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November Musings
Posted by Spunior in Weasel Musings on November 16, 2016
Well, well, well. Let’s imagine that I, for some weird reason, got to travel 15 years back in time to have a chat with one of the chaps I’ve studied with. I could picture the following conversation.
Me: “In November 2016 Microsoft will become a Platinum Member of the the Linux Foundation!”
Person: “Dude, Ballmer just recently called Linux a cancer. That’s gotta be one of the most mindboggling developments of the decade, eh?”
Me: “Well… it’s actually not even the most mindboggling thing of that year…”
Person: “Wait…”
Me: “… or that month.”
Person: ” … what.”
Me: “I’ll give you a headline to chew on: ‘China Tells Trump That Climate Change Is No Hoax It Invented’.”
Person: “Aw man. I’m a bit bummed that we’ll still be debating mankind’s contribution to climate change in 2016, however,…”
Me: “But, but, but…”
Person: “… I’m not really as shocked as you thought I would be.”
Me: “But, but, but…”
Person: “Pretty weird though that the People’s Republic of China will feel compelled to make a statement to some celebrity!”
Me: “Yeah, about that…”