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den2k88 wrote: percolato is also the liquid that forms on the bottom of thrash bags
I won't make the obvious statement in regards to American coffee... (yes, I'm feeling homesick for Melbourne at the moment...)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Only because I never would've imagined I'd watch a random YouTuber with any sort of fervor...
Look for James Hoffman.
That dude... he knows coffee.
Edit:
What I know (from watching that guy most likely) -
It is really going to depend a bunch on the coffee itself. A coarser grind can maybe minimize undesirable elements with the trade off of not getting as much extraction and so requiring either more beans or acceptably milder flavor.
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Whatever is in can that's on sale, that's my grind. 
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I decided not to vote this election, mainly due to despair at the Tories' failure to run a proper Conservative government. The alternatives are too awful to contemplate and we all know what is in store for us over the next five years. I doubt that my X will be missed.
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Apathy is the main problem over here Richard - the current government's track record is beyond appalling , Liz Truss should be in the tower with Boris - oops just remembered the no politics in the lounge rule.
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I recently discovered I have reason to like Liz; if it weren't for her budget, our new house would have cost £60K more! 
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- Homer
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You're lucky living where you do. Down here in Surrey prices never seem to stop rising.
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Apathy seems to be the main problem in the USA too. People are too busy with tik tok to worry about little things like the future of the country.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Isn't there an option called NOTA (None Of The Above) on the ballot paper? We have such an option in India.
Once NOTA gets above a certain threshold percentage of the votes, then there will be re election (hopefully with a different set of candidates).
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Not here. You can actually spoil your ballot by writing such on the paper, or vote for every candidate. But that does not have any real effect on the outcome.
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Was introduced in India about 10 years ago, as an electoral reform. Not sure whether it has made any big difference till now. But at least, there's such a choice for the voter.
The Constitution of India allows any citizen to contest, and it is interesting to see that a number of candidates get lesser than NOTA itself.
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In fact, in some cases, NOTA came in second!
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I didn't know you had that in India - very sensible.
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An example election result is here - my constituency - Bangalore North, in the recently concluded Indian Parliament Elections.
Election Commission of India [^]
Look at the NOTA numbers at the end.
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Amarnath S wrote: an option called NOTA (None Of The Above) on the ballot paper? We have such an option in India.
A brilliant idea! If we implemented it in Israel, I suspect it would come first by a large margin!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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In Norway (and I believe in several other countries), you can use a blank ballot with no names; that goes for the same, although it is less explicit. A 'blank vote' is a standard term in Norwegian, used in a lot of contexts other than elections. I believe English is similar - but of course, English may differ a lot from English.
In Norway, we have a proportional voting system (as opposed to 'winner takes all'). If a party gets x% of the total number of votes, it gets x% of the seats. You picked a list from one party, with an ordered sequence of candidates: If x% of the seats comes to n representatives, the top n candidates on the list are awarded the seats.
You have a chance to affect the ordering on the list: If you add a '+' to a candidate, he receives an extra point in the ordering. If lots of voters all double the same candidate, he might rise to a position among the n to be awarded a seat.
In the old days, you could also cross out a candidate, reducing his points in the ordering of the list. For several elections, I voted for a party that was not my #1 favorite, but I wanted to use the party list where I had an option to cross out this one candidate.
Today, you are not allowed to cross anyone out, but this one candidate is no longer among the party's candidates, so it doesn't really matter. Now I pick another party list when voting, since I no longer have an incentive to go for my second choice just to get a chance to cross out this fellow.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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I figure that if you don't vote then you lose the right to complain about the government you do get. So get out there and - or spoil your ballot.
Personally, I'd like to see a compulsory "none of the above" option at the bottom of all ballots. If it wins the seat, nobody is elected and everybody on the ballot is banned from public office for ten years. If "None of the above" wins the whole election, you have to restart with new candidates until we get ones the voters trust ...
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I agree that I have that choice, and by not voting I have effectively spoiled my ballot. And I've been complaining since John Major's time, but it hasn't made any difference.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I figure that if you don't vote then you lose the right to complain about the government you do get
I've always believed in that, even when the choices were limited to the lesser of two evils. Apathy is what leads to poor choices. I've never skipped an election since I was old enough to vote.
OriginalGriff wrote: a compulsory "none of the above" option at the bottom of all ballots. If it wins the seat, nobody is elected and everybody on the ballot is banned from public office for ten years
Now that I like a lot, as it sends a clear message to all candidates.
A big subject of discussion around here a few months ago (where I physically live, not here on CP) was how a number of mayors and politicians at various levels were quitting because they couldn't handle the constant abuse they were getting from their constituency. Consider the oldest joke in the world is that you can tell a politician is lying because his lips are moving. There's a reason people are fed up, and they only have to look inwards to find out why they're hated so much nowadays.
Then they get themselves a security detail, at the expense of the same tax payers. That ain't helping.
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An old colleague of mine proposed that in addition to the ability to vote for and candidate you could alternatively cast a vote against a candidate. Meaning you still only cast a single vote, but can choose either for or against a particular candidate.
A candidate's count was total votes for minus votes against. A negative total count (or zero) disqualified a candidate from serving. If there were no positive counts a new election is held in which no candidate who received a negative count can run.
I've always thought this was an idea well worth a trial.
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Bit like the Mercan election, to choose between the decayed and the corrupt.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Except here we have decay and corruption on both sides.
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That should make the decision trivial!
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Kodos: It's true, we are aliens. But what are you going to do about it? It's a two-party system. You have to vote for one of us.
Man 1: He's right, this is a two-party system.
Man 2: Well I believe I'll vote for a third-party candidate.
Kang: Go ahead, throw your vote away.
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