ByteOnBikes

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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago

They're even blasting it on Twitter. Gotta love it.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 hours ago

Did you watch the video you linked to?

It says that money went into a campaign, which Kamala used to make content to explain her position.

Elon musk gave money to Wisconsin voters to sign a petition.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 hours ago

Two departments DOGE wants to chop! Nice job Maga!

 

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center warned on Tuesday that China’s intelligence services were using deceptive efforts to recruit current and former U.S. government employees.

The center, along with the F.B.I. and the Pentagon’s counterintelligence service, said in an advisory that foreign intelligence agencies were posing as consulting firms, corporate think tanks and other organizations to recruit former U.S. officials.

The American government has long said that China uses social networks to secretly recruit people. But former U.S. officials say China now sees an opportunity as the Trump administration shuts down agencies, fires probationary employees and pushes out people who had worked on diversity issues.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 hours ago

Let’s be real: we would rather make our products in the USA. Doing business in China is hard: a different language, a different culture, a different legal system, and a very long and expensive plane flight every time you have to pop over to help fix what’s gone wrong. So why don't we make keyboards in the USA instead—and why don’t the vast majority of consumer electronics manufacturers, be they big or indie?

Most of our electrical components are made in China. Sometimes we’ll use or consider components not made in China—and they’re made in Japan, Taiwan, or Germany. The USA doesn’t make the components we need.

Making keyboards is intrinsically a cross-border activity. (For us, some of that activity involves shipping American goods to China! We make a number of products that use American wood. Unfortunately, China has just announced they will now tax that lumber at 34% in a retaliatory tariff.)

We’re a small company making niche products; we don’t have the volume to justify opening our own factory. We definitely don’t have the capital to do it. We rely on contract manufacturing, where we pay a network of factories to make products to our specifications, without us owning the machinery or hiring the workers ourselves.

Southern China, Guangdong and Shenzhen in particular, have developed an ecosystem of factories and suppliers within a small radius. Within about thirty miles, we work with a bunch of factories who are specialized in doing low volume production runs. Having so many companies close together saves a lot on transportation and freight. More importantly, it allows for local competition and sharing of knowledge—just like greater Los Angeles is the best place to make TV and movies even though other cities offer incentives, Guangdong is the best place to make consumer electronics.

The effects of the tariffs.

 
[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 13 points 5 hours ago

I started my protest a decade ago.

While you can argue that nothing happened and we still have loot boxes, I'd argue that my life is greatly enriched for not feeling any motivation to play in those looty skinner box games.

 

The uproar was spurred by a post to X on Sunday, where the White House promoted a 24-hour tip line for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

“ICE 24/7 TIP LINE,” the post said. “866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423).”

 

...one thousand trucks poured into the national park, offloading over 12,000 metric tons of sticky, mealy, orange compost onto the worn-out plot. The site was left untouched and largely unexamined for over a decade. A sign was placed to ensure future researchers could locate and study it.

16 years later, Janzen dispatched graduate student Timothy Treuer to look for the site where the food waste was dumped.

Treuer initially set out to locate the large placard that marked the plot — and failed.

 
[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

(Musk literally gives money to buy votes)

Conservatives: the left is so corrupted.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At a Walmart or just in general? Because wtf.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 days ago

Because Walmart and their Billionaire family never gave a shit about people.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Appreciate it. I keep forgetting to grab the link because I'm stupid.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 33 points 4 days ago (3 children)

How are you? ---> I'm good.

What do you do for fun? ---> I SAID IM GOOD. GAWDDAMN.

 

Could it work? Like the original plan, this is not a good one by any means. Attempting to negotiate new trade deals with almost every country and territory in the world, some of which are uninhabited, poses a formidable diplomatic challenge. (Do penguins have a trade representative?) There is very little in Trump’s record to suggest that he’s going to pull it off. The fact that he is freezing domestic investment decisions in the meantime and risking stagflation or a recession is going to undermine his leverage rather than increase it.

We’re the ones who are waging a trade war against the entire planet. Attempting to intimidate all other countries at the same time is a bit like a school bully walking into the cafeteria and announcing that everybody has to start handing over their lunch money on an ongoing basis. The strong-arm method is best suited for one-on-one negotiations, rather than giving everyone an incentive to band together in self-protection.

 
[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago

Hey now that's illegal 😭

 

Repost from another source: the heritage foundation is trying to launder data in support of doge by sending a survey to only their supporters and using blatantly leading questions. the survey takes less than 5 minutes and they don't verify your email

https://secured.heritage.org/the-doge-survey/

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago (4 children)

So yeah after a year of a release.

 
 
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