tempest

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[–] tempest 3 points 3 months ago

For sure, nothing better than a sycophant lackey except a sycophant lackey they have dirt on, ask Putin.

[–] tempest 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm waiting for it come back in to style. I've pitched getting beige racks with this on the side https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(design)

[–] tempest 4 points 3 months ago

That's just a side effect and what keeps the ball rolling. The entire point is that they give Israel money and the Israelis turn around and spend it on American "defense" contractors. It's a round about subsidy for American industry with the bonus that they get a lackey in the middle east.

[–] tempest 2 points 3 months ago

I used to get EVGA bstock which was reasonable but they got out of the business 😞

[–] tempest 5 points 3 months ago (9 children)

I swapped to AMD this generation and it's still expensive.

[–] tempest 118 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean if you were hoping for some gotcha on them being hypocrites you should know by now that they don't care and neither do their supporters.

[–] tempest 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yes and the reason is because millions of lines of production code were written and it isn't worth rewriting them.

Plenty of languages around now that don't have 30 years of baggage and the specter of Oracle hanging over it.

Now a days many businesses choose Go.

[–] tempest 213 points 3 months ago (16 children)

Yeah yeah I'm sure they will do all sorts of gasping and then confirm him anyway. Despite what they say the lot of them are just Trump sycophants at this point.

[–] tempest 12 points 3 months ago

I've been saying this. I'm curious to see who wins out. In this case it's populist bullshit vs American coffee retailers. Let's see who comes out on top.

[–] tempest 1 points 3 months ago

I do, it was too appeal to baby boomers who had memories of the era is styling was taken from. You can lump the Plymouth Prowler in there too.

[–] tempest 5 points 3 months ago

I mean it's a tale as old as time. Surviving and opposing strongmen dictatorship selects for the most adherent and extreme. Thus when the dictatorship falls for whatever reason the crazy extremists are usually in the best position.

[–] tempest 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think the last few years have pretty much proven he doesn't 'need' to do anything.

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