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lot of copied variables, because of c I suppose? Things like var = self.var

If we're very charitable, there's a micro-optimization w/ Python (or at least, older Python) where assigning to a local variable like this inside a method is faster than the full self.var lookup, so you'll see it in Python's library code while setting up some loops, etc. as a small speedup. "lots of copied variables", though, is likely an anti-pattern if not in a heavily used piece of library code, imo.

What's really crazy is when people write modified Python language pre-processors where: var = var is a necessary thing (to bring the var into the right context for the pre-processor to recognize it; yes, I've seen this...)

How about another law: No state shall receive more in federal spending than that state contributes in federal taxes.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-alpha-wolf-idea-a-myth/

Research that led to "Alpha wolf" theories were shown to be flawed, or at best, representative of captive wolves, and not wild wolf behavior.

The reference to saving society is that there are now "influencers" and other BS commentators using the debunked "Alpha wolf" concepts as also being how "real men" should act, and making many young men (especially) act like total assholes.

First rename "Platinum". Then we'll talk.

The proposition that led to California's enacting of the "fair" redistricting was originally funded by conservatives who wanted to improve their chances, and came somewhat as a response to discussion around Texas' 2003 redistricting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Texas_redistricting

At the time that California's redistricting amendment was being discussed, as the obvious Republican "trick" to benefit them in California, many called out the hypocrisy of only advocating for it where it'd help, and explicitly fighting where it'd hurt them. (Hilariously, after the California amendment drew up new "fair" districts, in the next election that used them the Republicans still lost seats in California, just due to them being so generally hated at the time).

So yeah, their hypocrisy on this matter has been called out many times. But they are shameless, and frankly cannot win long-term with a "fair" electoral system.

Possibly many polled Sliwa supporters actually voted for Cuomo instead, to try to prevent a Mamdani win.

Wait, do you mean that ballroom that is $500m?

It's not a counterpoint, but emphasizes an even stronger point. Few Presidents win a majority of those eligible to vote. But to become President without also winning the majority of cast votes is unusual, and it's especially important to emphasize when such a President claims they have a mandate due to being "popular", imo.

which wasn’t the majority, by the way, since not everyone votes

Um, even among the people who cast a vote for President in 2024, Trump didn't get a majority of the votes. He got fewer than half of the Presidential votes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election

It's worth remembering that the majority of votes cast for President in 2024 were for a candidate other than Donald Trump; he got less than 50% of the votes that were cast for President. Making it so that those majority of votes aren't automatically split (and thus diminished) can be impactful, imo.

I'm on the DOGE team, and those values seem completely accurate and verified to me. /s

Edit: And if they are wrong, by our accounting that means that you just saved the government $399.6 Billion dollars.