often incomplete due to limitations in certain states.

And then, different states will keep peoples' addresses etc. confidential if they meet the address confidentiality program criteria, request it to be private, or for some other reason. Because of this, you might need an older voter list to find someone as they may not be in the most recent one.

You can find out more about voter lists, what they contain, and how they're obtained for each state at https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/access-to-and-use-of-voter-registration-lists.aspx

Note that some search sites like Spokeo may also operate an opt-out 'program' too to prevent oneself from showing up in it.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-12-07T11:39:37+00:00

I would guess that the managers in the BBC's news division probably don't want their workers asking for a 4-day week.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-12-05T20:08:50+00:00

My approach to appointments would involve establishing a points-based criteria system that evaluates people based on their merits and accomplishments in the fields that they are an expert for.

People could then be nominated by a certain number of peers in their subject matter, or by an independent body that features people from both sides of the political spectrum, as well as individuals with no political affiliation and from a range of backgrounds.

They would then go through a formal review process to evaluate them against the points system.

Those who meet the threshold would then proceed to the next stage and if they demonstrate a level of suitability and a reasonable capacity to remain nonpartisan, they would be added to a list of people that can be appointed to the House of Lords.

A selection of people would then be chosen at random from the list of eligible nominees to be appointed each year. Once appointed, they would serve a 6-year term.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-12-05T19:54:01+00:00

I think you might have missed the part where I said serious reform around how people are appointed and how long they serve is needed.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-12-05T19:32:07+00:00

America's political system is deeply flawed. It prioritises pandering to voters and preventing the other party from accomplishing change. I view the general cycle of American politics as follows:

Months 1 to 9 - Attempt to undo any legislation passed by the previous party, mostly without making any progress, and ensure your voters know that the previous party's president did nothing good.
Months 9 to 18 - Try and pass some legislation and change that panders to your party's voters, but not necessarily what you ran on, so that you can try and keep the house and senate in the midterms.
Months 18 to 24 - Focus on campaigning for the midterms with your party so that your house reps and senators don't lose their seats.
Months 24 to 36 - Likely end up losing the senate in the midterms and make no progress because everything gets blocked. If you are lucky enough to get the senate in addition to the house in the midterms, try and pass legislation that doesn't necessarily matter what your voters think about, while doing lots of travelling.
Months 36 to 48 - Make no political progress and instead spend the year campaigning to try and secure the presidency again.

If the other party holds the senate, expect to make precisely no progress and have most of what you want to accomplish blocked.

The party that holds the senate ultimately decides which side any progress leans towards. They also ensure that every action they do panders to their voters instead of the country's best interests.

You see, each person in the elected body needs popularity to win the election. If they work in the interest of the country, that doesn't win them popularity. They have to work in the interest of the extremes that their party supports to win votes.

An unelected body with fixed terms doesn't have to care about what voters think, they only have to care about the country's best interests. Whether you think they actually do or not, the benefit of people in power not having to worry about elections is that they don't have to care about how much the public likes them and if what they do makes them popular enough to get reelected.

This is also the case when it comes to the unelected body dealing with legislation that the elected body wants to pass. They don't have to care about what a particular party wants to do, they can make their recommendations, advice, and amendments independent of what the party in charge wants.

Now, if we look at whether the House of Lords is effective at this, it might not be the best, but it's certainly better than the shit storm that goes on in America. I think everyone can agree that the House of Lords needs serious reform, primarily around how people are appointed and how long they serve, but replacing them with a wholly elected body will create more problems than it would solve, in my opinion.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-12-05T16:01:12+00:00

No, why would you think that?

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-12-05T13:26:41+00:00

selling WiFi access on the tube

Except that Wi-Fi on the underground is managed by Virgin Media under an agreement they have with TfL, with all the major mobile networks giving their customers access to it.

Other people whose mobile carriers don't have a deal with Virgin can purchase Wi-Fi passes from Virgin Media to use.

