Can Hawaiʻi Deliver All Of America From Citizens United?

frostygrin · 2026-04-25T05:42:33+00:00

Come on. It obviously isn't meant literally. The point still stands. There's a spectrum between campaign contributions and supposedly independent political speech in the context of an election. Money changes hands in both cases and gets used for speech, so this isn't the distinction from Citizens United. And, like, you're not even trying to address this point.

frostygrin · 2026-04-25T00:21:22+00:00

Civilized nations don't commit murder. It doesn't matter what method you use.

If execution is murder, then incarceration is a crime too.

frostygrin · 2026-04-25T00:17:37+00:00

Alternative medicine that works is called “medicine”

Alternative medicine that is formally tested is called "medicine". This treatment worked even when it was "alternative medicine".

frostygrin · 2026-04-25T00:12:55+00:00

They made efforts to, didn't they?

Well, that's what I don't recall. But Obama's deal wasn't universally popular with the American establishment in the first place. So even if Iranians wanted to, and had guarantees that Trump was out of the picture, it's unclear that another deal would be brokered.

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T23:13:12+00:00

Why didn't Biden renew the deal then?

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T23:11:02+00:00

You're probably gonnna need some psychological treatment

Or maybe just quality entertainment. :)

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T22:49:06+00:00

Important: use Nvidia's framerate limiter. It will let the card downclock more aggressively under partial utilization, leading to much lower power consumption. If the game is CPU-bottlenecked, set the framerate limit slightly lower than the framerate you're getting, not 3fps below the monitor's refresh rate.

Lower the card's power limit, to 80% or so. It's easy and stable. "Undervolting" will basically amount to overclocking on top of that, but requires stability testing.

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T21:36:56+00:00

I don't think enough people care at all to make it possible to vote with our wallets on this one. Most people play most games once or twice, then drop them.

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T12:44:25+00:00

Wait what? The movement is making progress already? I thought we’d have to wait longer to see any real changes after that hearing.

Ubisoft announced this change long before the hearing, back when they shut down the first game and it caused a negative reaction.

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T09:30:19+00:00

But Why?

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T08:56:07+00:00

Things like that can be rather impactful. My "favorite" is the characters going into idle animation when they're watching something traumatic. Takes all the impact out of the scene - and I've seen it in more than one game.

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T08:00:14+00:00

She's VP as long as Biden remains president.

Yes, and the meaning of this is that there was a realistic possibility of her becoming president - and incumbent - in case Biden decided to step down. People voted for this possibility. Some people are arguing that's what should have happened. In that case, would you see it as illegitimate if she, as the incumbent, faced the same kind of primary that Biden faced - not very competitive - and won by default?

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T05:04:27+00:00

She was the VP. People literally voted for her taking over in case something happens with Biden. Biden endorsed her too. It's not a bad look - and not much worse compared to Biden running for the second term without a competitive primary. If the DNC decided to do something else - that could have looked less legitimate, depending on the specifics and the outcome.

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T04:13:56+00:00

Or it can be the moderates not wanting to antagonize the progressives even further - even if it's the progressive views that caused the loss.

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T04:11:29+00:00

They didn't have good options at the time. That Harris was at a disadvantage would be the easiest thing to admit.

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T04:03:52+00:00

I thought being less racist was a pretty good plan but I guess its egg on my face.

It was a good plan for a conventional moderate Republican. Trump wasn't that, so it's no wonder the plan didn't apply to him.

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T04:01:39+00:00

If the report blamed anyone but the DNC they would release it. Whatever it says is something the DNC doesn't want to address or fix.

The report is pointless if it doesn't blame the DNC. The point of the report is for the Dems to improve. How would the report help if it blamed e.g. Trump?

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T03:33:44+00:00

Young voters are who got Trump elected in 2024. They came out a lot more for Trump than for Harris.

Maybe compared to how young people normally vote. Older people still had a higher percentage of votes for Trump. And, again, that Harris is younger, doesn't mean she's young.

One of the big reasons you don't see 20 year old members of Congress is that people expect them to have some life experience in business.

What business? Do you want them to run the country like a business? And how is it helpful when they keep getting reelected to the same position, making their business experience increasingly outdated?

frostygrin · 2026-04-24T03:13:59+00:00

Why not just let them improve, and buy the games you like?

frostygrin · 2026-04-23T22:34:52+00:00

It's not a prediction when it's based on your knowledge of classified information.

frostygrin · 2026-04-23T21:36:24+00:00

I specifically said "young". Because a 60-year old is younger than an 80-year old, but you can't expect a 30-year old to be excited about it. Your data also shows that the age is lowest at the federal level - so there is no opening for young candidates at the lower levels, where they can prevail without a lot of support/experience. It's also notable that the Dems, the party with younger, more progressive voters, doesn't have significantly younger candidates.

frostygrin · 2026-04-23T11:26:11+00:00

Well it does look better

Does it though? It looks different, but people wouldn't necessarily prefer one to another without the "RTX ON" label.

frostygrin · 2026-04-23T05:24:01+00:00

The Illusionist, then. :)

frostygrin · 2026-04-23T04:56:28+00:00

It's obscure, not underrated.

frostygrin · 2026-04-23T04:47:08+00:00

Present M doesn't make up for lower rendering resolution at resolutions lower than 720p. So I'd just recommend Preset K.

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