Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Ukraine is a land invasion by an aggressive Russia, the US is one of the most geographically isolated countries in the world. We already subjugated our two neighbors so a land invasion is out of the question. Attack by sea? Good luck, we’re surrounded by a moat made up of two oceans guarded by a fleet of ships more advanced and numerous than any other country’s. The draft is there for us to project our imperial power to the world. The only viable use of the draft then is for a civil war but that would be risky if they bring saboteurs into the army’s ranks.
Makes sense if you squint knowing the context. It looks like a brown glob at first glance.
The prohibitions in question would include vehicles with certain bluetooth, satellite and wireless features as well as highly autonomous vehicles that could operate without a driver behind the wheel.
Chinese vehicles sold in the US would have the same internet connectivity as a base 2007 Honda Civic. Surveillance by the Chinese would be practically impossible with those limitations. You know who gets a pass on installing everything from internet connected cabin-facing cameras, accelerometers, microphones, and GPS tracking? US-based auto manufacturers!
That’s right, they can and will take all the data they have about you and sell them to data brokers. Enjoy paying a higher insurance premium because you braked too hard one time. Did your shiny new GM’s shitty drivetrain give out on you because their engineering is garbage and you want to claim the warranty for repairs? Too bad, you accelerated a little too hard that one time to get out of the way of a speeding truck and now they claim it was your bad driving that broke it.
I get you hate the CCP, most of us do (except the tankies here but they’re a special case) but until we rein in the lazy and corrupt domestic vehicle industry it’s gonna be a hard fight to get rid of Chinese vehicles encroaching on the market even with 100% tariffs.
Does anyone have a video of his roast?
Water, oil, arable land, people due to declining birth rates, good quality air to name a few.
I’m gonna try out tilvids. At least they’re trying.
Life should have these splash screens whenever you fall asleep.
I was one of those people flipping out about the Rockstar Social Club and Ubisoft Connect crap. There’s zero need to force additional DRM on paying customers. We might not have all been vocal but we were around.
Nice to know Chinese EVs will be the choice for privacy-minded individuals in the US soon. Being cheaper than western brands is a nice big fat cherry on top.
Someone had to have signed off on a mission assurance spec waiver if they’re leaking a lot of EMI. If they didn’t check with the FCC on this they might be in big trouble. Who am I kidding? This was probably done with their blessing.
It’s way easier than dragging a palantir everywhere.
Of course they value your privacy… At a fair market rate.
How delightfully redundant.
Nomura should have been allowed to do FFXV without distractions. Now we gotta see his vision through Disney themed lenses. The first few FFXV trailers were very different than the final product we ended up getting.
The last panel looks like it’s embarrassment rather than eroticism. Kinda reminds me of all the stuff ER doctors fish out of people’s rectums.
I refuse to go to a public bath house. People are nasty and it could be easy to catch skin based diseases like warts.
Gattaca. It’s just such a well made film.
I’ve always wondered if smart TVs have some other way to phone home with your info in lieu of a WiFi connection like SIM cards or LoRa solutions.