> And that is wrong. It's even better than the "cash cow" it used to be, I provided some values of what Windows brings in over the years, and it has grown and grown. You ignored that. No and I've never ignored it. As…
> This isn't "semantic wankery". Yeah it is. I never said it wasn't a cash cow. I said "it wasn't the cash cow it once was". I obviously meant relatively compared to other parts of Microsoft's business. Considering you…
I've listened to a lot of Malcolm X. He was a better speaker IMO, his rhetoric was better. I believe he had a more accurate understanding of the reality of how power really works. It has nothing to do with wanting to…
> Twitter had a lot of engineers on its payroll to look for the next big thing. What was the "next big thing" before acquisition? There seems to be more features added after the acquisition than before it.
> That isn't how you compare things. I compared once segment of the business to others. Several other websites had various estimates on what percentage of the business Windows took up. Most of them said 6-10%, so I took…
They don't need it if everything is in the cloud running oh their servers. They won't care if you are running Windows, Linux, Chrome, A tablet with a keyboard and mouse hooked up. The vast majority of people that don't…
> In the UK, there is no crime "burglary". Yes there is: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/9 https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary/... > "Breaking and entering" it's a criminal…
Yes. Similarly, If I leave my car unlocked with the keys in the ignition, and someone takes it is still a crime. It might be unwise to do that (depending on where you are), but nonetheless it is still crime.
> It's still the foundational underpinning of everything Microsoft does. It's just that the other revenues dwarf it. If a corporate customer is running their stuff in the cloud they don't care if people are using…
The post office will attempt to deliver if you put an address on it. There is guy living off grid in I believe Dorset on YouTube called "Maximus Ironthumper". The post office told him to try sending himself letters,…
> Can't you drink non-alcoholic beverage? If the point is socialising, alcohol is not a requirement. It kinda is though depending on who you go to the bar with. I went to the bar to get fucked up, a lot of my career…
I generally don't pay attention to the news at all anymore (the vast majority of it is rage bait). I think the last time I paid attention to the BBC news when it was on when the Bibby Stockholm Barge was being moored in…
TBH, I don't care generally what happens up in Scotland.
When I lived in Spain getting my NIE number was a pain as the office was open for 2 hours in the morning. Luckily I was with an English person that spoke Spanish that helped me fill out the forms.
I haven't shown my photocard drivers license in literally years to anyone, other than renewing it. I normally just use Birthcert and Utility bills.
The government is famously dysfunctional in the UK. It is unlikely to get any better. So most of us would rather they do nothing than make the situation worse. I've lived in other countries in Europe and their…
> No concept of government ID other than a full size passport, which made the many silly age checks in pubs and stores rather laughable. Memorising your Birthday to be 2 years earlier to fool the pub bouncer was what we…
That why they have party whips and threaten deselections for people that have their own ideas. Many of these people would not be in Parliament if they weren't selected by the party. Most people vote for a party, not the…
It is a "use it or lose it" style campaign by the looks of it. Lots of Pubs in the UK are closing down in recent years. Pubs have traditionally been a big part of socialising in the UK. I don't drink anymore so I don't…
> but the median is IMO still the best you can do here, because it ignores outliers completely (on both sides). Using the Median as far as I am concerned is meaningless as the South/South-East skews everything. It is…
> What’s the point in expressing opinions if you’re going to refuse to put any weight behind them whatsoever? I did a long detailed response in this thread where I spent a lot of time detailing why I believed somebody's…
It is going to exist pretty much anywhere. Wealth is going to be concentrated in some areas and not others. So comparing the Median income of the entire country is not representative of the whole. e.g. Jobs in London…
It depends where you are in the UK. Almost all the wealth is in the South East of England. Outside of that the country is much poorer. I drive from Manchester to Dorset once a month to visit my parents. There is a clear…
> I don’t understand how it could have caused any improvement Which is exactly why any answer I give you would be unsatisfactory.
Unfortunately that mindset exists amongst a worrying number of people.
