In other news, ASUS management reports that as much as 40% of all sick leave is taken on a Monday or a Friday,

Microsoft embraced Linux years ago. And so far, no sign of "extend". WSL2 is awesome.
Nadella is no Balmer.

How is that your fault? I still look up to 2018 Elon Musk. And 2012 Kanye West.
People change, not always for the best.

That was 20 years ago. Are you still mad at Mitsubishi over Pearl Harbour?

Ask yourself where this anger is coming from. Do you get angry with everyone who disagrees with you? That would get exhausting.
Unless the profanity is meant to be intimidating,or strengthen your authority somehow??

Are you upset that I criticise your (our, I should say. I find Biden/Harris conservative) team, while "ignoring the other"? That misses the point. We could be here all night saying "what an arse Trump is" and how "Stupid all those MAGAs are" . WTF was Elon thinking with DOGE when it was obviously doomed from the start? How could he possibly think Trump cared about the deficit?

  It might even make us feel good, but is it a good use of time? Maybe this is no better, but I'm, wired to be contrarian, and not just state the obvious.
Do you prefer to talk with a person who agrees on everything? I reckon we'd agree on most, and sorry if I avoid that because its boring. What is the purpose of this forum? Maybe it means different things to you and I.

Does it hurt your head when challenged? Thinking is meant to require effort, go with it. Get out of your comfort zone.

P.S. I appreciate the separation between recognising his achievements, and your personal feelings. But what you describe sounds more l like anger than hatred to me. (And justified, I accept.) Do you stay awake at night, thinking about Elon, plotting revenge? Am I quibbling over words?
Lets put it this way, if you had say a job where you had to talk to him, would you find it difficult to remain civil? Say you were working at a hotel desk where he was checking in - would that be painful for you? (I 'm assuming you are capable of hypotheticals, so please try to return the respect.)

I get it, hate is your schtick. It gets clicks.
But on the internet it can mean anything from minor Twitter arguments.
Do you ever feel real hate? A twisting pain in your gut that makes you want to lash out? A mix of anger and disgust?
Where are you on the spectrum from "I hate cold pizza" to "I'm so much better than you", to that guy outside the White House Correspondents' dinner?

That is a rather emotional characterisation, attempting to ridicule legitimate concerns without actually addressing them.

Terms used include "Diminished faculties", "Elderly man with a poor memory".
Technically it may have been "Mild Cognitive Impairment" (MCI). A clinical term for the stage between the expected cognitive decline of normal aging and the more serious decline of dementia. Not something you want in a president, let alone somebody just starting a 4 year term. And the swinging voters (you call them independents?) could see that plainly, even if the True Believers could not.

      But right now, you are probably yelling in your head how he was "better than Trump". That tribalist instinct misses the whole point. There were countless people better - including Harris, who would have had a chance if she was nominated from the start.

      All the "yes men" persuaded him to run again, to preserved their own jobs. And the result is what we see now. Another stupid war.

Funny .. thats exactly what I said about the Democrat party. I'm just an observer - you can't hold me responsible for their failings. It was the denial on the Dem's side that gave Trump such an easy victory.

"Hate is good" (when my team does it) +5 insightful.

WTF has happened to /. ? or should I ask what happened to the US? You used to be the good guys.

I'm not in the US, so have never seen this "pass" for Trump. He is reviled. I'm talking about the failures of the Dems.

That "Our octogenarian is better than theirs" tribalism is how you got into this mess. Clearly seeing the failings of the opponent, but being blind to your own team's is a path to failure.
      The party could have chosen a candidate based on merit. You think somebody like Gavin Newsom would have lost? Anybody with half the charisma of Obama could have won.

If Biden had been in good shape in 2024, a scumbag like Trump would never have had a chance.

Facts? More like denial - the sort of denial that handed the presidency to a womanizing felon.

Yes, but not for the reasons you might think. Biden was even more into cognitive decline than Trump, but he had competent grown-ups around him to keep things functioning. As did Trump in his first term, but not so many now. And the rot runs deep. You can blame the senate for anointing the likes of Hegseth and RFK jr.

Be honest. The self-driving is great, but the parking makes you want to grab the wheel and yell "for fuck's sake let me do it".
Yes, it is like when you were teaching your kids to drive :-)

CaaS - Colour as a service.