@popester said in China ends presidential term limits - The government is defending its vote:

I am missing the "Obligation" that the crown has to liberty.

It's called nobles oblige and is the singular requirement for granting liberty to others in all forms of government. People can argue all they want about its lack of utility, but history shows it works, and the alternative is "zero obligation." So even if it doesn't work well, it's better than nothing.

@penguinwrangler said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:

@scottalanmiller said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:

@coliver said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:

Of course now the Department of Education (which I'm not sure what authority they would have here) is saying they are under no obligation to respect the federal loan forgiveness program. Hopefully that will be ironed out by the time you need it.

In America, the government is under no obligation to anything.

It is a gamble that they won't end it before 10 years. I am still willing to take that gamble. The job still has better pay and retirement so it is still a win if they don't.

The flip side of this is they did change pension benefit programs in Houston and Dallas recently and Colorado I think allowed changing them retroactively.

@travisdh1 said in No Data Centres Plan for Western Australian Government:

@nadnerB Wow, just your highlights here read like a long nightmare. Only government would assume they could pressure another company into doing something it doesn't want to do. Then 'cloudify' the software, as if that's any different than virtualizing it! 😆

And as if that's any different than not virtualization it. It's really just gibberish.