otter

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[–] otter 7 points 6 days ago

Not even just ranked choice. It's all alternative voting systems that aren't just first past the post... 😮‍💨

[–] otter 39 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

To be fair, mosquitoes are the most dangerous animal to humans because of disease spread. It's not just annoying, itchy bites.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2024/07/08/nx-s1-5026612/mosquitos-kill-more-people-than-any-other-creature-the-cdc-warns

[–] otter 6 points 1 month ago

There's not a great 1:1 replacement. I'd suggest some sort of hybrid approach. Personally, I use mumble for voip and matrix for text. I haven't experienced any significant stability issues with matrix, but self-hosting probably plays in my favor there.

[–] otter 56 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Isn't prime caffeinated? That's dehydrating and not at all helpful to people who need water...

[–] otter 46 points 1 month ago (16 children)

Like blockchain there is some niche usefulness to the technology, but also like blockchain it's being applied to a myriad of things it is not useful for.

[–] otter 51 points 1 month ago

Yes, and wasted taxpayer dollars trying to get involved in the Trump documents case for some reason and trying to delay sentencing in the hush money case.

[–] otter 48 points 1 month ago

Andrew Bailey is the absolute worst and wasn't even elected. He was appointed by the governor after his predecessor was elected to the Senate. Somehow it looks like he is going to win in November which is so depressing.

[–] otter 2 points 1 month ago
[–] otter 85 points 2 months ago (10 children)

I don't think he could do anything to mess that up at this point.

[–] otter 5 points 2 months ago

I was aware of status code 418. The whole thing being a huge April Fools joke is amazing.

[–] otter 11 points 3 months ago

Don't forget the nudist hunter/gatherers.

[–] otter 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks. Now I feel even older. I should have remembered it predating YouTube.

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