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andrewducker

Interesting Links for 14-09-2016

Sep 14, 2016 12:00

How the New York Times critic writes the reviews that make and break restaurants. (tags: food reviews newyork journalism business ) Black metal legend elected to Norwegian town council against his will (tags: HeavyMetal music politics norway funny ) Brain-sensing technology allows typing at 12 words per minute (tags: communication brain monkey ( Read more... )

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danieldwilliam September 14 2016, 11:09:21 UTC

As William Tecumseh Sherman nearly said...

If nominated I will not run. If elected I will not serve.

danieldwilliam September 14 2016, 11:16:23 UTC

I agree with Nick Barlow ( ... )

cartesiandaemon September 14 2016, 13:08:43 UTC

I'm not sure. I agree with the point that we should have a proportional voting system. And that the boundaries are not ridiculous mockery of natural boundaries, as apparently they are in America.

But that's what you *end up* with after gerrymandering for decades. It seems like, when you *start* gerrymandering, you're going to make fairly straightforward choices (should this large sensibly shaped boundary region stay in district A or be in B) which look reasonable either way -- but you choose the one that benefits one party over another.

And I've not seen any evidence that that happens. But it seems like an obvious failure mode that MIGHT happen if the boundaries commission is insufficiently independent. And the whole article I just read didn't say it DIDN'T happen, it just said "it didn't OBVIOUSLY happen" and "we have much bigger problems". And I agree those are maybe more important. But it still seems like, if it were the case that it was starting to be a problem, it would make sense to head it off, not only wait until it was dire

danieldwilliam September 14 2016, 14:59:20 UTC

Yeah - that's a fair point that the start of gerrymandering process won't look like the eventual end result. Turns on how independent the boundary review is ( ... )

errolwi September 14 2016, 19:31:52 UTC

I've been shocked by how poor the UK system for reviewing boundaries is ever since I heard about it. In NZ, they are reviewed after every census (5 years, except for earthquakes), so systematic population movements don't get a chance to build up and really skew things. We also have strict rules on how far off the target population they can be.

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How to make your indie game as late as possible cartesiandaemon September 14 2016, 13:09:12 UTC

Ouch. Lots of sympathy to them. And I love how those articles always have "don't blog" near the end :)

anef September 14 2016, 16:35:48 UTC

To my shame I recognise many of those inside thoughts of introverts. I try hard not to say them out loud.

If you haven't read Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl I can thoroughly recommend it. She is mentioned passim in the article about restaurant reviews. As a New York restaurant critic she took seriously the need to disguise herself when eating out. Her memoir of these years is both fascinating and hilarious.

andrewducker September 15 2016, 10:06:50 UTC

I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of in the introvert thoughts. We all have limitations, and we all need to look after ourselves, and not force ourselves into situations that make us endlessly uncomfortable.

Thanks for the recommendation!