It's a false flag operation duh. /S
At least a third of the US has abandoned all responsibility for the country and will just spout whatever nonsense to get what they want. Me me me me me. American individualism dialed up to 11, turning into a cancer eating the country inside out.
A lot of American heroes spinning in their graves, watching spoiled babies loot the greatness that was built.
The problem isn't the technology. The problem is the people losing their minds about it.
It's almost like the climate is constantly changing.
Not only does SaaS hold our data hostage, not only does it allow companies to revoke access to software at any time, we are all subject to the instability of frequent software updates, and changing whims of the software requirements.
Nothing about SaaS is convenient. When I install dumb software on my computer, I do it once and forget about it: it doesn't need security because it isn't connected to the internet, I can use a version I am happy with in perpetuity, and I don't have to worry about where my data is. Now that is convenient!
SaaS is a giant scam and software users have all been conned.
Democracy only works when parties hold each other accountable for the good of the country. Republicans have abandoned this since before Clinton. Blaming the Democrats for the Republicans moving the goalposts is the cancer at the heart of US politics.
"Democracy is at stake" was not hyperbole. This is what a fascistic takeover looks like.
The only way change happens is if the people hold them accountable. Institutions, politicians, will not clean this mess up of their own accord.
Insist on change; insist forcefully if you have to.
Am I the only one tired by all these franchises constantly rehashed to death?
America: privatized profits, socialized costs.
How much longer y'all just going to keep taking it in the ass?
We don't need immortal billionaires sucking up everyone's oxygen.
You would never say
"What's YOUR name?
"How old are YOU?"
"Where ARE you from?"
?
In a statistical regression model, that would be a variable that encodes a specific individual; although encoding hypothetical (the scientific meaning of that word, not the layperson meaning) attributes of that individual is probably functionally equivalent, more useful, and easier to conduct.