In an effort to escape the data-mining AI hellscape that is modern software, I installed Linux on bare metal (a HP laptop) this weekend. I haven't run Linux outside of a VM since I got my first academic VMWare key in around 2013, because I frankly haven't needed to. VMWare, VirtualBox, WSL, Multipass, Lima, Docker Desktop, and the cloud have provided me a ton of capability without having to worry about drivers.

I ended up going with Debian Stable. Canonical seems as enthusiastic to treat me as just another training tool for AI as Microsoft, so Ubuntu wasn't on the table for me. My Red Hat developer account is broken, so I can't connect to RHEL package repositories. I'm not smart enough to run Arch. That left me with Fedora and Debian, and I have been super impressed with Debian recently. Greg K-H did a great episode on the #osspodcast about Debian running a stable kernel release, and the way the team responded to the XZ backdoor was incredible. Plus @joshbressers recommended Debian Stable to me.

I am super impressed by the experience so far. The visual installer in the netinstall image worked pretty seamlessly (I had to ask it twice to detect my NIC, but it found them on the second try). There's a hiccup where Wayland doesn't want to use the AMD GPU in the laptop (even though the drivers are loaded and the card is detected), but there's not much screen tearing in Gnome even with the Intel integrated card being used to drive a 4K display. Honestly, it works better than my work machine (M3 Pro Macbook), because I don't have to randomly restart it to get it to use a USB C monitor, and I don't need a 3rd-party utility to get windows to snap to the sides of the screen (how is that not implemented in MacOS in 2024?).

**℉ⅈℕℹℸℽ** @finity@qoto.org · Jun 07, 2024, 02:21

**℉ⅈℕℹℸℽ** @finity@qoto.org · Jun 07, 2024, 02:21

Jun 07, 2024, 02:21

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@albnelson some people just don't get it.

**℉ⅈℕℹℸℽ** @finity@qoto.org · Jun 07, 2024, 02:19

**℉ⅈℕℹℸℽ** @finity@qoto.org · Jun 07, 2024, 02:19

Jun 07, 2024, 02:19

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@weilawei@mastodon.online @Lightfighter this article is problematic. The main point is that RCV with no primary, plus the ballot system, will mean only the richest can participate.

In this large article though there's only one specific way I see that indicates this limits elections to the richest: the cost of gathering signatures. Then only one data point is given.

That data point is from an article where it is the only example, and it's for only one candidate in one small election. The article suggested she needed only 8000 signatures to get on her ballot... So it's a very different situation than the full state election situation.

But also - the example is from a Republican in a past election. The example is how the system works today. That means - this, "elections are for the richest" argument holds true without RCV too.

The difference then is that with the proposed system election is not as limited to the two parties.

The article briefly cites some other issues - voter confusion mainly. This is often trotted out as an issue, but folks have no problem rank ordering their favorite ice cream and other things. Voters in places with RCV doesn't seem to be completely confused - once they use it.

**℉ⅈℕℹℸℽ** · Apr 28, 2022, 17:40

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**Den Datafag Trollmann** @hj@shigusegubu.club · Apr 28, 2022, 17:40

Apr 28, 2022, 17:40

Den Datafag Trollmann @hj@shigusegubu.club

@dosnostalgic
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**℉ⅈℕℹℸℽ** @finity@qoto.org · Jun 02, 2024, 02:43

**℉ⅈℕℹℸℽ** @finity@qoto.org · Jun 02, 2024, 02:43

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@Stovetop @rikudou ah, you're so right man. That's a great insight there at the end. I'm 39 and have two young kids and most of the time just want them to learn and have fun. You're right - sometimes the game is me just staying out of their fun with others.