He was also charismatic and incredibly self-confident. Even now he says he wouldn't have done anything different if he had a do-over for his term.
The simple fact is that charisma and confidence are necessary for succeeding in electoral politics. Narcissists are incredibly self-confident, and the very self-confident often appear to be narcissists.
I don't see how solar panels = humility.
It's the answer, that's what it is. Combine it with the aura of self-confidence inherent to narcissism (or mistaken for narcissism) and that's the bloody obvious answer. Confidence + Charisma = People listen to you. That, people listening to you, is the key to leadership.
Ouch! $150 just to use your projector? Which I assume wasn't cheap in the first place. There's EDID spoofing software for Windows that I used to get nVidia's 3d software (this was a few years ago before 3d support was builtin to windows) to recognize my 3d TV. I forget how it worked with HDCP though.
Well, as a platform becomes more popular, people want to do things like run paid software and watch protected content, so DRM support becomes necessary. As people do more and more things with the platform, the number of components grows, introducing more opportunities for bugs, and greater pressure on programmers to fix bugs that increase in number faster than the number of programmers does, leading to sloppy patches and unreported flaws.
So in the end, becoming more popular leads to the issues that you complain about with popular software. The end result being that you will never be happy about anything unless you learn to relax and accept that some things are just inevitable.
From ZDNet: "The Chinese company has reportedly filed suits in both the United States and China accusing its South Korean competitor of using its 4G cellular technology, operating systems and user interface software. In a statement, Huawei urged Samsung to obtain licensing agreements for those technologies, and to "work together with Huawei to jointly drive the industry forward.""
I'm skeptical of the idea that Samsung would have any interest in infringing on their 4G patents, and find the OS and UI claims to be absurd. How does Huawei have a patent for Android?
I don't think I'm alone in my skepticism of Chinese courts, IP enforcement, and the validity of their patents. Huawei is an imitator, what patents could they have for Samsung to violate?
Then don't respect the man, respect the President.
Even though we disagree, I do not wish to be your foe. Perhaps your opponent, because that allows argument without precluding friendship. I believe you to be an intelligent person, just one who might be too upset about some specific thing to keep thinking clearly. Something we all fall prey to at times. Perhaps that's because I'm accustomed to having people with radically opposing political views as my closest friends, but I hope that it isn't so contingent on my personal experience that everyone can't feel the same.
I argue these matters because I think it's important we do so, not because it's personal or because I'm trying to make political converts. If it was personal, I'd either ignore you or get mean. I don't know what I'd do if I was trying to convert you, never tried.
Democracy requires public debate. So we should engage, even if we two are the only ones who benefit. Name calling only gets in the way, so we should avoid it.
So, what you perceive as bad behavior on his part excuses what you know to be bad behavior on your part?
Part of my ideology is that one should treat their political opponents fairly and honestly, to give them the same benefit of the doubt I would give to political allies. Never to assume that they are anything but sincere about the motives and goals of their policies no matter how strongly I disagree with those policies.
And most importantly, that substantive debate is the heart of a healthy democracy, that vain mockery harms it, and that rhetorical demonization leads only to its demise and the damnation of us all.
There's a lot about Trump I dislike or am not comfortable with. But he won the election and deserves the same respect as any other President. Substantive criticism is just and proper, and there is much to criticize. Calling him a mango is devoid of substance. It weakens the intellect and precludes understanding. It is a disgraceful misuse of use of our right to debate and criticize, shaming and discrediting our democracy.
Whether or not behavior is right or wrong is by definition a matter of ethics. That the rest of your post is nothing more than pure hypocrisy suggest to me that you might not be at all familiar with the topic so I recommend studying the works of Immanuel Kant. He is not known for being an easy read, but as they say, nothing important is easy.
Here's some other things about which you seem to be unaware: Presidents have broad discretion over staffing decisions, including being exempt from nepotism rules. They have broad authority over immigration, and if you don't like their immigration policy that's a political disagreement, nothing more. Certainly not an excuse for bad behavior on your part. Ditto for healthcare and environmental policy - you disagree, that doesn't mean you're right or that he's bad. Having different priorities is normal, his won the election so you're going to have to live with them for now. Don't be a baby about it.
