If the “good” billionaires start giving all their money away to charity, only the evil billionaires would be left with money, and therefore, power. It would be trivial to use the judicial system to sue someone out of existence.

A big part of this is fraudsters buying sim cards all over the world to facilitate otp authentication. Would that mean it would make it easier for criminals if people used authentication apps instead of sms verification?

Everything else the united states’ government has done has been a solid service to Russia. Their behaviour goed way beyond incompetence.

If IP is abolished, that would to me imply that use of AI should be free for everyone, as it’s based on everyones collective knowledge.

How did you solve the problem that phone IP addresses are essentially all NATted? I was looking into this myself, but the fact that phones don’t have a public IP address stopped me.

Wow what a great resource this website seems. The Russians are tapping into their gold reserves. They are on the brink of economic collapse. If only that American asshat had some sort of spine this would all already been over.

Imagine writing a whole article about the wrong version of a game featured without significance for a few seconds in a fantasy series where literal monsters roam about and a rift to an alternate universe exists.

LMDE does seem to have keyboard issues though it seems.

I’ve been to Russia (st. Petersburg) where entering a church would cost $10, but for Russians a couple of rubles.

It makes sense from the perspective that locals should be able to afford seeing their own art and architecture. If foreigners can afford it and are willing to pay the asked amount, I sort of understand.

Not doing that either, but from what I understand after two years cars get you the most bang for buck. So economically it makes most sense to trade it in after two years for a new one. But of course you’ll need to keep doing so to keep that *advantage "…

Can’t say it surprises me with the way Trump is running that country into the ground.

They can’t send messages out of the blue, you have to contact the company via whatsapp first, after which they have a 24 hour window to reply. Marketing messages are opt in.

What am I, a caveman?

This brother - Mark Epstein, is still alive right? He would know who ‘Bubba’ is.

I heard this from friends that lived in New York. But it might be just a biased opinion. Happy to hear it’s not true though.

Aren’t groceries in the US quite a bit more expensive than eating at a restaurant? As a European this always amazed me. But I think you’re on the right track here eating less processed food, even if it costs a bit more.

I bought GTA V and never actually played it. I guess I can play it when 6 cones out

Yes

Short story is that Zhang took over a Dutch Tech company, mismanaged it, and tried to take its Intellectual property/trade secrets to transfer it to a Chinese company, essentially gutting nexperia. The board of the company and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce intervened. Note that the Dutch government didn’t do this for political reasons, but based on the findings of the Chamber of Commerce, who intervened because of intentional bad management.

This article makes it sound like Zhang was the victim here. Short story is that he took over a Dutch Tech company, mismanaged it and took its Intellectual property to transfer it to a Chinese company, essentially gutting nexperia. The board of the company and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce intervened. Note that the Dutch government didn’t do this for political reasons, but based on the findings of the Chamber of Commerce, who intervened because of intentional bad management.