It would be nice that if instead of a full competition, space race, there was cooperative competition, similar to, but better than, the International Space Station. Plan the first lunar base together, but each country works on their own rockets, landers, etc. Share the cost, have a vested interest in making space accesible
Bring India into the fold, as well as Japan, ESA, etc.
Russia is excluded.
I agree, it would be very nice.
Assuming there are 2028 elections. Let's see how he reacts to the mid-terms.
They probably have intel that China is making good progress on it's "before 2030" goal. They have all the parts needed either working or in late stages of development, and their plan is conservative and focused.
The US is playing a completely different game than China. There is really no way to "win" whatever imaginary zero sum game that our politicians and populace thinks we should be playing.
Okay - let's discuss. What game is China playing? Then what game is the US playing?
Chang'e, the Chinese Lunar program is moving along recently landing at the lunar South Pole. They have a pretty well thought out mission. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F... Present plans are to land people in 2030. Planned for 2035 is a moon base with nations China, Russia, South Africa, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Venezuela, Pakistan and Egypt as partners.
This isn't the same game as the 1960's race, this one might have sovereign property declaration involved. There are science implications as well - witness the brouhaha over China's recent landing at the South Pole. There are mineral rights as well - if the pole holds water, it would have an important role in water for drinking and fuel for further space exploration. Seems like a plausible reason for a race to me.
Your thoughts?
I thought we lured them all onto Facebook then ran for the hills?
Since I'm required to be on that cesspit, and all jokes aside, there are plenty of under 60's there. Surprisingly seems to be as many thirst traps as say, instagram. There are even some proper uses for it.
But yes, social media for kids is terribly toxic. And I'm certain some will get around the ban. But we shouldn't make perfect the enemy of good.
As we fall off this bridge, we really need to attempt to do an assessment of how it affects older people as well. People might remember I'm an amateur researcher in the area of gender relations. Young adults are being harmed as well, especially in the area of relationships.
Things like the Toxic TikTok relationship tests are "testing" relationships by destroying them - loyalty tests, fake breakup tests. Illiterate boyfriend tests. Ignore your boyfriend tests.
And on the other side, since men have learned of these tests, the result is usually an immediate breakup. Because men have their own access to the internet and social media, and are sharing some of this.
A pity, because a lot of relationships that might have gone somewhere have ended over stupid tests.
The pieces are in place, so time to roll seriously. Artemis appears to have shaken down okay. Now it’s time to get the mating pieces put together and make certain they work.
What are you talking about? EV sales are booming, in no small part thanks to Trumps war with Iran.
My EV is an appreciating asset at the moment because used prices are rising.
Those are often the first things to be electrified, because the operators are closer to rational actors who see the immediate savings. Of course the real world gets in the way, but for example about half the busses here are electric because one of the companies replaced them all as part of a fleet upgrade a couple of years ago. They are much nicer too.
Exactly. This is a technology problem, not a user problem. Trying to fix it on user side accomplishes nothing.
User awareness is impossible to create. Yes, for the rather primitive phishing campaigns of 10 or even 5 years ago it was possible to a very limited degree. With the attackers now using LLMs, that time is past. Get actually secure email systems and clients or get hacked. Those are your only choices.
Employees cannot be trained to recognize suspicious emails. I do not know which blithering idiot came up with the idea, but regular people cannot be qualified to do what takes an IT security expert and even that expert will occasionally fail.
Yes. These tests are worse than useless. They insult those with a clue and waste the time of everybody. They make everybody angry and that means less mental power to recognize scams and problems. They are a meaningless ritual that accomplishes less than nothing.
The thing that would need to be done is use of better technology. And that is the only thing that can fix this problem. The user is not the problem.
That is because you give your users technology that sucks and cannot be secured. Terrorizing your users will do nothing. Using better technology will. Yes, that means dumping the steaming pile Microsoft sells on the trash-heap of history where it belongs, and quite a few other offerings as well. Yes, that means telling the C-levels they have to get used to a different desktop. But nothing else will do it.
If your IT security is so abysmally bad that clicking on a link can blow up your set-up, "educating" employees will do nothing. And if that is the best your go-to vendor can deliver, get a different one.
That said, information about complex phishing attacks, like the "chef email" scam and the like, is different. But these target human interaction, not intricate technology that is very much outside of the areas of expertise of almost everybody.
With your bare hands?!?
