What are these endless calls for funding? Do people only vote if they are saturated with adverts?

All valid points, and I didn’t realise the differences in outcomes based on the various counting methods!

That would be complex to explain to many people I’m sure. However, and I’m possibly biased here, there’s a whole bunch of systems I don’t fully understand (car engines, encryption methods, football tournament knock out rules) but I know they work and tend to accept them and at least understand their limitations and outcomes.

I can totally see how people would reject things they don’t understand, and could be easily pushed in to rejecting a new system.

Also I agree that winning an election based on the change could be hard, and perhaps attempting to introduce this change later would work. Though I’m not sure the big parties (labour and conservatives in UK) really want to change a system that works for them!

I have no personal experience of explaining ranked choice.

I can imagine calculating ranked choice vote outcomes is probably pretty labour intensive (without computers).

However people generally understand the concept of how someone comes 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in a race, and I’m sure most people have thought about a ranked list of their favourite movies or football players, so it’s not some completely alien concept.

Instead of just choosing who you want to win, you fill out the ballot saying who is your first choice, second choice, or third choice (or more as needed) for each position. https://time.com/5718941/ranked-choice-voting/

That seems pretty simple to me, unless I’m missing something?

And finally whole bunch of countries manage this without any issues …

Internationally, it is used by voters in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Malta, Northern Ireland and Scotland. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/politics/what-is-ranked-choice-voting-and-where-is-the-system-used/2638554/

Coming from a two party country (UK) the only real issue I see is the fragmenting of power and subsequent need to form endless alliances in parliament. (If I voted for the Greens but the Greens need the the votes of another party and end up doing deals is that really representing my vote…)

Let them eat cake

Just can’t trust anyone these days…

Now that’s my level of bot coding!

I’m clearly not understanding something here, but I thought search engines would require loads of space to index all the internet. Just thinking about the ability to search for code on stackoverflow seems like loads already.

Edit:

Found it!

SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.

Looks very interesting, thanks for commenting about it.

Poor lad on the left looks like he’s had enough for today

Lol it’s clearly from the statue level in Goldeneye…

Just as you do for taxes

Tax is included in the price in the UK, and I’m pretty sure it’s the same in most of Europe. (Maybe with the odd exception where a company primarily sells to businesses and excludes VAT)

At least that we know of …

And waffles.

(Potato waffles)

Lol, perhaps, but it doesn’t make your point right and it really doesn’t change history.

In much the same way that the US has changed name (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Colonies) and size, split (civil war) I’d imagine you still consider it a single country. It also happend rather a lot in Europe.

Rather than explain, perhaps you can read the links.

I should add, Ireland by virtue of being part of Great Britain and Ireland, was at war with Germany. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/irelands-role-in-the-first-world-war
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/why-men-of-ireland-volunteered-to-fight-in-the-first-world-war

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Switzerland

The Republic of Ireland didn’t exist until after the end of WWI https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Ireland

You are right about WW2 neutrality https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_neutrality_during_World_War_II although that was the official govt stance, it seems Irish men fought in the British army.

Lol, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, I added some extra links for you.

You’re welcome.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anglo-Norman_invasion_of_Ireland Norman’s were pretty much French.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_and_World_War_I

I’m guessing you’re American, but there’s a whole lot of history beyond the last 250 years.

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Spain
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Ireland
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Switzerland

Switzerland was with France vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Second_Coalition

Spanish vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_of_the_Thousand

I understand your point, but if I give an opinion I’m usually quite happy to provide a link or reference.

And Android phones are also made by Microsoft’s competitor in many fields.

To me the bigger wtf is why Apple has an App store there, but Android do not.

I honestly do not know how IQ and the ability to judge the future outcomes of ones actions tie together.

I do know that confessing to crimes, and then saying that he’ll try to commit those same offences upon release is not a very sensible idea if he values his freedom from prison. On the otherhand perhaps the guy thinks his being a martyr for the cause and his openness will encourage others, time will tell.