Thinking about companies like Tencent, and what not. What stops them from embedding info stealers, and other malware into their apps? What about the Chinese electronics, TVs, etc.?

Claim: Xi Jinping has stated that China has not received support or handouts from other countries over the past 70 years. Verdict: Not accurate. China has received various forms of foreign aid since 1949. Here's a breakdown: Foreign Assistance to China (Post-1949): Soviet Union (1950s): China received substantial economic and technical assistance. Included a $300 million loan. The USSR helped China build industrial infrastructure and develop defense capabilities. Japan (Starting in 1978): Provided soft loans after diplomatic normalization. Loans supported infrastructure, railways, ports, and environmental projects. World Bank and UN: The World Bank began lending to China in the early 1980s. Projects supported education, environmental protection, and economic reforms. The UN provided development aid annually, including over $100 million in early 2000s. United States: Provided aid focused on governance, legal reform, public health, and climate policy. In the 2000s, around $12 million annually went toward specific programs, including Tibetan community support.

The high NA EUV tech from ASML is beyond TSMC.

sure but other compute chip is in your router that your firmware doesn't run?

The latest Intel Lunar Lake is pretty awesome tbh. Very competitive to the Macbook*

Never trust -anyone- in a suit. There fixed it for you.

lol Intel still has the majority market share across many segments. This is one the most misinformed takes I've read in a long time.

been a subscriber to openAI since the beginning. Always last to get access to the new models. Time to go w/ comp.

Claude, Gemini are less expensive for more features. Whatever his "out of GPUs" story is, people will go elsewhere

The amount of info they have on every citizen is astounding. They know exactly how you think.

I'm all for gun laws but this is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Is NYC going to outlaw woodworking as well cause you know... bows and arrows are dangerous. They are fighting against the tide.

Lookup how much money China have given to SMIC and other local fab ventures. Then look at how badly Intel fabs, and western fabs in general have done against asian fabs. Then look at what will happen when/if China invades Taiwan. The US would have no advanced semiconductors. All those trillion dollar companies that rely on asian fabs would go pffftt

I hate these +1.5 celsius posts. They should make it simpler for regular people to understand: 1) Most Americans don't know what celsius is. Why don't they show this in Farenheit? 2) Most people think 1.5 Celsius is fairly small. They don't get that the average earth temperature is 15 Celsius. A +1.5 increase is +10% It's almost purposefully vague so the regular population won't freak out about it.

It's about making money until they catch you, or you win. I know *many* people like this who lie through their teeth until one of these happen.

Lenovo quality has fallen really badly over the last couple years. 1) I acquired a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 9. I spilt a small amount of water on the keyboard and the screen stopped working. Aren't these keyboards supposed to have water intrusion protection!? 2) As a replacement I received another X1 Carbon. Now one of the charger ports won't work. I've only used it for 4 months. 3) I also acquired a Lenovo Ideapad Flex. Neither the camera nor the mic works. Luckily it's from Costco so I'm replacing the laptop. My prior Lenovo t480 lasted 5+ years. My Lenovo Yoga 13 lasted 10+ years (although I cracked and had to replace the screen). Acer, Asus, HP, Dell all seem to have much better quality standards than Lenovo now. It seems Lenovo is either not doing any reliability testing, or/if when they do they still ship these crappy units. Big surprise I guess since Lenovo is now a Chinese company.