But those are Americans.

When last could a family in America raise two kids, have a stay at home parent, buy a house send them to college and still save for retirement on a single teachers salary. Most of the Abby boomers had that.

The problem is they are not moving the 500+ factories that feed that lab. They are not moving the over 100 raw mineral resources supply chains.

They are just moving the last few steps to the US.

They are doing this ass backwards.

Mandrake 2003. Followed by Ubuntu server 5.10 in 2005.

Switched to Debian in 2020, been on Debian since.

I use it because of the lack of BS.

Secondly, it’s stable.

The political landscape in South Africa is moving. The ANC’s power is fading and so a more west friendly government will take over.

Not sure what Zelensky hopes to get in South Africa. South Africa no longer has an arms industry. Maybe it’s looking to setup deals with South African mining companies to invest in Ukraine post war.

Would not say equally shitty, otherwise they won’t have popular support they do.

You are correct however that they are not pro consumer.

They are just a smarter, wiser business with a sustainable business model that understands the importance of consumer trust.

Yes, Predictable release cadence is also important.

Manufacturers have to validate that it is going to continue working and remain supported. Rolling releases are basically impossible to accommodate in that process.

It’s also likely that Canonical is providing free assistance to them, in order to secure enterprise contracts on the other end.

It’s usually 10% of the device MSRP for windows pro.

There are some very low cost devices that get it for $10 for windows home…

This bubble does not just need to be popped, it needs to evaporate.

Wages have not kept up with productivity and GDP increases since the 1970s.

How about making single income middle class families possible again, so you can have one stay at home parent.

Yep, it’s only really its avionics that is getting out of date now. The rest of it is quite competitive. It lacks the power systems required to run the most modern radars.

Black mirror is the optimistic version in our timeline.

The Gripen really needs to be re-engined away from its american one. Eurofighter will be good as a top tier fighter for a while, but europe needs a cheap high volume aircraft to replace the F16.

Aim for the posterior bulleye!

It’s a dire chihuahua

His last breath will likely be coming out the other end.

As an African with access to reasonable traditional cattle farming, I can say that American beef tastes like crap. Looks amazing, but tastes like crap.

You realized that he never started any of the wars. It was always the rest of europe wanting to crush this democracy thing.

Well the electromagnetic forces in your bones are no match for the accumulated energy of a few seconds of gravity.