Once we wipe out enough of the species that it begins to show up on quarterly reports as loss of profit, maybe we'll consider doing something about it.

Interesting you should say that. I just heard this morning that as more immigrants get sent out of the country we may experience a net loss to the population for the first time in decades. In addtion, because of all these people no longer in the country, GDP will decrease because they aren't buying goods and services nor helping to produce goods and services.

We know this is already affecting industries such as housing where one MAGA voter whined it will take him years to replace the immigrants taken from him. Of course, in Florida, they're already aware of what happens when you go after immigrants. Food rots in the field and businesses can't fully operate.

Perhaps these extended droughts will accelerate these issues.

I do. The music is mine. I'm not dependent on someone else playing it for me over some shitty link.

Further, there is cover art and words to the songs.

I own it. I'm not renting it from anyone.

Oh for fucks sake. Trump ran on pulling back from Ukraine involvement. It was loudly and clearly part of his campaign. Average people want less involvement with foreign conflicts, not more:

MS is in no way hurting. They made a profit of $26 Billion in March, far ahead of Wall Street projections.

As other companies are also specifically targeting that mid-management layer, this is a possible sign that the Cult of the MBA may be waning.

If the company didn't rescind his credentials immediately upon firing, that's all the reputation you need to know.

This is basic security practice taught in every 100 level IT security course.

will whine about having to pay for anything

You mean like people on here and elsewhere who brag about stealing music/movies/software because they don't want to pay?

If it's okay for you to steal someone else's work, why is not acceptable for these companies to scrape available content?

Maybe you shouldn't have been pushing stuff like puberty blockers without parental consent (or knowledge),

Which of course never happened.

But it's perfectly fine for a parent to let their child die of a preventable disease because "vaccines bad", right?

People no longer have access to the National Archives, the largest repository of information in the country. Even the Natoinal Archives web site has removed tons of information.

So much for "transparency".

I sampled your mother first.

Most of the people that go to Vegas know they're not going to win anything. My grandparents used to go every year, and that vacation was their annual highlight. They set aside a budget, enjoyed themselves blowing it on the tables, then enjoyed the hotels and the shows. This was the early 60's, mind you, the height of the Rat Pack era when Sinatra and Dean Martin were still playing there, and there was a mobbed-up mystique about the place to the WWII generation. My grands knew they weren't going to win anything. They just enjoyed the thrill of it all. It was the "adult" Disneyland, a bit of naughty fun for people that survived the skies and fields of Europe and Asia, and as far as they were concerned, "fuck you, I'll blow my spare money as I see fit".

Most men still have a PC simply for gaming, if nothing else. Women don't give a shit about gaming. And the phone is the natural instrument for their Instagraming.

My wife has a nice laptop that she barely touches. She'll pull it out every once in a blue moon, but she and all the women she knows use two things primarily: their phones, and their tablets for reading. The smartphone was the perfect product for females. It fits the way they communicate. A lot of men would be fine with plain texting, email, and maybe some IRC. Women crave that constat, content-filled social connection.

The shrinking userbase doesnâ(TM)t have jack shit to do with 11â(TM)s requirements, and everything to do with women using their phones for everything now. It was silly to even attempt that argument.The writer went on a Windows rant when this shift has been predicted for 25+ years. There are kids with $500+ smartphones that have never touched a computer.

Good to know if your phone is lost/stolen/damaged you are shit out of luck.