> And that is wrong. It's even better than the "cash cow" it used to be, I provided some values of what Windows brings in over the years, and it has grown and grown. You ignored that. No and I've never ignored it. As…
> This isn't "semantic wankery". Yeah it is. I never said it wasn't a cash cow. I said "it wasn't the cash cow it once was". I obviously meant relatively compared to other parts of Microsoft's business. Considering you…
I've listened to a lot of Malcolm X. He was a better speaker IMO, his rhetoric was better. I believe he had a more accurate understanding of the reality of how power really works. It has nothing to do with wanting to…
> Twitter had a lot of engineers on its payroll to look for the next big thing. What was the "next big thing" before acquisition? There seems to be more features added after the acquisition than before it.
> That isn't how you compare things. I compared once segment of the business to others. Several other websites had various estimates on what percentage of the business Windows took up. Most of them said 6-10%, so I took…
They don't need it if everything is in the cloud running oh their servers. They won't care if you are running Windows, Linux, Chrome, A tablet with a keyboard and mouse hooked up. The vast majority of people that don't…
> In the UK, there is no crime "burglary". Yes there is: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/9 https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary/... > "Breaking and entering" it's a criminal…
Yes. Similarly, If I leave my car unlocked with the keys in the ignition, and someone takes it is still a crime. It might be unwise to do that (depending on where you are), but nonetheless it is still crime.
> It's still the foundational underpinning of everything Microsoft does. It's just that the other revenues dwarf it. If a corporate customer is running their stuff in the cloud they don't care if people are using…
The post office will attempt to deliver if you put an address on it. There is guy living off grid in I believe Dorset on YouTube called "Maximus Ironthumper". The post office told him to try sending himself letters,…
> Can't you drink non-alcoholic beverage? If the point is socialising, alcohol is not a requirement. It kinda is though depending on who you go to the bar with. I went to the bar to get fucked up, a lot of my career…
I generally don't pay attention to the news at all anymore (the vast majority of it is rage bait). I think the last time I paid attention to the BBC news when it was on when the Bibby Stockholm Barge was being moored in…
TBH, I don't care generally what happens up in Scotland.
When I lived in Spain getting my NIE number was a pain as the office was open for 2 hours in the morning. Luckily I was with an English person that spoke Spanish that helped me fill out the forms.
I haven't shown my photocard drivers license in literally years to anyone, other than renewing it. I normally just use Birthcert and Utility bills.
The government is famously dysfunctional in the UK. It is unlikely to get any better. So most of us would rather they do nothing than make the situation worse. I've lived in other countries in Europe and their…
> No concept of government ID other than a full size passport, which made the many silly age checks in pubs and stores rather laughable. Memorising your Birthday to be 2 years earlier to fool the pub bouncer was what we…
That why they have party whips and threaten deselections for people that have their own ideas. Many of these people would not be in Parliament if they weren't selected by the party. Most people vote for a party, not the…
It is a "use it or lose it" style campaign by the looks of it. Lots of Pubs in the UK are closing down in recent years. Pubs have traditionally been a big part of socialising in the UK. I don't drink anymore so I don't…
> but the median is IMO still the best you can do here, because it ignores outliers completely (on both sides). Using the Median as far as I am concerned is meaningless as the South/South-East skews everything. It is…
> What’s the point in expressing opinions if you’re going to refuse to put any weight behind them whatsoever? I did a long detailed response in this thread where I spent a lot of time detailing why I believed somebody's…
It is going to exist pretty much anywhere. Wealth is going to be concentrated in some areas and not others. So comparing the Median income of the entire country is not representative of the whole. e.g. Jobs in London…
It depends where you are in the UK. Almost all the wealth is in the South East of England. Outside of that the country is much poorer. I drive from Manchester to Dorset once a month to visit my parents. There is a clear…
> I don’t understand how it could have caused any improvement Which is exactly why any answer I give you would be unsatisfactory.
Unfortunately that mindset exists amongst a worrying number of people.