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What is unique about Trump's corruption is that there is a) it is actually innovative and b) there is no end to it. I guess this is what happens when the people choose a reality TY show host to be their democratically elected leader.
foreign influence operations need to be exposed and expelled. At least, that is what a truly sovereign state would do
what if he takes personal ownership of percentage of Open Ai? Trump kind of thinks of the US Govt as essential his own property right now. Also, what if he doesn't leave? He's a rule breaker, having realised that rules don't apply to him, as they need to be enforced by somebody brave enough to suffer the consequences of doing so
Trump is such an unusual personality, that I struggle to describe him as conventionally corrupt. He has this ability to self delude which I think insulates him from any sense of wrong doing, and so he just carries on. He's now seemingly learnt that the closure / opening of the Strait of Hormuz is effectively a money spigot he can turn on / off whenever he pleases. He's going to leave the Presidency as the richest man on earth
cable catch technique is really impressive - there are now three proven ways to recover orbital class rockets - landing fins, chopstick catch and cable catch. Great to see different techniques - I have a feeling that cable catch is going to be the leading paradigm - seems likely a gentler way to capture the rocket.
yes this is true. However, I am now against anon posting, untenable in the era of AI.
China's approach is better - no outright ban, just an ID verified 'minor mode' for under 16's
yeah true. Still, the primary problem was lack of consciousness about this state of affairs, especially at leadership level. One thing Trump 2.0 does take off the mask on this. It's a start
One understated outcome of Trump 2.0 is waking up some sections of the European intelligentsia to the risk of dependency on the United States.
Trump 1.0 should've been enough, but instead European leaders were just too thankful for a Biden back-to-normal scenario that they basically took no action allowing the US to further extend its dominance.
Better late than never. Incidentally, trying to build EU tech independence should produce job making industries, so can become a populist move also
US can create dollars out of thin air, can't compete with that. The regulatory wall is required, the alternative is subservience, which tbh is broadly acceptable to most Europeans I think
Europe - the place that produced Nokia, Palm, Skype - should have erected a Great Firewall in 2000's. Instead, it bought into the idea of an open internet and ended up getting assimilated into US tech eco-system. This seemed harmless at the time, but Trump 2.0 has exposed it as a catastrophic strategic mistake.
Not too late - perhaps EU will get through EU AI Act / GDPR and similar barricade of red tape?
Does anyone remember Path?
Limit circle social network, I think capped at 50 people. Beautiful app, and I remember it was a great place to spend time when you really just wanted to be with true friends.
Time for someone to reboot this
It is inevitable that the United States will inevitably become a renewable energy superpower - tapping geothermal in Yellowstone, covering deserts with solar across South West, flying tethered wind turbines in Tornado Alley, Nuclear power stations up and down both coast lines, transcontinental high voltage transmission lines delivering power to everywhere that needs it. The Trump moment is all about whether this happens in 20 years or 100.
sad news - they invented the category but let the lead go to Chinese competitors who now trounce them on price and quality.
Should be simple matter to escalate this up to the President, who will put the squeeze on the Dutch government, and then secure his 10% fee for rescuing the take over deal
Positive view: Trump is connecting the people closer to policy, which in a way is what all systems of government should be doing.
Negative view: Trump is re-routing political power around any remaining checks and balances that exist in the current system.
Private foreign tech companies need to be come under the jurisdiction of the governments that they operate in. We'd all love to be in a world of open source, open web, open AI but that has become a naive vision which is very far from what we have today. Canada is right, but so too is Signal. What Canada needs it is own sovereign tech stack - it can only start with de facto national firewalls ike this
finally, a decent guide for proper Mahjong!
Contrary to the report, they are actually not difficult to keep as pets - they are just highly sensitive to pollutants in the water.
The unfortunate case for the wild population, is that they naturally inhabit a location which today has one of the highest human population densities in the world, and hence massive pressure on water resources. We could probably quite easily re-establish a breeding population in remote areas in Europe but would constitute an invasive species and hence wouldn't happen.
As a species, they are not endangered due to their very large populations now in the pet trade (though these then get inbred, become domesticated etc).
State primacy over capitalists is an ascent, not descent of society.
Profiteers running everything is what a narco-state looks like, a criminal enterprise where the exploitation for profit supersedes every other social good.
Trump is morally bankrupt, but perhaps the only thing to his credit is his bullying of US oligarchs to acquiesce to state power. That he is doing so purely because of his own pathological desire for personal supremacy removes that credit, but that is beside this particular point
I think you'll find that US state media is far more influential in 'shaping the cognitive environment'.
United States is immune from conventional military attack, the only purpose of mass conscription is to create an expeditionary for invading other countries. You have to wonder whether this may be for Canada / Greenland at some point
I see the off ramp: Iran can agree to split the toll fee with Trump, ideally in a special administrative vehicle which Trump himself controls, similar to the funding on the Board of Peace.
demands of this type led to the voluntary withdrawal of service by Facebook from the China market
Amazing series, which somehow survived a forced change of lead actor, and got even better. The story was only marred by rushed ending to the story arc for Season 4, and then a nothingburger of a Season 5. Still, up there with BattleStar Galactica and The Expanse as the greatest TV sci-fi series of all time.
a huge problem, a fair few tourists seem to have been abducted to work in these scam factories, as well as Chinese job seekers answering ads. There's been a round up of some of these scam families, I believe PRC actually executed 11 members of one of these mafias recently.
Chinese companies make up a significant part of the US military supply chain, so the title could be accurately revised as 'Chinamerica built' weapons wreaking destruction on Gaza
It is 2026 and you still speak of the 'free world'. I give you credit for at least using doubt quotes.
One of the unanticipated - and probably unintended - outcomes of the kind of hyper nationalism exemplified by Trump's America is that it invariably excludes everyone else. The 'free Internet' turns out to be the 'American Internet', which can be turned against you at any time, for any reason. Cultivating alternatives will be challenging though - can't see anyone doing it to be honest, Europe had a chance in 2000's but complacently thought they would always be in the garden, and are now shocked to find themselves in the jungle. You have to say, China got it right with the Great Firewall, though they too were assisted by early US hostility which underlined the need to de-risk
The time for Great Firewall of Europe was 2005, when Friendster, Skype, Xing were still a thing. Probably too late now but effort still needs to be made. One upside of a sovereign European Internet is an ecosystem which may sustain thousands of well paying jobs