Read the Jesus parts again. Would Jesus like that?
Mostly okay. Slow discussion building on why test scores are dropping and are they still dropping. Is it COVID (immeidate shock), Long COVID (long term health issues), or nearly all course work and books being on tiny laptop screens (money showed up for a wholesale transfer to Chromebooks during COVID. They were actually helpful during lock-downs, but were kept after.).
I agree with you regarding availability, and I find your comment interesting. I often find phone models of interest that are only available in Europe or the East. Phone selection in the USA is often terrible.
People have different levels for what they consider that other “people realized the truth”. Many communities are full of people that know the truth and when they act to change things get knocked down.
As the Saint George Carlin once said “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
There are a lot of really, really stupid people out there. Poverty, stress, hunger, etc make people even more dumber.
No OP, but with Snowden, a lot of the general outline was already known by those that pay attention. The specifics were new, but also largely filtered with “the government’s side”.
I want to push back on this part:
Only if Microsoft acquires a major CPU chipmaker.
In the USA, and other parts of the world, a small number of Billionaires are buying up everything. A small number of wealthy people could each own a part of the supply chain and for it on the vast majority.
For extra enforcement, add in a legal or cultural push for reporting or shunning violators through the media companies owned by that same group.
Just adding links for the lazy…
Clipper Chip
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
https://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/usa/clipper.htm
The computers in the store, yes. I expect all computers in the store to be phones and the cell company will verify.
Open Source computers will be more important. Might need to brush up on wire wrapping… (Implication being that chip supplies might become dedicated to only those manufacturers that lock the product down.)
“You cannot answer one illegality with another, because that is how the great catastrophes of humanity begin.”
Sure. Please get the aggressors in wars to stop and only generate nudes.
“The Squad” are Democrats. The other two names are currently valid for my point.
“The Media” always frames things as if the minority group should be winning. Republicans have the majority, they should not be absolved when they are needed to increase the total number of votes to a majority.
Elsewhere in this thread. Anyway, here is what I had said:
There are “electric truck” conversion books from the 1970s. (Only trucks as they used lead acid batteries, which are still extremely heavy for useful amounts of stored energy.) This indicates it is not extremely complex, though possibly still very complex. (My reason for this assessment is from reading a few of them, but never implementing any of it.)
Anyway, here is a title to look for, from 2011, " The electric vehicle conversion handbook : how to convert cars, trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles : includes EV components, kits, and project vehicles" by Warner, Mark, ISBN: 9781557885685 1557885680.
2021’s “Convert It!: A simple step-by-step guide for converting any classic car into an electric vehicle.” by Ron Toms, ASIN B093CH8HR7.
Neither are from the 1970s, but both are likely more useful anyway. There are also likely others that I cannot immediately find. I have read neither, yet.
I also live in Florida and love to jet ski. It was great seeing you in person last Saturday. Wow, what a day.
Who else was there? Must have been many of us. Just jet skiing in Florida.
This is a good idea. And a good use for AI.
Likely a lot. I posted elsewhere, but there were books on this in the 1970’s.
There are “electric truck” conversion books from the 1970s. (Only trucks as they used lead acid batteries, which are still extremely heavy for useful amounts of stored energy.) This indicates it is not extremely complex, though possibly still very complex. (My reason for this assessment is from reading a few of them, but never implementing any of it.)
As for a detailed answer on the rest: I have no idea.
Just a reminder that “kit cars” exist. Their existence makes the idea of “open source” cars seem more reasonable to me in that one does not need to make a large company, it is possible (though likely not profitable or cheap) to be a small car company.
Media ignores own ability to highlight issue, criticizes other media and only group trying to stop all the other things, ignoring the group needed to actually stop things.
Title leads one to assume all is doomed, stay tuned.
Common Dreams could write “Where are the Republicans aiding Dems on Pushback of Trump’s War on Iran?”.
This is all true.
Plus the pointless murdering of humans.
Europe is supporting Ukraine in an existential fight for their lives.
This is far different from wanting to generate a false naked picture of some person.
Things are not normal. It is like a lot of people are waiting for the next shoe to drop.
Resistance is legal, so long as it does not go “too far”. I am near an “ICE” city. When empty cars with cut seat belts started showing up, there was an added level of horror film unease. The kidnapping by random “not ICE” didn’t amount to much, though we have yet to truly know who was kidnapped by “not ICE” (likely few). The murders have on not been good, but are at least fairly public.
No one is arming, as a shooting war on American soil will get everyone killed. There were days I wondered if we would be bombed. So far the “keep calm, and resist.” Crowd is making progress, which helps keep tensions from boiling over.
Elections are coming up, which is providing an outlet for energy. Real voting won’t be until November, and zero changes will happen until January 2027. Expect crazy shit to ramp up.
America is huge though. For any trend in one location, the opposite is happening elsewhere.
This is a very good time for the privileged to take a “mini-vacation”. It both slows production and gives one a chance to enjoy their last days on Earth.