suraci

when I first watched Full Metal Jacket (as well as other films by Stanley Kubrick), I couldn’t understand a lot of the content - for example, the “War Face”

China got here by using protectionism and stealing trade secrets

and uyghur forced labor!

Check these:

Human Rights Watch warns carmakers over China forced labour risk

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/human-...

Carmakers may be using aluminium made by Uyghur forced labour, NGO investigation finds

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/feb/01/car-manufacturer...

China: Carmakers Implicated in Uyghur Forced Labor

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/01/china-carmakers-implicat...

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I'm a big fan of Cold War-era thriller films

there're also some good spy films at that time, but these are not as cool as thrillers such as The Thing and Invasion of the Body Snatchers

unfortunately or fortunately, there hasn't been such brilliant films since the end of the Cold War(I like The Facult, but it is not that good)

fortunately or unfortunately, I believe that such brilliant films are about to make a comeback

opinions like this always lead to two types of comments:

- the worst democracy is better than the best dictatorship (we are not the worst, others could be worse)

- the system is good and perfect, it's just a few bad actors ruining it (we can fix it as long as we fix these certain bad actors)

But maybe just switch jobs if you are that upset about it?

That's the gentler way to strike.

As members of the working class, we technically have the freedom to choose which employer we sell our labor to - but we are forced to sell our labor an employer to survive

So, in reality, it's hard

It's like saying, "But maybe just don’t get sick if you can’t afford medical treatment"

(relatively)

I call this kind of nonsense that can be seen through at a glance an 'relatively honest lie'

those lines you quoted are nonsense that can be totally ignored without misunderstanding his point, those lines are like something as "get schwifty"

Second, they can get schwifty by opening their markets and buying more from America

Fifth, they could simply write checks to Treasury that help us get schwifty

I like Stephen Miran, I always like people who are (relatively) honest

CEA Chairman Steve Miran Hudson Institute Event Remarks

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/04/cea-...

I like The Economist; The Economist is more honest than other media

This isn't the first time I've heard this kinda setup where China helps a country with infrastructure, but sidelines locals from benefiting.

yeah

maybe related: Rogue communication devices found in Chinese inverters https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43981855

"We know that China believes there is value in placing at least some elements of our core infrastructure at risk of destruction or disruption," said Mike Rogers, a former director of the U.S. National Security Agency

"That effectively means there is a built-in way to physically destroy the grid," one of the people said

It's very concerning, especially with the Spain and Portugal blackout being so recent

I agree, india can still win even if a couple of planes are lost

in fact i think it's a very good mindset as it helps avoid further escalation of the war

India has the money to replace any losses and buy more from any supplier in the world (we also have a homegrown defense industry). The Pakistanis are stuck with the export version duds that the Chinese supply them.

Agree, India has the money to buy 6 more Rafales, however, I believe the J10CE might offer better cost-performance and could be worth considering

imho, the title is clearly in a certain style that rhymes with my comment

anyway, thank you very much for the explanation, i'll bookmark the title to learn the style well

will it not be a 'nationalistic swipe' if I just repost the title of the news?

like this:

DeepSeek’s founder is threatening US dominance in AI race

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russian？

a dark factory in China

why is it a dark factory? power shortage?

dup https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43921017

Abhi is a senior from Arizona studying computer science and history. In his free time he enjoys surfing and a good book.

thank you, Abhi

i can still remember that the Linux community blocked Russians from maintaining the Linux kernel

i guess they were "protect"ing their users

:)

Additionally, I have always been curious to know whether the U.S. export ban applies to Linux and any other open source projects

For those who aren’t familiar with how it works: if you’re a CCP member, you belong organizationally to a Party branch, and you’ll have a liaison(a handler!) whose job is to keep contact with you.

If your company or school has more than three Party members, you’re required (perhaps secretly) to set up a Party branch. So, in theory, the vast majority of US universities that admit students from Chinese institutions have an internal branch of the CCP

hope everyone can sleep soundly :)

the Nazis only tallied 43.9 percent of the vote on their own, well short of a majority to govern alone

is this a diatribe? if you think so...

another one: Europe faces an unusual problem: ultra-cheap energy https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/06/20/e...

but

Chinese firms race to open US factories to avoid sky-high tariffs (scmp.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43810318

I suppose it’s because there’s a political massacre happening there.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3306215/tai...

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E7%BD%B7%E5%85%8D (Chinese)

https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202503280015

why, i don't want anyone to get hurt

I agree with you! far too many people overlook the impact that Indians have had on the world

"America's tariff move under Trump is a symptom of mass psychosis. But I think China's response is a huge gamble that the psychosis can be broken with careful application of pain - before that pain hurts China even more.

There is some hope that they'll revolt against Trump if things get bad enough, the way there's some hope for democracy in China, I suppose. But at the same time, I don't know that China's aggressive response is going to politically move things in that direction, because it's so easy for the nationalists to rally around the flag - regardless of the economic pain they're experiencing. China itself knows this and leverages it with its own nationalists. And this response is going to cost China dearly."

some details: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250414-00/?p=11...