As long as they're hired for their skills and not to tick a checkbox i don't care.

I heard Revolut will let you trade all you want but throw hurdles if you want to cash out. Of all the coins they support they don't have XMR and their customer service is subpar.

they’re the parasites

They're the elected parasites... that should tell you a bit about who voted.

The only people who say gemini has no content are the ones who never jumped into its many rabbit holes.

My concern is the likelyhood that companies using MS products will cut corners by using deprecated/unsupported OSs for years after the last security patch, which will lead to security breaches for many consumers.

That likelihood is high, real and current.

Starlink is LEO, GPS is not.

So M$ wants to EEE Postgres. Noted.

Don't giv'em ideas...

Obviously, most of that money goes to the person operating the scam.

And the scammers themselves are often forced labor.

Shift + 7? Or numpad / with my right pinky?

Yes.

What does me being or not being there have to do with anything?

So when others give their opinions (clearly identified as such) you demand evidence, but when you do the same you provide none? You're either a troll or an idiot, which is kinda sad 'cos most of the english-speakers here were actually trying to be rational for a change.
KTHXBYE

without demanding any of that information as payment?

Can Putin not read The Intercept?
Does Putin even need to?
Snowden deleted all traces of that stash once he delivered it to the reporters. He's in Russia 'cos it's a way for Putin to annoy the US.