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Comment Re:Boring... (Score 0, Troll) 52

Yes, I'm well aware that the discovery of the true nature of Americans, as opposed to the nice face that they've portrayed for the past 80 years, is a shock to many both in the USA and around the world. But he, and Brexit, LePen, the AfD etc. are what you get when our lords and masters fail to engage with the concerns of large chunks of the population. This ISN'T to defend Trump; he's a disaster. But he's a symptom of a very serious disease that few, if any, are seeking to address; last time round everyone waited for Trump's reign to end, breathed a sigh of relief when it did, pretended that he hadn't got something close to a majority, and went back to business as usual. So we got Trump v2. Even now there are a few focusing on claims that Trump didn't actually win fairly. SO WHAT? Work out why he got as many votes as he did, and do something about it.

Yes, I'm well aware that the discovery of the true nature of Americans, as opposed to the nice face that they've portrayed for the past 80 years, is a shock to many both in the USA and around the world. But he, and Brexit, LePen, the AfD etc. are what you get when our lords and masters fail to engage with the concerns of large chunks of the population. This ISN'T to defend Trump; he's a disaster. But he's a symptom of a very serious disease that few, if any, are seeking to address; last time round everyone waited for Trump's reign to end, breathed a sigh of relief when it did, pretended that he hadn't got something close to a majority, and went back to business as usual. So we got Trump v2. Even now there are a few focusing on claims that Trump didn't actually win fairly. SO WHAT? Work out why he got as many votes as he did, and do something about it.

Exactly.

If the "respectable" people can't stomach deporting (or hopefully never admitting), say, illegal alien gangsters - for just one example - then the public will turn to un-respectable people to get it done.

It's only surprising how long it took.

Comment Re:What Is WSL For? (Score 1) 45

For those that use it; what are you using it for?

Running docker containers and doing web programming and development with them.

Why is WSL preferable to native Linux bare metal or VM?

To bare metal, because I have one work laptop, not two. Also don't particularly want to have to physically manage two.

To a VM, dunno that it is or not. But it's relatively easy to work with and one less thing I have to think about.

Comment Re:How is it ... (Score 2) 141

What's your justification for that remark? Beyond the "stop voting for Republicans" parting shot - except for the very recent past, Red and Blue aren't really that much different - I see the comment you're replying to as a remarkably insightful analysis.

Not sure I need a "justification", lol

But in any case, the guy's first two sentences were reasonable enough ... then he suddenly started spewing political gobbledygook like the kid spewing pea soup in The Exorcist.

Comment So, just like real people? (Score 1) 36

In some cases, the bots generated responses which claimed they were rape survivors, worked with trauma patients, or were Black people who were opposed to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Yes, because real people trying to change others' minds would never stoop to such perfidity!

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