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Cake day: January 18th, 2020

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  • I love how you just throw terms around in an attempt make yourself sound smart. Nobody is appealing to authority here. What you’re being told is that you should educate yourself on the subject instead of spewing ignorant nonsense. Read books from people who spent time studying these things, and try to use the few precious brain cells that you possess to comprehend what they say. You don’t have to take them at their word. You can read the supporting evidence they provide, read what other researchers say, and then form an understanding of the subject. Or you could just continue being an ignorant clown.


  • Perhaps it’s time to stop using appeals to purity and acknowledge that this is how capitalism functions in practice everywhere it’s been tried. Entire books have been written on the subject of why capital concentration is a necessary product of capitalism, and how capitalists use their wealth in shape society in their own interest. The government ultimately represents the class that holds power, and in a capitalist society it happens to be the capital owning class. That’s why even when regulations are enacted, they’re always dismantled in the end.


  • A device I’d really like to have would be something like a phone but would replace the need for having any cloud services. Imagine if it had a really large drive where you could just keep all your media, and if it had an API that’s something along the lines of NextCloud where it could expose calendar, contacts, email, music streaming, photo gallery, video streaming, etc. that your other devices could connect to.

    Since you carry your phone around everywhere anyways, there would no longer be any need to have cloud services because their whole raison d’etre is to act as a central server that allows you to sync data across different devices. If you just carry the server on you, that problem goes away entirely.

    You could also have a dock with a backup drive where it would just automatically sync when you plug it in at the end of the day. This way if the drive died on it, you’d always have a backup ready that you could swap in.

    Another neat thing you could do would be to have a dock in a shape of a laptop with a big screen, keyboard, maybe faster CPU, more RAM, a good video card. This way you wouldn’t need a separate laptop, you could just plug your phone in the dock and voila.

    This approach would result in way better privacy because all your data would always be on you as opposed to some server somewhere. It would also be way more reliable since you wouldn’t have to worry about network connectivity. You’d still need some external services like a mail server, but these would just be endpoints you use for communication.













  • That plays a role obviously, but there’s a bigger issue here as well that much of the research is driven by private interests. Even universities are reliant on private capital to operate. China’s rapid technological progress stems from having state-driven R&D and centralized planning. The benefits are now becoming evident in China’s leadership in AI-driven manufacturing, clean energy, and quantum computing, and many other areas. Incidentally, Bloomberg wrote about this just recently.

    On the other hand, Western progress is hindered by fragmented policies, short-term priorities, and constant infighting. Despite similar R&D investments, China’s scale and strategic patience yield greater returns, particularly in STEM fields and infrastructure development. This trajectory will likely secure China’s leadership in technology going forward. The future belongs to those who build it fastest.





  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPtoMemes@lemmy.mlYes
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    Your comment demonstrates infantile understanding of history and its lessons. Following the revolution, the Soviet Union faced a dire situation marked by economic collapse, civil war, and external threats from western powers. Stalin’s leadership during this critical period allowed the USSR to rapidly industrialize, transforming an agrarian economy into a global power capable of defending itself. Stalin’s Five-Year Plans were what allowed USSR to withstand the nazi invasion. This industrial might was crucial in turning the tide of the war, saving millions of lives, and liberating Europe. The only evil fucks here are the ones who want to rewrite history.