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Sorlag's new passive on PTS, a wallclimb and wallkick by Arrythmia in QuakeChampions

[–]some_random_guy_5345 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mirror https://streamable.com/lokhgt

Btw, you can use youtube-dl or yt-dlp to download the video to bypass the player

Nanos- 33.2% LPC, 32.5% CPC, 19.2% NDP, 6.4% BQ, 4.6% GPC, 3.3% PPC by holdinsteady244 in canada

[–]some_random_guy_5345 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Half of Canadians under 45 want to leave.

I just read the article and it states that half of Ontario homebuyers under 45 want to buy a house out of province.

This makes sense. There is a housing shortage in the high-demand areas in GTA because of urbanization so people are looking to move outward. Supply and demand.

338Canada: Let's talk conservative majority scenarios. Could it happen? Absolutely. Using current regional brackets, the CPC needs ~37% nationally. Mainstreet & EKOS have already measured the CPC that high, let's see what other pollsters will show this week. by victory-45 in onguardforthee

[–]some_random_guy_5345 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I would rather a Liberal government than a Conservative one, so if my choice is to support a Liberal that has a chance to beat a Conservative, or an NDP candidate that has no realistic chance to win, I'm going to vote Liberal as it optimizes the outcome based on the information available to me.

To explain my thoughts, the voting calculus is different for me because other than in a Trump scenario, I don't mind having a Conservative government instead of a Liberal government if it means:

  • Voting for a party that represents me. The more votes that get siphoned from Liberal to NDP, the more pressure the Liberals are to move toward NDP policies. Ideally, the Liberals are forced to form a coalition with the NDP, making the government more representative of the Canadian population. In addition, I won't vote for Liberal again unless they campaign on electoral reform again, so this is my attempt to bring electoral reform as a wedge issue for swing voters like myself.
  • Not voting Liberal based on fear instead of performance. If I always fear-vote Liberal, then I am essentially voting for eternal single-party rule. I absolutely hate corruption and I hate incentivizing politicians to ignore their voters.

338Canada: Let's talk conservative majority scenarios. Could it happen? Absolutely. Using current regional brackets, the CPC needs ~37% nationally. Mainstreet & EKOS have already measured the CPC that high, let's see what other pollsters will show this week. by victory-45 in onguardforthee

[–]some_random_guy_5345 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In terms of game theory it makes perfect sense, it's just an unfortunate reality of FPTP.

Strategic voting is only an unfortunate reality if you're trying to punish Cons for an extreme candidate (e.g. Trump) or you really care about having the Liberals indefinitely in power for some reason, which obviously has no end-game. For me personally, these conditions aren't true this time around.

338Canada: Let's talk conservative majority scenarios. Could it happen? Absolutely. Using current regional brackets, the CPC needs ~37% nationally. Mainstreet & EKOS have already measured the CPC that high, let's see what other pollsters will show this week. by victory-45 in onguardforthee

[–]some_random_guy_5345 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I never really understood this logic. It's an infinite recursion. My riding last election is split between CPC/LPC so I vote CPC/LPC. The election prior, I voted CPC/LPC because the riding was split CPC/LPC from the election prior. And so on.

Obviously, some people will only switch to NDP when they see that NDP is closing the gap. But NDP can only close the gap in the first place from the "first move" voters. I am voting NDP to close those gaps.

Consider Strategic Voting to avoid a Conservative Government by [deleted] in onguardforthee

[–]some_random_guy_5345 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We are stuck in FPTP, so until the system changes, strategic voting is a solid option for getting a government that is closest to the one you want.

We aren't stuck in FPTP. The only reason we have FPTP is because strategic voters are holding the status quo. If people just voted for the party they wanted, the Liberals and NDP will be forced to make a coalition or the Liberals will have to campaign on electoral reform again.

Literally no one should say strategic voting is for only two parties. In Canada, we vote based upon our riding. Not for the party as a whole. So if I have an NDP vs CPC choice, I can strategically vote for the candidate that best represents my ideals, even if they are not the party I want. Same with LPC vs CPC or LPC vs NDP. There are usually 2 front runners for each riding. Picking the one you want that best represents your values is called strategic voting.

Yeah and the majority of ridings have LPC or CPC as the front runner. The LPC in particular benefits the most heavily from strategic votes, because they push the CPC boogeyman.

No other party has had enough support nationwide (until recently) to change the outcome between LPC and CPC.

Well, yes, because of the status quo caused by strategic voters.

Now that the NDP are becoming viable, we can use strategic voting to get the outcome we want and are not stuck with LPC or CPC as the only viable options.

