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PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#333526: Oct 12th 2020 at 7:17:10 PM

An escalator on a plane? ...Is that possible?

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Oct 12th 2020 at 10:17:24 AM

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#333527: Oct 12th 2020 at 7:22:44 PM

The closest thing I can think of are mobile escalators. But those aren't part of the planes themselves.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#333528: Oct 12th 2020 at 7:29:49 PM

Has no one ever thought of inventing a mobile escalator?

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#333529: Oct 12th 2020 at 7:31:44 PM

Escalators are kind of impractical to stick on a plane.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#333530: Oct 12th 2020 at 7:33:45 PM

Imagine the escalator rolling away from the plane while it's still running and not getting stopped in time.

Edited by Resileafs on Oct 12th 2020 at 10:35:31 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#333531: Oct 12th 2020 at 7:34:32 PM

Mobile escalators are already a thing. They're just not part of the actual plane.

Instead, they're mounted on trucks.

A German tech firm makes mobile escalator steps.

Techünert: Here's their site

Edited by M84 on Oct 12th 2020 at 10:38:31 PM

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#333532: Oct 12th 2020 at 7:37:19 PM

Which, obviously, would be very impractical to ship to wherever Air Force One is headed. [lol]

Khudzlin Since: Nov, 2013
#333533: Oct 12th 2020 at 11:38:46 PM

[up] You'd need one at every likely destination, or at least close.

nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#333534: Oct 13th 2020 at 12:18:28 AM

Austin American-Statesman: Appeals court allows Abbott to close multiple ballot drop-off sites

In a ruling issued late Monday night, a federal appeals court upheld Gov. Greg Abbott's order that limited counties to one mail-in ballot drop-off location.

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, all appointed by President Donald Trump, rejected arguments from civil and voting rights groups that claimed Abbott's order suppressed voting rights by making it harder to cast a ballot, particularly for elderly and disabled voters who are the most likely to use mail-in balloting.

Was nice while it lasted.

RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#333535: Oct 13th 2020 at 12:22:31 AM

all appointed by President Donald Trump

Ah yes, because a panel composed entirely of appointees from the current administration should clearly be ruling on voting rights during an election period. No conflict of interest there at all.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#333537: Oct 13th 2020 at 1:43:38 AM

Conflict of loyalty, more like, seeing as they aren't up for reconfirmation.

Meanwhile, this article makes a strong case that Biden's lead in the Rust Belt is mainly due to him persuading a small segment of Trump voters, with turnout playing a minor role. Here we see a mathematical phenomenon, too - by winning over a Trump voter you not just increment the Biden vote by 1, you also shrink the Trump vote by 1. Turning out a nonvoter is only worth 1 vote, not 2.

It's certainly amazing how all the pre-2020 theories of the presidential election - that it'd be based on increased turnout by young voters and minorities - are being mostly proven wrong. Instead, Biden is building his lead mainly by winning over older and white voters.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#333538: Oct 13th 2020 at 1:45:18 AM

[up][up] There's a line of succession there too, so Lieutenant Governor if the state has one, whoever else is next if it doesn't.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#333539: Oct 13th 2020 at 1:45:21 AM

[up][up]Wasn't that also how the House went to the Democratic Party? It was in large part accomplished by flipping red districts.

Edited by M84 on Oct 13th 2020 at 4:45:32 PM

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nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#333540: Oct 13th 2020 at 1:48:37 AM

[up] There was a Pew Research study that said Democrats taking back the House in 2018 was due to a mixture of all three factors: increased turnout, 2016 3rd party voters disproportionately backing Democrats and peeling off some Trump voters.

I'm on my phone so I'll link the study in a few minutes.

Edited by nova92 on Oct 13th 2020 at 1:49:17 AM

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#333541: Oct 13th 2020 at 1:51:42 AM

^^Well, the US House of Representatives (unlike for example the German Bundestag) has a fixed size. By definition, you can only expand your caucus by shrinking the other one.

It's a different question than whether you are winning on turnout or on persuasion.

I've already given my opinion on the Florida governor's COVID-19 management in the COVID thread, this is far from the worst thing he's done.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#333542: Oct 13th 2020 at 2:20:09 AM

Found the Pew Research Study:

According to the study, Democratic vote gain in 2018 compared to 2016 came from -

1) +4% 2016 nonvoters

2) +3% Higher turnout among Clinton voters than Trump voters

3) +.6% 2016 3rd party voters

4) +.6% 2016 Trump voters.


Editing because I'm kinda spamming this thread.

It's certainly amazing how all the pre-2020 theories of the presidential election - that it'd be based on increased turnout by young voters and minorities - are being mostly proven wrong. Instead, Biden is building his lead mainly by winning over older and white voters.

IIRC, something like 20% of Georgia's mail-in-ballot requests so far are allegedly from people who didn't vote in 2016. Of course, the final numbers could be lower, they may not have been eligible in 2016, they could be transplants from other states, but I'd be very interested in an after-election analysis of turnout vs. vote switching.

Edited by nova92 on Oct 13th 2020 at 5:40:48 AM

PointMaid Since: Jun, 2014
#333543: Oct 13th 2020 at 4:32:54 AM

Of course, for this years numbers so far, this is what they've been getting in polls, while actual turnout can, well, turn out to be a different matter. If they're using phone polls, which are gold-standard, I know that as a thirty-something I'm unlikely to answer my phone to a number I'm unfamiliar with.

Edited by PointMaid on Oct 13th 2020 at 7:33:31 AM

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#333544: Oct 13th 2020 at 6:27:58 AM

[up] Any scientific poll is going to try to correct for those sorts of demographic mismatches between their polling sample and the general population.

How well they do that varies from pollster to pollster, but it is something they consider.

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#333545: Oct 13th 2020 at 6:44:56 AM

Maskless Florida Gov. DeSantis Gives High Fives at Trump Rally—Then Rubs Nose

Woah. What An Idiot

Edited by miraculous on Oct 13th 2020 at 6:45:07 AM

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
PointMaid Since: Jun, 2014
#333546: Oct 13th 2020 at 6:51:15 AM

[up][up] Well, yes. But as you said, how well they can/do control for that is variable.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#333547: Oct 13th 2020 at 6:53:32 AM

This is why 538's poll aggregate is more reliable. It doesn't just rely on any one poll.

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TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#333548: Oct 13th 2020 at 6:54:29 AM

[up][up][up] The GOP is truly a death cult in all ways by now.

This is just another piece of evidence on top of that pile.

nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#333549: Oct 13th 2020 at 6:55:58 AM

[up][up] I think they're talking about demographic breakdowns, though (sorry if I'm wrong on this), which doesn't show up in the 538 aggregates.

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#333550: Oct 13th 2020 at 7:01:39 AM

I voted today, and now all the political ads have disappeared from my YouTube. I can’t tell if that’s just a coincidence, or if it’s too soon and they’ll be back, or Google’s tracking system is even faster than I thought.

Whatever the case may be, I’m not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Oct 13th 2020 at 10:02:07 AM

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