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#91
Politics, Society and News. / Re: Trump, Biden, the Election...
Last post by Jason - September 01, 2024, 06:41:09 PMQuote from: busterI still stand by what I wrote. I don't think if Harris wins it will be easy:
" It's the electoral college that matters, not the popular vote. And the 'swing states' can be won with a slight shift in votes, many state votes can be won or lost by minuscule shifts.
Nobody said it'd be easy. After having previously worked on campaigns for almost 20 years, I can say elections aren't easy. And nobody knows that like the NDP.
I'm just pointing out that you haven't considered some other factors at play in the 2016 election and at play now.Usually when someone says, "I stand by what I wrote", they're noting that they disagree with someone. Did you notice I said:
Quote from: JasonRegardless, the popular vote doesn't matter; it's the states, as you point out, Buster.
I even gave you credit. No good deed goes unpunished!
#92
Politics, Society and News. / Re: Trump, Biden, the Election...
Last post by Jason - September 01, 2024, 06:24:24 PMLet's not forget abortion, though. That gives Democrats a strong reason to vote, especially the youth vote or at least the female youth vote. Trump is the reason for Roe v. Wade being overturned and he wears it with pride. Plan 2025 has a goal of a federal ban on abortions although to be fair, he hasn't said he supports that. He wants to leave it to the states. But, he believes that the abortion pill shouldn't be sold. In states where abortion is practically banned, that may be the only way of getting one.
I'm not saying it will be easy for her. But I am saying that Democrats have a strong reason for showing up at the polls, not just for this reason but all the scary stuff in Plan 2025 and what many Democrats fear could be the end of democracy in the US.
Those are strong motivators if that information gets out there. And the Democrats have done a lot of fundraising since Harris took over the nomination. On the first day, Biden dropped out, she raised more money that day than Trump had for the entire month. And that was with Trump ahead.
You can be the pessimist. I'm going to play the role of optimist.
However, I'm worried about how much time is left until the election giving lots of opportunities for crap to happen. I find it amusing that when Biden stepped down, the US media wondered if there was enough time to switch gears. Meanwhile, our federal election campaigns are only a month long. I think that's too short but most Canadians likely think it's too long.
Thanks for the link. I love charts!
I'm not saying it will be easy for her. But I am saying that Democrats have a strong reason for showing up at the polls, not just for this reason but all the scary stuff in Plan 2025 and what many Democrats fear could be the end of democracy in the US.
Those are strong motivators if that information gets out there. And the Democrats have done a lot of fundraising since Harris took over the nomination. On the first day, Biden dropped out, she raised more money that day than Trump had for the entire month. And that was with Trump ahead.
You can be the pessimist. I'm going to play the role of optimist.
However, I'm worried about how much time is left until the election giving lots of opportunities for crap to happen. I find it amusing that when Biden stepped down, the US media wondered if there was enough time to switch gears. Meanwhile, our federal election campaigns are only a month long. I think that's too short but most Canadians likely think it's too long.
Thanks for the link. I love charts!
#93
Website & Forums / Re: Thanks Jason, for getting ...
Last post by Jason - September 01, 2024, 05:59:47 PMThe most interesting part of your post was this:
Please explain.
The rest of your post is intriguing. I haven't deleted the error logs yet so I'll have to check and see how many IPs were doing this. I know it was a limited number.
I'm eternally thankful it didn't create such a flurry of traffic that I'd be staring down a $2000 bandwidth-exceeded charge.
Quote from: cod3poet on August 29, 2024, 11:20:01 AMNECRO BUMP!
Please explain.
The rest of your post is intriguing. I haven't deleted the error logs yet so I'll have to check and see how many IPs were doing this. I know it was a limited number.
I'm eternally thankful it didn't create such a flurry of traffic that I'd be staring down a $2000 bandwidth-exceeded charge.
#94
Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...
Last post by Jason - September 01, 2024, 05:50:36 PMQuote from: buster on August 30, 2024, 10:53:13 PMJust out of interest the latest free release from VMWare is Pro. So I have two good choices.
That statement is confusing. Are you saying that VMWare Pro is going free or discontinuing the free version?
Don't forget there's a third choice: bare metal.
#95
Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...
Last post by Jason - September 01, 2024, 05:47:44 PMQuote from: buster on August 30, 2024, 10:53:13 PMI thought you had moved to Iceland or Norway. Your posts have been few and far between.