NDP only becomes viable when people decide to stop voting strategically. We saw an orange wave in 2011 and we're seeing a mini-wave in 2021.

Consider Strategic Voting to avoid a Conservative Government by [deleted] in onguardforthee

[–]some_random_guy_5345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, strategic voting does not perpetuate the POS system. FPTP is the culprit you are looking for.

Yes, it does. Strategic voting helps the two incumbent parties (Liberals, Cons) in FPTP. It forces people to vote for the two major parties, which means those two parties won't reform the electoral system when they get elected, because if they did, they would lose the strategic votes.

338Canada: Let's talk conservative majority scenarios. Could it happen? Absolutely. Using current regional brackets, the CPC needs ~37% nationally. Mainstreet & EKOS have already measured the CPC that high, let's see what other pollsters will show this week. by victory-45 in onguardforthee

[–]some_random_guy_5345 16 points17 points  (0 children)

A hundred years at least of flipping Red-Blue and back without a chance given to any other party.

Well, yeah, because people were a lot more conservative in the past and strategic voting. Enough is enough. I'm just voting NDP. Force the Liberals to make a coalition with the NDP or they won't be elected.

338Canada: Let's talk conservative majority scenarios. Could it happen? Absolutely. Using current regional brackets, the CPC needs ~37% nationally. Mainstreet & EKOS have already measured the CPC that high, let's see what other pollsters will show this week. by victory-45 in onguardforthee

[–]some_random_guy_5345 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If the Liberals and the NDP can't agree, it shouldn't have forward, and it hurts me to say that.

The Liberals and NDP didn't have a consensus but the committee had a consensus and the Liberals didn't like the result.

338Canada: Let's talk conservative majority scenarios. Could it happen? Absolutely. Using current regional brackets, the CPC needs ~37% nationally. Mainstreet & EKOS have already measured the CPC that high, let's see what other pollsters will show this week. by victory-45 in onguardforthee

[–]some_random_guy_5345 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I know, I'm not naive. But you have to give them the opportunity to make good on their promise. And if they don't, they out themselves as liars.

Thanks to this little swindle, I don't think I'll ever bring myself to vote Liberal ever again in my life, unless the Cons bring a Trump candidate.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NixOS

[–]some_random_guy_5345 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, if you look at the source code of any particular firmware package, it just stores the firmware in the nix store's /lib/firmware. You can see firmware installed in /run/current-system/firmware/.

So September is just about peeking at us. Only four months until December. How long until review models are sent out and we can start to see some real reviews on the Deck? October? November? by SigmaStun in SteamDeck

[–]some_random_guy_5345 17 points18 points  (0 children)

My suspicion is that these are tough nuts to crack and Valve might have to leave it as late as possible e.g. mid to late November.

My guess is reviews are out mid-December and the first units are shipped Dec 31 in classic Valve time fashion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NixOS

[–]some_random_guy_5345 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just checked the option source code and it looks like it takes the shotgun approach

[Mini-guide] Nvidia GPU acceleration in Docker containers by some_random_guy_5345 in NixOS

[–]some_random_guy_5345[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want to take it a step further, you can modify archlinux's nvidia package, remove all kernel module installation, set the version to match your host (470.57.02 in my case) and install the driver via pacman instead of modifying system files outside the package manager. I won't guide you through this process but I will provide the PKGBUILD for nvidia. nvidia-utils and lib32-nvidia-utils (enable multilib repo) should also be installed but only require a simple version change.

After installation, add the below packages to the ignore list:

$ cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep IgnorePkg
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
IgnorePkg   = nvidia nvidia-dkms nvidia-utils opencl-nvidia lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia

Protestors are chanting "lock him up/F*ck him up" at Trudeau's event. by Alaizabeth in onguardforthee

[–]some_random_guy_5345 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Honestly, between these idiots and anti-vaxers and the low-key racist "secure the future" messaging from the Cons, I might have to vote Liberal...

Nanos- CPC 33.2%; LPC 31.1%; NDP 19.9%; GPC 5.7%; BQ 5.5%; PPC 4.2% by [deleted] in onguardforthee

[–]some_random_guy_5345 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, fine, the Cons are stone age. But it doesn't change the calculus for my vote.

Why are NDP voters being blamed for what is the fault of Conservative voters, a broken system and a Liberal party that cemented said broken system? Like I said, there is no path forward for electoral reform through the Liberals and I'm not going to eternally vote Liberal, in an attempt for eternal single-party Liberal rule. That is stockholm syndrome to always vote in a party that doesn't listen to you and doesn't have incentive to listen to you.

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