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Key bit:

The problem of voter suppression is compounded by the misuse of the Electoral College. The Framers originally designed delegates to the Electoral College to vote according to districts within states, so that states would split their electoral votes, making them roughly proportional to a candidate’s support. That system changed in 1800, after Thomas Jefferson recognized that he would have a better chance of winning the presidency if the delegates of his own home state, Virginia, voted as a bloc rather than by district. He convinced them to do it. Quickly, other state officials recognized that the “winner-take-all” system meant they must do the same or their own preferred candidate would never win. Thus, our non-proportional system was born, and it so horrified James Madison and Alexander Hamilton that both wanted constitutional amendments to switch the system back.

You can't. We just have to get through to the other side of the pandemic, and then we can figure out where we stand.

Unlike Japan, the Chinese economy is bigger and will be self sustaining enough that a war with the US is unnecessary for that reason.

Listen and imitate what you hear. Immersion is the best way to learn any language. Grammar rules initially will hinder rather than help.

It seems like it is not health insurance, but more of a health scam, if you can be dropped when if they find out you really need the money to pay for "complications."

Cogent arguments. The tragicomic slow death of American hegemony is lead by Donald Trump, in a episode right out of the Simpsons. Sad!

• The U.S.–China trade war is reshaping global politics, creating new patterns of economic integration and alignment.

• Rather than enhancing manufacturing or investment in the United States, the Trump administration’s actions are expanding China’s economic influence and spurring commercial activity in other countries.

• By announcing a new era of “great power competition,” the United States is committing a mistake. It should instead focus on solving planetwide problems like climate change and sustaining economic and technological progress. All such challenges require some measure of cooperation with China.

well I am glad you like the gridlock. Good luck with that.

What about the political polarization? Do you see it going away as soon as Trump is gone? Or will it get even worse?

Do we have anyone HN reader working as quant for these financial aid optimization corps? Your insights are appreciated.

War is politics by another name. Unfortunately that is how human civilization has made the majority of its progress. Sad! But true.

Out of a population of people there will always be some who are as you say gullible and arrogant that will turn on their compatriots. As a data point, it is probably whatever percentage of American that still support the current POTUS.

I have a son in G&T program in Queens so this has some relevance for me. This is a purely political move by De Blasio, which I think will face strong objection and, I hope, will fail miserably.

Now there are people who think that black kids will magically become better students because they sit next to high achievers. But as a former NYC student I would tell them that it is, sadly, not the case.

Black kids need additional help, why not set up schools where kids, black, white, yellow, brown, get the extra discipline and help that they need. No, that is no joke and it will only work if these school have the same high expectation and concomitant resources.

The problem in the end is that there is not enough resources and political will to help these kids. Naturally, the parents who are resourceful will find way to help their own kids succeed. The issue is how to do it for every kid.

Agree with your goals. Now tell me how you think this can happen?

People are dividing themselves into so many self selecting grouping that it is nigh impossible to reach consensus.

It is a strange moment in time we are in when government is no longer seen as a viable solution to problems. The consensus to act in the common good is being diverted into niche outlets. Is it a result of technological advance in communication? And how do we solve this problem? With more technology?

(Hyper)Inflation?

"China bids up the price of the dollar relative to the yuan by buying dollars with yuan, and then sits on these dollars by purchasing U.S. treasuries with them"

Is China printing yuan to buy dollars? I thought the USD was accumulated from payments (in dollars) from exports to the USA.

Whatever it takes, I say.

What an astounding success! Job well done, mission accomplished, RIP.

What I don't understand is the dismay felt by readers for the loss of this ignorant and closed mind man. Most men lives life of quiet desperation. There is no meaning but that which we make and this (to me) foolish man live the life that he wanted.

make total sense, I mean who has the time and money to organize for a class war. What is surprising is that a lot of the stupid poor are fighting on side of the rich people who are keeping them poor. Sad!

Your sentiment was codified a long time ago in a book[1]

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

[1] https://ctext.org/art-of-war/attack-by-stratagem

The strategy adapted by the Chinese, due to their small numbers, was to work harder than the next group. Only now are the number of Chinese significant enough to mount a political challenge to the status quo.

Blacks, for all their problems, have the votes to change the system electorally. But while there have been some success, there are strong oppositions from the status quo, and their progress has been hampered by political apathy from within that resulted from push back that slowed or killed further progress.

It is perfectly right and just that these Chinese people are looking out for their interest. That's democracy in action. The problem is that, IMHO, that they just don't understand Donald Trump's agenda or the GOP's agenda. Since Chinese people will always be out numbered in America, they will find out the hard way when shit hits the fan...

So true. Slick presentation, indifferent or bad design and implementation. And then patching and billing client all the long day. Sad!

Can you provide link to paper explaining the use of tensor calculus in AlphaZero?

I used to believe as you do until AlphaZero learn to play Go and Chess by itself and discovering new strategies in the process.

Wait a minute... The US has failing bridges all over, can we fix those first before getting into another trip to the moon? The only man mission that I will support is if we sent Donald Trump to the moon. Sad!

But it won't go anywhere in the senate...

I am not sure what you are describing is "exactly the way insurance is supposed to work." If you have an open mind about it, you might want to read about the three-legged stool[1].

[1] http://web.archive.org/web/20170716081909/https://www.nytime...

I don't know about you, but I see Trump tweets everywhere; the very stable genius has made a YUGE impact on everyday discourse.

It is amazing that this simple logic escapes most people. Sad!