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  • I’m trying to find any kind of statistics on the number of unicorporated towns, i cant find any, can you point me in a direction? Wiki article? Texas gov site? Federal gov site?

    I’m not doubting your 4k number. It got me curious as to how many unincorporated towns there are.

    Since texas is approx 30mil people and largest state land wise (unless alaska is bigger?)

    I dont think your 60k number holds up. I think your rough math was completely off, but you could be right. Having a hard time getting anywhere finding out those numbers.

    I’m not asking you to go look, I’m just asking for a place I can start looking.

    Edit: when i say statistics a simple counted number or approximation, or just a list of town names is all i need



  • So then the problem is exit polls, not voting gotcha.

    If there is something wrong with exit polls thats not the same thing as votes.

    That difference is essential to understand isnt it? Votes didn’t have to change for exit polls to be manipulated.

    And the entire hanging Chad bull shit from gore/bush should never have happened either. Paper solves nothing in this instance.

    Corruption of media and political groups sure, that’s a problem… Everywhere though.

    Exit polls are voluntary, and are internally prone to people lying.

    You jumping to “votes got changed” needs to be verified. And the voting systems themselves were not found to have been manipulated. That leaves polling stations/systems needing to be checked… Not just the reporting on those exit polls.

    Regardless, I’m not trying to change your opinion on whether you think votes were changed, the point your claim that MAGA got this right has no evidence, just opinion.

    They also got vaccines wrong, abortion wrong, masking wrong.

    I’m truly sorry you feel they got these things right.








  • It was literally in the article explaining that this was presented as the victim impact statement.

    Have you learned nothing about modern “news” ? Dont be part of the problem of spreading misinformation, be diligent and responsible. And ita okay to make mistakes, own them and move forward. Its not easy to get your information correct everytime, theres no shame in that, only in ignoring your responsibility to self correct voluntarily when you find out

    Peace be upon you, we need to work together, because even though I’m calling out the inaccuracy in your comment, i do believe using this technology for this purpose is heinous

    Edit: from the NPR article as its not paywalled

    But the use of AI for a victim impact statement appears novel, according to Maura Grossman, a professor at the University of Waterloo who has studied the applications of AI in criminal and civil cases. She added, that she did not see any major legal or ethical issues in Pelkey’s case.

    “Because this is in front of a judge, not a jury, and because the video wasn’t submitted as evidence per se, its impact is more limited,” she told NPR via email.









  • That’s exactly the wrong take.

    Provide something that isn’t what they need in order to fill a need they have.

    That’s like giving someone drugs instead to masque symptoms of working in the problem and addressing it.

    But that’s not right either. If providing sexual encounters was real and done appropriately then there this situation might still exists. If it’s the physical space and intimacy that are triggering, then a robot is a very good choice if it provides some of the missing human experiences that missing out on when desired make for more broken people


  • most people will not start looking at Linux. They should, but they won’t.

    Assuming you’re correct, the Linux community needs to get their shit together then.

    And i can fix that.

    All i need is 1 billion dollars in investment. 10 million people giving 100 dollars to a Kickstarter/indie gogo

    And ill make it happen in my lifetime.

    I’ll accept louis rossman as my business partner who handles the money to prevent me from abusing it or staying from the goal

    It will take time.

    But it will be global.

    First year will only cost 150k. My salary until the donors decide to adjust it as source by Louis

    Plus travel expenses. I’m willing to have review board and recommended budget changes as long as i can work on 2-3 year spreads with a fixed budget, as approved by Louis and the board.

    I will only tell Louis my plan and he can choose where the money goes and who replaced me if he decides to remove me

    Also I’m serious and will donate 30,000 dollars to the campaign and 5 thousand to person who can run this campaign and get this started

    This is not a joke


  • Im only respond to your words: that only wealthy elites care about. Pedant warning. By responding you are agreeing to a very narrow discussion. Thank you for engaging this point of contention if you choose to do so.

    This is inaccurate. my proof is that I know people who are unhappy with the mob mentality around murder being okay. People who dont even make as much as i do, and while i consider myself poor, i recognize im above my areas minimum wage. Additonally I am not a wealthy elite and care about this to the degree that it could be a problem for us non elites if things go badly

    I personally midly concerned about what problems this might be showing us. Im not in a position to address or research them and dont claim that what i can see might happen is going to happen. Im opposed to people basing significant hardline stances on unproven and or untested assumptions and predictions. But I do see, without much difficulty or effort, how mobs and pitchforks are rarely proven to be acting on good faith rationality.

    So all im asking here is for you to contemplate why you were comfortable making such an easily arguable word choice and if you could be more precise in the future when you really are passionate about an argument you are making.


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