Recent content by Vance

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    Coup in the USA?

    In a stable political situation, sure. But when you've got dangerous factionalism in play, you absolutely want speedy results to minimize the opportunity for bad faith actors to claim victory, mobilize their mobs, and attack polling stations while the counting is still ongoing. The speedier the...
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    Coup in the USA?

    No one is asking you to put trust in machines. That is entirely a fallacious argument. See, the kicker is that it doesn't matter whether it's paper ballots or machines. What matters is whether you trust the people who are responsible for operating either. The whole pro/anti-machine vitriol...
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    How do you handle the lack of privacy that comes with having a friends list?

    Firestorm has an option to turn your online status visible/invisible for your entire friend list in one single click. You can get to it by right clicking any name in your friend list. Just click "Online status for friends visible" and it'll add/remove checkmarks for everyone in one go. I use...