Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
Too old for this
OK, I will probably find that one hilarious once I have goggled half of the words it uses. I hate when this comic makes me feel ignorant.
Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.
Yeah, I've got absolutely no idea what this one means.
Well, it involved goodgling googling three different terms ("instant runoff" was the only one I was familiar with), but now I'm more informed, and I was interested in electoral reform anyway.
In my opinion, instant runoff is a good system. It allows for a wide variety of options without the danger of similar candidates splitting the vote.
edited 31st May '17 2:37:21 PM by Galadriel
Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
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"In social choice theory, Arrow's impossibility theorem, the general possibility theorem or Arrow's paradox is an impossibility theorem stating that when voters have three or more distinct alternatives (options), no ranked voting electoral system can convert the ranked preferences of individuals into a community-wide (complete and transitive) ranking while also meeting a pre-specified set of criteria: unrestricted domain, non-dictatorship, Pareto efficiency, and independence of irrelevant alternatives."
Basically, no perfect voting system exists. Or, AKA, "We have identified four traits of a desirable voting system- pick three (or less)."
Does that apply to a mixed proportional system?
All theoretically possible ranking systems.
edited 31st May '17 8:45:22 PM by DeMarquis
New Zealand uses a form of proportional voting with one vote for a local representative (basic plurality) and another vote for the governing party. There's no ranked ballot so I dont see how that would apply
edited 31st May '17 11:22:19 PM by frosty
All voting systems are a method of allowing voters to rank order candidates according to their first choice, regardless of whether they rank the rest of the candidates or not (remember, these are academic scholars. They define things a little more abstractly than the rest of us do). The point being made here is that there is no way to do this that satisfies all of the criteria.
One Winged Egret
This is a mathematical/logical theorem. It's talking about voting in an extremely abstract sense, ie: a method of sorting lists by multiple people's preferences.
edited 1st Jun '17 2:12:04 PM by Clarste
Fun with Words! (and data methodology)
Quick! Get this woman a defense contract!
edited 5th Jun '17 11:05:42 AM by FuzzyBoots
Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
This one was hilarious. XD
I like to keep my audience riveted.
Does Randall Munroe hate drones? He's put out a few comics about bringing them down lately.
Sounds like sport to me.
Fresh-eyed movie blog
The best anti-drone defense? Your own drone. Ramming speed!
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That gives me an idea. How about drone fighting? Basically Battlebots but with drones. Objective is to attack the other drone until it can't fly.
Okay, maybe it would be way too expensive, but still...
Well, that's easlily the most awesome thing I've seen today 
Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
Redmess
They use fire and chemicals in private drone matches, with nothing but netting for safety? Yeah, that doesn't seem very safe.
edited 7th Jun '17 1:23:23 AM by Redmess
Optimism is a duty.
Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
Lost in Space
That's from Friday. Today's comic raises an issue that I have noticed myself. How do you label the 2000s and 2010s in decade shorthand?
Opening Crawl
....Only reason to do that is if you are getting a kickback from the repairman who will be called in to replace the door to the projection booth that was ripped off it's hinges by an angry mob.