Calling him codfish probably won't help. Don't scare him away, Buster! I'm guessing it's more that, unlike most of us, he has a life: a kid. And let's face it, his kid is probably smarter than us.
Btw, codepoet, I liked your post. I can't subscribe (yet). Do you have a YouTube channel?
#96
Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...
Last post by buster - August 30, 2024, 10:53:13 PM"Hyper-v built in works a treat I have been running "client hyper-v" since windows 8.1 was released. I still to this day run in on all my machines"
Thanks codfish. Just out of interest the latest free release from VMWare is Pro. So I have two good choices.
I thought you had moved to Iceland or Norway. Your posts have been few and far between.
Thanks codfish. Just out of interest the latest free release from VMWare is Pro. So I have two good choices.
I thought you had moved to Iceland or Norway. Your posts have been few and far between.
#97
Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...
Last post by cod3poet - August 29, 2024, 01:04:52 PMHyper-v built in works a treat I have been running "client hyper-v" since windows 8.1 was released. I still to this day run in on all my machines, There is also an option of WSL if you are looking at poking at some linux commandline stuff or even bridging into what is called WSLg (which is Windows subsystem for Linux with Graphics).
Ubuntu 24.04 is supported and runs a treat as a Guest VM.
Please like and subscribe for more tips!
Ubuntu 24.04 is supported and runs a treat as a Guest VM.
Please like and subscribe for more tips!
#98
Website & Forums / Re: Thanks Jason, for getting ...
Last post by cod3poet - August 29, 2024, 11:20:01 AMNECRO BUMP!
Amazon crawler that went awol and caused a ton of issues, could be for indexing OR it could very well have been an offshoot of the AI training craze where companies are crawling public data to train their AI models.
The IP in question is for an amazon crawler out of Ashburn Virginia. Cool beans.
Amazon crawler that went awol and caused a ton of issues, could be for indexing OR it could very well have been an offshoot of the AI training craze where companies are crawling public data to train their AI models.
The IP in question is for an amazon crawler out of Ashburn Virginia. Cool beans.
#99
Politics, Society and News. / Re: Trump, Biden, the Election...
Last post by buster - August 26, 2024, 03:22:38 PMI will add the Angus Reid poles
https://angusreid.org/us-election-polling-harris-trump-democratic-national-convention/
and note that they agree Trump is behind. They also note the white voters favour Trump by a lot. Go to the site and scroll and poke about. Lots of interesting stuff from a very reputable site. Clear and simple graphs. Democrats still have to get the vote out.
https://angusreid.org/us-election-polling-harris-trump-democratic-national-convention/
and note that they agree Trump is behind. They also note the white voters favour Trump by a lot. Go to the site and scroll and poke about. Lots of interesting stuff from a very reputable site. Clear and simple graphs. Democrats still have to get the vote out.
#100
Politics, Society and News. / Re: Trump, Biden, the Election...
Last post by buster - August 26, 2024, 01:38:34 PMI still stand by what I wrote. I don't think if Harris wins it will be easy:
" It's the electoral college that matters, not the popular vote. And the 'swing states' can be won with a slight shift in votes, many state votes can be won or lost by minuscule shifts.
The Republicans have supporters who always show up to vote, like the evangelical whites, the elderly, and the wealthy. The Democrats have many supporters but some of them don't show up at the voting booths, like the young, and the non whites. When the Democrats get all their supporters out, they tend to win.
I heard tales in our time in the south that indicated what in polite terms would be called 'bias'. Harris lacks two qualities that some voters will not tolerate: she is not a man, and she is not white.
People tend to get their news and views from social media and YouTube, so they can easily retain their in some cases idiotic beliefs."
" It's the electoral college that matters, not the popular vote. And the 'swing states' can be won with a slight shift in votes, many state votes can be won or lost by minuscule shifts.
The Republicans have supporters who always show up to vote, like the evangelical whites, the elderly, and the wealthy. The Democrats have many supporters but some of them don't show up at the voting booths, like the young, and the non whites. When the Democrats get all their supporters out, they tend to win.
I heard tales in our time in the south that indicated what in polite terms would be called 'bias'. Harris lacks two qualities that some voters will not tolerate: she is not a man, and she is not white.
People tend to get their news and views from social media and YouTube, so they can easily retain their in some cases idiotic beliefs."