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I had a teacher in high school that married a Chinese woman, and when her parents came over they said "Your propaganda is so refreshing, you hardly even notice it."

It's always struck me how hamfisted the Chinese government sound in its communications.

I mostly know Trump through news sites like AP and Reuters. I heard one of his speeches after a flight accident early in his term though and he was blaming retards and amputee midgets for the collisions.

Didn't see any mention of that in the news.

Cracker Barrel was never a "general store". It was always a restaurant. A "general store" is not a restaurant. It's a small retail outlet that sells most of the things a farmer needs.

Yeah but how many restaurants sold real leather bullwhips to kids (in the 90s)?

It isn't just the touch aspect, but also the "ruin your night vision" aspect. Most pedestrians don't carry lights around, or even wear light-colored clothing at night.

I guess I'm primarily concerned with compromised firmware, not a special-made device. I'm not sure how realistic of a concern that is. Not that I'm a very interesting target, but I'd rather not have all my devices infected with malicious firmware. I figure that something like that would likely have state-level backing, and something that sophisticated could very easily get baked into brand new hardware at the fab without anybody knowing.