Political science, economics, data science, and environmentalism
So let’s say you are starting to program in Python, and you want to know how to start. What do you need to do? Virtual Environment Well, the first thing you need to do is install a virtual environment. There are two ways to do this: Install Anaconda. This provides you with a virtual environment …
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There are several ways to win elections in American politics, and successful strategies are opposite depending if you are in power or out of power. Other impacts outside the control of politicians (such as media bias) can impact election outcomes, but ultimately politicians will collectively determine their fate. When you are in power, you want …
Today’s verdict of Kyle Rittenhouse is a disaster, but not wholly unexpected. There have been many times in history where people have gotten away with murder before, and the reality is that this has been going on for hundreds of years. It is not new, it will happen again. But we should not be complicit …
I have several layers of protection on my most important accounts. In short, I use the following secure features: Each account has a unique random password which is generated and stored in my Lastpass Vault Lastpass requires Email authentication to login to a new device The email I use for Lastpass has two factor authentication …
I recently changed from Android to iOS, and I have a number of thoughts on what the different carriers do differently. Neither is inherently better than the other, and come with some massive tradeoffs. If one of these companies chose to learn from the other, there would be millions of people migrating from one platform …
America’s GDP per capita is at a record high. Inflation is climbing. Immediately we know that the issue is a soaring demand curve, with a supply curve which is struggling to keep up. So the answer to controlling inflation is pretty easy, either reduce demand (which would also harm GDP) or increase supply. Unemployment is …
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The year is 1992, you just had a baby, and you live in Washington State. The cost of college at University of Washington is around $3000, and you talk to your financial advisor about how to plan to make it so your child has the best opportunity possible. You don’t live in poverty, so there …
Two things matter right now, Do Manchin and Sinema support the bulk of BBB (hint, we know they don’t) Will voting rights be passed This will determine the next decade. Plain and simple. We have three potential futures which will be determined by these two decisions: We get only half of BBB and no voting …
What would happen in historic presidential elections if the vote flipped by 1% in each State towards the candidate who lost that state? In 2020 Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin had margins of under 1%. Biden would have lost 37 electoral college votes compared to our reality and won 269 electoral college votes, sending the election …
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What would happen if you were to take the states which voted for the winner with under 51% of the vote and flip those states to the loser in all historical Presidential elections since Andrew Jackson? Here’s the answer: In 2020 Joe Biden won 306 electoral college votes. Arizona, Wisconsin, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Michigan …
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