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nxzero commented on Maine Ranked Choice Voting Initiative Approved ballotpedia.org/Maine_Ran... · Posted by u/coryfklein

herge · 9 years ago

In the mean time between the next election (with all the time it would take to find/vet brand new candidates!), would the incumbent keep his/her spot?

nxzero · 9 years ago

That would be the most obvious resolution in the case that another election was required, though might be exploited as a means to get around term limits.

Another option might be the delegation of responsibility to the voting population to force a timely resolution of the election, greater understanding of the issues at hand, etc.

nxzero commented on Maine Ranked Choice Voting Initiative Approved ballotpedia.org/Maine_Ran... · Posted by u/coryfklein

nxzero · 9 years ago

Has anyone seen analysis of elections nullified by vote?

For example, voters would be allowed to put the status of any and all candidates as null and/or a top vote as null. If the majority of votes cast as were null, another election would be run with all candidates from the prior election removed.

nxzero commented on Why 30 is the decade friends disappear vox.com/2016/7/12/1214893... · Posted by u/pmcpinto

estefan · 9 years ago

Actually, you need to meet people who are also open to making friends. But it depends what sort of friend you're looking for. Sure, you can make shallow friendships/acquaintances by just mixing with people regularly, but if you actually want a deeper friendship you need to meet people who have the time and inclination to put in the effort involved. This typically happens when you hit transitional points in life where you feel alone and want a group to belong to (e.g. school to college/university, into your first job away from home with a group of other new starters, mums having their first child, etc).

School, university, starting your first job with a group of others at the same time gives you ready made friends (provided you can sit next to them).

Friendship is basically a function of time and proximity. This has been shown in several studies and is accurate by my own experience anecdotally. Meeting people who already have a social circle or all their time allocated won't be conducive to making deeper friendships. Once you're in the world of work, going from one job to another, it can suddenly be very difficult to make deeper friendships, especially those that will endure one of you changing jobs (if they're colleagues).

nxzero · 9 years ago

>> "This has been shown in several studies"

Have links to these studies?

nxzero commented on Playpen: The Story of the FBI’s Unprecedented and Illegal Hacking Operation eff.org/deeplinks/2016/09... · Posted by u/lelf

nxzero · 9 years ago

Are there any examples of the FBI creating or enabling predators so they are able to hunt them?

If so, is this illegal, and if not, why?