redwattlebird

My windows partition forced me to do an update which has now broken the start menu and right clicking on pinned icons. Thanks Microsoft. Great job.

I really can't wait to be rid of it completely but unfortunately the building and construction industry is addicted to torture and refuses to move on from Autodesk.

I use Waterfox but I'll try that too. Would suck because I like Waterfox.

Noted. Will try that! Thanks

No way. Fry it, mash it, stick it in a stew, I say!

Thanks. I think they do ok in New Zealand though with the Maori.

Well, I'm in Australia so I would try and communicate with the indigenous population and teach them how to defend themselves against the upcoming colonist invasion and take advantage of what they have to offer, starting with forcing a signed treaty.

I don't consider different eras as different nations though. I think that's splitting too many hairs. I see a nation as a country that is generally united and governed by a leading entity.

Going back to the Japan example, I would consider them a nation when all the clans were united under one rule. Same with UK, India, Thailand etc.

I dunno, I'm pretty sure Japan is older.

On a separate note, I just installed a Linux partition on my laptop to dual boot since I still need windows for AGI32 and Autodesk. Next weekend, I'll be shrinking my windows partition, move my files to a new partition and mount it in Linux so I can access files both ways.

Feels so good to have absolute control of my computer again.

I'm glad I got out when I could because Recall is such a dodgy 'feature'.

But America has been doing this, funding wars etc, for decades. Vietnam, Iraq, South Korea. Taliban, Saddam, Bin Laden. List goes on.

Is it because you're personally affected now that your view has changed on the involvement of your country in another's?

And had the way you voted, or lack thereof, made any difference to the situation? From what I can see, it's made things so much worse, not only for you and your fellow citizens, but globally. Not only is the genocide continuing to be funded (now with fervour and the promise of developing the stolen land), American citizens and foreign travellers are being unlawfully detained.

I don't know about you, but from the outside looking in, it was extremely obvious to me that KH was the better candidate because she could be reasoned with. Of course, you have many other better candidates but your system only allows you to choose from two.

Honestly, the American voting and political system sucks; I empathise with you there. If you're going to be angry at something, be angry at that and force a change to get in a candidate that represents you and your values. You got great politicians like AOC and Bernie but with the current system, they'll never be up for the top job.

As a non American, I keep seeing this excuse and I'm always gobsmacked.

Bad candidate compared to... Trump?

You lot sure know how to pick them (or not, as it were).

What if... All systems are inherently corrupt because of human nature and we just have to choose the best one of the crappy lot to survive and that's definitely not crony capitalism?