Yess, there is a tiny instance of things being different than for everything else! The people that made these claims must be COMPLETELY wrong because of this!
A "mediocre PHP programmer" is somewhere in the middle of the very bottom selection, i.e. a really bad coder that is not too smart overall. Fits. It this messes up form of capitalism, even a nil-whit can get rich if he hits the right time and is aggressive enough.
This guy is aggressive, has no morals and is somewhat business-savvy. For an "incredible mind", you need a bit more. Next you will claim that the current president is an "intellectual giant"...
So you think they are planning to go no-OS and sell browser-based cloud office licenses? Possibly. I mean, it would not be very difficult to make Windows 11 actually a window-manager on top of X11 and a set of tools. Would not even need to be Linux below that, one of the BSDs or a commercial Unix would do just fine.
You apparently do not understand that "a honest politician is one that stays bought". And no, you have nothing on your side, except a complete ignorance as to human nature and some bogus studies. And, of course, usually the bad decisions that are paid for are cleverly disguised. After all, somebody from the other side could turn this around easily otherwise. Incidentally, I happen to be a scientist, and I know how such studies are created. And, unlike you, I can read and understand them.
I agree on the regulations, unfortunately. Things will change only if people that make the bad decisions become a massive liability. The only way to get there without seeing too many companies fold is by regulation, the affected organizations are simply incapable of the strategic planning needed unless forced to.
IMO hiring cheap people is the same as hiring crap people. Sure, hiring expensive people does not at all assure you get good people, but it leaves the possibility. When hiring cheap, there is an assured outcome, no matter how much many in "leadership" positions are lying to themselves about it.
The Mythical Man-Month is still very accurate in its analysis and recommendations, yet not only is it ignored today, it is often completely unknown. That is staggering, but it explains why so much IT is managed in a completely clueless fashion, despite all the major issues actually having been known for a long, long time. I have to admit I did not read the other two though, probably should fix that.
Indeed. And in most large organizations, this is heading for a really big catastrophe that will take multiple decades to clean up. That is in the organizations that can survive their long-term extreme mismanagement of their IT.
I see that in action at a Fortune-500 company every day. They have "developers" and "system administrators" that are completely clueless and cannot even do the most simple things. Of course, not all of them are like that, but when you (rarely) run into somebody that actually knows their stuff, you soon after find out they are leaving or they are waiting for retirement or they are external consultants.
Corruption removes control mechanisms and allows unchecked and unrestricted use of power. This allows those without morals and without loyalty to their society (current case is a nice example) to eventually take over most of the running of society, and, since they have no stake in it, its destruction.
Either you must be that thick and unwilling to acknowledge this...
That seems to characterize these people pretty well. After all, they are literally mining hot air and are dependent on a "greater fool" to buy from them.
What, no religious fuckup standing up for his or her perverted beliefs? I am disappointed. Now they seem to have added "cowardice" to their core values.
Considering modern feminism dumped equality, decided to go full authoritarian. Screeches that a "penis in vagina" is rape. Has a very serious man-hatred problem. Fights against domestic abuse shelters for men. That prominent voices state that rape can only be done by men. Promoting anti-equality under law legislation - meaning guilt before innocence no matter the case. Promoting anti-exculpatory evidence laws. Promoting no jail sentences for violent female offenders.
Yeah, I'd say feminism has some good blame to soak.
Well, feminism is not a homogeneous movement. However, the anti-equality stance is right in the name and the faction you refer to is basically nothing else than gender-based fascism. As such, they are far worse than the worst excesses of the patriarchate ever was. Yes, I am aware that that basically amounted to treating grown women as children and that is not acceptable. But these feminazis are treating men as not even human and that is far, far worse.
Well, what can I say? +1, insightful is probably the right thing. Also remember that the catastrophe of the prohibition was caused by a female movement. I am beginning to suspect that women with power are on average so much worse than men with power (who are really, really bad), that this is the origin of the idea of the patriarchate.
I don't think they would survive that long-term. But, MS being fundamentally incompetent and clueless, they may not realize that. So you definitely have a point.
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Ah, sorry, "Intellectual giant and stable genius", and apparently also some other things...
Probably easier for the NSA to force in their back-doors. I guess they have something juicy on the CEO and forced that change of location.
Yess, there is a tiny instance of things being different than for everything else! The people that made these claims must be COMPLETELY wrong because of this!
Seriously, this argument is beyond stupid.
