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- Comment on China denies any suggestion it is currently in talks with the US over tariffs 5 minutes ago:
Gosh, did the trump administration lie? Again? Made to look like amateur fools? Again? Get bested by others literally ignoring them? Again?
- Comment on Nintendo Maintains Nintendo Switch 2 Pricing, Retail Pre-Orders to Begin April 24 in U.S. 5 days ago:
Yep, the switch was a great idea to bridge console and handheld. Once the technology is out and the steam deck is open, without subscription, without lock down, allowing all past purchases, etc. ; the console is dead.
- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case 5 days ago:
Yes, all sex he has is transactional. He’s not seducing anyone.
- Comment on As a US citizen who was born in the UK, how risky is it to leave and reenter the US right now? 1 week ago:
If it’s the same case I saw, he was gay. So, not exactly not a minority.
- Comment on Chinese electronics company Anker starts raising prices on Amazon 1 week ago:
I’ve had a bunch of anker products. All have been reasonably priced with high build quality. Not all Chinese brands are trash. People who like high quality electronics from non Chinese companies are about to find out where they are manufactured.
- Comment on Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes 1 week ago:
You mean like this: theguardian.com/…/australian-with-us-working-visa…
- Comment on ‘The damage is done’: Trump’s tariffs put the dollar’s safe haven status in jeopardy 1 week ago:
I get that, but even if by some miracle, no more damage occurred, the damage this far, reputationally, is not fixable by a change only.
It looks like china is ready for a trade was in a way that the US is not. China doesn’t depend on a USA supply chain and their exports there don’t make a huge portion of their GDP. A lot of American goods need china as a supply chain partner. So inflation will be a big problem in the foreseeable future.
America is not just fighting with its competitors, it’s fighting with its partners. Without partners, it has limited leverage. If the USA wanted to place sanctions on anyone now, they would struggle. Another war, they won’t find allies.
Europe is planning alternative consumer payment options. China wants to end dollar hegemony, as well. BRICS are all on board with that. America will find it hard to throw its weight around with less ability to punish or reward.
- Comment on Trump Admin Considering Giving $10,000 To Each Person In Greenland To Annex The Island 1 week ago:
Great, they can use that to pay for any future healthcare needs. Under a USA system, that’s houkd last a year.
- Comment on ‘The damage is done’: Trump’s tariffs put the dollar’s safe haven status in jeopardy 1 week ago:
Yes, but even if Trump was to do an about face to orrow and everything was above board, the damage to the dollar and to America’s reputation is long lasting. Trust is hard earned easily broken.
- Comment on Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes 1 week ago:
You’re missing the point. This anecdotal evidence is where it did happen and is verified by the media It’s painting a patter of vis refusal for online criticism of Trump.
- Comment on Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes 1 week ago:
There is lots of anecdotal evidence of people who have been critical of trumps on social media being denied entry, including high profile cases.
- Comment on Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes 1 week ago:
Yes, but the data isn’t being used to silence criticism, like in the USA. However, that just goes to show how important privacy laws are in principle, not just based on who’s in power. Who’s in power changes.
- Comment on Trump Threatens 104% Tariffs on China as the Mad King Plays Chicken With the Global Economy 2 weeks ago:
Yes, but they sell them worldwide. So, if they move manufacturing, then they have the same problem in reverse. If they have multiple manufacturing bases worldwide, not only are they less efficient as the companies/cointries aren’t competing on price, but they lose efficiency of scale. So even if they did what trump purports to want, it’s less efficient, and inflationary.
On the flip side, the fact that many expect he’ll eventually capitulate when there is enough pressure, or it will end in 4 years, means nobody, including Apple is going to invest in American factories. It’s just a risk with minimal benefit. So lose/lose. He’s an imbecile.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 2 weeks ago:
Yep, ive applied for visas in many countries and loved in multiple, long term. You follow the rules or risk being deported. I’ve friends that were deported, and friends that took advantage of amnesties when they were available.
I know there are au pair visas in some countries to allow similar work with few restrictions and payment in kind. However, I think they mainly include child care.
What all those who think she shouldn’t have to follow the vis rules aren’t aware of is that she’s likely undercutting those that followed the rules and also that human trafficking takes advantage of people in arrangements like these and use your visa breach as leverage. Less commonly for people from countries like the UK, but it can happen to anyone.
It’s fine to hate on the oppressive state of America at the moment but those in breach of their visa conditions are not the best martyrs for a cause. The ones unfairly prosecuted for non visa breaches, like ethnicity and sexual orientation are what we need to fight.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 2 weeks ago:
If it wasn’t me, the owner who did it, but it was someone on the payroll, like a manager. If they were on holidays, and had to do it as it’s their responsibility, is it now considered work?
