Popper’s paradox

The only way for tolerance to exist, is to not tolerate intolerance.

Necessary reminder:

From the article:

For US government use, these kind of services would most likely be run to a separate server to run in a government-certified facility, ideally one certified with Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) or similar

[…]

FedRAMP servers do not necessarily have to be in the United States

…so, maybe? 🤷

Step 3: Forced treatment in El Salvador.

So… this means the “disappearing messages”, are the correct way of doing this, right?

1. Encrypted message is sent
2. A copy of the message reaches several devices
3. TeleMessage makes an archival copy for record keeping
4. Message “disappears” (is deleted) from all devices

There can be issues raised about Signal itself, the ownership and operation of TeleMessage, or how the archival process works… but otherwise, it looks like a correct workflow.

most of today’s manufacturing done by people cannot be automated. If it could, it would have already been done so, by China

China 4 years ago: Xiaomi’s “dark” factory.

https://youtu.be/2qCJ7X2H1Qw

Rejoice, this lack of support for blind oppression, is why Hegseth didn’t get enough military backing to recommend Martial Law last week… and is to be replaced for that.

When train station announcements got automated, nobody batted an eye.

When a radio station’s in-between-tracks filler talk gets automated… I couldn’t care less.

I’d say this is a valid use for AI, they could even automate generating the filler talk scripts.

Following the 2nd Amendment and NRA recommendations, you can buy some ranged “pitchforks” at Walmart.

Call me a cynic, but my over/under list is:

1. When they come for you

• They come for a beloved member of your family (not the despised ones)
• Some of your friends disappear
• Mass deportation of “undesirables”
• Opposition members get killed
• Martial Law gets invoked
• Judges get arrested
• People sent to concentration camps
• People incarcerated without due process

…and the remaining dozens (hundreds?) of “red flags” for the last year-and-something.

Not that many generations far back. It takes several generations for changes to soak in, and that’s before taking into account globalization with conflicting world views.

Target down 6.5% YoY for the month and Costco—beginning to see a pattern here?—up 7.5%

fellow DEI capitulators Walmart and McDonald’s both saw foot-traffic increases, up 2.7% and 4.5% respectively.

Hm… what is the pattern?

• Target - no DEI - down 6.5%
• Walmart - no DEI - up 2.7%
• McDonald’s - no DEI - up 4.5%
• Costco - DEI - up 7.5%

Were they all supposed to go up as much as Costco?

Indeed beautifully written.
I’m more blunt: “Do you want Martial Law?”

I bet when it gets imposed, it will become top term in Google 😒

“We told our suppliers not to deliver raw materials. Our workers were put on leave,” Zhang said.

Let’s keep in mind this is “business as usual” in China. Contrary to what happens outside, they have huge manufacturing hubs where businesses open and close all the time, all crammed into a relatively “small” area full of suppliers, manufacturers, logistics, etc.

For reference of the scale, Guangzhou has a population of 16.5 million, Shenzhen has 13.5 million, Foshan has 9.6 million. That’s metro area, the whole province of Guangdong has over 127 million people.

It mentions landfills, but not landfill methane collection? Shouldn’t that be step one, to deal with what’s already there?

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/13/1012218119/epa-struggles-to-track-methane-from-landfills-heres-why-it-matters-for-the-clima

Fighting is not safe, it isn’t supposed to. Staying is not safe, not even if you’re clapping with both cheeks at every word they say; first they will reduce the pool of “citizens”, then infighting will begin. Going to the US right now, whether on a visa, or as a returning “citizen” (for a shifting definition of “citizen”), is not smart.

“War is not about dying for your country, it’s about making the other guy die for his” - General Patton

JD Vance defended Trump’s controversial tariffs by stating, “We borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants produce.”

China’s Foreign Ministry called the comment “ignorant” and “disrespectful.”

Trump:

Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets […]

They didn’t say thank you. /s

Fine, whatever… all I want is that sweet computer interface

It’s still there as of 05.05.2023, in the “negligible value”, “non-commercial”, and “for trade promotion” categories:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=legissum%3Al11002

VAT is only applied to goods sold to customers, but for e-commerce “marketplaces and platforms” they replaced the exclusion of “under 22€” with a “simplified declaration under 150€”:

https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs-4/customs-procedures-import-and-export/customs-procedures/customs-formalities-low-value-consignments_en

Selling on AliExpress and declaring stuff as gift/sample, is a gamble, that’s why AliExpress set up the bulk import to local distribution centers. You should still be able to get samples… but only directly from a manufacturer.