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  • That sounds like a different system than the article is talking about. People were driving their trash to the dump for a flat rate:

    Under the town’s system, residents would buy a $240 sticker for their cars that allowed them yearlong access to the dump, where they could dispose of as much garbage as they wished.

    So why would you go to the dump with an empty can or leave the dump without your garbage being taken?

    I’ve had a similar system for years and I don’t see it as that unfair (given I don’t have a lot of financial troubles). Every week they empty my bin for a flat rate and if I have more than what fits into the bin I get an extra charge.



















  • I think it’s also a great risk and a shot-in-the-dark kind of attack. They wouldn’t have “live” access to the machines so they would’ve needed a complicated algorithm to alter results in a believable way. If 100% of votes for Harris get swapped to Trump that’s very suspicious. If it’s only 10% of votes then you risk having no affect. And if the attack is successful on every machine in a deep blue county or precinct that makes the amount you could reasonably swap even less. In other words it’s extremely difficult to be effective AND be subtle.

    The Starlink theory sounds a bit more plausible but that also sounds like a stretch assuming the transmissions were encrypted (and God help us if they thought that wasn’t necessary).