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bradthebeaverfa··on Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany's far-right AfD party
Why is this sad? Being the victim of a crime shouldn't matter to voters.

Rewarding people for being victims just incentivizes frailty.

bradthebeaverfa··on Tesla Roadster
That surpassed all expectations.

I'm so glad Elon exists. He must have spent over $100 million to build the flying variant with no hope of ever profiting off it. I can't imagine any other CEO ever doing that.

bradthebeaverfa··on China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024
China forces its citizens to work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. The idea that it has better social programs than the US is utterly laughable.
bradthebeaverfa··on China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024
This is completely wrong. A majority of people only work because it's necessary to put food on the table and purchase other necessities. You know this is true because you can see how many of them choose to do nothing productive with their free time. Basically nobody is performing research in their free time.
bradthebeaverfa··on China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024
No? Chinese people have to work 6 days a week for a lower quality of living than a minimum wage American.
bradthebeaverfa··on China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024
Democrats winning the midterms would moderately accelerate this. They won't have a veto-proof majority so they won't be able to enact any of their policies; however, they will be able to prevent Trump from making any improvements. They have shown countless times that harming Trump is more important to them than the good of the country (ex: they're openly cheering for Iran), so you can bet they will have no interest in advancing any sort of new research that has Republican support.
bradthebeaverfa··on China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024
Social programs are the polar opposite of how the US should be spending its money if it wants to outcompete China. Social programs both reduce the incentive for Americans to work while also depriving research/infrastructure projects of funding.
bradthebeaverfa··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
This will never happen. However. If it did I'd love to watch Canada get Europe's regressive policies forced on them.
bradthebeaverfa··on Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business
As much as I love when people pretend Trump is the first government official to ever rename something, there is no evidence this had any impact on the court's decision.
bradthebeaverfa··on Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada
Or maybe the price increase is related to the fact that a communist burned down a massive warehouse storing paper products back in April.
bradthebeaverfa··on Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful
This author greatly overestimates how much I care about accessibility.

If I have to block a blind person from reading my blog to block an AI from training on it, I'll make that trade every time.