Oh, and there is no "neo-nazi" connection. There was never any basis to that claim, just empty name calling by people who don't know what the words mean. So good job, you're guilty of something you have accused him of.
Well, Trump is rich, right? More than enough to afford artificial tanning solutions that don't turn you orange. Nor do I see why such a public figure would intentionally use a product that made him look foolish on television. It is possible, but hardly a reasonable assumption.
And no, I do not want "an excuse to be racist". I have no desire to engage in such irrational nonsense, but then I am not the one who said it was okay to make fun of skin tone. Not that a racists need an excuse - those who are ruled by hate will see anything as a reason to excuse the inexcusable.
But that means it was okay between 2008 and last year as well. Which I'm not sure is actually the case, so there appears to be an ethical inconsistency when reason demands consistency from any ethical proposition. So it must either always be okay to mock a President's skin tone or it must never be okay. This is the dilemma. Upon which horn would you prefer to leap?
Seemed pretty obvious to me. Like putting precursors to toxic gasses or explosives into those tiny shampoo bottles. I'm glad terrorists aren't very imaginative.
Well, elected representatives need to be available to their constituents,and that communication is inherently public. If representatives were only going to communinicate via facebook, that would be an issue, but making facebook one of the hundred other ways the people we elect interact with us, I don't see a problem. They're still going to take calls, letters, emails, read tweets, physically attend public forums, have office hours, live amongst their constituents, etc.
Totally agree. What does Hollywood have in store for us? Adaptations of other media - TV shows, plays, and comic books (I won't pretend I don't love Marvel movies), "reboots" of franchises, and maybe one or two original ideas a year. Competition will be good for them.
I half-agree. Voting should take effort, because it's valuable and while people value convenience they don't value things that are. Our elected representatives, on the other hand, are our employees and at the top of their job description is availability and responsiveness.
Consumer grade gear can run full out for more than long enough to perform an upgrade. If it was marginal, then it was already marginal and no one piece of software can be blamed for the inevitable failure.
And what you saw was the user's settings being destroyed by the upgrade, not their data. I'd count that in the OP's favor.
Then the municipality needs to rethink the intersection and/or it's bike laws. In the meantime, "that bike prevented me from exiting the intersection" should be an effective defence.
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If simple sentences are an indicator of idiocy, Hemingway must have been a complete moron.
The simple fact is that charisma and confidence are necessary for succeeding in electoral politics. Narcissists are incredibly self-confident, and the very self-confident often appear to be narcissists. I don't see how solar panels = humility.
It's the answer, that's what it is. Combine it with the aura of self-confidence inherent to narcissism (or mistaken for narcissism) and that's the bloody obvious answer. Confidence + Charisma = People listen to you. That, people listening to you, is the key to leadership.
Ouch! $150 just to use your projector? Which I assume wasn't cheap in the first place. There's EDID spoofing software for Windows that I used to get nVidia's 3d software (this was a few years ago before 3d support was builtin to windows) to recognize my 3d TV. I forget how it worked with HDCP though.
So in the end, becoming more popular leads to the issues that you complain about with popular software. The end result being that you will never be happy about anything unless you learn to relax and accept that some things are just inevitable.
I'm skeptical of the idea that Samsung would have any interest in infringing on their 4G patents, and find the OS and UI claims to be absurd. How does Huawei have a patent for Android?
I don't think I'm alone in my skepticism of Chinese courts, IP enforcement, and the validity of their patents. Huawei is an imitator, what patents could they have for Samsung to violate?
Except for not collecting the same kinds of information.
Even though we disagree, I do not wish to be your foe. Perhaps your opponent, because that allows argument without precluding friendship. I believe you to be an intelligent person, just one who might be too upset about some specific thing to keep thinking clearly. Something we all fall prey to at times. Perhaps that's because I'm accustomed to having people with radically opposing political views as my closest friends, but I hope that it isn't so contingent on my personal experience that everyone can't feel the same.
