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Trump Can Still Win, But The Polls Would Have To Be Off By Way More Than In 2016 | FiveThirtyEight

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Trump Can Still Win, But The Polls Would Have To Be Off By Way More Than In 2016 | FiveThirtyEight

To borrow from Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman, “I’ve seen enough.”

No, I don’t know who’s going to win the election. According to our forecast, President Trump still has a chance at a second term: a 10 percent chance, to be more specific.

But — even though we’ll still get a ton of polls on Sunday and Monday — I’ve seen enough based on the polls we got earlier this week to know that things aren’t likely to change all that much in our forecast between now and just after midnight on Tuesday, when we’ll freeze it.

Why Younger Americans Don’t Vote More Often (*No, It’s Not Apathy) | FiveThirtyEight

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Why Younger Americans Don’t Vote More Often (*No, It’s Not Apathy) | FiveThirtyEight

That cynicism doesn’t seem to be motivating them to sit on the sidelines during elections. Instead, younger people are much more likely than older people to report that they or members of their household have experienced barriers to voting, which suggests that they may genuinely find it more difficult to cast a ballot. And that problem could be compounded this year given the extraordinary challenges of voting during a pandemic.

Bit coin

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After reading a Sierra Club email blast about them using AES Greenridge🏭 in the Finger Lakes to generate power for bitcoin making 💰 I did some Googling. Seems like kind of a silly waste of fossil energy ⚡ especially in light of the fact that most bitcoin is being used for criminal purposes.

If I understand how it works, basically the plant operates close to full output but holds back 15 MW of power to sell to the bit coin miners. 🔌 Then in times of heavy demand for power, the power plant shuts off the bitcoin mining operations quickly and sells the power to the grid at top dollar. 💵 It’s more efficient and less wear to operate the plant at a constant speed rather than powering up and down when the extra energy is needed.