L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social @davidbaron

Engineer on @googlechrome. Involved in CSS and W3C standards. Previously @mozilla, @w3ctag. Mastodon: @dbaron@w3c.social

 Rockville, Maryland, USA
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Joined March 2008
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Replying to @paul_irish
How much of the effect was that, vs. different voters showing up or not showing up?
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Replying to @wycats
Could some precincts have (or had for a bit) people still in line? I'd expect those precincts later...
Replying to @nnethercote
I think Georgia may be more optimistic than Alaska, at least per 538.
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Replying to @bepoorni @Poornibadrinath
Given that's an unusual set of features for an Asian city, managed to guess it on the first try (and confirm w/ gmaps).
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Replying to @nsIAnswers
Isn't that the difference between "Polls-only forecast" and "Now-cast" on projects.fivethirtyeight.com… ?
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Replying to @nsIAnswers @jorendorff
Can you imagine somebody who is simultaneously humble and believes themselves to be the best choice for President?
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Replying to @jonathanchait
Many recent candidates (e.g., Trump, HRC, Obama, Romney, Kerry, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, Giuliani) ineligible by that standard.
Garbage in, garbage out? There's not much implementation burden since all the pieces of the ruby are bidi-isolated.
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Replying to @bcrypt
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Replying to @Gernot @triketora
Web browsers run code from others (but also vary a bit in memory use). In Firefox, look in about:memory to see use.
It was a compromise to solve a political problem that existed 229 years ago, and is totally irrelevant today.
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The Electoral College is a broken system, and effectively disenfranchises most Americans from the choice of President.
Pick one of these states, take *every* vote for president cast in that state and make it a Republican vote in Calif., it wouldn't swing CA.
L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social @davidbaron
7 Nov 2016
Replying to @davidbaron
States with fewer total votes for president than the margin by which Obama won California:
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States with fewer total votes for president than the margin by which Obama won California:
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States smaller than the margin by which Obama won California:
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US elections don't care whether Clinton's margin of victory in California equals the population of New Mexico, of Nevada, or of S. Carolina.
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Replying to @nnethercote
My position isn't that bad; I can probably move other places if I feel I need to. Many can't.
This is not a normal presidential election.
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... if the results of the referendum say that I will need to be part of the next round of departures for a more welcoming country.
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