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My laptop has Home/End/PgUp/PgDn as the Fn function on the Arrow keys, and its actually really good. So good I've actually setup other machines with the same shortcuts wherever I can.
Having said all that, this comment is all anecdotal, much like yours.
The latter part of your problem is a solved one. Weather forecasts and local conditions (from your own indoor/outdoor sensors) for the weather, heat capacity and permeability could be hardcoded or via helpers, cigarette smoke via air quality sensors. All of these can be integrated with Home Assistant.
All that is left is something to physically open/close the window, which should also be a solved problem.
Not all code. From the linked article:
> However, the court cautioned that not all software could be considered expressive, and thus not all source code would necessarily be protected.
Cost of doing business.
As the count is completed at the polling place, of which there are multiple per electorate, the total number of votes is substantially lower than 43,000 even, and so the % accuracy is much higher. No publicised figure (that I know of) for how many "missing" ballots there can be before questions are raised, but I suspect its in the single digit range. Ballots are generally counted a couple of times but, even more if there's any ballots missing.
It's like there's a pro-electronic movement that's looking for every excuse to move to electronic...
Ok, so we go electronic. We put in all these extra checks and balances to account for it's downsides. It runs well. People start questioning the need for the checks and balances, since it's so full-proof. So we remove the checks and balances. <anakin-fun-begins.gif> <shocked-pikachu.gif>
For the people that complain about the staffing requirements for a paper-based election: it's a feature, not a bug. The sheer number of people involved make it virtually impossible to rig an election.