that’s largely correct, but there are multiple parts to the ballot system: FPTP, RCV, etc are means of counting ballots, but another part is proportional vs representative
you can have representative with RCV (that’s what australia is)
playing by the rules as usual :( it should have been a punishment - not just an equaliser… there’s no reason for them not to try again next time
in melbourne CBD is guess there’s at least 1 per corner
your interpretation of FPTP is mostly correct however it’s a plurality that wins, even if it’s not 50%: if there are 3 candidates, you’d only the highest vote total out of all the candidates to win (which could be as low as 34%)
what you’re talking about though is representative vs proportional systems… in representative systems a group of people directly elects their representative (like in geographic districts, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be geographic: this can be seen in some cases where minorities are codified and those groups elect a minority representative), where in proportional systems your vote goes towards the government as a whole
i think this is far less of a black and white good vs bad than fptp vs stv/rcv/irv:
fptp voting counting leads to huge issues which force a 2 party system that will never represent the majority of people (through things like defensive voting, people vote less for the candidate they want and more for the candidate they think is most likely to win who isn’t the candidate they most don’t want), and recent american politics has shown that fptp also leads to much more polarising politics (in RCV systems candidates care about their 2nd, 3rd, 4th choice votes so they have to be as likeable as possible: they don’t want to come off as bullying they 3rd place candidate, because their voters really do matter)
proportional vs representative is more nuanced though… with representative systems you have someone who is there to represent your group specifically, rather a kind of often nebulous set of ideals… proportional meanwhile you do get more philosophically aligned candidates, but they always have to form coalitions with other parties (nobody has a majority: proportional governments are formed by lots of small parties/candidates) which means you can never really hold them to what they say: they’ll have to compromise a lot, and the government is very much sometimes beholden to the whims of marginal groups who hold the power (this has been happening a lot in europe at the moment where coalitions break down)
so in australia’s case we have a bit of a combination: for our house of representatives we use IRV/representative… we have districts, and we elect a representative, and those representatives form a government and the leader of the majority party is the prime minister. we also have our senate which is proportional (but still IRV), so they have a lot more small parties - including some far right shitbags
note though i am using RCV, STV, and IRV interchangeably but i believe they are different forms of RCV (and yes, i also believe RCV is both the category and a specific implementation). i think our ballot counting is IRV, but that’s based on some high school civics stuff so it may actually be another method and the teacher just said something generic
fptp is about choice of candidate and counting who comes out on top in an area, where gerrymandering is about geography… you can still pack and crack an STV/RCV system… ie if everyone is able to and does vote for the candidate they want (rather then defensive voting etc) then you can still make a single district have 100% of 1 candidates votes and another 2 with 51% of another
in australia we have an STV system, but we also have independent bodies that draw the district boundaries and various things to stop gerrymandering
yes end fptp, but changing from fptp doesn’t stop gerrymandering
afaik those laws only kick in if texas goes through with their plan
rad works :p you could go with BONZA MATE if you’re really putting it on ahah
yeah - i mostly see them as a public good for low income or homeless people… it allows them a lot of different places they can place free phone calls… perhaps not ideally as private as you’d like to deal with medical or social security things, but services exist for that too - just pay phones are everywhere
also i guess for calling 000 (our 911)
in australia they’re still everywhere because when i government sold our state telco they mandated that they maintain the pay phone network at reasonable prices
that doesn’t sound particularly comment-worthy on its own so here’s the cool part: turns out collecting coins is more expensive than the money they got from it so they just stopped charging and now all our pay phones are not only still everywhere, but entirely free and have free wifi embedded in them
fisting is great too
meta and ctrl switched, because if there’s something apple did right it’s using the thumb as modifier key for copy/paste/etc instead of pinkie finger which is far FAR less able to deal with repeat strain
but i also type programmers dvorak because i got pretty horrible wrist pain at one point so anything to stop me damaging my wrists :p
the department of WHINEY LOSERS who CRY at all the WINNING i’m asking them to do
draining them of money here means less to donate to campaigns and hate-peddling “charities”
imo it’s pretty easy: they have a definition for “household” already, so if “household income” applies it’s 300k, if not then it’s 150k (though i’d argue probably a little over half since being single is more expensive than splitting expenses, but i guess also having kids is more expensive than that)
or perhaps it’s 180k or something + 100k per person in the household which makes a nice little niche for kids, partners, etc and the same applies whether you’re a single person making that or a couple making that … and if you’re raising like 7 kids or taking care of disabled relatives etc, i mean bravo paying a bit less tax is probably reasonable
i mean i assume good luck landing without prior experience in general … surely it’d be easier for someone over the radio to walk you through setting some auto things correctly than walking you through how to land?
aussies, kiwis, germans, etc are being detained at the border too: skin colour is irrelevant RIGHT NOW
tbf the millions of people who are starving probably don’t care about health insurance premiums
and the innocent people in gulags probably… well, they probably care about the starving people because they’re not monsters but lets say they have their own priorities
i agree with the sentiment but republicans presented only horrible, cruel options and democrats were forced to choose
well it is only 0.50.0… the way most of these things go is that you get the gameplay mechanics working fist and you optimise performance close to release. same is true for early access commercial titles
absolutely correct! i used to work for a not for profit that built a big service search engine (largely used for crisis helplines, medical referrals etc) and released a phone app specifically for help finding homeless support services
there are power points in maccas, food courts, libraries, and even randomly dotted around cities outside for maintenance