phlegmy

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[–] phlegmy 4 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Read the conclusion of the study. The list experiment very clearly proved that there's a lot of preference falsification happening, which was all they were testing for.
The survey results are unlikely to be an accurate representation of the public's support of the war, there are many factors which could raise or lower the true level of support. Getting an accurate percentage wasn't the purpose of the study.

And I don't think Russians are innocent. Propaganda and local news may have a strong influence, but the genuine levels of support for their government's actions is still seemingly much higher than it has any right to be.
But I don't think its fair to say the vast majority of Russians are genocidal imperialists without accurate figures to back it up.
Those sort of blanket statements lead to racism, hate crimes, etc, against many innocent people.

[–] phlegmy 3 points 1 week ago (14 children)

I'm willing to accept your claim, I'm just yet to see enough evidence to prove it.

Put yourself in their shoes for a moment.
People who criticise Putin over there don't seem to last very long.
Maybe the average Russian citizen won't have to worry about that, but there's still the implication that having different political beliefs is something that should be shunned.

Checking the Levada polling methods, it doesn't sound like those who are polled are always able to answer anonymously.

Judging by that page, they seem to prioritise door-knocking and in-person interviews.
Are you going to tell the person interviewing you, without knowing if they work for your corrupt government or not, that you disagree with your government?

I'm not a statician, but I think this is called social desirability bias. And when there's a potential risk to your safety, or even the slightest suspicion that your answers could negatively impact you, that bias increases.

Yes, I'll admit anecdotal findings are essentially useless when discussing a population, but those statistics aren't much better.

[–] phlegmy 11 points 1 week ago (18 children)

Fuck off with your xenophobia-biased opinions.

If you actually spent any amount of time communicating with people in Russia, you’d realise the overwhelming majority are not genocidal imperialists.

The overwhelming majority of Russians I’ve spoken to do not support the ongoing war, and would prefer if Ukraine was left alone.

I’d be interested in seeing where you’re pulling these extrapolated statistics from, including the demographics of the people who were surveyed.

If 7/10 Texans oppose abortion, does that mean 70% of the country believe the same thing?

[–] phlegmy 1 points 2 weeks ago

That would probably be best for everyone involved.

[–] phlegmy 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is that really something that came from the black community though? It was around before North America was colonised.

[–] phlegmy 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds suspiciously similar to the Stargate plot...

[–] phlegmy 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A sting operation

[–] phlegmy 3 points 1 month ago

Not sure how that’ll help with doorbells and cameras not working?

[–] phlegmy 3 points 1 month ago

I’m not sure what you mean by your spoiler….

Maybe I misinterpreted the ending wrong, but I thought just the last couple of episodes were a dream?
If the whole thing was a dream, that’d suck. But I thought everything else in the show happened?

[–] phlegmy 2 points 1 month ago

That dude looks like a Disney character. Even his name sounds like one.

[–] phlegmy 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think they meant PIO (programmable IO). It’s like a small processor tied to some of the IO pins. There’s a very small set of instructions and some state machines.
It can be used to implement your own IO protocols without worrying about the issues that come with bit-banging from the cpu.

[–] phlegmy 1 points 1 month ago

A leg of ma'am

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