Posts by linger
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Hard News: The Long, Strange Trip, in reply to Kumara Republic,
… and now viewed through a rising red mist…
N.B. giving Trump a “40% chance of winning” is very emphatically not the same thing as saying Trump is polling at "40% of the popular vote" (among likely voters). I think these two very different types of measurement are getting confused in the current discussion.
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Time to point you at Rich Hall’s US Election Breakdown.
Available to stream and as MP3 download until Nov 18. -
Hard News: On seclusion rooms, in reply to Sacha,
Don’t even need to re-cast it – what typically follows “secluded” is bad enough. Trawl through the top hits for “took him to a secluded spot” and there’s violent assault, murder, or rape on almost every page. (The same search with “her” yields much the same results.)
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Polity: Four thoughts on polling in…, in reply to izogi,
What measurable metrics are used to determine likely voters?
The “screen” is simply a question fairly early in the sequence asking whether the respondent believes they will vote: if the answer is “no”, then the questionnaire may be terminated at (or shortened from) that point. (N.B. also removes those who will be too young to vote at the time, without asking for exact age.)
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Hard News: Trump's Dummkopfs, in reply to Alfie,
Win2003 server software pre-dates the birth of Trump’s son by a good three years
Admittedly, that serial user of women is always going to have children younger than [some recent software platform]...
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Hard News: Trump's Dummkopfs, in reply to Rich Lock,
A more accurate characterisation of that article is that right-wing campaigns are overwhelmingly likely to use the tactics of junk email scams: they're morally bankrupt, and they're aware of that, and they're counting on voters to be stupid.
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Uber and Zoomy should merge:
new company title would simply be UseMe.
I leave it open whether that describes a plea to customers,
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Hard News: LATE: From #Slacktivism to Activism, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I see you just got a shout-out on the BBC Radio 4 science show The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry (Series 3, Episode 4, The Portly Problem, addressing your question about middle-aged spread).
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Hard News: Trump's Dummkopfs, in reply to nzlemming,
None of this should be treated as entertainment
(he says, not quite resisting the urge to make the obvious joke
about really not wanting to know about Trump's position) -
Hard News: Trump's Dummkopfs, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Come to think of it, the only other “banter” excuse I’ve heard trotted out by politicians in recent years concerned Mr. “Grab ’em by the ponytail”.
(Ah, yep, that's what you linked to.)