"The increase in the value of the world of things is directly proportional to the decrease in the value of the human world."
Civilian deaths, displacement and global economic fallout raise another core question: Is the harm proportional to the goal? Under just war theory, that balance matters a lot.
(mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.
For example, according to the gas laws, pressure is directly proportional to temperature: the quotient derived from pressure (numerator) and temperature (denominator) will be constant; however, pressure is inversely proportional to volum…
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This is all bandaid stuff. There’s a very simple permanent fix for redistricting, and for most of what’s terribly wrong in American politics today: Proportional Representation elections. Americans are STUPID not t…
“Civilian deaths, displacement and global economic fallout raise another core question: Is the harm proportional to the goal? Under just war theory, that balance matters a lot.”
“This is all bandaid stuff. There’s a very simple permanent fix for redistricting, and for most of what’s terribly wrong in American politics today: Proportional Representation elections. Americans are STUPID not to be shouting this from the rooftops. youtu.be/_S0Pjhh2A9g?...”
“Imagine how proportional representation could democratize our Canadian political system, where each of our votes would actually have a determining factor in electing people, parties & policies that most represent Canadian population. Democracies clinging to FPP are autocracies.”
“Or multi-member districts with proportional representation. Can’t gerrymander if everyone is in the same bucket at the statewide level. Personally, I’d think about adding a couple non-voting delegates to the lowest population states, but that might be too complex.”
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(mostly, US) In proportion (to), proportionate.
This ensures consistency across your website design so that you don't end up with elements that are not adequately proportional with each other.
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Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).
A font is proportional if all characters in the font have different widths due to their various sizes.
“"OMG. I'm going to die!" Yes, eventually, but most likely, after living a long life. There is only 0.01% chance you're going to die in this situation. Arresting mass murdering psychopaths actually works. Your fear is not proportional to the risk.”
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