"Normal" was supposed to mean that Clinton would have been the choice of the status quo, the "business as usual" situation. Hence electing her would not have resulted in any stories. What would you want to write about, that nothing is going to be different from how it was during the last administration?
Very likely we wouldn't. Clinton was the "normal" choice. Trump is the much more newsworthy one. As a European, I can only say thank you. Because we're facing the same problem the US is facing: Disenfranchised, disenchanted and utterly disappointed voters that have zero faith in its politicians, and who also think that the media are basically nothing more than a mouthpiece of "the establishment", who are basically doing the same that many Trump voters did: Vote for whoever, if necessary a dishwasher, as long as it's not a politician of "the system".
This should now show us whether it makes a difference to vote for a loudmouth populist. It doesn't get any more loudmouthed or populist, and he has pretty much all the necessary means to do whatever he wishes to do to "fight the rotten system", both domestic and foreign.
Whether goods are cheap or expensive is pointless if you have no money to buy them. Whether it costs 100 or 1000 doesn't matter when all you have is 0.
Yeah, people move around the country because they like to hang out with like minded people, not for economic reasons. That's why you have so few farmers in California. Or IT-specialists in Kansas. It's just that they want to meet their buddies.
You really want to force people to participate in an activity that is completely devoid of any meaning for most of them? Unless you happen to be in a swing state, your vote is worthless.
And with it your vote only counts if your state is not firmly in the hand of either party. Even if you happen to agree with it, your vote is worthless.
So it is more sensible that your vote does not count if you're in a state where there is a sizable majority for either party? Hell, even if I was FOR that party I would feel useless in the election, if that state is already divided 80:20, why bother wasting my time and voting?
Essentially, what it comes down to is that your vote doesn't count in the slightest unless you're in a "swing state". But hey, I could move there, right? Yeah, that's really an option for the average Joe out there.
Call again when I hand over YOUR information to Facebook. Until then your comparison sucks.
What people do with their own information is their own business. If they trade it for... whatever Facebook offers them, that's THEIR business. Not yours. Likewise, if you hand over YOUR information, it's YOUR business.
If you want to hand over my info, please first go play with something poisonous.
That's what you get for trying to take the easy way out! Now he'll have to tell all those (insert relevant racist slurs here) that "he'll call them" or that "it's already taken", just like everyone else!
On a less cynical note, you can't fight racism that way. I'd rather want to know beforehand that some landlord is a racist bastard, it saves me time, he won't let to me anyway and I sure as fuck don't want to rent from him!
Security is the minimum of what the system can do and what the admin can do. Not the average. The minimum.
And good Linux admins know that they're worth money. Now add the willingness of the average manager to pay someone who does some actual work and you know why.
After getting to know a few of them I can say with some reliability that the average C-Level can be replaced with a Magic 8-Ball without any quality loss.
Well, I'm not that sure. Team sports are attractive for one single reason: You can't just do them at home. Even if I am in shape and able to play football, I still need a lot of friends to get a game going. Plus, I could get hurt. So, if I'm interested in that sport, the only way to enjoy it (if I don't have a lot of friends that share that interest) is to watch it on TV.
Plus, the learning curve to play it in a way that's good enough to not drop the ball more often than catching it is pretty steep. It is way easier and appealing to just watch people who can do it well do it.
The same isn't true for computer games. Here, it's trivial to play them yourself if you're interested. Moreover, the difference in "appeal" between you trying (and failing) and someone who can do it well isn't that big. Especially when it comes to appeal.
Maybe I'm biased as someone who can actually play computer game decently, but then again, if I couldn't, why the hell would I be interested in them in the first place?
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Let them think they can see anything of meaning.
I mean: Oh snap, now everything I do online will be known without fail by the government! Oh woe is me! Better not do anything unwholesome!
"Normal" was supposed to mean that Clinton would have been the choice of the status quo, the "business as usual" situation. Hence electing her would not have resulted in any stories. What would you want to write about, that nothing is going to be different from how it was during the last administration?
