Nepotism is what happens when you promote people that you have some non-professional relationship with. Professional networking is what happens when you directly observe competent people and want to keep working with them.
That distinction is largely meaningless. The old aristocracy also believed they ruled on merit, not on birth.
Let's face it, given the "Can't work, won't work" attitude that seems to be the majority here, even a person with half the drive of Musk would keep showing up in the headlines.
Call it what it is: nepotism. The fact that so many people put it at number 1 for job search purposes puts the lie to the meritocratic fantasy of the job market.
So tell me, how do you run Free Software on a proprietary operating system (by which I assume you mean WIndows) without the hassle of license tracking?
hahahaha as if the shareholder data isn't skewed [...]
When presented with facts, complaining that the facts are rigged? Fuck off to Infowars or wherever you morons hang out, but STFU here and let the adults have a conversation.
That's a nice euphemism for 'a bunch of freeloaders who want all the advantages of a modern state but refuse to pay for it'. Don't believe me? Then why is the first reason the Free State Project puts up on its list taxes?
Nothing to do with freedom, unless it is the freedom to be a moocher on what others built.
On the contrary, I think Linus is a very sane person. I think in time he will see that his attitude is damaging to his vision of the kernel and that when he comes to realise and step beyond his own behaviour he will be much more effective - as will the people around him because they won't have anxiety interfering with their coding.
Linus already realises that. I read the LKML daily, and real outbursts are pretty rare. Most of the time Linus is pretty understanding about mistakes, errors, and faults in procedure. The outbursts make the news because they are highly amusing.
I didn't say you were a Trump supporter. I told you to go repeat right-wing talking points, and I used the most visible right-winger in the US right now as a shorthand.
You know it is possible to use language for more than straight description, don't you?
Moreover, this was inevitable. ISIS, for all its propaganda, was nothing more than the Sunni kicked out of Bagdad, and they wanted it back.
Propaganda only works for so long. Beyond a certain point you have exhausted your pool of volunteers who don't look at what exactly they're fighting for, and at that point your terror-based propaganda starts working against you.
Cynicism qua cynicism is not interesting, it's a pose that belongs to a teenager who thinks it makes them appear deep. It is quite possible that someone gains insight and changes their mind.
I am not supporting my candidate. She is not my candidate, which you would have known, had you not been the usual right-wing fuckwit too stupid to breathe without their Leader telling them to.
The public record you speak of shows Hillary being exonerated on almost all claims. It's only the sort of idiots who live in Breitbart and Infowars echo chambers who think otherwise.
In case the insults hadn't clued you in (of course they didn't, you're a rightwing idiot, after all): I'm not interested in debating you; you are far too stupid to do such a thing. So fuck off already.
If you are going to ignore the example I gave you, while asking for examples, I am going to assume you are arguing in bad faith. So do your own homework, I'm done with you.
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That distinction is largely meaningless. The old aristocracy also believed they ruled on merit, not on birth.
Let's face it, given the "Can't work, won't work" attitude that seems to be the majority here, even a person with half the drive of Musk would keep showing up in the headlines.
Call it what it is: nepotism. The fact that so many people put it at number 1 for job search purposes puts the lie to the meritocratic fantasy of the job market.
So you have to go to all that trouble to save licensed images and keep track of which machine they belong to. And you say that's no hassle?
So tell me, how do you run Free Software on a proprietary operating system (by which I assume you mean WIndows) without the hassle of license tracking?
Idiot.
You're right, Apple is much better at that.
When presented with facts, complaining that the facts are rigged? Fuck off to Infowars or wherever you morons hang out, but STFU here and let the adults have a conversation.
That's a nice euphemism for 'a bunch of freeloaders who want all the advantages of a modern state but refuse to pay for it'. Don't believe me? Then why is the first reason the Free State Project puts up on its list taxes?
Nothing to do with freedom, unless it is the freedom to be a moocher on what others built.
But isn't it funny that every time a mistake is made it is nudity that is the target? While the hate speech and violence is left alone?
And for 'funny' read: "Piss off with your American prudishness".
Linus already realises that. I read the LKML daily, and real outbursts are pretty rare. Most of the time Linus is pretty understanding about mistakes, errors, and faults in procedure. The outbursts make the news because they are highly amusing.
I didn't say you were a Trump supporter. I told you to go repeat right-wing talking points, and I used the most visible right-winger in the US right now as a shorthand.
You know it is possible to use language for more than straight description, don't you?
And Right still correlates with Stupid.
I am not, and never have been, part of the American Left.
Now go recite Trump talking points at your friends, Polly.
You bought into the propaganda. For heavens sake, think! What is the name of ISIS' putative leader? al-Baghdadi: "The Man from Baghdad".
Moreover, this was inevitable. ISIS, for all its propaganda, was nothing more than the Sunni kicked out of Bagdad, and they wanted it back.
Propaganda only works for so long. Beyond a certain point you have exhausted your pool of volunteers who don't look at what exactly they're fighting for, and at that point your terror-based propaganda starts working against you.
The contortions the American Right go to to defend a fascist (yes, he is) dictator like Putin show where their true sympathies lie.
It's also unfair to Margaret Atwood, as she retracted that statement later. She is now fully onboard with regarding Science Fiction as Literary genre.
Cynicism qua cynicism is not interesting, it's a pose that belongs to a teenager who thinks it makes them appear deep. It is quite possible that someone gains insight and changes their mind.
And I say this as a confirmed cynic myself.
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I am not supporting my candidate. She is not my candidate, which you would have known, had you not been the usual right-wing fuckwit too stupid to breathe without their Leader telling them to.
The public record you speak of shows Hillary being exonerated on almost all claims. It's only the sort of idiots who live in Breitbart and Infowars echo chambers who think otherwise.
In case the insults hadn't clued you in (of course they didn't, you're a rightwing idiot, after all): I'm not interested in debating you; you are far too stupid to do such a thing. So fuck off already.
Ok, around '56 we had stopped hanging them and decided that they were such good anti-Commies that we'd overlook their faults.
But really, if that 60 years ago remark did not trigger 'denazification' in your head in this context, you're irredeemably stupid.
Is it calling for violence to point that 60 years ago we used to hang the kind of people that support Trump?
It seems the new owners have decided that a race to the bottom with Soylent to see who can first become the 'Tech Breitbart' was a good idea.
There's really no need to consider that option.
Yes, I know. Thinking is hard. Regurgitating Breitbart is easier.
Have you even considered that what you think is 'everyone' might be wrong?
If you are going to ignore the example I gave you, while asking for examples, I am going to assume you are arguing in bad faith. So do your own homework, I'm done with you.