The same way I am letting LeBron James be better at basketball than me.

I’m also amazed at the amount of patience Chinese leadership has. It’s exactly as you say, they ignore the constant provocations because they’re thinking about the long game. It’s really admirable discipline.

yup

so brave

I mean is that even controversial in any way?

I started running my own NextCloud instance on a VPS years ago and it’s been really nice. I use it for my calendar, contacts, file storage/sync, and music streaming. It replaced pretty much everything I used google services for.

I see the fash instance is leaking again

China should just bring this up at the UN and demand a formal apology from the US. Then China should simply stop all trade with the US on the basis that the US is a hostile state stating open intent to destroy China.

I’m pretty sure people who buy those watches can afford to eat the tariff.

For sure, best way to secure data is not to connect it to the internet. Also very much agree that developing domestic software or at least using open source is a basic requirement for maintaining sovereignty. Hopefully China will accelerate their push to excise western proprietary software from their ecosystem.

The only thing that’s noteworthy here is that China was still using US based software in critical places.

just democracy things

oh nice thanks for finding the talk

no idea unfortunately, looks like a fun talk

It’s as if Russia has had a consistent position for the past three years that the west has been ignoring, and now they’re acting surprised that Russian position hasn’t changed in light of the latest tantrum from Burgerland.

A lasting and stable peace that Russia will dictate because it defeated the west while the west refuses to face reality and negotiate.

🤡

Still working great for everyone outside western shithole countries.

That’s how the two arms of the oligarch party work together. The republicans pass things that are unpalatable, and dems make sure these things become institutionalized.

Dems have been running concentration camps since at least Obama time. https://www.aclu.org/news/smart-justice/president-obama-wants-continue-imprisoning-immigrant-families