Microsoft did cozy up to the PC; it just happened to create a console that acted like a PC to hedge its bets and create a new product line.

The initial development of XBox came from Microsoft’s development of DirectX, which led to Microsoft doing a lot of the heavy development lifting required to make a console. At that point, all Microsoft needed was some hardware and it could ship product. So, Microsoft shipped XBox figuring that PC/XBox compatibility would beneficial for developers.

At that time, it was unclear if consoles or PC’s would win some forms of gaming. By making the XBox, a developer could develop for both, therefore defending PC gaming with Windows as an option.

Microsoft also made a lot of money off the consoles, since development costs were lower due to having to update DirectX for Windows as well.

In regards to #1, Antifa isn’t sold as an “antifascist” organization to the MAGA crowd. It is sold as a “leftist” organization that participated a lot in the BLM protests. This is sold as a big scary group that will make America a bad country.

If you aren’t steeped in right wing media, you wouldn’t know of this organization because this organization doesn’t exist.

I feel like the current iteration solves an interesting dilemma in writing for Superman, how do you deal with him being so overpowered over humans?

In this case, there are existing power structures in place that can fight Superman. Hell, there are existing power structures that can replicate what Superman does and these power structures are threatened by Superman.

I think the population, as a whole, can get dropped into a super hero saga in media res. You don’t need an origin story for the universe any more.

They are a small part of the overall movement.

It has always been hit or miss and has been given to warmongers who happen to negotiate for peace at one point.

It depends on how mentally there they are. If they are, go through anti-scam strategies and make sure they have family to bounce questions off of.

If dementia is forming, you should probably have a frank family conversation with how to handle someone who is no longer fully there.

The question was kind of vague in terms of what part of Christianity he was questioning, but it seems to be focused on how churches currently function. At that point, I figured I’d focus on prosperity gospel for some US churches, which is a uniquely American phenomenon.

To just say “religion has always been like that” may bury understanding on how the current form came into being.

Read up on The Great Awakening in the USA.

You had large parts of the USA without an established church and a lot of religious freedom. So, you had pastors able to preach whatever they wanted without government intervention. This free market Jesus produced a lot of religious diversity. Some pastors used this as an opportunity to turn religion into a business.

I wasn’t going to install the app on my phone, so that made the transition easier.

The US military rates Japanese as one of the harder languages to learn, with its internal course taking 64 weeks. As others have said, it will probably take you years to learn even with some knowledge of Cantonese and Mandarin.

Whatever timeframe I’d reasonably expect people to read and respond to my comment. For Lemmy, I’d put that at a day.

I’ve got a job that interfaces with government employees, so I see a lot of incompetence.

I’ve also seen how actions have been made to improve over time and that a lot of the problems with some government agencies is just a staffing issue where they can’t attract qualified people because the pay sucks.

Until the 1980’s, the Federal government never shut down if they didn’t have a budget. Instead, it would operate as previously budgeted and departments would forgo large expenditures. An opinion written by the Attorney General changed that.

I would imagine it could change back to the old system if pushed.

Because people don’t want it compared to the current Internet.

There is nothing stopping people from creating the Internet of old.

Why would the C suite care about you?

Valuation of companies is partially dependent on growth. A company that is projected to grow is worth more than a similarly sized company because it is expected that future growth will make the company earn more in the future, which makes the company worth more now.

Tarantino has eras for his movies, with his later movies being bigger than his earlier ones. However, with that, they aren’t as tight as his earlier ones are.

CEO’s are already using AI as a tool to help them understand their companies by dumping their company data into these models as a way to understand their companies.

I just don’t see any company creating an AI to replace a CEO in its entirety, yet.

Based on what was written, the relationship age gap seems to be an important part of the character.

Most countries don’t require it for privately traded companies.

The standard for reporting for private companies is usually far lower than publicly traded companies because it is expected that people with enough money to invest in financial companies have enough money to invest in their own auditing.

Also, as you pointed out, there is value in that data. It appears to be that companies would rather keep their data private than look at others’ public data.