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cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/31757034

In any case, Microsoft is so deeply entrenched in state digital infrastructure that it seems a practical impossibility to do anything about it. The company has a good 20 years' lead on its competition in bending the ears and getting its feet under the desktops of enterprise and state decision makers. While the UK government has had spasms of promoting open source — most recently in 2017 — these have seen little enthusiasm and less adoption. As SODGR notes, UK state IT lacks co-ordination, leadership, funding, talent and executive influence. 55 percent of personnel budget goes on outside contractors, analysts and consultants rather than full-time staff…

This might seem hyperbole, but the facts are indisputable. The US is not trustworthy - Trump's tariffs break existing World Trade Organization-governed treaties, a cornerstone of international regulation. Likewise, Trump supports the removal of regulatory or legal barriers to AI development, so what would happen if the AI lobby asked for access to national data from outside the US? SODGR is silent on this, because it seemed fantastical even six months ago. It doesn't seem fantastical now.

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[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 117 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"Disculpeme pero que?

"Mexit =Microsoft+exit"

You need a better name-guy.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Should have called it Fuxit.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

What I though

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 101 points 1 month ago

Microsoft exit. This title is dumb.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 49 points 1 month ago (4 children)

As an American, I’m astonished to see how reliant upon us foreign governments had allowed themselves to become. Nobody noticed that this constituted a major security threat? I’m very sorry that current American regime is what it took, but at least it’s not all bad. This is a wake-up call for the U.K. and all of Europe.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 21 points 1 month ago

The extremists have been in charge of the UK for a long time and they have walked in lockstep with the republicans so it's not that surprising they allowed such a stupid state of affairs to continue. They don't actually care about the country that they claim to represent, they were simply interested in how it could benefit them.

All Microsoft had to do was throw them a few incentives.

[–] qweertz@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The USA has been the "big brother" for pretty much all of NATO to listen to since the Marshall plan...

Just look how the EU cowed to your gov's tarif demands recently.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I've been telling this to people for years and for years I got laughed at as if I was a tinfoil hat guy

Now people come to me with "did you know this??? Why didn't you tell me this?" and all I can do is blink incessantly to not strangle them right there and then

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did Great Britain move in with Mexico after it broke up with Europe?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I'm trying to imagine the dinner hybrid dishes. Like you mix mexican flavors with british foods.......and I can't come up with anything besides spicy fish.

I have nothing against britain, but, c'mon. Nobody is going there for the food.

[–] logi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Sure you do. You go there for the Indian food and the Thai food and we have a Burmese place we go to each time we're in London.

And sure, might get some bangers and a pie while we're there.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Burrito with Heinz baked beans.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Spiced roasted meats, pasties and pies with spicy meat fillings, probably a bunch of seafood stuff, you could probably make blackcurrant in a salsa work depending on what you're pairing it with. Beans are an obvious one too.

And tbh, there's loads of great British food. Roasted meats, soups, casseroles, pastries, deserts, etc. That meme needs to die. It's about as accurate as France always surrenders. They're both WW2 era stereotypes that don't make sense outside of that time period. It's especially hilarious seeing it regurgitated by people from a country who eat "cheese" sprayed from a can.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago

HEHE asking the real questions. I think it would be a lot of dicey over cooked vegetables.

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Refried beans in unseasoned tomato sauce

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] josefo@leminal.space 6 points 1 month ago
[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Me after 4 Doritos locos tacos and a cheez-it crunch wrap.

“time for an emergency mexit”

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's as Mexican as Twinkies are French

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Huh, TIL Twinkies are french

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Then... Isrexit maybe?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Come back Acorn, you're needed!

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

"Sorry, we're too busy licensing CPU architecture for 99% of all phones to bother"