Support for Windows 8.1 ended in January 2023. Not all that long ago.

My Linux distro is probably as old as that.

It's easier to control people when they are in a constant state of "crises."

That way we have money that is actually worth something and would reflect that nation's actual wealth.

The S&P ETF SPY is about $645 right now. So that would be one share. Then have deci, centi, and milli, and micro shares. Just use decimals.

For example a car might cost 45.145 shares. Shoes might cost about a deci-share or 0.12 shares.

The value of money would be set by the market, instead of cabal of investment bankers. We have deflation, instead of inflation.

I think all this systemd crap came from IBM. I think IBM has been effectively controlling Linux long before IBM bought Red Hat.
Linux is really just IBM controlled systemd now.

Does anybody still run a BBS that connects to dial-up?

Yeah, because everything was fine before Trump took office.
FYI: this crap has been going on for, at least, 20 years.

Yes, and physical newspapers are better at swatting flies and lining bird cages. But why be pedantic?

It's just a better medium. It's cheaper and faster.

Newer, better technologies take over older technologies. Cell phones took over landlines. Cars took over horses and buggies.

I think that fairly well sums it up.

Unless your hands-on work is totally repetitive, like assembly line worker, warehouse work, or some agricultural workers, your job is probably safe. If you do hands-on work in construction, police, hospital, military; your job is probably safe.

If you work at a computer terminal, or some kind of paperwork; your job may not so safe.

I thought they were eliminated 50 years ago.

Is China getting some kind of valuable classified information? I don't see how. I have worked in a top-secret classified environment for years. You cannot take any kind of cell phone in those areas.

Maybe just tweak Android a little to run better on laptops?

I have also been using Linux for 25 years. I do not see how systemd has improved anything.

For those who have been asleep for the last ten years: the left claims that *everything* Trump does will be an end-of-the-world disaster. The left has barely finished screaming about how dropping a few bombs on Iran will start WWIII. Just like Trump making fun of Kim Jun Un will start WWIII.

The left is also screaming about how 14 million people will die if Trump stops some obvious government waste, fraud, and abuse.

None of this stuff ever happens. It is just propaganda.

BTW: diversity hiring is a civil rights violation, and - in the long run - the worst thing you can do for minorities.