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vonzeppelin··on Why competition in the politics industry is failing America [pdf]
I wanted to look it up and this is what I found:

>With the compromise constitutional ratio (1:30,000) in mind and given that the U.S. Census Bureau reports that there are currently about 313.9 million inhabitants of the United States, if the Constitution were being followed, there would be approximately 10,463 members of the House of Representatives.

https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/2157...

I'd be okay with this. It would really change the make up of our government. Senators would seem far more powerful in comparison.

The electoral college would be completely different as well. Using the population data on Wikipedia, at 1:30,000 California would have 1309 representatives and Wyoming would have 20. That would mean in the electoral college California would be worth 1311 points and Wyoming 22 vs 55 and 3 today.

vonzeppelin··on Why competition in the politics industry is failing America [pdf]
What do you think about removing the cap on the House of Representatives at 435? I think Democrats should really support this completely Constitutional fix to the electoral college instead of advocating that it be removed.
vonzeppelin··on Judge won’t release man jailed 2 years for refusing to decrypt drives
If you can be jailed indefinitely for not decrypting a drive then can't you be jailed indefinitely for not remembering your password? That sounds fair.
vonzeppelin··on Nuke Map: Interactive Nuclear Bomb Map
At least Harry Truman can't get to it.
vonzeppelin··on Summers Are Getting Hotter
I'm looking forward to growing peanuts in Kentucky.
vonzeppelin··on Higher-paid, faster-growing tech jobs are concentrating in 8 US hubs
Seattle was nice but it had no lightning bugs so I left. Lightning bugs are important.
vonzeppelin··on Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquired programming in 2017
Is that a PS Vita?
vonzeppelin··on George Lucas Can’t Give a $1.5B Museum Away
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Trilogy-VHS-1992-3-Tape-Se...
vonzeppelin··on American Elections Will Be Hacked
Yeah if that video actually existed it would have destroyed him in the primaries stage.
vonzeppelin··on How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age
I don't understand the why of this transition. Why does it need to be moved to a new account? Why can't it all just stay on the same account?
vonzeppelin··on How Hackers Broke into John Podesta and Colin Powell’s Gmail Accounts
No one at the DNC or Clinton campaign have heard about encrypting emails either.
vonzeppelin··on Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]
It loaded with my uBlock Origin.
vonzeppelin··on House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server
>. Each party has its own protocol for this scenario, but in neither case does the running mate automatically take over the ticket. If John McCain were to die before the election, the rules of the Republican Party authorize the Republican National Committee to fill the vacancy, either by reconvening a national convention or by having RNC state representatives vote. The new nominee must receive a majority vote to officially become the party candidate. If Barack Obama were to die before the election, the Democratic Party's charter and bylaws state that responsibility for filling that vacancy would fall to the Democratic National Committee, but the rules do not specify how exactly the DNC would go about doing that. (Congress could also pass a special statute and push back Election Day, giving the dead candidate's party time to regroup.)

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...

vonzeppelin··on How fair are your dice?
My friends and I have played a million hours of Settlers of Catan but once we used machined dice from a casino in Vegas and they absolutely revolted, refusing to play until we replaced the dice. The robber, 7, was being rolled so many times and they weren't used to it all. They hated it! It almost seems like the imperfect dice are intentional.
vonzeppelin··on Technologies in HN “Who is Hiring?” threads
Coffee breaks.
vonzeppelin··on Theories on the etymology of 'strawberry'
It was definitely the mother the entire time.
vonzeppelin··on [dead]
I am an idiot. I believed it until the reveal. I even forwarded it to a friend before I finished reading.
vonzeppelin··on Visual Studio 2015 Update 2
There appears to be one available on the MSDN downloads page at least.
vonzeppelin··on The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds
I would argue that tricking people into thinking you were doing nothing is what Diplomacy is all about.
vonzeppelin··on Visual Studio 14 Preview
Extract Method dates back to at least VS 2010 however introduce variable is new.
vonzeppelin··on CNN website hacked: "China dumps all bonds"
I know Yemen does (or did) support the US drones being deployed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/when-us-dron...

vonzeppelin··on West Virginia Officials Warn Not to Use Water Following Chemical Leak [video]
"FEMA said Friday that 75 trucks -- each carrying 18,500 liters of water -- were expected to begin arriving in Charleston by early evening."
vonzeppelin··on Download Windows 8.1 RTM, Visual Studio 2013 RC Today
There was a preview release a while back.
vonzeppelin··on 'Robin Hoods' who feed parking meters are hit with lawsuit in New Hampshire
They are being sued for harassment but being sued does not automatically mean you are guilty. Why, as suggested in the article by one of the defendants, have they not been criminally prosecuted for harassment if it is cut and dry?
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