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Comment Globalist power grab (Score 2) 268

Since climate change is, supposedly, a world-ending threat, there
is no limit to the power and resource confiscation it will justify.

Look forward to:

- UN deciding which industries are permitted to receive investment
- UN deciding which businesses are permitted to manufacture products
- A relentless flood of "climate refugees" into all western lands

This is regardless of the veracity of the climate change claims.

Comment Disable at hardware level? (Score 1) 164

Assuming you never use a streaming service, is it possible to remove or disable the hardware network modules on these TVs?

I see zero reason to believe the manufacturers won't rationalize your data into their possession somehow - regardless of opting out, disabling through their UI, or even declining to connect the thing to a router.

While we're on the subject: I believe it's possible for ethernet signals to travel over HDMI. If you connect a computer graphics card to a TV's HDMI port, is there any possible route from the TV onto the network the computer is connected to?

Comment Re:What do you mean "Whats going on?" (Score 1) 340

So: if you are a young woman, and know you have a 1 in a million chance to die to stroke if you take the vaccine, are you gonna take it?

Hmm...using US statistics, death rate from covid is about 0.14%. So, no vaccine, chance of death is 0.14%. Take the vaccine (assuming 1 in a million chance of death), chance of death is 0.0001%.

Yeah, that's a tough one alright. 0.14% vs 0.0001%...which to choose....

Or are you, by chance, trying to suggest that young women are, in general, idiots?

In my age group and location the chance of dying if I get Covid is something like 5%, while my chance of going to jail if I knock off a CVS is 2%. That makes it an easy one. Especially since everyone is wearing hoodies and masks right now.

Comment Re:What do you mean "Whats going on?" (Score 1) 340

The governments that made the decision to put AZ on hold were being advised by scientists.

So either the scientists said hold it, or the politicians decided to against their advice. Going against the scientific advice could look bad when each country comes to review its response, usually through some kind of public enquiry.

Either there is some data we aren't seeing that has lead scientists to a temporary pause for further investigation, or politicians are being overly cautious. My guess is the former, and in a few days they will announce that a review has cleared it.

Politician: Is it conceivably possible that the vaccine is responsible for clotting?

Scientist (sweating): Conceivably possible? Err. maybe

Politician: OK, shut it down.

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