A bike adds to the fun of dodging a giant laser by dashing from one shade island to another.

The best is yet to come!

True but a person calling it art says more about them then the non-existent artist.

A win for who? Sounds like he will deter some people and attract others based on whether they think checks notes anti-Semitism is a deal breaker. Jesus Christ this is pathetic.

Yeah, let’s also not forget a US regime change is why Iran has the government it does. We didn’t like it when their more secular government took control of their oil.

We have sonar so good we can find a dead billionaire at the bottom of the sea. Ain’t no way they get a boat with a drone in range without us letting it happen.

never get involved in a land war in Asia

I’m sure who ever said that was joking and everything will be fine.

Yes they are overhanded when addressing terrorism with “education camps”, but I don’t think their intent is to erase their culture. If Israel acted like the Chinese towards their minorities then the world would look very different.

Ditto. And I love how wholesome the blahaj community is here on the fedi. Anyone got a problem with them has a problem with me.

My advice is to stick to making specific observations as not to sound hyperbolic.

Yet at the same time what is needed is a counter-narrative to “AI can do the job”. My observation is the industry cycles between agile and waterfall development and people (who are the loudest) are using AI to do waterfall development. This is a bad idea for the same reasons waterfall development is bad: trying to write a spec that covers all situations is counterproductive.

The alternative I see is that we borrow from Agile and treat AI as a pair developer that you outsource small (or largely repetitive) tasks to. This is not vibe coding nor is it TDD as you are still actively developing all levels of the code, but your feedback loop (OODA) is kept short.

Yeah, people forget this guy was addicted to the blood of young “men”.

Nah, just think people who are ignorant of their own laws should think more before they make their ignorance more widely known.

International law is what the CCP claims gives them the right. So no, I am not implying, I am stating it is relevant. Even if you disagree with the law, how do you expect this to be resolved peacefully without international law?

Let me guess, you don’t think they have a legal claim to the island under UN law?

I mean wasn’t it largely peaceful in the past? From China’s perspective they only need to act if Taiwan or other countries make public statements challenging their legal claim to the island, it is better for China to wait as the power dynamics are shifting in their favor. It is only the west that wants to force this issue to come to head now, while they still have a comparative advantage - but even now if China wants Taiwan there is little we can do keep that from happening (though the humanitarian cost would be staggering and likely hurt their standing internationally).

Edit: I also don’t see why mainland would suddenly pivot on the issue, there’s seems very little reason to expect them to change course.

The primary enabler of fascism is the belief that it is inevitable.

You didn’t define authoritarianism or specifically say how it is so in this case, leaving us to guess and you to say we guessed wrong.

And maybe the half bottle of wine I drank. But I definitely didn’t do it on purpose.

… Yes I said I wouldn’t mind if something terrible happened to her, but that isn’t a motive.

Well that and the Father saying he wouldn’t feel bad if something terrible happened to her because he has two better behaved daughters.

Sure, but why is he the alternative we should bring up?