It’s a brutal message to westerners who are whining about Chinese dominance in electric cars, claiming it’s ‘‘unfair’’

That’s the Chinese quality insurance system.

That only applies of the quality of the product hurts Chinese people. Cheap mass market crap for westerners isn’t gonna be held to such standards.

And if they are the children of lesbians, then it’s an eternity of “go ask your mom.”

people don’t need a guide when using a chat bot that tells them how they should treat and interact with it.

Then why are people always surprised to find out that chat bots will make shit up to answer their questions?

People absolutely need a guide for using a chat bot, because people are idiots.

We hope. Whoever actually pushes the buttons might not understand the proper order of things.

Win98SE was my favorite. Maximum just working, minimum trying to “help.”

Also wouldn’t work with the internet.

I remember being very frustrated by this particular implementation.

The 90’s kids who bypass the old rules are the same ones trying to implement new rules.

Contrary to the narrative, you don’t become a billionaire by taking risks.

They will balk at the cost of owning/operating even a single Arleigh-Burke destroyer.

They don’t need one. They need a sniper.

they have been too cheap thus far.

I’m pretty sure that Bezos had enough money to bribe moderate chunks of the army.

Primary them. Vote them out. Better a known evil turn an ally that betrays you.

Not for me. I hope those given the opportunity will take it.

That will be helpful, but for ducks sake. . .

Can we please get some sanity in the white house?

I don’t think something can rotate relevant to itself. If all of reality was the earth, and nothing else, how can you tell if it’s spinning or not?

Please use small words if you try to answer this. I know a decent bit of applied physics, but once it turns to pure math, my head starts to swim.

Vimes had once discussed the Ephebian idea of ‘democracy’ with Carrot, and had been rather interested in the idea that everyone had a vote until he found out that while he, Vimes, would have a vote, there was no way in the rules that anyone could prevent Nobby Nobbs from having one as well. Vimes could see the flaw there straight away.

-Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

He had such a way with words, he did.

I think that if space itself is what is rotating, then speed of light limit does not apply. But if it’s everything in the universe orbiting, as it were, a central point, then it would.

But if it is space itself rotating, then that would suggest some objective frame of reference outside the universe. Wouldn’t it?

It’s not a one-size fits all, that’s for sure. But I have no subscriptions to anything, and I wouldn’t describe anything I do with “work flow.”

Don’t even have to do crime. You can usually email the author, and they will send you a copy, quite legitimately.

I’ve done it myself a few times.

he just did it anyway

He didn’t just do it anyway. I doubt he knows which ends of a patch cable goes in the wall, and which in the computer.

Someone who knew what he was doing, and why it was a terrible idea, verging on criminal, did it.