They've been going for 16 years.

They combine companies, change management, encourage various business practices, etc. They're mostly benign, but powerful entities can be dangerous.

Thoma Bravo is becoming a financial force in the tech world. They keep growing.

It's worth mentioning that while pure EVs aren't selling so well, Hybrid EVs are selling very well. So "not selling well" is a bit of a narrow viewpoint.

Yes. And yet, I was hoping we'd make it to 20 Ghz before Moore's law failed. Oh well.

I was hoping we'd make it to 20 Ghz before Moore's law failed. Oh well.

People who don't play office politics lose to people who do. Having "toadies" helps you win the game of Survivor. It works because the CEO doesn't recognize actual skill.

The Sunshine policy didn't work. The North Korean government didn't like how it reduced their power. They are more interested in power than in increasing the opportunities for their people. The North Korean government uses aid to increase its power (by controlling its distribution), and rejects aid or connections that it doesn't control.

So the Sunshine policy would work great if it made connection to people at lower levels, but since the North Korean government prevents that, it becomes a means to increase the power of the North Korean government.

False.

That will happen to Reddit too, once people realize they can get on the front page of search results by posting there.

Terrorists use terror for political purposes. Violence is deprecated, but not everyone who is violent is a terrorist.

Your idea seems unrealistic on two counts:

Historically we have seen groups with houses and future to reach for, who still go to war.

Israel did withdraw from Gaza, motivated by your idea, closing the settlements and removing the settlers, and Gaza got worse, not better. The infrastructure got damaged.

You should read what I wrote again, because I clearly did not ignore that.

Well, I'm uncomfortable killing, period. Even if they are terrorists, we should look for another way before jumping in to killing them. In the case of Hamas there may (or may not) be another way, but war is always and everywhere a sad thing.

I'm basically speaking from personal experience here. I believe Microsoft had a lot of managers with engineering degrees. This trash person has an engineering degree.