In this case, I’m referring to the description it had during and before WW1, “the sick man of Europe.” I’m not 100% clear on what happened, but it was collapsing on itself, and wound up fracturing.

And I see your point, since I didn’t specify a time period. For a while, they were serous badasses.

I think things could get better, if the democrats take back power, and then display a level of virtue and resolve they we have never seen from them in the history of ever.

I think it more likely that we become the Ottoman Empire.

the whole political system will lose its credibility

I think that ship has sailed.

Our government isn’t quite a case of Trump’s word is law. And it was only two years ago that we had a nearly functional government. When Trump finally does the only good thing he will ever do, we have something to fall back on.

We are talking about the Navy, right?

And yes, Iran is a bigger, better armed country, so we should use more stuff to attack them.

Assuming we aren’t gong to do the sane thing and not attack them.

No, it shuffles on, a decaying zombie shell of it’s former theoretical glory.

Still, you put it well. I’m impressed with your literary talent. Tell me, have you ever considered writing a Hungarian phrase book?

That waste heat is very humid, which causes corrosion and mold issues.

I think Microsoft may be overdrawn on that particular credit line.

It would be nice if this served as a pointed lesson to stop putting useless, unwanted, invasive features and AI into things. Or at least to make them work.

Bread and circuses. It’s not complicated.

I plead the fifth.

Agreed. But I’m not what I’d call a community starter.

Yea, I suddenly started getting that too.

Reddit has seriously gone to shit lately, but it’s got a few communities that aren’t present here. Or if they are, I haven’t found them.

Don’t ask.

Our incompetent fuck of a president might lead us to war with Iran.

Exactly. We have a shared system of interests and values. The current regime silly does not participate in it.

They might as well. I can’t avoid buying EA games any harder than I already do.

They are helping, yes, but windows 11 is a driving force like I’ve never seen.

I thought the whole point of Linux was that there was one for everyone? A computer itself is an incredible potent tool, but most people just want to use Facebook and YouTube.

How’s that working for you? I’ve got a surface, and I like it, but I know that Windows is not exactly an efficient piece of software.

Agreed, but that was kind of the premise of the discussion, I think.

Unless you have a keylogger installed.