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Comment This right here is what's wrong with America (Score 4, Insightful) 18

The Simpsons is biting social and political satire... Or it used to be I mean it's been on the air too long and with that Elon Musk episode they were clearly paid to say shit.

But the fact that you don't understand that is what's wrong with america. Somebody tried to teach you when you were growing up what satire was and how to interpret it and I'm sorry but that person failed you.

Comment They said the same thing about TV (Score 3, Insightful) 18

The Simpsons made jokes about it all the time.

50+ hour work weeks and constant Financial stress is what's affecting the bond. 90 minute one-way commutes affect the bond.

You don't waste time on your phone because it's fun you do it because you're exhausted from life. It's not addiction you're numbing the pain from modern Life. What the cool kids called alienation.

Comment Re:Toxic? (Score 1) 68

If we want things to improve we have to make a responsible choice sometimes and not choose our base desires to blow everything up and then throw our hands up and question why we're surrounded by ashes.

We don't, though. Some of us do, but many want things to not just stay the same but go backwards, to a time when they personally were doing better... or thought they were.

Comment Re:YMMV - But the knockoffs have a legit market (Score 1) 98

Except we don't have to bother with importers now, we can easily just go direct to the source. The barriers that meant we needed them in the past have been removed.

Unless you are in the EU, in which case the 3 Euro per item group charge is ridiculous. Almost enough for me not to want to rejoin.

Comment Re:Not very useful (Score 3, Interesting) 17

Nukes in space aren't all that useful anyway. Very expensive, vulnerable because you can't hide a satellite, and offering little over submarine launched ICBMs.

First strikes are pointless because submarines will launch a second strike back at you. If the satellites can't be hidden they aren't much good for second strikes either.

Comment Re:YMMV - But the knockoffs have a legit market (Score 1) 98

It's not just the return policy you are paying for, it's the middle men.

You pay 10x as much (literally, many sellers seem to just take the AliExpress/Alibaba price and add an extra zero) and over a few purchases the 90% discount you get by buying direct from China far outweighs any losses due to defective or fraudulent products.

That said AliExpress is actually okay with returns now, at least for UK customers. Often you don't have to return things at all. You can always do a credit card chargeback on expensive items too, and they won't penalize you for it.

Comment Re:Land of the free (Score 2) 61

It's because the US is big on negative freedom, which is freedom from interference, but seems to dislike positive freedom, which is the opportunity to prosper.

In Europe there is a lot of positive freedom. The right to an education, limits on what you can contractually sign away, rules that address the power imbalance between large corporations and individuals.

Comment Re:I really wish RAM prices would come back down (Score 1) 46

Chinese companies will finance it because it's a matter of national security, because the Chinese government backs their efforts, and because the potential pay-off is huge.

There are already Chinese DRAM manufacturers doing reasonably well in the embedded/mobile space. This has been brewing for years.

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