I heard the same argument from IBM and HP when they started producing Servers, desktop computers and laptops, amongst many industries. With the new laws affecting the procurement of high end chips for China the motivation is very big to develop their own high end chip manufacturing machines.

You are wrong about that, if anyone is a prison it is the US, the country with the largest prison population in the world.

Well, I can, at least, choose who will spy on me. It’s either the US or the Chinese, everyone should try and find out which one is the lesser evil in their particular country and position.

The only reason I’m still on windows is because of Microsoft Access.

The silver lining is that sooner or later China will develop their own machines and we will all have 50 bucks Ryzen 9 chips on AliExpress.

Has anybody thought about making flying a good experience? I used to travel a lot before 9/11, after that it was once or twice a year and mostly one or two weeks, then COVID hit and everything stopped. After COVID, every trip has been a nightmare where absolutely no one is responsible for anything. Traveling is not for me anymore. Maybe in the not so distant future it will get better.

Companies will charge as much as elasticity will allow them. Customers will always find the best cost / benefit relationship to maximize their limited resources.

The new technologies will make entertainment creation a lot cheaper, we might see an important decline in prices in the next few years.

Who the hell still scans documents with a multifunction printer. There are multiple apps on your phone that do that a lot better!

Well, that explains a lot. Samsung is in bed with telcos.

Making the bomb was a good decision, dropping two over civilians after the war finished was genocide.

Americans in general hate to acknowledge the war crimes they commit. I think it was more about a business decision than anything else.

The US is in complete denial of the genocide they did dropping two nuclear bombs in two different cities with mostly just civilians. Everybody else in the world see the pictures of the Japanese aftermath when we study the second world war.

You can’t have a society based on morals and you can’t impose your morals on others. Still I respect your morals as long as you keep them to yourself and to regulate your behavior. It’s ok not to date 18 yo if you are 40 based on your morals. It’s not ok to bullie 40 year olds and 18 year olds when they mutually agree to date between them.

40/14 is illegal in most parts of the world. 44/18 is not illegal anywhere and the last part of your comment is prejudice.

You are talking about two minors, I’m talking about two consenting adults.

Two consenting adults are free to date who they want regardless of race, gender and, yes, age.

If it’s something wrong, then it’s wrong for everyone, not just an age bracket. Otherwise it’s ageism.