Of course it’s work. It’s spending your time, doing a task for a business.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 2 weeks ago:
If they are a friend. If you’re doing so as a trade, then it’s not a courtesy, it’s a transaction.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 2 weeks ago:
It’s not work because you’re depriving someone of the job, it’s work because you are doing a task for a benefit. It’s just a non cash benefit.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 2 weeks ago:
Lol, you clearly have never done payroll. Payslips need to be generated timesheets entered and payments need to be authorized. Not all staff work full time or work on a fixed schedule, so set and forget a standing bank order is not viable. I would imagine that’s the case for most companies and businesses that employ hourly paid employees. Salried positions are generally in offices but even then they can vary.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 2 weeks ago:
She was doing work for a benefit. It wasn’t cash, but it had value. If that wasn’t work, and therefore not taxable, everyone would just switch to getting paid in services and benefits that aren’t cash.
She was treated extremely harshly but she was working illegally. There are lots of digital nomads that do similar. They work in places where they are staying on a tourist visa, it’s illegal. I run a small business. When I am away on holidays overseas, my staff need to be paid. I log in and pay them while away. Technically that is in breach of my visa for most countries, I’d say.
- Comment on Celebrate 50 years of Microsoft with the company's original source code. 2 weeks ago:
I acknowledge your sacrifice.
- Comment on Celebrate 50 years of Microsoft with the company's original source code. 2 weeks ago:
Because, while they did so in a scummy wayz they revolutionized home computing and office computing.
- Comment on The swimming carnival is nearly over and will cost lives 3 weeks ago:
I’m quite surprised by this. I grew up in Ireland. There is no swimming lessons in school. My kids who are growing up here had lessons for most of their lives, except where not permitted during covid. They also do nippers.
Most other kids I know do swimming lessons (privately) weekly ongoing, whereas I grew up learning to swim with weekly lessons in bursts of a few weeks. Nippers is less common unless you live near a surf club.
I’m sure it’s dropped as the article suggests, but I’d say it dropped from a high starting point.
- Comment on Issues 23/3/25 4 weeks ago:
I noticed something was up. I’d seen some meta posts about other instances updating so I wondered if it was a bug or federation issue but obviously not.
- Comment on Germans no longer see US as trustworthy partner 1 month ago:
What’s forgotten, is that the USA did it for their own interests and became extremely wealthy in doing so.
Fast forward to now and assisting Ukraine is not just about preventing larger ambitions for Putin’s Russia, but helping Ukraine become a valued partner to EU, USA and Ukraine s benefit.
Trump is simple in his logic and very transactional. He doesn’t have a master plan and doesn’t understand long term gain for both parties. His actions make him seem compromised by Russia but I don’t know that it’s knowing on his part or just that he makes an easy asset to control by surrounding him with other more directly controlled assets. It’s odd, as he is so unreliable, that you would need a constant rotation of Russian agents. So, I wonder if the compromise is less transactional, but more a deeper psychological one. It’s pretty clear he’s got lots going on in terms of pathologies, but nobody is assessing him clinically in public.
As the USA burns all bridges, people are starting to wake up to not having America as a trusted ally. The consequences are significant and I imagine most countries will start to pivot away from the US, which will be damaging to the USA. Already Trump has blustered about those in bricks that pivot away from using the dollar. That will just be one aspect. I imagine us bases worldwide will be reduced or closed. China will step in to fill the gap for many. The EU will likely step up to do it for themselves. However, they will likely reduce USA trade and increase regulation on US software and hardware that will be viewed as a security risk, just like chinas is now.
The middle east stability is going to be the most unpredictable. In a post petrol world, will the USA continue to support Israel and Saudi Arabia? Trump seems to want to but he’s also unpredictable and racist.
- Comment on Canada suspends imports from biggest US pork processing plant 1 month ago:
I’m imagining that where there is some interpretation of quality and rules, American suppliers will find all countries stricter while their government plays chicken with trade wars.
- Comment on Trump considers pulling troops out of Germany 1 month ago:
Why doesn’t the rest of the world realised that hosting American troops no longer has a benefit. Lock them out of Germany, south Korea, Japan, Poland etc.
They no longer have your back so why let them project power?
- Comment on Trump could scale back Canada, Mexico tariffs Wednesday, Lutnick says 1 month ago:
What a clown show.
- Comment on why was 1995 video games console very pixel art graphics but music was high quality and images were great??, 1 month ago:
With old games, it was a case of the quality of processing and speed of processing on consumer grade devices. Look at Toy Story, released in the 90s. It looks dated and less well animated than a current video game. Each frame took hours to process and a current video game does it on the fly.
Analogue sound can and has been recorded for many decades. The mp3 codec existed in the 90s as did other formats. Recording high quality video and sound was very doable. Mixing was less easy than now, but still possible. Images could also be stored lossless. Video was broadcast at low definition. Many of the recording were only made in that low definition format. That’s why old video looks dated. Some were recorded in better quality for the dvd or bluray market. They appear better.
- Comment on What is wrong with the architecture of the Internet? 1 month ago:
That it’s based on trust.
- Comment on The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online P̶r̶i̶v̶a̶c̶y̶ Anonymity 1 month ago:
No, DON’T PANIC.