I’m sure China gives a shit about hundreds of millions of rapidly inflating US dollar

The Federation president is probably passable. Though Star Trek really doesn’t show how the Federation government is structured probably because they don’t want to lean too much into the socialist undertones in case they get canceled (like actually canceled) for it.

Not depleted enough

ONLY if it’s an open standard anyone can make readers and tape for.

Especially not a fan of getting fucked over when the company randomly decides to discontinue the product line when the whole point of the product is long term data archival.

Exiting unions, as British as spotted dick.

You mean to tell me raining death and cruelty upon civilians of a country because you think they’re extremists/terrorists ends up being the reason those ideologies expand and concentrate?

Strange. That never happened with the Palestinians, why is it happening here? 🤔

Probably because it’s prioritising what it thinks you’re more likely to click on more than the actual search term. AI recommendations basically.

People say quantum computing is a grift?

The other two are are only “grifts” because capitalism has shoved them into things that have no business involving them and breeds opportunistic get rich quick mindsets around the technologies. So any time you hear them mentioned it’s more than likely to be a grift. They are fine in certain niches and very stupid everywhere else, like every other technology.

It is. No one with the power to do anything about it give a shit.

It was ghosts. Big ones. And a tornado.

Scammer. People don’t think it’s a “profession” in the true sense but it absolutely is. Majority of higher up people in scam call centers or phishing campaigns do it as their day job and they certainly make more money than the average honest worker putting in the same amount of effort.

His human horn got sold to the Omicronians

Turns out they only reap consequences

My biggest regret is my biggest regret. Duh.

West: China is evil and anyone that trades with them is morally bankrupt! We must rid ourselves of reliance on Chinese goods! Doesn’t matter of we’re screwing over our own citizens in the process, they should have put Western pride over their own livelihoods anyway!

China: Cool, we’ll even help you wean yourselves off by restricting exports.

West: That just proves our point of how evil they are! They’re depriving poor us of resources! How dare they!

Wouldn’t intelligence also be a material condition? How your brain is wired plays a significant role in how it interacts with the environment, so if humans evolved with a more intelligent brain it would significantly alter our trajectory from early civilisations, no? Would probably also kick off civilisations much earlier.

I mean sure, but that’s irrelevant to the discussion of intelligence and cognitive faculties.

A paralytic also can’t build anything, does it make Steven Hawking less intelligent than the average redneck?

AFAIK some scientists have argued that some porpoises (dolphins, orcas, etc) are more intelligent than us period. They’re just severely limited in what technology they can develop because of their bodies and where they live.

More specifically I think because it pushes back against the “communism was just like fascism” notion and Western countries can’t have that.

Both Spain and Ireland as far as I know are aggressively liberal/socdem and anticommunist.

Kombucha is pretty good.