The only VM with good Windows accelerated graphics performance is VMware, period. It feels gross to write that, but it's true.

I have one for space cadet pinball...

You failed to read between the lines there.

You think it's not an problem if a hostile superpower with massive manufacturing capacity is going to go through some hard times?

You remind me of Macron being all happy to make Trump sign a treaty at Versailles. How did that go the last time?

It doesn't require nearly as many people working nearly as hard as we have now to provide for everyone.

Easy: Blade Runner.
I think, two words qualify as one line, /me hicks.
Or not?

Hick ... how do you come to that ... hick ... idea?
Belch ...

It is not the weapon that kills you, it is the bullet.
A single bullet might be less lethal, unless it hits you at a vital point.
A swarm of bullets is a complete different matter.

The problem is government. OK, nobody takes government IT seriously and for good reason, but they still need to interface with the government constantly. Since every fucking governmental entity in the USA is based on Windows and IBM, we're all forced to be able to interoperate with those. Microsoft has deliberately made their Office suite non-interoperable with false standards that require epic effort to duplicate to a working extent.

Local governments use Windows to interoperate with State govs. State govs use Windows to interoperate with the feds. Microsoft is a defense contractor and part of the panopticon (literally every whistleblower has had something to tell us about how our government uses their control over Microsoft to spy on us, they're a known member of PRISM, etc.) so the feds will "never" stop using Windows, and trying to keep the rest of us using it too.

I put never in quotes because sure it can change... but only way too late.

Not unless a lot of new capacity is added. There are not a lot of fabs being built to increase memory production capacity. Not only will the AI demand not vanish overnight, but there is also going to be a lot of pent-up demand from consumers to satisfy. They will be comparatively pleased to pay only slightly elevated prices.

That would be ideal, but barring that, we could use WoL to wake them up when they need updates. The technology is only what, 30 years old?

Also I believe various ranked-choice algorithms will elect centrists, even if the extremes are not equidistant from the center. The main problem is that the candidates have to be distributed in a way that matches the population, it may be that only extremists want to get into politics. In that case ranked-choice will choose the extremists nearest the center and still be an improvement.

The USA is the world's second largest manufacturer of heavy equipment, and it won't just go quietly. The death throes will be substantial. Meanwhile we've been getting a tech transfer from Ukraine so the USA can function in modern warfare.

Nothing good happens if the USA fails.

I would agree MAGA has moved much more to the right than the "DSA" candidates have moved left. However they have both moved away from the center.

Are the security, manageability, and integration in the room with us?

1) Microsoft just pushed an update which fixes a bunch of Windows problems, but fucks up Office, they obviously did zero integration testing.
2) This update was mandatory, it could not be declined by any means, even though it was known to fuck things up. So much for manageability.
3) Don't even fucking get me started on security when Microsoft doesn't even know what the fuck happened at least the last two times there's been a serious security breach of Azure. There are no logs. They have no clue.

Only a complete chucklefuck with zero industry experience believes Microsoft provides any of those things. Even policy is a shitty joke when it doesn't do half the shit you want and the other half is unreliable, you still wind up needing the scripts and other bullshit for windows automation that people cite as a problem when you need them for Unix.

If you're not trying to be insulting, but you're being insulting anyway, you're a stupid asshole.