Only as long as Microsoft allow it, and only because a lot of work was put into that shit. The first couple of years it was very flaky.

There are so many graphs where things start to decline under Ronald Regan.

Personally I see the victory of Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter as the turning point, but you make good points about it already happening under Nixon. But at least Nixon was removed for Water Gate, while Reagan came out of the Iran Contra affair completely unscathed.
As I see it, Jimmy Carter may have been the best president USA ever had, he had the right foresight about sustainability symbolized by the solar panels he put up on the White House, and he warned about consumerism, and was 100% a decent human being.
When USA elected Ronald Reagan instead, they abandoned all those values, very much like they did when electing Trump. An obvious malignant narcissists, the most dangerous personal disorder that exist!

And yes the media is a huge part of the problem too, that was already extremely obvious under Bush, where in the beginning there were opposition to a war in Iraq based on false intelligence, that was decidedly contrary to what the UN observers reported. But the media turned 100% one sided to support it, and even questioning it became anti American!
American news media are generally pretty bad, an example of that was when John Stewart on his comedy show provided more accurate news than the actual news! Also like him or not, the firing of Keith Olbermann was a 100% political decision, and American media has systematically weeded out news sources they consider too anti Republican.

Where USA is now is a very sad turn to where we were headed in the 70’s. We do have a bit of the same problem in EU, but nearly as bad, but abandoning traditional values do happen under the guise of pragmatism. Even here in Social Democratic Denmark, the protection of the week is not nearly as strong as it used to be.

OK then make traditional factory jobs pay well enough to own a house and see your children through college again.
A factory worker makes less today than they did in the 50’s!!! Because the 1% has managed to grab all the money in their infinite greed. The money grab of the rich is the biggest heist in the history of mankind.

Also not every billionaire needs to flaunt with how enormously ignorant they are on basic issues of society.
The rich need to be taxed on their fortune. Nobody needs to be as rich as the 1%.

You would know if you had read the article.
In this context the only reasonable interpretation of the statement, is that her calling for more weapons to defend Ukraine, is incompatible with receiving the peace price.
A very naive and simplistic opinion, which I call out by the paradox of tolerance as an example.

I agree though that Obama receiving the peace price seemed stupid.

I have always followed USA closely, both regarding culture business and politics. In the 70’s as a child/teen, I really admired USA and everything looked so promising. American heroes were the best heroes back then.

It’s very disappointing to me that it hasn’t turned out better, all the good ideals used to be there, and USA has so much culture.
Europeans that claim USA doesn’t have culture, seem to forget that USA is the biggest exporter by far of cultural content.

I thought that when Bush was elected the second time, it would be a lesson to the American population, so I kind of gave up hope for USA already first time Trump was elected, because he was so obviously way way worse than Bush. Of course Americans don’t have the luxury of just giving up, without having to live with the consequences and without hope.

But people like Musk, Zuckerberg, Thiel and Bezos and of Course Trump need to go, and there needs to be a limit to how much money and power an individual or a family like can have, like how the Koch Brothers ruined so much. Also there must be a limit to how much power a single company can have. At least that’s my opinion.

OK so when did you hear of an actual successful attack that could have been avoided if the user had used secure boot?

Microsoft secure boot is 100% made to be a pain in the ass for Linux users. It doesn’t add any security, but is instead a huge added unnecessary risk factor for data loss for users.

For Germany, it could be legal so Germany would have to fight alone.

Nope I’m pretty sure NATO article 5 would still work. Delivering weapons to an ally is not the same as attacking the enemy that ally is attacking. Otherwise article 5 would be void for all the countries that have supplied weapons to Ukraine.

It was meant as a joke. Field testing weapons is always good.

That is not an realistic worry, Denmark has allowed Ukrainian weapons production on Danish soil, and Russia has claimed that is a valid military target. That didn’t sop Denmark, why would Germany a much more powerful country be afraid of empty Russians threats when Denmark is not?

I’m guessing you mean EEA. And Norway has very specifically stated that they have no interest to be tied in with UK, and why shouldn’t UK be able to have their own deal like Switzerland?

