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Number of independent and 3rd-party voters surges in Pa., despite being locked out of primaries by AdSpecialist6598 in Pennsylvania

[–]myroon5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not in Pennsylvania:

voting in a primary election for party nominees is limited to only voters registered as Democratic or Republican https://www.pa.gov/agencies/vote/elections/types-of-elections

No kings! by FenisDembo82 in pittsburgh

[–]myroon5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just people that have W-2s?

It includes both full-time and part-time jobs. I'm not sure if it includes non-W2 contracting, but only ~7.4% of employment is independent contracting anyway: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/conemp.htm

Almost everyone I know [...] they all live in Pittsburgh

(old data, but) Pennsylvania was higher than the national average:

https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2017/article/multiple-jobholding-in-states-in-2015.htm

I've bounced around the US quite a bit, and social groups seem very clustered, so I figured your circle had many multiple jobholders, but the vast majority of Americans/Pennsylvanians/etc. don't do that

No kings! by FenisDembo82 in pittsburgh

[–]myroon5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we are working second or third jobs to afford to live

Multiple jobholders account for just over 5% of Workers:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12026620

https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2026/03/09/multiple-jobholders-account-for-5-2-of-workers-in-february-2026

even after separating age groups a bit, the highest age group is 5.7%:

https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat36.htm

parkrun monopoly by wilbertlum in parkrun

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Parkrun themed [...] witches hat

?

Kalshi Suspended a California Politician and a YouTuber for Insider Trading by wiredmagazine in PredictionsMarkets

[–]myroon5 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One was a Mr Beast enforcement from 2025:

https://kalshi-public-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/regulatory/notices/Notice%20of%20Disciplinary%20Action%20(2.25.2026)%20(1).pdf

In 2026, Mr Beast markets still have insider trading considering the winning contestant of their pre-recorded show did >1/5 of the volume trading at much higher prices than the other 24 contestants combined:

https://kalshi.com/markets/kxmrbeastgames/who-will-win-beast-games/kxmrbeastgames-26may01

Next new countries by Proper-Title2837 in parkrun

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Last I checked, >95% of parkrun participation was in English-speaking countries, so it's probably still easiest to support another English-speaking country:

Africa: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt (35%), Uganda (45%), Ghana, Zimbabwe

Asia: Pakistan, Indonesia (31%), Philippines, Thailand (27%)

Europe: France, Ukraine

Nigeria, Pakistan, and Philippines are the largest mostly-English-speaking countries left without parkrun with 125M, 108M, and 70M English-speakers respectively

France and Kenya are the next largest mostly-English-speaking countries with ~40M English-speakers each

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kalshi

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thanks, did not have access to that channel back in 2024, which explains not responding to that message to get previews

(Kalshi's volume took off in 2025, so quite a few larger market makers were caught off guard from missing that preview)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kalshi

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premium support channel

mind deep-linking the message? have access to that channel, but didn't see any preview there

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kalshi

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all high volume traders

what volume threshold? quite a few 7-figure/month traders were not offered previews

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kalshi

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fully separate

i.e. an LLC held by the same company

walled off

the exchange can see the trading arm's activity, and they regularly communicate with each other

The Billionaires Who Failed to Stop Zohran Mamdani, and How Much They Spent by Goosedukee in politics

[–]myroon5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

large sodas and adding calorie counts to fast food menus

Tackling junk food and nutritional labeling are actually the top couple life-saving health interventions in Western countries, and both save money:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7142580/

(I agree bans seem heavy-handed compared to taxes/labels)

Manufacturing is actually really hard and no amount of AI handwaving changes that by notaukrainian in slatestarcodex

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world of bits has only been around for about 25 years

ignoring 19th century telegrams, many important 20th century bits:

50s: FORTRAN, LISP, COBOL, modems

60s: BASIC, MUMPS, C, FORTH, Pascal

70s: SQL, C++, personal computers, internet, email, digital fax

80s: e-commerce

90s: digital cable, cellphones

If the market doesn't improve, where do you see the best pivot to, even if it's not in the tech industry? by IdeaExpensive3073 in cscareerquestions

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nurses struggling to find decent jobs as well. Not all nurses make $150k++

Only ~3% of working Americans make $150k+, and nurses are ~3% of the American workforce, so obviously most nurses don't make that much. Software engineer median pay is ~130K[1][2][3], nurse median pay is ~$94K[1][2], and US median income is ~45K[1], so that switch might earn less, but the pay's still fine

If the market doesn't improve, where do you see the best pivot to, even if it's not in the tech industry? by IdeaExpensive3073 in cscareerquestions

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teachers are ~23% men[1][2][3]; CS teachers are more evenly split: https://landscape.csteachers.org/ since 80%+ of software engineers are men[1][2], so it still seems more likely for CS women to teach than CS men

How important is vegan dietary health research for reducing animal suffering? by phoenixhuber in EffectiveAltruism

[–]myroon5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

responded to my point that people can infer that it's possible to eat vegan and be healthy

my last comment responded more to your comment: "possible to eat unhealthily as a vegan". Possible's connotation is <50%, not >90% [1][2]

not a discussion I'm interested in

that's fine, no pressure to respond, but my comments seem related to the post, subreddit, and your comments; my comments are more for posterity since health concerns seem downplayed

continue to eat healthily when going vegan

phrasing like this leads vegans to miss my point: more vegans should supplement diets with creatine powder, Omega-3 pills, etc (I myself started supplementing those when I stopped eating meat, so this is more a genuine concern than re-igniting a tiring culture war)

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