Sure, but that's the only system we know is stable even over the hundred years or so we've been doing the experiment.
I would be cautiously in favour of STV, but PR systems seem to get rid of the 'you can vote the bastards out' feature in favour of permanent government by the same people in various coalitions.
Being able to change the government without violence is, I think, the only real argument in favour of representative democracy, and it's an important feature, because it's what stops democracies having periodic civil wars, and focuses the parties on at least trying to appear to represent the median voter.
Oh that's nice, thanks, looks like if I can figure out how to submit a form from anki I'll be home and dry....
I can feel some python coming on...
Yes, I'm confused about why engines play so badly in endgames.
If you start them off a piece down then that's presumably a theoretically lost position, but they don't just make random moves because it doesn't matter...
What is it about the endgame that means that they suddenly start to favour the move that drags the game out the longest rather than the move that allows their opponent the biggest chance to screw up?
And actually, they often don't even play the 'drag it out longest' move, they seem to just pick moves at random for no reason.
And that means that I can often beat stockfish in positions which I have no idea how to win against someone who hasn't given up.
Maia does seem to fix this. She plays well in the endgame.
I wonder if it's possible to layer the two things, so that if standard stockfish sees that all moves are equivalent, it can hand off to maia to choose which one to play rather than rolling dice?
Imagine living in a place where you could see the stars at night.