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Really what is needed is an open-source algorithm that we agree is fair and apolitical. But fat chance of that right now.

I had hopes for this at one point, but I think we might be in a Arrow-like situation, where there actually is no algorithm that satisfies all the fairness constraints we want to apply.

Gerrymandering can still be effective with ranked choice. It's harder, but you can still do both cracking and packing, you just have to model top-2 or top-3 preferences.

Popular vote is already the norm for gerrymandered areas.

I mean we should definitely implement Ranked Choice up and down the ticket, and implement Popular Vote for President, but neither actually solves Gerrymandering.

I'd like to say "independent" redistricting organizations are the solution, but the practical success of those is mixed. The incumbents just pack those with cronies, or ignore them, sometimes with the assistance of the judiciary.

The system has basically always been two-party. It's the only stable arrangement for FPtP voting anyway. So, yes, it has been status quo for 250 years.

ExpertsExchange.com?

Perhaps it is more trustworthy than Fox News? (I don't know; I just live in my Lemmy/Mastodon social media bubble.)

High, broad trust in trustworthy institutions is a good thing, it makes life in general easier which increases social engagement and, potentially, change.

I've never really liked this meme. I quite dislike AI, but just because your NN sucks doesn't mean NNs or AI in general is fundamentally poor.

I often write very poorly performing programs due to mistakes, lack of knowledge, or just general incompetence. That doesn't mean all my programs perform poorly. It certainly doesn't mean all your programs perform poorly.

"AI" sucks for a lot of reasons, but so does this image.

I'm a soulslike vegan.

Chicken's not vegan?

I can't say I'm a (normal) vegan, but I'm definitely an AI vegan. I was turned off by the ethical considerations, and the few "bites" I have tried leave a bad taste in my mouth. I avoid using it because much of the training data was (and is) stolen, the power costs are far too high compared to the utility, and it's basically worthless to me, having a screwed up response to nearly every prompt I tried.

They are so insane they inspired art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU8H-Ts_rfA

The way I had it described to me was that veganism is against the exploitation of all animals, including "stealing" honey from a hive.

But, "vegan" is a label at least as malleable as "Christian".

To some people, this Foie Gras might be vegan, if they can't find the exploitation. To others, large-scale U.S. produce might be non-vegan since it depends on exploitative labor (humans are animals) practices. To a few, mussels are vegan because there's no mind to suffer or be exploited. To a very few, plants that show a "pain" response are non-vegan, even if that response happens over time, as long as it has a clear trigger in human interference (which is expliotation due to the "pain"), despite the complete lack of a nervous system, which humans (and other animals) use to feel pain.

Anyway, I'm NOT a vegan, but I do try to limit my meat consumption. It just feels like the amount I used to eat isn't really globally sustainable, and I take up too many resources in to many other ways, too.

pea (protein)