Sunday, May 19, 2024

Fairvote Report

 I'm going to be a proud papa! A link to the live report will be on this page as soon as it's available.

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Saturday, April 15, 2023

Paw Paw Tree 2023, week 1

 The Tree, planted from Sapling last summer, is already showing signs of life. My grandmother had (inexplicably) pruned the top of the sapling last summer. It is doing well however, and is budding well. Its pot is probably not big enough for it at this point, but I don’t have a suitable place for it on my property. I looked in to donating to my High School’s native plant garden last year, so maybe I could put it there this year.  Or perhaps I could find a suitable spot on the walkway to my school, and place a few bricks around where I plant the tree so it doesn’t get mowed over. Paw Paw Trees are supposed to have particularly brittle taproots, so moving it would be challenging.




Saturday, March 6, 2021

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Hamer-English Dictionary

 

This was taken from one of my weird side projects. There seems to be no English-Hamer dictionary in all of the internet, so I made one. This is translated from a Spanish-Hamer dictionary. Also useful is this phonetic dictionary

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HAMER - BANNA

El hamer - banna, llamado también hamar-koke, hammercoche, amarcoche, cocche, beshada, hamar, amar, bana o kara kerre, es utilizado por unas 27.000 personas en Etiopía, en el sur de la región Omo, cerca del río Omo, y en el norte del lago Turkana, en la zona fronteriza con Kenia y Sudán. Los Hamer y los Banna son dos etnias diferentes que comparten el mismo idioma.

Español

Hamer - Banna

 agua (water)

    nok-o, nuko, niik-o,

 ahora (now)

    taki

 ayer (yesterday)

    na, ni,

 barriga (belly)

    i , ii

 bazo / tipo enfermedad / peritonitis (stomach illness)

    morr

 blanco (white)

    chaawli

 boca (mouth)

    aapo

 buscar (look for)

    zag -

 cabeza (head)

    mete , meete

 carne (meat)

    waa

 casa (house)

    baka, bak-ulu

 cenizas (ashes)

    bidini

 cola (tail)

    doobanna

 comida (food)

    gala

 comprar (to buy)

    sha'n -

 cortar (cut)

    texa

 cuello (neck)

    luk'uma

 cuerno (horn)

    k'ushuba

 dado (dice)

    di

 dar (give)

    im

 decir (say)

    gachi

 diez (ten)

    teppi, tabi, tipi,

 dos (two)

    lamma

 elefante (elephant)

    don/ger

 espíritu del muerto o antepasados (sprit of the dead or ancestors)

    meshi

 frio (aire)

    k'azh-i, k'aj-i, k'aj -

 fuego (fire)

    nu, nuu

 garra (claw)

    gusho , gushum

 grande (big)

    gebi

 hígado (liver)

    torob/o

 hogar (home)

    zel -

 hoja (leaf)

    k'al , kalpo

 hueso (bone)

    leefa

 huevo (egg)

    mula , muuka

 invitado (invited)

    shosh-i -

 ir (to go)

    y -

 jefe / dios (boss/god)

    baira, bair-o

 lanza (spear)

    ban /, bank'i

 león (lion)

    zo'bo'

 llover (to rain)

    k'an , doomo

 lluvia (rain)

    doob -, doble -, dob -

 luna (moon)

    arp-e, arf-i, arp-i

 madera (wood)

    haaqa

 madre (mother)

    ind-o

 mandril (monkey/chuck?????)

    gai-ta(masculino), gain(femenino)

 mano (hand)

    ani, an

 miel (honey)

    kur-i

 muchachos (boys)

    nana

 muerte (die)

    dees

 nariz (nose)

    nuki

 nombre (name)

    naabi, nabe

 oir (hear)

    sIIk -

 ojo (eye)

    afi, ap-i, aapi, haap-i

 oreja (ear)

    k'am-i

 pájaro (bird)

    apte, apopai

 pastor (shepard)

    gishima

 pecho femenino (female breast)

    ami

 pez (fish)

    kaara

 pie (foot)

    rro

 piojo (louse / lice)

    k'aasa

 puerta / verja (door/gate)

    kari

 qué? (what)

    are

 quemadura (burn)

    a

 quién? (who?)

    ayne

 rodilla (knee)

    b/uk'o

 saber (to know)

    des

 sangre (blood)

    zombi, zumpi

 seis (six)

    lah

 serpiente (snake)

    guuni, guni

 sol (sun)

    ay

 todos (everyone)

    wuul

 tumba (tomb)

    duji , olo

 vasija (vessel)

    da , daha

 vosotros (you)

    ya'ddi

Me

    inta

 

Friday, January 22, 2021

Senatorial Rules Ideas

 

Senatorial rules are the worst. They're decided by the majority, so it's always a weird game to try to give the best political situation to the majority. 

My crazy idea is to have rule changes only take effect after 4 years. That way the majority wouldn't senselessly give themselves more power because they might be the minority when the rules come to effect. Emergency rule changes could come into effect immediately with 2/3 of the Senate.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Biden's Cabinet, and how it compares with American demographics

 With Joe Biden's announcement of the most diverse cabinet in American history, I wondered how the demographic breakdown of his cabinet, compared with how much a demographic group should get in the cabinet.

Note this comparison will always be a bit off, because the least members a minority can get while still being represented is 1/16.


OK so here's the demographic data. From the census 


RacePopulation (2017 est.)Share of total population
Total321,004,407100%
One race310,923,36396.9%
  White234,370,20273.0%
  Black or African American40,610,81512.7%
  American Indian and Alaska Native2,632,1020.8%
  Asian17,186,3205.4%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander570,1160.2%
  Other races15,553,8084.8%
Two or more races10,081,0443.1%
  White and Black or African American2,657,5600.8%
  White and American Indian and Alaska Native1,905,9460.6%
  White and Asian2,057,3210.6%
  Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native319,0970.1%
  Hispanic or Latino (of any race)56,510,57117.6%
  Mexican35,709,52811.1%
  Puerto Rican5,418,5211.7%
  Cuban2,158,9620.7%
  Other Hispanic or Latino13,223,5604.1%
  Not Hispanic or Latino264,493,83682.4%
  White (non-Hispanic)197,277,78961.5%
  Black or African American (non-Hispanic)39,445,49512.3%
  American Indian and Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)2,098,7630.7%
  Asian (non-Hispanic)16,989,5405.3%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)515,5220.2%
  Some other race (non-Hispanic)715,4320.2%
  Two or more races7,451,2952.3%

Doing some back of the envelope calculation you should have:

    9.84 White Cabinet Member
    2.86 Hispanic Cabinet Members
    2.03 Black Cabinet Members
    0.86 Asian Cabinet Members
    0.16 American Indian Members
    0.32 "Two or more races"

Let's see how that stacks up against Biden's cabinet


Looking at it,  Biden did a pretty good job matching his cabinet to his country


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