There were two types of cs graduates in my class: those who liked coding and those who did not do it as a hobby.

The ones who did the minimum work to get the degree tended to find their first jobs as non coding ones; and most of the rest went to work as programmers

She has a well earned reputation of sounding in private just like in the video . I’m sure the video is not her, but it was really accurate in tone; which is why it’s getting traction

It’s going as expected because this is more a cesspit of kickbacks and second rate talent. True innovation is not happening, which is perhaps a good thing for many.

The more corrupt this effort is, the less killed by it later.

If it was good enough for my parents, it’s good enough for me!

Why not both ™?

I understand and concede your points.

There is a But. But there is no remedy or action to be taken for misadventures on that platform, however important they may be.

I feel it’s like watching a car accident, nothing can be done.

It’s like complaining about the injustice of moderation on truth social

There is no legal or civic action that can undo the now inevitable.

People are going to be surprised when the gop looses elections, democrats come into power again and nothing changes for most people. Then gets even worse the next gop presidency .

More publicity makes more campaign funds

Yes. And because of this there will be no difference in the outcomes.

The red states that would follow already have (in my opinion ) huge integrity issues with vote counts. It will swap out current bad vote counting practices, replacing them with other horrible things.

Look at the luxurious lifestyle! They get to eat and have water.

I am guessing here, but right wing shows seem to have more finances. They are run by wealthy people, playing power games, who have sociopathic motivations.

Left wing shows are more run on a minimal budget, more for selfless reasons, by people who have a day job too.

What do Lee and Kaepernick say?

I think that is an excellent selection for people wanting to double down on that strategy.

But for my area, I choose other ways to do the above

Democracy was first formed by powerful people in city states so they could rule jointly.

It really has not evolved much beyond that. Except in very small countries, today it merely means oligarchy.

While it is often better than despotic, autocratic or monarchy. At the end of the day, the ultimate tests are: how the working classes fare; the happiness index of the majority; how much corruption is in the government; how fair the justice system is; life expectancy; and access to medicine and treatments.

CNN is owned by a religious wacko

Democracies are overrated, but yes

I’m sure this is very small compared to the absolute insanity in the future, two years from now.

Americans are going to have an experience they will never forget, similar to Russians in the 1990s

Vibe coding

Dictating all social services leave back doors for meta to monitor… wow, this one may beat the Americans in the race for criminal stupidity