[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago

Having had Rutte as PM for a long time, this guy is a diplomat. He will say whatever he thinks needs to be said to whoever is listening to, without truly believing a single word of it. It makes him exceptionally good at maintaining relations, and that's what he's doing here: positioning NATO as an essential US ally, that the US benefits from. It's aimed directly at Trump and his sycophants.

And I mean it's his job to keep NATO together so sucking up to Trump is in his job description. But one thing is certain: don't believe Mark Rutte's words, since he doesn't really believe them himself.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago

Doubtful. Librewolf still uses Firefox as base.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Valve didn't decide to pull it, and the game is still downloadable if you purchased it before.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

His hands are even floating above his body, not even resting.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Well, looking at a microchip under a microscope might reveal a lot about how Intel/AMD/Nvidia design their chips. But it's not going to tell you how those chips were then constructed.

That's extremely specialised knowledge requiring very advanced technology and tooling that's globally only really available at TSMC. It's also so specialised that no one person holds all the knowledge in their head, it requires hundreds or even thousands of people.

But even if you figure that out, you still need to actually know how to build the tools that can manufacture wafers. And that knowledge is almost exclusively known to ASML, a company whose products can cost nearly half a billion dollars each.

China does invest in their own fabs, but even they purchase the (older-gen) tools from ASML. Compared to TSMC, they're 2 generations behind. Compared to ASML, they're 5 generations behind.

That's not to say they aren't innovating by the way. Huawei/SMIC developed chips that are only approx. 18 months behind using innovative techniques that gets more out of the older equipment they're forced to use. It's impressive stuff. But again, this does require the state to throw its full weight behind the initiative to create more domestic manufacturing, which a single billionaire is unlikely to manage on their own.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

It seems unlikely that a Muslim Israeli is in favour of what the Israeli government is doing in Gaza.

If you want to insist that those in favour of what the Israeli government is doing must necessarily be Jewish, feel free to, but that seems fairly antisemitic in and of itself.

Ofc these people in the video are morons. As a healthcare worker you have a duty to medically assist anyone imo.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Had the USSR capitulated to the Germans, there was a real risk that the UK would follow as the German war machine could refocus its efforts. India would likely have fallen soon after to the Japanese. At that point, the German production base, which was already heavily geared up, would have access to all the resources it could possibly need, and the US would have had serious trouble defeating them. It would be a race to the A-bomb and who could produce them the fastest most likely, although it's questionable how effective the weapon would be with a consolidated Luftwaffe without a continental power keeping them busy.

Without the British, intelligence efforts against Germany would have significant issues. It's possible that the USSR would capitulate due to this.

Without US lend-lease, the USSR would have capitulated as well, and with only the British standing against Germany hope would have been lost.

The German war machine was extremely powerful. It could not keep going forever of course, and in due time they would have failed. But had any major power not been in the war, Germany could likely have consolidated enough power to avoid successful invasions from overseas powers.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

If only Adolf Hitler had played Total War, maybe he wouldn't have been such a lunatic smh

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Hogwarts Legacy was cracked in less than 2 weeks after launch iirc. Public release of the crack was a few days later.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 3 years ago

You moved there?

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 3 years ago

How did Nova screw the pooch? I've been out of the loop on that one.

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