- justaman parentIt seems like the USA's goal to bring chip manufacturing back into the country only targeted cutting-edge chips. Refocusing on building "old-gen" chips is quicker and more affordable. Drones don't need the latest tech. Most consumer goods don't. I believe Germany did this to some success.
- It seems that bluesky will be the political left's version of twitter going forward. The same way truth social became a right-wing echo chamber from its inception. I see the world(the US in particular) drawing lines and further devolving online discourse in a time where what we need most is mutual understanding and respect.
- I grew up as social media came into being(mid 2000s). When I was 13, I got Myspace. When I was 16, I got Facebook. It wasn't until well into college that I realized the impact social media had on my mental health. I would go further and say nobody until 18 should have social media, but that may be unrealistic in 2024.
- Modern progressive discourse argues that when the west exports their culture it is native-erasure and neo-colonialism(ie racist). So I think your argument is very much up for debate. Sometimes a part of someone's culture is trash. Sure the Mayans built cool temples, but they were also ultra violent.
It sure sounds a lot like you are defending pedos here...
- The pendulum has begun swinging in the other direction. Seems to follow roughly a seven year cycle. As the world shifts to a more conservative paradigm in the coming years, I hope that people are reminded that things will go too far before self-correcting and find solace in the fact that most people have settled in the middle.
- > Illegal downloading of copyrighted materials takes up 24% of the global bandwidth.
Completely impossible. Think of how much bandwidth is used for HD streaming of twitch, netflix, ABC-XYZ +, and social media. Piracy making up even 5% of global bandwidth usage is being overly generous.
- Piracy as a whole is absolutely seeing a resurgence. The fragmentation of cable into the streaming era started wonderfully. There was a time when one or two subscriptions could service your media needs. I think the most egregious offender is the NFL. To follow your team, you need all these services: ESPN, Peacock, Paramount+, Amazon. Or, you can pay for a sub-par service offered by the NFL.
Ultimately, we are paying more for less content with more ads than cable. AND they are selling our data on top of everything.
Piracy will gain enough momentum to warrant government intervention that will further degrade and rob us of internet freedom. Mark my words.
- Yeah, they are called small towns. I've lived in two small towns in the last decade. One had about 5,000 people; a grocery stores, bars, churches, post office, and a small movie theater all within a mile end-to-end. The other, an even smaller town of ~800 had a dollar store(not a real grocery store), old downtown with various small businesses and a vibrant community. All within about a half a mile end-to-end.
Small towns have much less wealth than metropolitan areas.
- I'm an F tier programmer but I think the Simpson's Hit and Run game has some really great code. Its easy to read and well organized in my opinion.
https://github.com/Svxy/The-Simpsons-Hit-and-Run/tree/eb4b34...
- I've played over 500 games on chesscom in the last year at between 700-1050 rating. Its hard to point out a cheater but sometimes you just get a hunch, then on review of the game, they blundered twice in the first dozen moves then the game shifts dramatically. Early game rated 600, mid 1500+.
Whats more common is cheesy tactics. Kid will go on YT and watch a video about some cheeky opening and mimic that. Things like early queen pushes. Once you punish it, they crumble. So you get these players that have inflated ELO. If they can't do the one opening they know, they simply don't know the general tactics.
Then there are the smurfs. They don't last long at low rating but these people are the worst. They exist in any online game.