overview for rdrunner

‘Missing’ GOP congresswoman not seen for six months finally found living at dementia care home in c/nottheonion

[–] rdrunner 11 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Asking people with power to give up that power willingly almost never works, unfortunately.

Does the increase in early/mail-in voting make exit polls less accurate? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] rdrunner 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I don't so much mean weird situations, but perhaps just the demographics get skewed. Now that I think about it, I perhaps have a dumber question:

What the hell are exit polls are how are they conducted? The name implies they're conducting with folks leaving the polls, but if they're voting at home then how are they polled? This could also just simply boil down to why do we trust polls so much anyways

On a lighter note: Why do people still buy fast food? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] rdrunner 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I gotta say, I fucking hate doing dishes. I'm not sure what it is about it, but I just have this almost irrational dislike for washing dishes (especially pots+ pans). Sure, I'll do it when it needs to be done, but my God do I dread it. Is there something wrong with me? Oh absolutely, but there's plenty else to fix before the dishes issue lol

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Does the increase in early/mail-in voting make exit polls less accurate? (self.nostupidquestions)

submitted 2 months ago by rdrunner to c/nostupidquestions

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With the post election analysis going on right now, there seems to be a ton of weight being put behind exit polling (so and so got x% of women voters, etc) to the point where they just are presented as fact. As early voting and mail-in voting increases around the country, aren't those exit polls getting more and more unreliable? I don't see that discussion happening anywhere and perhaps I have a misunderstanding of what an exit poll even is. I've never been polled in any way after voting myself and as I understand it polling is already not as reliable as they're presented. So should we put as much trust into these exit polls?

Dear Americans, be prepare to get screwed! in c/lemmyshitpost

[–] rdrunner 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I believe that he does, and he knows shit will cost more, but he ALSO knows that his followers have no clue whatsoever. So prices will increase, and he'll blame it on one of their many "others". Keeping them scared and mad is the key to their control over them

California Voted for Slavery in c/usauthoritarianism

[–] rdrunner 1 points 2 months ago

Oh interesting, that's a lot more clear than what our mail in ballots looked like in my state.I guess fuck those people then

California Voted for Slavery in c/usauthoritarianism

[–] rdrunner 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well yeah, obviously, but the wording of a question is often manipulated to lead people to different results. That's all

California Voted for Slavery in c/usauthoritarianism

[–] rdrunner 13 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I bet the wording on the ballot was different. Similar election results sites for my local ballot measures hasve greatly simplified the language the ballot had (which honestly is probably how ballot measures should be written)

Centerists in c/[email protected]

[–] rdrunner 18 points 3 months ago

Yup, you can't reason a person out of a position they didn't reason themselves into

Noise Pollution ruins quality of life in c/fuckcars

[–] rdrunner 8 points 4 months ago

Surprisingly no! He was more of the stick-skinny, probably into meth, cut off jean shorts and boots kinda guy

Noise Pollution ruins quality of life in c/fuckcars

[–] rdrunner 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Oh it's real. I used to have a neighbor who would mow with a massive revolver on his belt, and no shirt

Samsung’s 20-year-life EV battery runs 600 miles on 9-minute charge in c/technology

[–] rdrunner 5 points 5 months ago

Solid state batteries are more energy dense, meaning that if all you want is 300 miles of range on a charge (perfectly fine with it's faster charging), then you can have less battery for the same range. Now how much lighter I'm not sure, but it's in the right direction!

Logitech CEO Wants to Sell You a Subscription-Based 'Forever Mouse' in c/technology

[–] rdrunner 8 points 5 months ago

Maybe they could focus on making better mice! The super light x 2 is falling behind more and more every year