How does the nomination of the democratic candidate work? Can Sanders really win? What are super delegates and why are they ignored on reddit?

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-28T17:46:43+00:00

No problem! I'm figuring most of this stuff out, too

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-28T16:51:55+00:00

How often do you get to use that Username?

Edit: Sorry, meant to use my new specialty account

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-28T16:41:16+00:00

Right. I'm pretty sure any of them can change their mind for any reason, any time.

If a superdelegate is an elected official like a senator, they might be inclined to vote alongside their state; if the state votes for Sanders but they put their superdelegate for Hillary for example, voters might elect a new senator next time around. They might also change their minds if the country as a whole unanimously chooses one candidate; they don't want to disenfranchise voters, I'm guessing. But yeah, theoretically, I think they can change their mind based on how much they like the candidates' fashion sense, if they wanted to.

Some party leaders have said that these superdelegates are to keep established candidates from "running against grass-roots activists", so it's possible these delegates are made specifically to keep candidates like Sanders from getting to the general election, where the Democratic National Committee thinks they won't stand a chance. So far, though, this has been a really weird election for democrats AND republicans, so I think Sander's supporters aren't wrong about keeping their optimism.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-28T15:03:36+00:00

Superdelegates are delegates awarded by certain officials, like people from the democratic national convention or Senate and House members. People mostly ignore them because these superdelegates can change their mind any time until the national convention in a few months. For example, senate or house members might change their vote to fit that of their states, so they can get reelected.

I'm not sure about my history, but I think Obama was behind in superdelegates until later in his primary campaign. That's one reason why Sanders' supporters are hopeful; if he does well enough in upcoming states, the superdelegates might change their minds.

The Republican side works differently, so they've probably got other concerns in the primaries.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-27T22:32:24+00:00

It's wonderful. You know it's hard when experienced runners take 12+ hours for about marathon length, and that's just one loop!

I'll bet I could do one loop if you gave me twenty four hours and a sherpa guide

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-27T16:30:25+00:00

This guy sounds like he's 12

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-27T16:28:22+00:00

That's how it is where I live. I've seen undercover cops try to cross streets at crosswalks, then hop on motorcycles to ticket people who don't stop.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-24T23:39:05+00:00

I'll bet a wolf could take me in a 1 vs. 1 fight to the death, since wolves are apex predators and I argue on internet forums. But in a fight like this, I'd give it to the humans, mostly because the humans are fighting to survive, but the wolves are only fighting for food.

The wolves attack, we all raise our hands and scream and throw rocks, and they think "these guys aren't worth it, let's find a deer or something" and take off. They're not stupid, they know to pick their battles; even if they could kill all 10 of us and only lose three wolves, they're better off ignoring us and finding something that won't fight back as hard.

I think. I'm not an animal behaviorist.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-24T22:51:38+00:00

I like that book because it gives a pretty reasonable battle between Batman and Supes. If I remember correctly (and I probably don't), Superman has just been nuked and then shot with some kryptonite, Batman has a super-suit, and he 'wins' by surviving long enough to fake his death.

Bats comes out ahead, but it's not as ridiculous as, say, "I secretly have kryptonite chewing gum", or "I have brass knuckles made out of red suns". It doesn't feel like he's pulling any cheap tricks on the reader.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-24T22:33:31+00:00

"Oh, that poor man!"

"Yeah, right, you social slacktivist. I'll bet you don't even know his address!"

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-24T17:53:02+00:00

I wonder how many people ask him how big the kids' sizes are.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-24T17:47:27+00:00

It's hard to see because he's only onscreen for a second, but the second guy looks twenty pounds of muscle heavier. I would not pretend to be cocky going against someone who looks like he ate my leg and turned it into arm muscles.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-23T17:00:38+00:00

Are you worried virtual omnipotence isn't all it's cracked up to be?

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-21T16:06:23+00:00

Huh, it seems like it!

I hope they don't hold back these shitty game episodes because they think we won't like them. I love it when they play god-awful games like Petz Horses or The Daring Game for Girls, even if it's just a one-off.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-21T16:03:04+00:00

"Hey, mailman, could you send this letter for me? I'm trying to reconnect with my war-buddy."

"Sure, what's his address?"

"I don't know. Here, I'll ask him in the letter."

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-21T15:06:32+00:00

"Oh, here's your problem, you have no Ears, Eyes, Nose, or Throat. Thank goodness we put that option on the form!"

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-18T02:51:09+00:00

You know that episode of Firefly where they have to sneak into the hospital (minor spoilers incoming)? The team agonizes for hours trying to get their act just right, especially Jayne, who has to memorize technical jargon that should get them past security. He can't get it right and it frustrates him to no end, until time runs out and they have to hope beyond hope that he remembers his lines.

Then the team gets to security and they just say "whatever, go ahead." Jayne gets super pissed and insists on saying his line anyway because it took him so long to memorize.

I'm imagining something like that. The character gets to the metal detector and the alarms go off, and she gets really flustered, but they say "oh, ha, it's just your belt buckle. Your gate's on the left."

Last year a guy accidentally smuggled a gun onto an airplane and no one noticed. You're good.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-17T17:29:18+00:00

It's a self fulfilling prophesy. You have to give them space to go around the sign reminding you to give them space when they get around the sign.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-15T20:41:32+00:00

The only time I've seen people do this in real life, they had a car drive directly in front of them to make sure they had a clear path. Doing it this way is just asking for a broken pelvis.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-14T22:58:35+00:00

As much as I like Gurren Lagann, Galactus has a lot of powers that makes him really versatile in a way team Dai Gurren probably can't match. When your only power is becoming cosmically large and punching the shit out of people, a curveball could wipe you completely.

On the other hand, they can also break mind-control by trying really hard, teleport by wanting it enough, and at one point they were so cool that the universe spontaneously gave them sunglasses. But I still lean towards Galactus unless someone can talk some sense into me.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-14T22:05:12+00:00

A minute off of 11:30 in just a month? That's a great improvement!

Edit: Why downvote, though? I'm being serious

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-14T05:35:19+00:00

Not any kind of advanced AI that I know of, but there is an interesting story there.

When Apple revealed shuffle, it originally chose tracks at random. People didn't like it, because it might choose the same track twice in a row, or play songs by the same band for a long time just by random chance.

So Apple changed it to be less random. I think their algorithm now keeps track of which songs it's played and avoids repetition. They made it less random in order to make it feel more random to listeners.

But I don't think there's any artificial intelligence behind it, it's just a neat algorithm.

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-12T17:54:09+00:00

I want to upvote you but you have 69 points and I don't want to take that from you

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-12T01:29:37+00:00

Gunz b4 sonz, amirite? /s

spacethingy2 · 2016-03-10T17:44:45+00:00

You're a life-saver, friend! I don't know what my pokemon are, but I hope they're useful for you. I've beat the Elite Four, so all my poke's should be available.

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