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All hail Chinese overcapacity?

decentralised energy generation is going to be the way developing economies leap over more advanced ones. Same thing happening in South Africa, can't rely on the national grid, so everyone installs solar, batteries and diesel generators for backup. The outcome is a much more resilient grid energy system. Future is literally bright

this project needed Muammar Qaddafi in place to succeed, but Hilary Clinton wanted him killed, and that was that

he's pretty interested in destroying 'the ccp'

the bilateral deals signed means we (the world, minus the US) is already divided. Got to scrap those deals first, which isn't going to happen. The shark has scattered the shoal and we're all going to get picked off - perpetually signing worse deals, then having to renegotiate again before signing ever worse terms.

The world should've collectively recognised what Liberation Day was and responded together, in lock step, and in kind.

Instead, the Europeans caved, Japanese caved (PM resigned after doing so), Republic of Korea caved (PM resigned after doing so), India of course caved and so on, shattering any prospect of collective action which might pull the rogue hegemon back into line.

Now, the US is simply able to renege or renegotiate the bilateral deals whenever he feels like it, forcing the other party to face down the US by themselves - not many can do this, maybe only China. Anyways, I wish the Canadians well and I hope they gain global support

and those young American's would be right.

AI's impact on employment is less directly replacing a human worker one to one, but suppressing hiring demand by providing potential employers with a plausible alternative to increasing headcount. This is disproportionately impacting early entry hiring as the ramp up time to productivity for inexperienced workers is today too long for companies to willingly invest for.

salaciousness of this story should not detract from the main theme of how the privileged few have access to privacy, whilst everyone else has to submit to surveillance

We hear a lot about what is or isn't a democracy but the reality is that very few countries today would ever be above the bar set. Even Athenian democracy wouldn't, as it was a demos of the male citizens only, supported by a large slave class.

What is more important is: is it working? And if not, why not?

to be fair to Trump, he does respond to corporate lobby - Pichai just got to make a phone call and an EO will be rolling out in short order. This is not because Gogole controls Trump, it is simply that Trump is a nationalist and will defend US companies, he just needs to be reminded to do so

EU regulatory apparatus is maybe only part of the EU which is operates without obsequiousness to the US; on the one hand, this is necessary assertion of sovereignty, on the other you fear for the wider collateral damage which will inevitably ensue. Trump gonna respond to this with an escalation for sure

"Open source has no impact on our business model—as long as our goal is to earn only a reasonable profit.

If your goal is to earn 100 times as much, then yes, open source will hurt you"

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!