US tech is a threat to everyone not of the Epstein class who control it. The US is a business, not a country, and stands for nothing but profit.
That has many practical rewards but no reasons exist to subordinate one's own nation and people to the American kleptarchy which is best kept at a distance.
Ukraine is defending its right not to be enslaved (again) by the current version of the Russian empire.
European civilization cannot avoid dealing with its eternal, existential Russian enemy. That requires a credible military deterrent because the only thing Russians respect is superior brute force. They are not a society with an ephemeral enemy government, they are an enemy society whose governments are symptoms.
Russia must be contained and that requires war(s).
I don't know why people imagine it is. Storage has been cheap for many years.
The oldest 1TB spinner I've info for was a mere $80.55 in 2013. Multiple drives were also common then even in notebooks like the T61 with UltraBay I used it in. Both still function fine.
My first 1TB Samsung Evo was $330 in 2017. They sold very well and were not considered overly expensive.
Most carriers are running their own RCS relays now.
Those that don't fall back to Google but Google has said they're not going to allow freeloading for much longer.
But, AIUI, there's a conspiracy to only allow "approved" clients to uae any of them. Certs I'd guess but haven't looked deeply enough. GrapheneOS lacks an RCS client currently. Phones with full user ownership are also blocked.
Most people I know don't care and use Signal.
Exactly.
You expect me to believe the thing that provided some income disparity relief for a large percentage of remote workers (same pay, lower costs from relocating) is at fault for others not having jobs? I've worked (remotely) with young people. They seem eager and capable, far more so than most other age demographics.
This is just companies finding excuses, looking to claw back more control.
It sounds like you don't understand how the court system works. The SCOTUS only hears cases which are brought before it, and then selectively.
Which cases specifically do you feel indicate corruption on the part of the SCOTUS? There are definitely some dissenting decisions which don't adhere to the US constitution, and there is definitely a long running theme in the courts of activist judges re-interpreting well defined language, and perhaps (probably) even a couple judges who are compromised, but I'm not aware of any evidence of corruption.
They're finally going to unleash a Bob / Clippy mashup that does something.
Hilarious stories await us.
Sad ones too.
They forked SailfishOS to create a domestic OS to avoid these kinds of problems.
Russian linux devs still contribute to that tree though Linus banned their ethnicity from his tree.
Since we're all speculating, probably their phone is clunky and some Generals kept their iPhones against advice or orders because they're more featureful and convenient.
We'll hear eventually.
Hundreds of University of California faculty members are calling on the university system to require standardized math test scores from applicants to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors.
Nearly 1,000 faculty members have signed the open letter. More than 200 of them are from UC San Diego.
The UC Board of Regents voted to eliminate the requirement in 2020. In their letter, the faculty call it “a temporary measure that has now become a permanent vulnerability...”
“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics while simultaneously teaching the material students need for sciences, engineering, economics, and other quantitatively demanding fields,” the letter reads.
Faculty have reported that students being admitted are unprepared for even basic classes: one faculty report last year saying that the number of students placed in classes to remediate elementary and middle-school math before they could take precalculus increased to 8.5% from 0.5% between 2020 and 2025. Several universities which dropped testing requirements in 2020 have already reinstituted testing over the last several years including MIT, Dartmouth, and Yale.
That site is blocking VPN clients (sus) but here's another one you can pick up at CVS:
https://www.cvs.com/shop/ijoy-...
Imagine how much jet fuel was wasted on being stupid.
This is an example of "sometimes you can be too careful".
The only thing worse than X Windows: (X Windows) - X
