Based? Based on what?

Based on having the same opinion as me.

Pants smooth things out.

I think you’re assuming a non-human fantasy dwarf here.

CPU manufacturers were getting jealous at the other hardware manufacturers claiming shortages in this artificial scarcity scenario.

You could say that about many countries, but the number of genocidal ethnostates out there is a lot smaller.

It’s prosperous thanks to heavy support from the west through billions in welfare and trillions spent fighting wars for them. The private companies opening branches in israel is another form of support. Also, their nuclear program was built by stealing our secrets which apparently we allow.

True, sometimes the most abusive businesses are small.

The real fantasy is thinking a genocidal ethnostate that relies heavily on billions in welfare from the west is sustainable.

I will not shed a tear if israel is wiped out, just like I wouldn’t have shed a tear if I was around to see nazi germany wiped out.

No, that’s not how hijackings work, and not why they decreased. They did not “let the hijackers do what they want,” and anyway, how would that discourage hijacking? If they were letting the hijackers do whatever they want, wouldn’t that ENCOURAGE hijackers?

Yes it was how it used to work, that’s why the planes would end up diverted. When that stopped being standard protocol, the hijackings reduced. You got it on that last sentence in that paragraph but for some reason think I’m arguing changing standard protocol to NOT allow hijackers to do their thing would encourage hijackers. You read my post backwards.

Hijackings went down because in the past the protocol was to let the hijacker do what they want since it just ended in a diverted plane with no one harmed. That doesn’t work anymore and it’s not because of the TSA.

They are a stock buyer and holder, so they take part in that pricing. If inflated valuations became a detriment, the stocks would be priced accordingly. We shouldn’t desire unrealistic p/e ratios.

If the valuations are bullshit, then the tax code should call them out on it so that valuations wouldn’t be so inflated. If the valuations aren’t bullshit, then they should be able to sell to get the money.

I’m saying that every form of progress comes with challenges and downsides, and this saying of “Next generation will be fucked” is a cognitive bias every generation has had for a pretty long time.

Change is not necessarily progress.

Oh boy, guess we can look forward to more vibe-coded slop which will make it an even bigger pain to use.

In my state, republicans slapped on much higher EV registration fees but when democrats came into power, they just left them there. This pattern seems to mirror the national strategy.

Maybe if those individuals are rich. Everyone else has been getting screwed without the government caring for a long while. It’s why so many had foreclosed on their home in 2008 while big banks were bailed out and their execs rewarded themselves with big bonuses.

They should try entering the desktop GPU market.

I thought smart glasses could be kind of neat, but no way in hell would I get a pair from Meta.

How much democracy did we bring to Iraq?