When the only goal by law is maximize profits, the motivation tends to favor minimizing cost. Change the rules, and enforce a new set of values. Only then will the situation improve.

Upon reading the whole thing, it seems Samsung failed to plan for the obvious, as TSMC is doing just fine in the U.S. with the same tech.

I’m incredulous that they only just realized it was a waste of money. Something changed. Either they only built it to get U.S. subsidies, or somerhing the current administration did killed demand. Which is it? I suspect it’s the second option.

Meanwhile, my country just killed all renewable energy support while encouraging more fosil fuel usage and exploration into up to now protected lands and seas.

And that isn’t even the worst of it.

Yeah, that idea of UPS being a means of access is BS. This is the first i heard about that one.

Perhaps the idea behind that depended on the serial/usb connection to enable the server to shutdown and restart when power returns?

SS is not a welfare benefit. That is a lie the Republicans have been pushing for decades.

We pay our entire adult lives in order to get payout when we no longer work. It is meant to keep our elders out of poverty, not to line pockets of “welfare queens”, despite what you might have been told.

As it stands now, I’m told I’ll only get 70% of what i am due because of decades of government stealing the money and calling it a loan.

At this rate, I’m gonna have to go Amish.

Not sure what UPS is in this context. I’ve seen some compelling statistical analysis that shows some very weird anomalies vs historical data. That is briefly touched upon in this article about a lawsuit in New York.

Similar weirdnesses exist in Pennsylvania where Democrats voted for Democrats across the board except for the presidency.

I feel this is odd enough for examination. I am not firmly convinced of fraud, but i do find it odd there have been few recounts vs prior elections, and near zero media coverage of such questions.

Good lord, we’re still hearing about the 2020 election, but there has been radio silence on the 2024 election.

Yeah. It’ll be easy, because they’ve rigged all of the vote tallying machines. There’s pretty damning evidence that the Trump team hacked a whole bunch of voting machines and changed votes.

Blurgh! Embarrassing. Please believe me world, most of us are sickened by this guy.

Effectively, anyone who does not have a lawyer who files a specific suit in a very short period of time can be deported at will. Saying it does not end the 14th Amendment is an exercise in English language mechanics, not in how it ends up affecting the world.

If you are high school student who is shipped off to a foreign prison, how likely do you think it is somebody will fight to bring you back?

Based

Welcome to our surveilance state. We’ve been under total surveilance for decades.

You are describing removing individuals. I’m referring to the system. Sure, over time if enough people sacrifice themselves to remove individuals in the power structure, maybe something could crack open.

That’s a very long shot. As time goes on, the security improves, the surveilance improves, and fear will stop most.

However, my intension is not to squash hope, but to shed the light of realism. This is serious, and keeping our Democracy alive has to be tackled with deliberation and coordination. Murder is the near unthinkable last resort.

I pay to avoid ads on Amazon Prime… Now i have to endure unskippable ads every 10 minutes, and my annual fee is up over 50% since i started.

Fuck them. No matter what, these mercantilists will extract everything they can, and they will break any promise or contract they sign as soon as it bemefits them. We, however, cannot do the same.

Numbers are less relevant when the other side has the most sophisticated surveilance system on the planet coupled with the most deadly military.

Key people inside the system have to defect in order to short-circuit that power.

Yeah, well sometimes I’m weak. I blame constant bombardment of bad news. Personal experience confirming the above points does not help.

I had success using openVPN. I set it up, generated certificates, installed it on my phones, tablets, and laptops.

It won’t work when using an external vpn like Express or Mulvad, but while using it, you have secure connection to home. Once done with the home network, turn off the vpn, turn on your commercial vpn.

Don’t forget that they often use it against men in disagreements they aren’t “winning”. I’ve seen a few videos of girls saying that is exactly what they will do if you dare open up to them.

Close friends? Yes. Circle of friends? Only if they want to be roasted relentlessly.