That may be true in many cases, but I can assure you, that my neighbors all have bought cars to suit their needs too.
The Volvo was chosen among cars that can pull a heavy 1800 kg. trailer.
The BMW was chosen as the EV with best range on the motorway with 130 km/h, as he drives almost 300km daily. He has strong preconditions that Tesla and Chinese are not considered options at all.
The Mercedes was similarly chosen for high durability and comfort because the owner drives more than 300 km several times a week, and being a consultant for NOVO I suppose it is also a reflection of his business. Kind of like jobs that require you to wear a suit. They have 2 cars, and the other car is a Nissan, so there you go. 😋

if at some level they understand that a Russian victory is a green light to other dictators

We absolutely do, and did from the start, way before Trump threatened with invading Greenland and Canada.
USA has been a big disappointment in this situation even under Biden, but with Trump the disappointment is complete.

Just as you feel ashamed for the actions of Trump, I also feel sorry for all the non crazy Americans that are suffering through the political insanity that exist in USA.
As I see it, USA as a country is mentally ill, and it’s not just Trump, it’s the general population that elected him.

Of course that doesn’t mean everybody, but just like cancer can kill a person, even though not all cells in the body are cancerous, so has USA as a country gone crazy, because a sufficiently big part of the population has.

I can’t even begin to imagine how it must be as a sane person to live in USA right now? Especially considering I’m living in Denmark that is one of the worlds best democracies, and we are in EU, surrounded by neighbors that also are strong supporters of democracy, international law and human rights.

All I can say is best wishes to you, in the hope that USA comes to its senses, but I must say, the way things are going, my hopes are not great.

Different people different priorities, it’s nice we have so many options to choose between.
Personally I feel privileged that we can afford what I consider a luxury car. Our neighbors drive even more expensive cars, Mercedes, BMW and Volvo. But they also use their cars way more than we do, and to be honest I like our car better, because we bought it to meet our needs and wishes.
Practical needs first, wishes second within how much you are willing to spend. That’s what we did, and I think it worked out super well for us.

First past the post is undemocratic IMO. It tends to result in 2 party systems, where both parties tend to become bad options.

set a terrible preciseness

I guess you mean precedence.

needless deaths and way more money spent

100% true, if USA and NATO hadn’t put those stupid limitations on Ukraine to not attack into Russian territory or attack oil infrastructure for 3 years, Ukraine could have done what they are doing now a lot sooner, and undermined the Russian oil industry, making it impossible for Russia to afford the war to continue.

They say that a grain of rice can tip a scale,

And it’s true.
Overall good points IMO. 👍

I’m from Denmark, and I’m proud that our entire parliament supports Ukraine, and our government is among the most active in supporting Ukraine, and the population overwhelmingly supports the government in this.

It’s quite a bit larger than the ID.3, and the ID.3 body isn’t built for pulling a trailer.
https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/volkswagen-id3-2019-5-door-hatchback-vs-volkswagen-id4-2020-suv/

If we didn’t need the ability to have the trailer, we could have had an ID.3 for about half what this one cost. The ID.3 is very good value.

Yes we have a lot of Swasticars (Tesla) driving around here, I think we are only beat by Norway in that regard. But Tesla sales have halved this year, and Tesla just dropped the price of the model 3 by 15%! From what I hear Tesla cars have very expensive insurance, more than twice what our car, my guess is they have to many accidents, because their assist systems are faulty.

One of my bosses used to say “never buy a new car.

Unless you are loaded. 😋 One of my neighbors bought a new BMW i4 2 years ago, that can do 0-100 km/h in about 5 seconds. The insurance for that car is about 40% more than our car! Something to consider IMO, except of course if you are loaded.
We examined the market pretty thoroughly before buying this car, but Tesla was absolutely 100% excluded. But almost every other brand was considered.

We bought a 4 year old VW ID.4 Performance Pro Tech with 77 kWh battery.
We live in Denmark.

The number of included extras is insane, The Tech version of the car is the highest in included extras, like “phantom pedal” to open the rear hatch, premium sound system, sound and IR insulated windows, heated front window to avoid fogging, super comfortable electric adjustable front seats, tinted rear windows, heat pump, IQ Matrix light, 360° camera, HUD, Electric trailer hook, area lighting, panorama roof.

Absolutely amazing car, and being 4 years old it’s less than half price! 😀
And the car still feels as new!

Too late, we shifted to 100% electric last week. 😀
We bought the first electric we tried, because it’s such an amazing drive, we didn’t feel a need to look any further. 😋