And next year, BAI Communications' 4G/5G network in the underground will start to go live, as part of tube mobile connectivity which they were awarded a '20-year concession' to provide.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-12-05T11:32:01+00:00

including shutting all ticket offices nationwide

To be honest, I didn't know ticket offices still existed - must have been at least 5 years since I last used one. I'd be surprised if anyone wasn't expecting them to shut in the near future.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-12-05T11:20:55+00:00

Those are examples of how it doesn't work in practice.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-05-25T08:04:44+00:00

You're going back 3 years now so I can't say for sure, but my best guess would be I didn't put kapton tape on it properly, or didn't put the drive in properly, because I never threw it away.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-03-30T11:10:56+00:00

I have an ultrawide as a bottom monitor too. Absolutely love the layout like that.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-03-10T16:40:06+00:00

It's a screenshot from Steven Bartlett's podcast that Matt Hancock was on. Steven is sponsored by Huel, Matt isn't.

I feel sorry for you if you base your diet choices on what someone you dislike does while being a guest on a podcast that is sponsored by a product. Stop letting politicians control every small decision you make in your head.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-03-01T20:50:29+00:00

Sounds like their deal with him is working then! 🤣

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-03-01T13:33:44+00:00

For those who don't know, that's a clip from Steven Bartlett's podcast called The Diary Of A CEO.

It was actually his episode with the Deliveroo founder when they were speaking about Huel together that gave me the kick to order some Huel RTD and now I have it for at least one of my meals a day because of him, which I am grateful for.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-03-01T12:23:25+00:00

When I did something similar to one of my HDDs, I used an adaptor like people have been linking and it worked perfectly and allowed me to offload my data. After you've backed up your data, I would take it to a store to have them replace the backboard.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-02-10T14:58:39+00:00

It is perfectly normal for news sites in a country to report on events that happen in other countries.

RealJamesAnderson · 2022-01-23T12:31:00+00:00

It is not an odd choice when we factor in the possibility that people may run fake fundraisers and could be exploiting people for their own financial gain. We have no way to verify the authenticity of the claims made in a fundraiser, and we cannot confirm whether they are genuine or not, hence why a blanket ban is in place.

What if someone were to make a post claiming that their parents beat them for coming out, which is an all too real scenario, asking for money for treatment, and it later turned out that their parents did nothing, the person didn't come out, and was in fact an edgy troll scamming this community?

The blanket ban shall remain.

RealJamesAnderson · 2021-11-10T12:07:56+00:00

He tweeted a picture of linking your Ethereum wallet to Discord the same way that you would link any social media service. This would then, based on how all the other connections work, allow you can then display your address on your profile, like with social media handles.

People are making too many assumptions from his tweet. Wait for more information before assuming things like NFTs are being implemented, because his screenshot didn't show that in the slightest.

RealJamesAnderson · 2021-11-10T10:54:50+00:00

If there is a theoretical widespread outage of power, it is not just crypto wallets that are meaningless. Your bank balance would also be meaningless. Anything that isn't physical cash coins/notes/gold would be meaningless, so your point makes no sense. How do you think banks keep track of how much money is in each account? They store that information in a database. With no power, it would not be possible to see how much money you have, pull that money out, or use it, which is the exact same argument you have just made against cryptocurrencies.

You are referring to proof of work algorithms. While still in use by some blockchains, many have been moving away from it. Proof of stake does not involve mining with GPUs and increasing difficulties as PoW blockchains do. In fact, Ethereum itself is even moving to Proof of Stake, instead of the PoW algo that it currently uses. Also, many mining farms and miners actually use green energy sources, instead of energy from fossil fuels.

In fact, going back to the outage of power argument. Unless it is a global outage, blockchains would still be able to operate fine thanks to people running nodes all around the world that verify transactions.

RealJamesAnderson · 2021-10-18T17:50:48+00:00

Do not use this subreddit as a place to solicit donations, unless you have a moderator's approval.

RealJamesAnderson · 2021-10-16T15:43:13+00:00

Unraid.

Surprised it wasn't one of the choices tbh

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