I mean, you’re asking for an opinion on people who have opinions.

Also, do you consider film critics and film “snobs” (definition required) to be the same?

By turning it on.

What am I saying, it never gets turned off.

I also have both XP and Win7 VMs for running software that won’t run under 10/11.

Google and Apple have done a great job making people believe that an “unpatched” system is somehow dangerous.

Nearly all of my system failures/OS problems since about 2010 have been from updates breaking things - both Windows and Android

I haven’t seen a virus since Win2k and running a decent AV became standard.

And I’m in Enterprise IT - our biggest concern is social engineering, not direct attacks.

Security/stability is about layering protections/mitigations to prevent alignment of “risk holes”, like stacking Swiss cheese.

Nos Mo King

GM/Chrysler add gimmicks to mask how shitty the cars are.

Yes.

I sweat like a horse, “leather” seats make it worse.

I always see analogies as effective at their chosen level of resolution (similar to your scale).

At dinner-table-conversation level, or 5 year old kid level, these water analogies work.

If you need to actually produce something, they’re completely useless.

But for most stuff/people, Newtonian analogies work surprisingly well, so long as we always qualify it with “remember, this isn’t actually how it works, this is just an analogy to get you closer to how it works”.

Everything is part of the EM (electromagnetic) spectrum - light, radio, microwaves (which were originally/still used for radio) etc.

https://www.narodnatribuna.info/lists/pictures/electromagnetic-spectrum-diagram-for-kids/

Check your library for the Great Courses Electrical Engineering for Everyone

You’re also stepping into the realm of Quantum Physics, which is what helped me start to understand electricity at the quantum (i.e. electron) level.

Taking the Quantum Leap is just about the best intro I’ve come across for an intro to Quantum Physics. Super easy read, life-changing, paradigm-shifting consequences.

The Great Courses also has Understanding the Quantum World (hopefully your library has it).

You forgot some important words:

“Accused of killing”

You’ve bought the image they’re selling. If you think they’re idiots, it just gives them another mechanism to manipulate you.

I’m no fan of Bush Jr, but go watch some of his speeches.

Sometimes he says “nuclear”, sometimes he says “nuke-u-lar”.

That’s someone putting on an act. No one says it both ways.

Go watch any politician’s speeches, look for the subtle variations in their behaviours.

They’re not morons, they’re Machiavellian. Appearing to be a moron is just another tool in the box.

(That said, some genuinely are morons, but I’m not dismissing any one of them so lightly - even morons can be Machiavellian).

And in the end, all politics is about manipulation (or said more positively, inducing groups of people toward a shared goal). And politics exists in every single group of humans, no matter how small.

They read, a lot more than you probably realize, and probably a lot more than the average person.

They also have access to teams of analysts.

You need to read Machiavelli

Sophistry has always been king. We’ve at least been moving away from divinely chosen, but when most people can’t be bothered to understand sophistry exists…

They’re not all morons - some are, for sure. Those are the ones being manipulated by the smarter ones.

This also holds true in any group of people.

They get the moat hate? What’s your source?

Yes.

Fine is a general deterrent, restitution is separate.

Think fine for running a stop sign - that’s a deterrent for running the stop sign.

Yea, I don’t know how you drown in one, they’re very shallow. So shallow canal boats have a draft of 2-3 ft and still often have to stick to the center to avoid grounding or dragging along the bottom.

So yea, something in this story doesn’t add up.

I will often not mention my company in conversations, as it’s well-known and I don’t want anything I say or do associated with the company, just in case (risk management is a primary driver of the business).

So “Independent Contractor” is good enough, and vague enough.

That’s why you hire a caulkender!

Hahaha, oh, yes, compare an ideal system to reality.

Sheesh

Clearly you’ve never heard of plurality

This is already covered by existing laws