I argue these matters because I think it's important we do so, not because it's personal or because I'm trying to make political converts. If it was personal, I'd either ignore you or get mean. I don't know what I'd do if I was trying to convert you, never tried.
Democracy requires public debate. So we should engage, even if we two are the only ones who benefit. Name calling only gets in the way, so we should avoid it.
Part of my ideology is that one should treat their political opponents fairly and honestly, to give them the same benefit of the doubt I would give to political allies. Never to assume that they are anything but sincere about the motives and goals of their policies no matter how strongly I disagree with those policies.
And most importantly, that substantive debate is the heart of a healthy democracy, that vain mockery harms it, and that rhetorical demonization leads only to its demise and the damnation of us all.
There's a lot about Trump I dislike or am not comfortable with. But he won the election and deserves the same respect as any other President. Substantive criticism is just and proper, and there is much to criticize. Calling him a mango is devoid of substance. It weakens the intellect and precludes understanding. It is a disgraceful misuse of use of our right to debate and criticize, shaming and discrediting our democracy.
You have a brain, put it to use.
Here's some other things about which you seem to be unaware: Presidents have broad discretion over staffing decisions, including being exempt from nepotism rules. They have broad authority over immigration, and if you don't like their immigration policy that's a political disagreement, nothing more. Certainly not an excuse for bad behavior on your part. Ditto for healthcare and environmental policy - you disagree, that doesn't mean you're right or that he's bad. Having different priorities is normal, his won the election so you're going to have to live with them for now. Don't be a baby about it.
Oh, and there is no "neo-nazi" connection. There was never any basis to that claim, just empty name calling by people who don't know what the words mean. So good job, you're guilty of something you have accused him of.
And no, I do not want "an excuse to be racist". I have no desire to engage in such irrational nonsense, but then I am not the one who said it was okay to make fun of skin tone. Not that a racists need an excuse - those who are ruled by hate will see anything as a reason to excuse the inexcusable.
That is a common, perhaps even natural, reaction to unfamiliar differences. That doesn't make it ethical.
"Big, nosy, control-freak corporate entities" like Oracle, Cisco, Samsung, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Facebook, Lenovo or ZTE? (take a look: https://www.linuxfoundation.or...)
Microsoft is also a platinum member.
But that means it was okay between 2008 and last year as well. Which I'm not sure is actually the case, so there appears to be an ethical inconsistency when reason demands consistency from any ethical proposition. So it must either always be okay to mock a President's skin tone or it must never be okay. This is the dilemma. Upon which horn would you prefer to leap?
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Seemed pretty obvious to me. Like putting precursors to toxic gasses or explosives into those tiny shampoo bottles. I'm glad terrorists aren't very imaginative.
Well, elected representatives need to be available to their constituents,and that communication is inherently public. If representatives were only going to communinicate via facebook, that would be an issue, but making facebook one of the hundred other ways the people we elect interact with us, I don't see a problem. They're still going to take calls, letters, emails, read tweets, physically attend public forums, have office hours, live amongst their constituents, etc.
Totally agree. What does Hollywood have in store for us? Adaptations of other media - TV shows, plays, and comic books (I won't pretend I don't love Marvel movies), "reboots" of franchises, and maybe one or two original ideas a year. Competition will be good for them.
I half-agree. Voting should take effort, because it's valuable and while people value convenience they don't value things that are. Our elected representatives, on the other hand, are our employees and at the top of their job description is availability and responsiveness.
Mango in chief? Since when is it okay to make fun of a President's skin color?
And what you saw was the user's settings being destroyed by the upgrade, not their data. I'd count that in the OP's favor.
Two wrongs don't make a right, and this suit is absurdly wrong.
Then the municipality needs to rethink the intersection and/or it's bike laws. In the meantime, "that bike prevented me from exiting the intersection" should be an effective defence.