Very likely we wouldn't. Clinton was the "normal" choice. Trump is the much more newsworthy one. As a European, I can only say thank you. Because we're facing the same problem the US is facing: Disenfranchised, disenchanted and utterly disappointed voters that have zero faith in its politicians, and who also think that the media are basically nothing more than a mouthpiece of "the establishment", who are basically doing the same that many Trump voters did: Vote for whoever, if necessary a dishwasher, as long as it's not a politician of "the system".
This should now show us whether it makes a difference to vote for a loudmouth populist. It doesn't get any more loudmouthed or populist, and he has pretty much all the necessary means to do whatever he wishes to do to "fight the rotten system", both domestic and foreign.
Well, considering he's singing up another climate change ... questioner ..., probably we WILL find greener pastures in Canada soon...
Actually, before the 1960s this was the biggest leap that technology took. You could say, it literally exploded.
Whether goods are cheap or expensive is pointless if you have no money to buy them. Whether it costs 100 or 1000 doesn't matter when all you have is 0.
At least 6 million people would disagree that it's gonna pass...
Yeah, people move around the country because they like to hang out with like minded people, not for economic reasons. That's why you have so few farmers in California. Or IT-specialists in Kansas. It's just that they want to meet their buddies.
You really want to force people to participate in an activity that is completely devoid of any meaning for most of them? Unless you happen to be in a swing state, your vote is worthless.
Well, Europe is doing pretty well under that mob rule so far.
The whole first-past-the-post bullshit is way worse.
And with it your vote only counts if your state is not firmly in the hand of either party. Even if you happen to agree with it, your vote is worthless.
So it is more sensible that your vote does not count if you're in a state where there is a sizable majority for either party? Hell, even if I was FOR that party I would feel useless in the election, if that state is already divided 80:20, why bother wasting my time and voting?
Essentially, what it comes down to is that your vote doesn't count in the slightest unless you're in a "swing state". But hey, I could move there, right? Yeah, that's really an option for the average Joe out there.
Some people still have jobs, ya know?
Call again when I hand over YOUR information to Facebook. Until then your comparison sucks.
What people do with their own information is their own business. If they trade it for ... whatever Facebook offers them, that's THEIR business. Not yours. Likewise, if you hand over YOUR information, it's YOUR business.
If you want to hand over my info, please first go play with something poisonous.
If Ireland can't keep the scam, sorry, "tax model" rolling, the country is the next that's due for a Greek treatment.
Odd. All overboarding DRM did was make me NOT pay for software and search alternatives.
Or a DDoS. They're kinda popular these days.
That way the whole IoT idiocy would at least finally has a use.
That's what you get for trying to take the easy way out! Now he'll have to tell all those (insert relevant racist slurs here) that "he'll call them" or that "it's already taken", just like everyone else!
On a less cynical note, you can't fight racism that way. I'd rather want to know beforehand that some landlord is a racist bastard, it saves me time, he won't let to me anyway and I sure as fuck don't want to rent from him!
Ask anyone who ever had to suffer from some big company's tech support whether they are ok with discriminating against Indians. I dare you.
Security is the minimum of what the system can do and what the admin can do. Not the average. The minimum.
And good Linux admins know that they're worth money. Now add the willingness of the average manager to pay someone who does some actual work and you know why.
Nah, I just tell him where to put the band aid, putting it on costs extra.
Seriously, if people knew what kind of crap they're using I'd be a lot poorer.
After getting to know a few of them I can say with some reliability that the average C-Level can be replaced with a Magic 8-Ball without any quality loss.
Well, I'm not that sure. Team sports are attractive for one single reason: You can't just do them at home. Even if I am in shape and able to play football, I still need a lot of friends to get a game going. Plus, I could get hurt. So, if I'm interested in that sport, the only way to enjoy it (if I don't have a lot of friends that share that interest) is to watch it on TV.
Plus, the learning curve to play it in a way that's good enough to not drop the ball more often than catching it is pretty steep. It is way easier and appealing to just watch people who can do it well do it.
The same isn't true for computer games. Here, it's trivial to play them yourself if you're interested. Moreover, the difference in "appeal" between you trying (and failing) and someone who can do it well isn't that big. Especially when it comes to appeal.
Maybe I'm biased as someone who can actually play computer game decently, but then again, if I couldn't, why the hell would I be interested in them in the first place?
After all, it's even easier to outsource being unproductive.
But only now quality competes with theirs and at a lower price, too.