But if we’re wondering who’s going to win, as Nate Silver is, then the Electoral College is all that matters precisely because they are not beholden to the popular vote. The popular vote is, at best, an indicator, but a better indicator is the state by state polls, weighed against the number of each state’s electors.

Part of the issue is that a lot of people look at the national polling data, which has Clinton and Trump very close. But a national poll is not comparable to the actual election. When you factor in the Electoral College, Hillary has been comfortably ahead since the two nominees emerged from their respective primaries.…

We don’t have any, that I’m aware of, in WI, but this state has seriously fallen in love with the roundabouts/traffic circles. They’re putting them in everywhere. And while they make sense in many cases, they are horrible when one (or both) of the streets intersecting are busy. I’ve sat, waiting for an opening for…

9/11 was a sort of a loss of innocence for many people, but I can’t get passed the people on Facebook who keep posting shit about “we forgot” or something like that. It was 15 years ago. We don’t honor December 7th...and I bet most people couldn’t even tell you what that day even means.

I live in WI and my family calls them “Michigan lefts” because they’re pretty popular in MI and that’s where my parents grew up.

How do you propose the kinks be worked out if the feature is offline?

I’m not surprised, since there are many people in the country (and in government, specifically) who would rather all regulation be at the state level (or non-existent). I would like some federal regulation on this, but I don’t see it happening.

I would bet that the coverage would be through a national insurer, so state by state regulation would be mitigated a bit. In fact, coverage would probably be held to the strictest state’s regulation, so they could sell (and insure) cars in all states.

The government has gone after car companies who are also banks, so I’m not sure why they wouldn’t go after car companies who are also insurance brokers.

I think the government might have something to say about car companies being their own insurance companies.

You’re assuming Google et.al aren’t going to be buying insurance from the insurance companies, which I’m assuming they would. Maybe they’ll buy some sort of bulk coverage or something, but I’m sure the insurance companies will be able to structure their offerings to cover the vehicles with the manufacturer rather than…

I’m sure the states would prefer this method. It ensures that all cars are insured. And as long as someone is insuring the cars, I dn’t think the states really care who it is.

Regarding insurance, Google and I think Apple, have already stated they would take the liability for any accidents caused in their vehicles. Which means the passengers would not need insurance themselves.

I tend to use that as an error code. As in, “Oh, your computer won’t turn on? I’m betting it’s an ID10T error, let me see.” Usually, I’m right.

I’m guessing the reason they bring up the frequent memory wipes is to help explain K-2SO.

I was also in a union as a young man, and I loved it. Now, I didn’t go to meetings or anything, but they provided a number of services and options that I haven’t had since I stopped being in one.

Maybe I’m just lucky, but I have literally never heard anyone ever call it that.

Yeah, when the game began, it was entirely a running game. The forward pass wasn’t “invented” until 1906. Or at least, that was when it was finally allowed.

My mom grew up in the UP. When people would hear she was from Michigan, they’d hold out their hand and say “Where?”

Mmm, babies, the veal of cannibalism. They’re marbled to perfection.