What (America) *should* have isn't relevant. They should have gun control, reasonably-priced medical care and Tokyo-style planning regulations but they don't. All the old folks should retir… (View Post)

There are a lot of governors (and one not-yet-governor, Stacy Abrams) who could plausibly run, but they kind of make up a long tail of individually improbable winners, because you don't know if … (View Post)

30% is way too low. He spent his whole life trying to be president, why would he give it up? Especially when the likely replacement is Kamala who would probably lose and put the guy he beat back in. (View Post)

He'll hang on if he's PM, the PM always gets a boost. (View Post)

It's quite hard to put censorship resistance into proof-of-work. You can change the proof-of-work algorithm to brick everyone's hardware and punish the existing miners, but you punish the n… (View Post)