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There was a time when I looked at LCD screens I saw all the defects.

One of:

• Thank you and if good learn somthing. Asquestions.

• I know, if I know this.

• I do not want to hear it, if it is repetative garbage.

There are so many good providers in the EU. In the US basically those that implement MTA-STS are Google, Microsoft, and Comcast with all of their issues.

I actually ended up at shared hosting provider. I get 30 mailboxes for less than $100 per year. Only incoming MTA-STS though unless I went to my own VPS.

Anyone who is not cautious in choosing a partner for the next 60 or 70 years is nuts. This is probably the most important decision you will ever make. We are almost 30 years in and it is great but it was not easy to find someone. Not sure it is comittment exactly. More finding someone that wants a long term partner and that you both like each other and can stand each other over the long run and are heading in a similar direction in this complex world. Lot of people do not seem to know the difference between lust and love too.

By the way, the president does not decide policy. That is congress in the US. The president administers policy. So the number one thing is follow rhe constitution and the law and the spirit of the law. Sadly thw current administration cannot even meet this low bar.

Fix the deficit. Pay down the debt. Stabalize and reverse the erosion of the middle class.

I prefer following science rather then quackery. People forget what the world was like before vaccinations, floride, and public health. Sadly in the US the quacks are in charge now.

So yes vax for me,

There are a lot of things going on. Internationally, China and Russia and others at war or preparing for war with the west. So big geopolitical stuff. At home an aligment of those forces to create political instbility with existing forces internal to the US. A media and social media enviornment that thrives on outrage not truth. Disastisfaction that has resulted in a major political party being taken over by fascist, authoritarian. and corrupt influences. A populus that thinks this is just fine for one reason or another. A wealthy corporate power elite behind the scenes that likes this.

If nothing else put on ear protection or ear plugs. If you wear hearing aids some have a noise block freature.

Sure maybe 8 counties. Yes I have had a passport for decades.

None, we only use linux.

The leadership is not the government. Leadership varies widely. The actual government workers and departments are different. Lot of very compitent people. There are questions of course. Big organizations tend to grow, how to address. What should be the priorites. Government cannot do everything. Mandates tend to grow. Polotics and money tend to corrupt. Like IRS, rich people do not want to pay their taxes so republicans always under fund.

If your talking presidents. Trump is the least comperent in my lifetime. Bush 2, first term not really there, second a lot better. Of course Raegon, Biden, and Trump got too old in office. The others back to the 70s which I lived through and was old enough to follow, mostly competent but all had issues of course. I am not rating these on whether I approve of their policies.

At some point you need a different job or just make sure your paid enough to justify the BS.

I frankly would just say that is the priority you gave them. Change the priority or assign more resouces. You pick. One always has to hold management accountable but it has to be done in a nonconfrontational problem solving way.

It is not the government that is incompetent, that is an idea promoted by the right and the billionaires that fund both parties.

Why do so many Americans think the US has a huge crime problem? It is promoted by the same people. Statistics do not support it.

Hence holding them accountable and either forcing prioitization or assignment of more resouces.

Executives act like little kids. They want what they want and they want it now. And they want it for free. Stratagies that can help:

• Ask them to prioritize.

• You delegate more if there is a work load problem.

• Remind them of the work you are doing and have done recently.

• Ask for feedback. What your doing well as well as how you can improve. Be open to continuous improvement.

• Under promise and over deliver.

• Understand business needs and consequences and modulate how much you work depending on real business need. Be willing to go the extra mile sometimes, but pick and choose.

• Know what you will and will not do and understand the consequences.

Physical backup media. Hot mount SATA spinning drives and also USB 3 spinning drives. Some times software on flash drives. Flash drives for emegencey boot media. I sometimes transport files on flash drives too.

Scents are polutants. I hate them. So funny that some are called air fresheners.

Campaigns, campaign financing, and lobbying. US polotics is pay to play. Plus Americans are very individualistic. We would rather get screwed over by companies and the rich then have government tell us what to do. Does not always make sense.