Otherwise it gets really tedious to replace all those BIOSes. Now they can just use an NSL or secret law to do it.
I think "nothing" vastly overstates his value to society. "Massively negative" is probably more accurate.
A "mediocre PHP programmer" is somewhere in the middle of the very bottom selection, i.e. a really bad coder that is not too smart overall. Fits. It this messes up form of capitalism, even a nil-whit can get rich if he hits the right time and is aggressive enough.
This guy is aggressive, has no morals and is somewhat business-savvy. For an "incredible mind", you need a bit more. Next you will claim that the current president is an "intellectual giant"...
So you think they are planning to go no-OS and sell browser-based cloud office licenses? Possibly. I mean, it would not be very difficult to make Windows 11 actually a window-manager on top of X11 and a set of tools. Would not even need to be Linux below that, one of the BSDs or a commercial Unix would do just fine.
You apparently do not understand that "a honest politician is one that stays bought". And no, you have nothing on your side, except a complete ignorance as to human nature and some bogus studies. And, of course, usually the bad decisions that are paid for are cleverly disguised. After all, somebody from the other side could turn this around easily otherwise. Incidentally, I happen to be a scientist, and I know how such studies are created. And, unlike you, I can read and understand them.
I agree on the regulations, unfortunately. Things will change only if people that make the bad decisions become a massive liability. The only way to get there without seeing too many companies fold is by regulation, the affected organizations are simply incapable of the strategic planning needed unless forced to.
IMO hiring cheap people is the same as hiring crap people. Sure, hiring expensive people does not at all assure you get good people, but it leaves the possibility. When hiring cheap, there is an assured outcome, no matter how much many in "leadership" positions are lying to themselves about it.
The Mythical Man-Month is still very accurate in its analysis and recommendations, yet not only is it ignored today, it is often completely unknown. That is staggering, but it explains why so much IT is managed in a completely clueless fashion, despite all the major issues actually having been known for a long, long time. I have to admit I did not read the other two though, probably should fix that.
Indeed. And in most large organizations, this is heading for a really big catastrophe that will take multiple decades to clean up. That is in the organizations that can survive their long-term extreme mismanagement of their IT.
I see that in action at a Fortune-500 company every day. They have "developers" and "system administrators" that are completely clueless and cannot even do the most simple things. Of course, not all of them are like that, but when you (rarely) run into somebody that actually knows their stuff, you soon after find out they are leaving or they are waiting for retirement or they are external consultants.
You should start taking your meds again. You are batshit crazy and completely disconnected from society.
I agree. This is so f***** up it is staggering. And in plain sight, no less.
It still is called corruption by anybody that understands how societies work. It is the cancer that corrodes a society.
Corruption removes control mechanisms and allows unchecked and unrestricted use of power. This allows those without morals and without loyalty to their society (current case is a nice example) to eventually take over most of the running of society, and, since they have no stake in it, its destruction.
Either you must be that thick and unwilling to acknowledge this ...
That seems to characterize these people pretty well. After all, they are literally mining hot air and are dependent on a "greater fool" to buy from them.
What, no religious fuckup standing up for his or her perverted beliefs? I am disappointed. Now they seem to have added "cowardice" to their core values.
You are deranged.
Considering modern feminism dumped equality, decided to go full authoritarian. Screeches that a "penis in vagina" is rape. Has a very serious man-hatred problem. Fights against domestic abuse shelters for men. That prominent voices state that rape can only be done by men. Promoting anti-equality under law legislation - meaning guilt before innocence no matter the case. Promoting anti-exculpatory evidence laws. Promoting no jail sentences for violent female offenders.
Yeah, I'd say feminism has some good blame to soak.
Well, feminism is not a homogeneous movement. However, the anti-equality stance is right in the name and the faction you refer to is basically nothing else than gender-based fascism. As such, they are far worse than the worst excesses of the patriarchate ever was. Yes, I am aware that that basically amounted to treating grown women as children and that is not acceptable. But these feminazis are treating men as not even human and that is far, far worse.
Well, what can I say? +1, insightful is probably the right thing. Also remember that the catastrophe of the prohibition was caused by a female movement. I am beginning to suspect that women with power are on average so much worse than men with power (who are really, really bad), that this is the origin of the idea of the patriarchate.
Oh, yes. Religion has zero business running anything in a free society.
I don't think they would survive that long-term. But, MS being fundamentally incompetent and clueless, they may not realize that. So you definitely have a point.