Characteristics of Japan's system: 1) Based around "nuisance level" rather than the government micro-managing what should be there, so there's zoning with residential / industrial… (View Post)

Depends on the state, it's all over the place: https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-16-when-absentee-mail-ballot-processing-and-counting-can-begin.aspx (View Post)

On topic, the way technology adoption develops is just bananas. I remember when people used to mock Twitter saying they didn't care what people were having for breakfast or whatever. They wouldn… (View Post)

Test your backups. Test your backups. (View Post)

I also have an ad blocker - it's not aimed at the ads, it's aimed at all the trackers and insecure junk that comes along with the ads. Unfortunately there's no way to keep the ads with… (View Post)