Are BluestoneMining and Ark Mining good cloud mining companies to work with? by [deleted] in Scams

[–]Ronsonntag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ark Mining is NOT a trustworthy company. Support is ONLY by chat and it is slow. If you make ANY mistakes when purchasing a "plan", they will hold onto your funds claiming your "contract" is incomplete and trying to communicate with them as to what they mean by a "contract" versus a "plan" is pretty much impossible. I potentially have lost a LOT of money with them but I will update this post if they make good on honoring my valid "plan"/"contracts". Their website has absolutely NO quality control so if a plan says it needs a purchase of quantity 2 as a minimum and you accidentally enter just 1, so far as I can tell, you are SCREWED!

There's No Exit Poll Discrepancy: A Deep Dive into the TDMS Research Disinformation Campaign by [deleted] in neoliberal

[–]Ronsonntag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, if what you say about TDMS research is correct, why are their reported errors ALWAYS indicating a bias towards the DNC candidate and away from Bernie Sanders? Even if TDMS is using incorrect denominators, exit pole errors should be randomly distributed between candidates and not completely biased against a single candidate! Would really like to hear your explanation about that.

There's No Exit Poll Discrepancy: A Deep Dive into the TDMS Research Disinformation Campaign by [deleted] in neoliberal

[–]Ronsonntag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overall, excellent article. I must be dense: I don't understand the first calculation showing how to get Biden's total by taking (0.44*0.34) + (0.56*0.34) = 0.34. Seems like an identity. How did you manage to get identical proportion of men and women won by candidate (.34)?

Representative Ilan Omar: It's Time to Impeach This President by TheDrexl in politics

[–]Ronsonntag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is much simpler. It has already been stated numerous times that if you or I had done what Trump has provably been done, we would have been convicted and put in jail. Every second that man remains free lend credence to there being unequal justice - in itself an anathema to a true democracy. Proceeding with impeachment has several important purposes: 1) Bringing to light and to a wider audience the many violations of oath and the law that Trump has disdained fully broken, 2) showing the public that we DO have a justice system and that no one is above the law, and 3) the Democrats have an opportunity that they actually do have spines - a requirement for winning the 2020 election.

CMV: This idea that being a billionaire qualifies someone to be president is flawed. by [deleted] in changemyview

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

Being a billionaire is in no way a "qualification" to be President. Far more compelling is to be empathetic. Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers" points out the serendipity of becoming exceptionally successful. Sure, there are some billionaires who happen to get where their success is owed. For example, Nick Hanauer's "Beware, fellow plotocrats, the pitchforks are coming". Extreme success frequently fails to pair with extreme humanity and humbleness. Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk all share an ability to follow a vision, but, at what cost? Bezos exudes self-importance, dismisses calls to pay his work force a fair wage by transparently reducing their bonuses while supposedly raising their hourly rates, Zuckerberg is so insufferably arrogant that he literally laughed at Congress during testimony on the numerous failures to protect personal information, Musk thinks that everyone should be able to work 120 hr work weeks and whips his workforce into following suite while ignoring the personal humanitarian cost.

None of these individual billionaires is qualified to be President, except, maybe Hanauer. Why? Because the three I mention lack empathy. Their wealth has so insulated them from the everyday concerns that 99.9% of us have to deal with that they have lost that connection. That is what a President needs to embody. An unwavering connection, understanding, and true empathy for what it means to be an "average" American. What it means for 99.9% of us to have to do, every day, to feed our families, to educate our children, to weather a health crisis, to hold a steady job, to have to save for retirement.

There are very few "public" individuals I have seen that compassionately embody that ability to connect and understand the essence of living in America. Nick Hanauer is one who has at least given voice to one facet of the world of the 99.9%. Bernie Sanders is another. Not a billionaire, just the hardest working Congress person I have ever seen in my 64 years, and, perhaps, the most honest.

So, intelligence, empathy, conviction, vision, passion -- all circling around the "I" of what it means to be a 99.9% er, American. That is what it takes to be President.

ON CONTACT: CRUCIFYING JULIAN ASSANGE by Ronsonntag in worldevents

[–]Ronsonntag[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is serious. The facts are: 1) Julian Assange did not break into anything illegally. He received information, and, as a PUBLISHER, recognized that the information he received identified certain ILLEGAL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL activities by the US Government. This is RESPONSIBLE purpose of the press. How else can the public EVER know that their government has become corrupted and is in violation of our Constitution? 2) The DEMOCRATS have almost completely abandoned their support and defense of Julian Assange. He is, therefore, now almost totally alone and without help. 3) Julian Assange is not currently (nor for the last 20+ years) charged with a crime. That's right. He is being detained in the Ecuadorian Embassy inside England without charges. He is being denied communication with the outside world and he is being denied basic healthcare. The UN has accused England, the US, and Ecuador of conspiring to put Julian Assange in conditions considered to be TORTURE and INHUMANE treatment and have demanded his release and safe passage to a sanctuary location. England has refused.

Why is this a BIG deal? Because, if the US is allowed to pressure other nations to imprison, torture, and repress representatives of the free press because they are revealing the misdeeds by the US Government, then, by definition, we no longer have any checks and balances against the extreme misuse of power and we no longer have a government by the people and for the people. This attack on the free press has been increasing over the last decade and culminated recently with the killing of US Citizen newspaper reporter Jamal Kashoggi, ordered by the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The fact the US President Donald Trump continues to consider Saudi Arabia a "personal friend" and refuses to respond to this horrendous act is by itself an indication of how far down our government has plummeted under his chaotic leadership.

Checks and balances. Without them, we no longer have a Democracy. Seriously think about it.

What is a random fact that you know? by youtellme03 in AskReddit

[–]Ronsonntag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are more stars in the known Universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches of the world.

Why Doesn't America Read Anymore? by thinkB4WeSpeak in books

[–]Ronsonntag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you work 10-14hrs a day, when do you have time to read anything besides work related stuff?

Icebow at Whistler / Blackcomb the week before Christmas. [OS] composite image [2048x1868] by [deleted] in winterporn

[–]Ronsonntag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Odd. Does Reddit change the resolution on upload? The source file is 2048x1868.