That’s how some democracy sometimes works. Sometimes supermajorities are required in democracies. Who cares about what the majority wants? Why should that be the only thing that counts?

Yeah, and that’s why it should be a cautionary tale for all other hugely important referendums.

Sometimes things getting done is a good thing.

Why does 50%+1 represent the will of the people?

Unlimited fusion power in a decade or so.

As it has always been.

Whatever happens, it should require a supermajority to leave. Say 50.1% of the population vote to leave so it’s on, then some people change their minds or some people die while others turn 18, then it’s 49.9% who want independence so it’s off. I don’t know if 55% is enough, or 60%, or 67%. But, it should be enough that whatever decision is made, it’s not going to immediately become unpopular.

So, now what for Poilievre?

Maybe the knives come out and he’s forced out as Conservative leader. I mean, he had a 20 percentage point lead over the Liberals and lost it. That has to piss them off. All he needed to do is do what Doug Ford did and stand up for Canada and against Trump.

But, if he doesn’t step down, where does he get someone to step down so he can run in a by-election? If he wants to stay near Ottawa, he’ll really have to move somewhere rural. He doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy who actually likes rural people or rural life very much. Or, he could move to Alberta. Lots of safe Conservative ridings in Alberta, some are even in urban areas. But, will they want a guy who is the very model of a carpet-bagger? A politician who has never had a job outside of politics, not just from “Ottawa” meaning the federal government, but who has literally lived in Ottawa(ish) for years?

I hope they ditch him. I’m sure the conservative party could do a lot worse, but there’s also a chance they could find a leader who has actually done something with their lives outside politics, and who has their own ideas, not just reheated culture war crap from Canada’s Shorts and just shouting down anything the Liberals suggest.

But at least we can be 100% certain those tariffs will still be in place in a few years when the factories are finished.

The SALAMI situation is so bad.

Problem: Our training data is super racist, so it always generates white people!

Solution: Modify the prompts so that when a user asks for “a picture of a man” 10% of the time it is changed to “a picture of a BLACK man”.

New problem: When the user says “A picture of a Nazi” 10% of the time our fix interprets that as “A picture of a BLACK Nazi”