RubberDuck

Ah their planned obsolescence lead to botnets that fuck every largo company… so that Microsoft gets looked at.

But the American way is to blame hundreds of thousands… or even millions of individuals.

Then the assumption should be the most damning scenario for open AI that this evidence could provide.

A proper government run mastodon instance and bridges to blue sky seems a good option.

Mastodon on the government domain and a proper naming convention for blue sky accounts and an agreement they will limit the use of the naming convention to official accounts. Amsterdam-gov-nl paris-gov-fr eucdc-gov-eu or something.

Well, I wonder if the US defense contractors and Trumps team will play nice. Because Biden gave them a shit ton of extra billions. I wonder if the dynamic duo will try and play rough with the defense sector to save the 2 trillion of waste.

The US defense had a huge stockpile of equipment that was aging out or even needed decommissioning.

And a new generation of tech needed to be battlefield tested.

By doing this the US was able to:

• funnel extra cash into the defense sector (the US version of welfare)
• give the military the extra cash to buy new stuff
• get rid of old and unwanted stock
• save money on storage, maintenance and decommissioning of old stock.
• Show their allies they are the arsenal of democracy and can be counted on… while showing their adversaries they will go to bat for their allies.
• Be on the right side of history.

What I mean to say is the US got a bargain on crippling one of their main geopolitical adversaries. It only cost them old military stuff they did not want anymore, while boasting about billions… that never left the US and stimulates the US economy.

I honestly don’t get how the Dems can do such awesome things in the last 4 years and are unable to tell people about it.

Also don’t forget the lion’s share of US money spent… is old material given to Ukraine and the monetary value given to the US military which spends it on new stuff… built in the US, employing American workers, who pay taxes… feeding the machine, making american companies richer while cementing Ukraine as a future cliënt of materials and parts. And saving some money on storage and decommissioning.

The bulk of Europese money goes to Ukraine to keep their state going, paying for their soldiers/teachers/civil servants salaries etc.

Russia joining NATO was never going to happen. And it’s weird to think it lead to the current state of affairs. If anything it held it back. Else the fox would have been in charge of guarding the hen house.

Sure, the US will at the same time see a lot of their international soft power evaporate. The US is showing what it means if they for decades keep riling up a country, rattling sabers only to not be home when it counts. Taiwan and whole of Asia Pacific is watching this.

Also the US will see their intelligence networks dry up, humint will become less reliable and less likely to reach them. Tulay gabbard as head of the national intelligence in the US means a lot of countries cannot share their intelligence with the US anymore.

That will surely help the US prevent their next international tragedy.

And if the US emboldens dictators around the world and make the whole less stable, what happens to the world economy and all these countries the US sells to… they can’t afford… or shop elsewhere. Especially the EU fending for themselves will probably mean short term gains for the US in weapons sales, and then they stop. The EU will have been forced to do everything in house and the US will lose a massive customer base. And create a larger competitor at the same time.

The examples of this short sighted way of thinking are endless. But it is true the EU needs to do more in terms of re-armament. Because the US is an untrustworthy Partner.

Just like Putin proved to be when our leaders made him too important in our energy market… he leveraged his power. Now trump will do the same.

I hope you people in the US will be OK, because if you think we will have it bad because if this, if only a part of what maga says they will actually happen, you’ll be in for a heck of a ride.

And nuclear programs and aircraft carriers and belt and road initiatives and… the list is pretty long for India and china.

They need to be alive in order to be able to step on mines though.

And if Russia where to win they are also safe because they will be deported to a nice childless family in Siberia for reeducation.

I kinda agree. But I see the government has a role in the zoning and deciding where and what. Like building bridges and roads, define, assign, possible finance and have commercial parties execute in a well regulated environment

Cost of housing seem to be the primary issue plaguing the world. Even in china the real estate market is fucked… but they have too much in locations people are not.

It’s almost as if a lot of societal rules (that are mostly needed) create an unfree Market causing shortages… and governments refusing to acknowledge that they should be organising it and not leaving it to “the market” are the cause of the issue.

Organizing means organizing, not building all houses themselves.

Yeah, it’s an interesting list.

A friend who works and lives in Thailand told us that ladyboy is a fairly common naming used there.

Alternatively Europe levies a security tax worth 2pct of Switzerland GDP.

And that is not surprising if you look at the absolutely eye watering lineup they have. Chine heavily invested in these companies silently and gave them the competitive edge. Now they pulled up the curtain and they can provide cara with 200km range for under 15k and cars with 700km range for under 30k they have super high performance models, mpvs, vans, trucks, busses… everything.

And next up… wind turbines.

That’s the second addition this week: Suspicious deaths of notable Russians

Wealth accumulates sure, that’s why at a certain point taxes should put a brake on that and above an even higher point it should be predominantly taxed. Inheritance tax should allow for some generational transfer but capped at a sane point. And fuckery using foundations etc etc should result in all of it being forfeit.

His statement is unfortunately untrue and part of the Russian narrative (although probably the poster is unaware).

Russia is deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure to freeze out Ukrainian civilians in the hopes they will force their government to capitulate. This is the modern version of carpet bombing cities. Their ballistic missiles are plenty accurate and the only types of weapons that can properly damage hard targets like powerplants.

Ukraine is cold now, and will be colder in a few weeks. By products of power generation is heat, and used for heating homes.

Russians target hospitals, universities, cultural centres and locations with a lot of citizens. They even do double tap attacks (hitting a civilian target like a coffee shop and then 7 minutes later… once first responders arrived hit the exact same place again).

A random housing block far behind the front might be deviated ordenance… hitting powerplants with a kinzal missile is not.

The long range missile shackles where just taken off by Biden.

Such a rubbish stance. People want to be usefull. So if the basics are met companies will need to make sure they are not exploitative shitholes like they are now.

Absolutely there is a risk, but this risk is created not by inherent lazyness of people but the shitty/dangerous/ unfulfilling/soul crushing jobs, shitty middle management, asshole atmosphere and the hustle required. You have the effect right but the cause wrong.

This would in practice mean that shitty jobs need to pay a hell of a lot more… which is good. Then the MBAs can figure out if making the job less of a hellish place can cause them to pay less and where break-even is.