Quite possibly. I wouldn't know. Either way, Microsoft is an American company and plays by (or subverts, or writes) American rules.
Money is power. Get enough of either and you get corruption. Some people fight the system, some people learn to profit off it. If it doesn't work that way in other parts of the world, then it's because their systems work differently than ours.
Edit: quite possibly, not quit possibly. I'm a touch typist. I type every day. So why does my typing get worse with age?
Ecchi doesn't bother me as long as it's a reasonable part of the story. Tsugumomo, for instance, has so much ecchi that it detracts from the plot. For Kanojo mo Kanojo, the nature of the story pretty much dictates that ecchi is going to happen - they're trying to work out how to have a polygamous relationship, after all, and sex is part of that. Honestly, they should have explored that part of it more in my opinion.
As far as the ending -
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no, not really. I feel like Marika should have been a side character/occasional nemesis at best. The way she took over things detracted from the story - and there was plenty of areas the author could have chosen to explore instead. I feel like there was a lot more potential for the story. But kudos to the author for not giving us a "this won't work, let Saki have him" ending.
Sure, but that's how business works when you're as big a company as Microsoft. And he was good at it.
I never said he was a nice guy, only that he was good at business.
I just tar up /home and /etc, install the new system, untar my backup to a directory inside my home directory, and then copy only the stuff I wanted to keep.
I see a fresh install as an opportunity for a new start.
The people didn't "go" anywhere. They're still there. Their descendants make up around 10% of the population. They're US citizens and the majority of them aren't part of any independence movement. Did some die during the period where the US overthrew their monarchy? Of course! It was an armed conflict, after all. Did we slaughter all or even a significant percentage of the natives? No, we didn't.
We have slaughtered native populations elsewhere. You want to point fingers at the US, there's plenty of places to point. But your Hawaiian argument reeks of ignorance.
And again, that has nothing in common with the PRC/ROC division.
You claim that the US is the only reason Taiwan doesn't want to be part of the PRC. Is that what the PRC government tells its people? That the Taiwanese desperately want to dissolve their government and submit to the PRC but us evil Americans won't let them? Why not ask some Taiwanese people about that?
You admit that there is a "problem in Taiwan," but maintain the illusion that the PRC controls Taiwan? You can't have it both ways. Either you control it, or you don't.
There is nothing else you can say to me, because you ran out of arguments a while ago and keep trying to push some narrative about Hawaii. You haven't answered any of the questions from my last comment. You haven't given me any reasons why Taiwan is really part of the PRC in any practical sense, because there isn't one.
When did I ever claim that? When did I ever justify the actions of the US in Hawaii? You are making a lot of assumptions about my opinions and have nothing to back them up with.
I stated that it was irrelevant to the actual discussion about Taiwan. Remember the topic we were actually discussing? If you want to talk about Hawaiian history, then make a separate post about it.
Recently finished reading Kanojo mo Kanojo. Can't say I like everything about it (can't stand the Youtube girl), but I'm going to miss it as I love the mangaka's style.
It feels like there was a lot more potential in the series, so I'm sad that it ended.
That part of it, sure, but the guy was good at business and made some smart bets (that the microcomputer industry would explode, for one). Microsoft didn't get as big as it has based only on their technical ability. They got there because they made the right decisions and were cutthroat against their competitors.
Bill was at the right time and right place, but he was also the right guy. You gotta have them all.
Well, to be fair, they wouldn't be allowed that. We had a bit of a war about that sort of thing, and the supreme court maintains that a state has no right to leave the union. But you're exactly right that independence isn't popular in Hawaii.
And that would make no sense at all, since the Hawaiian independence movement is so tiny as to be nonexistent. But again, that has nothing to do with this discussion.
You're back to repeating yourself. I'm not the one doing mental gymnastics here. Riddle me this, Batman: if Taiwan is de facto part of the ROC, then why do we get our chips - the irreplaceable ones, not the 555 timer knockoffs - from Taiwan and not the mainland? Why aren't semiconductors produced in the PRC common in the global supply chain? Why do US companies invest so much money in Taiwanese fabs? Why does only Taiwan and South Korea have the ability to make chips at a 5nm process or smaller?
In short, why can we live without the PRC's fabs but not Taiwan's? It's because for all intents and purposes, they're different countries. They just share a fantasy that they're not, and we go along with it because it's not worth the trouble. Until one of them quits dreaming and actually takes the other one over, they're going to be two different countries.
And the Hawaii stuff has exactly what to do with China? Oh wait, it doesn't. The US being "nice" isn't even part of this discussion. And really, neither the PRC or ROC have any leg to stand on when it comes to accusations of atrocities.
As far as the rest, none of that matters. Does the PRC control Taiwain now? No, no it doesn't. Has the PRC controlled Taiwan for all these decades it's played this game of pretend? No, no, it hasn't. Until the PRC has actual control over Taiwan, its claims of ownership are meaningless.
For some reason the sites deeper in the internet that contain that sort of thing usually contain a ton of assholes as well. Not sure why.